News Archive 2003

A chronological listing of information added to this site.
[Where What's New items go when they're no longer new.]

Letter from Assemblymember Patricia Wiggins new 9/19/03
Re: the Haupt Creek timber harvest plan: "...questions of the future viability of this valued habitat need to be answered to the satisfaction of the participating state agencies."

Letter on vineyard conversions new 9/14/03
Signed by organizations and individuals representing diverse interests throughout Sonoma County, recommending Option 3.

Logging & Pesticides in the Gualala watershed
A public meeting on Saturday, October 4, 2003, 7pm at the Gualala Community Center.

Clearcuts & water temperature new 8/23/03
Water temperature is a critical limiting factor in the lives of many fish and amphibians, and air temperature is the most important factor influencing stream temperature. Clearcutting redwood forests raises air temperature, and condemns fish and amphibians to death.

CDF lectured, Jackson Forest protected new 8/23/03
The California Court of Appeals extends a previously ordered halt to logging in the forest, and tells the Department of Forestry to stop trying to evade the law.

FoGR award at Art in the Redwoods new 8/23/03
Friends of the Gualala River (FoGR) sponsored an award at the annual Art in the Redwoods festival last weekend. Congratulations to local artist Ron Casey of Gualala, for his award-winning enhanced photograph "Gualala River".

Half ton of pesticides used in Gualala River basin new 8/18/03
The Critical Habitat Project of the Center for Ethics and Toxics (CETOS) issues a detailed report on pesticide use in the Gualala River watershed, including both forestry and vineyard usage.

Haupt Creek redwood grove wins reprieve new 8/18/03
An old growth redwood grove south of Annapolis on Haupt Creek, a tributary of the Wheatfield Fork of the Gualala River, won a temporary reprieve on July 31.
- courtesy Independent Coast Observer

Sonoma County Panel nixes logging setbacks new 8/18/03
A strong local timber industry delegation opposed to county setbacks of logging from structures dominated the July 17 meeting of the Citizens Advisory Committee for the Sonoma County general plan update.
- courtesy Independent Coast Observer

Vineyard conversions, Sonoma General Plan revised 8/10/03
Citizens' Advisory Committee on the Sonoma County General Plan revision is considering the issue of converting forestland to vineyards.

Haupt Creek plan fails to meet minimal standards new 8/10/03
"In a number of fundamental ways, the THP fails to satisfy the minimal standards of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the Forest Practices Act (FPA)," according to attorney Paul Carroll.

Haupt Creek plan threatens anadromous fish new 8/5/03
"Sediment impacts from this harvest may have profound impacts on the reduced anadromous fish populations of the Gualala River watershed," according to hydrologist and forester Fred Euphrat, PhD.

Haupt Creek alternatives analysis is inadequate new 8/5/03
The alternatives analysis presented in the Haupt Creek timber harvest plan fails to meet the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act, according to Rick Coates of Forest Unlimited.

Governor signs bill protecting the Gualala River new 7/30/03
Gov. Davis signs Assembly Bill 1168, designating the lower reach of the Gualala as a protected "recreational" river included in the California Wild & Scenic River system.

Artesa vineyard conversion in Annapolis new 7/27/03
Commentary on the 105 acre conversion proposed by Artesa (owned by Codorniu, one of the world's largest wineries). The proposed conversion would result in increased sediment, increased water temperature, and decreased stream flows, all of which threaten the continued survival of salmonids in the affected streams.

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