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What's New?
A chronological listing of new information added to this site.
new 3/11/10
Question about "Preservation" Ranch
A question on Preservation Ranch's viability as a CalPERS investment in the current wine market, on KQED's Forum with Michael Krasny, from a caller in Annapolis.
3/10/10 new
Natural History Walk
at Gualala Point
Gualala Point Park
Saturday, April 10, 2010
8:30 a.m. Coastal National Monument walk
10:30 a.m. Gualala River beach, lagoon, estuary
Learn more about the habitats and vegetation
formed by the interplay of the barrier beach and river with Dr. Peter Baye, who specializes in the flora and ecology of coastal plant communities, particularly sand dunes, beaches, and tidal marshes.
Co-sponsored by Sonoma County Regional Parks, Friends of the Gualala River and the California Native Plant Society. Refreshments will be served, and admission is free.
3/10/10 new
Nature - Being - Art
Photographer Jamie McHugh
is donating 20% of all sales during the month of March, 2010 to support Friends of the Gualala River.
Jamie is an award-winning fine art photographer, somatic coach and consultant. He created NatureBeingArt to bring the natural world back into people's lives in a vibrant and contemplative way.
2/25/10 update
Retaining wall above the estuary?
Destroying coastal bluff, native vegetation and the Gualala Bluff Trail
for a project that hasn't even been reviewed makes no sense, and violates California law.
Coastal Commission de novo hearing on the proposed retaining wall project has been
postponed.
2/23/10 new
Basins of Relations:
Thinking like a Watershed
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
7:00 p.m.
Gualala Community Center
Occidental Arts and Ecology Center biologist and educator, Brock Dolman
will offer a series of slide images and interpretation about water,
watersheds, human development patterns and restoration ideas that
support regenerative ecological integrity and instream flows for
salmonids.
2/23/10 new
River otter in the Gualala River
Short video taken by a friend of the Gualala River, just west of the Green Bridge, near the confluence of the North & South Forks, in July 2009.
2/9/10 new
Sonoma County Democratic Party opposes Preservation Ranch
The Sonoma County Democratic Party opposes the proposed conversion of forest to
vineyards, reservoirs and mansions by Premier Pacific Vineyards d.b.a. Preservation
Ranch.
2/8/10 new
Protecting old growth redwoods
Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Gualala River and Coast Action Group file a lawsuit to protect the last remaining stand of old growth redwoods in the northern part of the Gualala River watershed from logging.
See: Press Release
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