The Mendocino Voice (https://mendovoice.com/tag/environmental-protection-agency/)
The Board of Supervisors approved ordinances related to a new hazard mitigation plan, disaster recovery from the Oak and August Complex fires and electric vehicle charging stations.
Friends of Gualala River has teamed up with the Center for Biological Diversity and filed an intent to sue Gualala Redwood Timber & Cal Fire in federal court, claiming their timber harvest plan fails to adequately protect endangered species.
Local and national environmental groups are coming together to ask for the Mendocino Forest Products wood pellet plant, in Calpella, to be shut down while the pandemic sweeps the county.
EPA education grant funds Hopland Extension and others to educate people about wildfire and actions they can take to protect themselves. Virtual wildfire teacher training will take place in mid-July.
