| |
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.
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: the Planning Commission has sent
the new Plan to the BOS, which will hold the first of several
public hearings at 6PM on Tuesday August 19. Read Lake Group
comments.
News
Flash! On Tuesday
July 8 the Lake County Board of Supervisors honored the
Sierra Club Redwood Chapter on the occasion of its 50th
Anniversary.See the Proclamation
and pix.
|
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.
|
|
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: Sunday August 10
|
|
|
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
|
|
Next
General Meeting
7PM
on Tuesday September 23: "The
Language of Oaks," presented by Dr. Harry Lyons.
Free, open to the public; contact Victoria at 994
1931 or vbrandon@lakelive.org
for more information.
|
|
The
next Excom meeting will take place at 7PM on Tuesday
August 26, at Debi Sally's house in Clearlake.
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.
|
|
