Newsletter – November 2024
Reminder: Urging Sáttítla (Medicine Lake Highlands) Monument StatusMeet SEA’s Newest Board Member: Juliet MalikPilgrim Fall Festival a Success
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Report: Rancho Breisgau Riparian Restoration Volunteering
Photo (above) by Brooke Thompson Article By Kathy Grissom On October 11th and 12th, there was a large turnout for the Rancho Breisgau Riparian Restoration project, with volunteers planting about 2,500 during these two days! The Bureau of Land Management and River Partners, with support from the Western Shasta Resource Conservation District, joined in a…
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Rangeland Monitoring Network Talk Recap (November 2024)
Photo of Alicia Herrera – by David Ledger Redding residents were treated to an in-depth report on monitoring soil, plant, and wildlife habitat on California Rangelands by Alicia Herrera, an ecologist with Point Blue Conservation Science. After her talk, Jonathon Freeman of the Native Roots Network gave us an update on the Medicine Lake (Sattitla)…
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Newsletter – October 2024
Report: Redding City Council Candidates ForumSáttítla (Medicine Lake Highlands) CampaignTrip Report: BioBlitz at Nur PonTrip Report: Clear Creek CleanupReport: Bonnie Raitt ConcertReport: Redding Storm Drain Utility
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Redding Storm Drain Utility: Protecting our streams and the Sacramento River (Oct 2024)
Striving to meet new California standards for storm drains The Redding Storm Drain Utility, part of the Public Works Department, gave an informative talk to SEA and the public at a meeting on October 1. Mieke Sheffield, Storm Water Management Program Coordinator, reviewed new California standards for cities with populations over 10,000. By 2030, all…
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Trip Report: BioBlitz at Nur Pon (Sept 2024)
Photo by Doug Mandel This joint SEA/CNPS field trip had ten people join walk leaders Juliet Malik and Sarah Risher for the Bioblitz Nature Walk at Nur Pon Open Space on September 8th. There were both new and familiar faces, all contributing to the identification and discussion of the various plants, birds, and insects present….
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Trip Report: Clear Creek Cleanup (Sept 2024)
Photo of Steve Clinton and Melissa Harbert with BLM T-shirt – by David Ledger Saturday, September 28th was National Lands Day and, working with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), SEA led a cleanup crew of 14 or more volunteers on the Clear Creek Trail from the Gorge Parking lot upstream to Horsetown with a…
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Support Medicine Lake Highlands (Sattitla) National Monument Status (Oct 2024)
Little Glass Mountain, Medicine Lake Highlands, northeastern California. Cloud-enshrouded Mt. Shasta on far right horizon. Photo taken June 24, 2009, by Michael McCullough, and used in compliance with license CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Deed. SEA is working directly with the California Native Plant Society (CNPS) staff and other local, state, and national groups as a local…
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Redding City Council Candidates Forum
Full Recording Now Available on our YouTube Channel SEA had a great turnout at our Redding City Council Candidate Forum with about 120 people eager to learn the candidates’ positions on issues of importance to us. We had a range of people in attendance, from many SEA board members to former Redding City Council Members…
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Newsletter – September 2024
A Gaping Hole in California’s Climate Action Framework: Big TimberRedding City Council Candidates ForumSattitla (Medicine Lake Highlands) Support Passes Assembly 74 to 0SEA Invited to Table at Bonnie Raitt ConcertEvent: Tree Selection & Care in the Sun-Drenched Central ValleyVolunteer: Revitalizing Salmon Habitat on Battle CreekReady, Set, Free Shade Trees!North State Intercity Bus to Rail Plan…
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Sattitla (Medicine Lake Highlands) Support Passes Assembly 74 to 0
Photo: Little Medicine Lake by Don Burk The proposed Medicine Lake Highlands (Sattitla) National Monument status was approved overwhelmingly by the California Senate 37 to 0 and the Assembly 74 to 0 with our local legislator Megan Dahle voting yes on the measure. This still has to be declared a National Monument by President Biden…
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A Gaping Hole in California’s Climate Action Framework: Big Timber
A new report by the Center for Sustainable Economy focuses on two California Counties to expose a critical gap in California’s climate strategy: the unregulated greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from the state’s logging industry. Despite California’s reputation as a climate leader, California does not monitor GHG emissions from the logging and wood products sector and…
