Cities Slow To Embrace Coachella Valley Species Plan
A decade-long effort to adopt a plan for protecting endangered species in the Coachella Valley is threatening to unravel, at least partially. Some cities that would be covered by the multiple species...
View ArticlePlacer County Conservation Plan Approved, But Questions Linger
Placer County is finalizing its first land conservation plan, designed to keep 60,000 acres from being developed in the rapidly-growing region northeast of Sacramento. An initial conservation map for...
View ArticleDiamond Bar Considers Annexation Amidst Open Space
Environmentalists, open space advocates, planners, elected officials and residents of several Los Angeles and Orange County communities are gearing up for the next round in the battle over the fate of...
View ArticleRare Fish Swimming in Restored Alameda Creek
Restoration of Alameda Creek in the East Bay reached a milestone this spring when what appeared to be hundreds of steelhead trout hatched in a tributary to the creek. If the young fish are indeed...
View ArticleClimate Change May Compel Reconsideration Of Habitat Plans
The majority of California’s unique plant species could lose most of their geographic ranges during the next 100 years because of climate change, according to a newly released report by biologists at...
View ArticleAG Upholds City-Council Habitat Plan Deal
Agreements approved by Riverside County and cities in the Coachella Valley in support of a multiple species habitat conservation plan did not violate a political corruption law, according to the state...
View ArticleSD County's Creeks, Farmland Key To New Habitat Plan
San Diego County has been a national leader in habitat conservation planning, setting aside areas where rare and endangered species can thrive in the midst of ongoing development. Now, 12 years after a...
View ArticleEnvironmental Groups Excluded From Rancho Cucamonga Preserve
Two environmental groups that sued the City of Rancho Cucamonga and developers to gain ownership of 86 acres of habitat mitigation land have failed to persuade an appellate court to reverse a...
View ArticleStanford Campus Plan Would Protect 5,000 Acres
Like any visionary railroad baron, Leland Stanford hung on to some of the land at the end of the line -- in his case, the original Transcontinental Railroad. Stanford might not have imagined, however,...
View ArticleLand Trusts Raise Concerns About Proposed Endowment Policy
Typically it’s the developers who worry about cap rates and the environmentalists who worry about preserving ecologically sensitive lands. That tradition could be upset, however, if a recent proposal...
View ArticleFederal Deadline Sets Off Rush to Approve Solar Plants
Of all the ways that California is attempting to reduce its carbon footprint, perhaps none will have a more dramatic, or immediate, impact than that of solar power. Up to 200 solar energy projects,...
View ArticleSacramento County Plan Embraces ‘Paradigm Shift’ in Growth Management
Josh Stephens Sacramento County may not rank among California’s great wine countries, but it does appreciate the value of aging. Eight years in the making, the land use element of the county’s new...
View ArticleMendocino County Timber Plan Upheld by Court
William Fulton The First District Court of Appeal has upheld Calfire’s Nonindustrial Timber Management Plan to permit logging of a 17-acre parcel of land in Mendocino County. The First District also...
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