Chapter Updates

As discussed at length in previous editions of the Redwood Needles, a small group of extremists has come up with a seriously bad idea: they want a group of northern California counties to secede from the state and set up a new (...

The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is California’s preeminent environmental law, and has helped safeguard the state’s lands, air, waters and communities for more than four decades. The law requires state and local agencies to assess and...

By Dan Kerbein and Janis WatkinsA coalition of labor, faith, environmental, and community organizations has unveiled a proposed Living Wage Ordinance for the County of Sonoma. The proposed legislation requires that the County, County contractors,...

President Obama is committed to taking action to tackle climate change, and is asking us -- all the residents of this great country -- to tell him what natural spaces are dear to us, and what he should do to protect them. Let’s respond by asking...

In the third event in the Lake County Library’s  “Know Lake County” lecture series, Redwood Chapter Chair Victoria Brandon has been invited to talk about the remarkable biodiversity of the Berryessa Snow Mountain region. Stretching more than...

by Victoria Brandon, Redwood Chapter ChairAt our January meeting Chapter executive committee members were fascinated to receive a presentation on a dramatic new proposal to create 16 new federal Wilderness areas and 15 Wild and Scenic Rivers in the...

By Steve Birdlebough, Redwood Chapter Transportation ChairLong-awaited commuter train service for Sonoma and Marin counties is expected to begin by the end of 2016. For two years, travelers along Highway 101 have seen evidence of work on the tracks...

The proposed Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument took another big step forward today, when the State Senate approved Assembly Joint Resolution 4, urging President Obama to use his powers under the Antiquities Act to designate 360,000 acres of...

At the request of Redwood and Mother Lode Chapters, Sierra Club California recently adopted a formal resolution to “oppose the proposal to divide California in order to create a new “State of Jefferson.Proposals to carve up California along various...

The campaign for the permanent protection of the Berryessa Snow Mountain region took a big leap forward to day when Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation (S. 393) designating 360,100 acres of federal public land in the...