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Executive Summary: How Proposition 45 Changes Local Decision-Making Proposition 45 rewrites state land use laws to remove planning power from local neighborhoods, city councils, and the legal system. Nearly every change benefits the developer. Apart from a limited tribal consultation requirement, nothing in the measure protects a community, preserves local environments, or gives residents a…
Cal Fire’s Urban Forest Plan Is Open for Comment. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has published a draft plan to expand the urban tree canopy statewide by 10% before 2035. Public comments are open through April 30. For Shasta County residents, the plan has significant gaps that deserve attention before the comment…
The City of Redding has started a formal process to decide what will be studied in the Environmental Impact Report EIR for the Redding Riverfront Specific Plan. This step is called scoping. Scoping happens before the Draft EIR is written. At this stage, the City is asking what issues, locations, and types of impacts must…
by Holly White-Wolfe (Guest Author) The National Park Service has released the Environmental Assessment (EA) for rebuilding the Whiskeytown Environmental School (WES), and public comment is open until February 21, 2026. This is a rare chance for our community to influence the future of a site that has shaped generations of North State students and…
Action Item: Comments Due by September 19 at 11:59 PM Eastern TimeSubmit your comment today to keep the Roadless Rule intact: bit.ly/stayroadless California’s wild backcountry is at risk of being lost. The Roadless Rule, which has protected more than four million acres of our national forests for nearly 25 years, is now under attack. If…
At the May 20th City Council meeting, Redding advanced the draft Riverfront Specific Plan, moving it forward despite strong public opposition to key development proposals. The Council voted to continue refining concepts that include dismantling the Civic Auditorium, converting part of Highway 44 into a city boulevard, and allowing high-density housing and commercial development on…
As temperatures climb and Redding faces longer, hotter summers, preserving urban shade should be a top priority. But on May 20, the Redding City Council voted unanimously against implementing mitigation fees for removing native oaks during development—choosing not to hold developers accountable for canopy loss. This vote wasn’t just procedural. It was a clear message:…
After many months of planning and organizing by several dedicated volunteers from the Earth Day Committee and with help from over a dozen day-of volunteers the 2025 Earth Day Festival was a resounding success. The SEA hosted event was on April 19th where over 40 booths consisted of a diverse roster of organizations, nonprofit groups,…
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…
By David Ledger The decision on the Hawes Ranch zoning change from Agriculture to Commercial Recreation was approved in concept in a compromise decision by the Shasta County Board of Supervisors at its February 25 marathon meeting. The Supervisors, on a 5/0 vote, moved to send it back to the Planning Department to remove the…
Photo: The stumps of three large redwood trees in front of Umpqua Bank that have been recently cut down SEA has been working on a new tree ordinance since when we incorporated as an organization in 2017. On Dec 5, 2022, the first meeting of the Redding Tree Committee was established and SEA Board members…
Photo: Just one half of the audience at the meeting in Weed by Doug Mandel Article by David Ledger JUST RELEASED: President Biden more than likely to make Sáttítla a National Monument! Click here to read more There was no need for organizers in support of the National Monument status for Sáttítla (Medicine Lake Highlands) to…
