Category Archives: Agriculture Impacts

Support Tree Protection in Sonoma County, Tues., Jan. 31, 9 am

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Larry

Forest Supporters, This Tuesday, January 31, at 9 am, please come to support a County “freeze” on any new vineyard and orchard development in Sonoma County until June 1st of this year.  At that time, VESCO (Vineyard Erosion and Sediment Control Ordinance) … Continue reading →

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Napa growers give up land for salmon

Posted on December 19, 2011 by admin

TRACIE CONE Associated Press Along one of the San Francisco Bay’s most valuable watersheds, healthy salmon runs will soon coexist, at last, with cabernet sauvignon. The ambitious project to halt erosion in the heart of California’s premiere winegrowing region includes … Continue reading →

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Chopping Down Redwoods to Make Wine

Posted on November 28, 2011 by admin

Keith Goetzman November 14, 2011 Two California vintners want to cut down 2,000 acres of redwood trees and replace them with vineyards in the largest woodland-to-vineyard conversion in California’s history. Do I need to explain what conservationists think of this? … Continue reading →

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Action Letter to Protect Our Waterways from Pesticides

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Larry

To All, Pesticides in our waters, often overlooked, are a significant threat to wildlife and human health. Right now chemical and agribusiness lobbyists are trying to persuade Congress to gut the Clean Water Act and allow unregulated pesticide application. You can … Continue reading →

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RRWPC Response to Supervisor Carrillo’s op-ed on Myths about Sandbar Plan

Posted on November 7, 2011 by admin

Press Democrat, By Brenda Adelman, October 26, 2011 Russian River Watershed Protection Committee (RRWPC) has closely followed Sonoma County Water Agency’s (SCWA) Estuary Management Plan process for many years. We are quite familiar with the issues addressed by Supervisor Carrillo in the … Continue reading →

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Last tree standing will not be a tree

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Larry

County land use agency again is at a loss to stop this high impact activity.  It has taken days to carry this out and no one has stopped these guys.  The message being sent by this in action is  clear–we … Continue reading →

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GUEST OPINION: Clearing of trees exposes loopholes in county oversight

Posted on October 30, 2011 by admin

Trees were removed from a parcel on Highway 116 north of Sebastopol last week, triggering outrage from some neighbors and at least one county supervisor. Bulldozers scraped the trees off another parcel on Highway 116 north of Sebastopol last week … Continue reading →

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RWB Requests Information for Developing Plan for Irrigated Lands

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Larry

To All, This email is being sent on behalf of Catherine Kuhlman, Executive Officer of the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Water Board).  Regional Water Board staff is developing a Water Quality Compliance Program for Discharges from … Continue reading →

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A Comparison of Two Different Gualala Watershed Groups

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Larry

To All, A comparison of Friends of the Gualala River and Gualala River Watershed Council Two very different organizations Friends of the Gualala River (FoGR) GualalaRiver.org Gualala River Watershed Council (GRWC) GRWC.info FoGR is a leader in environmental advocacy and action dedicated to protection and recovery of … Continue reading →

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Battling Mono

Posted on October 3, 2011 by admin

By Alastair Bland Over 90 percent of our cultivated land is vineyards, causing cries of ‘monoculture.’ But what is monoculture, and why is it such a bad thing? In 1974, growing plums was still a viable means of making a … Continue reading →

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