Treehuggers International

Treehuggers International Heading to Sacramento for Parks Advocacy Day

Treehuggers International is heading to Sacramento on March 8th to put in a little face time with California state legislators to not only encourage lawmakers to keep California State Parks open, but to reject a proposal to eliminate public funding for parks with funding from controversial offshore oil drilling projects which may never be approved.

Read more

No Comments »

Development Arrives at the Door of Rancho Guejito

Rancho Geujito is the largest tract of privately-owned, undeveloped land in Southern California. It has survived for the past 200 years by virtue of its remote location and a legacy of determined stewardship. Until now.

Read more

No Comments »

California State Parks Held Hostage By Big Oil

The latest dilemma facing the integrity of California State Parks can be found in Gov. Schwarzenegger’s budget proposal for the 2010-11 fiscal year, which includes a scheme to fund all 279 state parks from oil revenues collected from a long-delayed, controversial offshore drilling plan in the Santa Barbara Channel.

Read more

1 Comment »

Time to End Interior’s ‘No More Wilderness’ Policy

While Congress and the Obama administration designated thousands of acres’ worth of new wilderness areas shortly after the new administration came into office, many of those wilderness areas were pulled together from proposals and plans drawn up by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management years, if not decades earlier. Why the wait?

Read more

No Comments »

Preserving San Diego’s El Capitan

Rob Hutsel from the San Diego River Park Foundation returns to Treehuggers International to discuss efforts to organize the purchase of 385 acres along the summit crest and base of San Diego’s own El Capitan.

Read more

No Comments »

Imminent State Park Closures

Is it too late to save Montaña de Oro, Palomar Mountain, Humboldt Redwoods, and 100 California State Parks from closure? Sara Feldman from the California State Paks Foundation talks more about the imminent closures of 100 California State Parks.

Read more

No Comments »

Eighty Percent of California State Parks to Close

California’s State Parks are the envy of the nation, but they are facing grim times as Governor Schwarzenegger intends to close, padlock, and mothball 80% of state parks by the end of the summer.

Read more

No Comments »

Commerce Department Hearing Regarding Trestles: Monday, September 22nd, Del Mar Fairgrounds

The Department of Commerce hearing regarding the proposed southern extension of the Foothill South 241 toll road at San Onofre State Beach and Trestles is Monday, September 22nd, from 10:30 am to 8:30 pm. The hearing will be held at the same place as the California Coastal Commission hearing in February: O’Brien Hall at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. Turnout is EXTREMELY important; please make time to attend.

Read more

No Comments »


 

Website by BinaryM & WordPress