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Hiking with Furry Friends in Shasta County
Guest post by Kat Camplin Shasta County is a wonderful area to venture out with our pets. Dogs enjoy the new smells and and sights as much as we do. No matter which trailhead you hit, the Leave No Trace Principles still apply.https://lnt.org/pet-principles-the-leave-no-trace-guide-to-including-your-pets/This includes picking up poop, even in wilderness or open space areas. Dog…
Solar Farms and Land Use
The Hidden Costs of Clean Energy Across California and throughout the West, new solar farms are rising on open land that once held pastures, oak woodlands, and small farms. They represent progress toward clean energy but also raise difficult questions about land use, fragmentation, and what kinds of landscapes we are willing to give up…
Trees for Concrete Sidewalks.
SEA received a complaint that the City of Redding was going to cut down seven shade trees at 10th and West Streets to make way for new sidewalks. We contacted Public Works and they looked at the corner again with an engineer and decided they could work around some of the large sycamore trees they…
SEA on KFOI – October 26, 2018
On this episode of the Shasta Environmental Alliance Program, host David Ledger covers local environmental updates—including regional trail closures, upcoming native plant field trips, and free post-Carr Fire erosion control materials—alongside broader eco-news discussing California’s SB 100 clean energy goals and the European Union’s recent single-use plastic ban, before transitioning into an interview with Anne…
Redding Loses Street Trees on Liberty Street
Photos by David Ledger – above photo: sidewalk buckling from tree roots on Liberty Street Recently, all the street trees on a long block of Liberty Street next to Trinity Street in Redding were cut down, however, it was for the right reasons. All the trees were Liquidambar, a tree with very shallow roots. The…
