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Welcome
to the Lake Group of California's Redwood Chapter of the Sierra
Club, which encompasses
all Sierra Club members living in
Lake County.
Highlights:
News
and Events
Latest
Newsletter (pdf)
New
campaign: It's
time to end the dangerous practice of drenching Lake County's
roadsides with chemical sprays. Read
more and sign the petition online
or download a printable
version.
New
conservation initiative: proposals to establish
a National Conservation Area in the
Inner Coast range bioregion (as described in the Lake Group
town hall meeting held on January 19) are moving forward:
Learn more
about the proposal as it evolves.
News
Flash! The Governor's
proposed closure of 48 state parks, including both Clear
Lake State Park and Anderson Marsh, has been dropped from
the budget. Unfortunately the remainder of the "May Revise"
is far less encouraging, hitting hard at schools, the elderly
and disabled, and legal immigrants and augmenting revenues
by massive new accumulations of debt. Read
more
Alert:
the Lake Group has filed a formal appeal to the BOS of the
Planning Commission's June 12 approval of the Eachus View
subdivision north of Lakeport. Grounds
for appeal as submitted.
General
Plan update: third (and probably final) Planning
Commission hearing will be at 1:30PM on Thursday July 10.
Read Lake Group comments.
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We
Say No to GMOs
In accordance with national
Sierra Club policies on biotechnology the Lake
Group has given its formal endorsement to the efforts
of the Coalition of Responsible Agriculture to regulate
the cultivation of genetically engineered crops in
Lake County. We encourage all our members to visit
the Coalition website
to learn more about the issue, and to give the campaign
your own personal endorsement.
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We
Adopt a Highway!
The
Lake Group has signed up to keep a 2-mile stretch
of Highway 29 north of Lakeport free of litter. Participation
in this activity -- which is useful, good exercise,
fun, and great publicity for the Sierra Club -- is
open to all volunteers over the age of 16, members
and non-members alike. If you want to help out, either
regularly or occasionally or only once, please call
Lars at 279 4949 or send an email to larscrail@mchsi.com
to sign up
Next
Pickup date: June 7
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News
Flash! At 9:15AM
on Tuesday July 8 the Lake County Board of Supervisors will
honor the Sierra Club Redwood Chapter on the occasion of
its 50th Anniversary. Read
the Proclamation!
Quagga
Mussel Alert!
By
action of the Board of Supervisors, all vessels
launching into any Lake County waters must
participate in the county's mandatory sticker program,
with inspection and decontamination if necessary.
Call
the Mussel Hotline for details, and to report possible
violators or suspected contamination.
263
2556
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Annual
Midsummer BBQ
Friday
July 25, in Kelseyville
All
Lake Group members and other local environmentalists
are invited to this potluck party, but requested to
contact Victoria by email
or phone (994 1931) in advance for details.
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The
next Excom meeting will take place at 7PM on Tuesday
July 15, at Watershed Books in Lakeport. All
Lake Group members are most cordially invited to attend
this (and any) Executive Committee meeting, but requested
to phone (994 1931) or email
Victoria in advance to confirm time and location since
details are sometimes changed at short notice.
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