On November 18, 2025, the Habitat committee of ECOS, and a number of other organizations, submitted a joint letter regarding the proposed Coyote Creek Agrivoltaic Project.
Category Archives: Habitat Committee
Habitat Fundraiser: Art Sale and Show, Dec 12
Please join us for an environmental art sale benefiting Habitat 2020, the habitat committee of ECOS comprised of environmental non-governmental organizations working to protect habitat and nature.
Friday, December 12, 2025, 6pm-8pm
Curtis Hall, Sierra 2 Center for the Arts and Community, 2791 24th St, Sacramento, CA
Professional ART BY
Mary Szechan
Nature-themed drawings, prints, paintings and silverpoints
Veronica Espinoza
Watercolors of birds that evince a Japanese woodblock-like feel
Also featuring:
- Paintings and drawings by Maurice Bisharat
- Hand-painted porcelain by Barbara Carr
- Photos by Lloyd Roberts
- Wildlife works by local photographer Sean Wirth will also be available.
Flyer/Poster
Click the image below for a PDF of the full page flyer/poster we have created.
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Community Meeting to Save Coyote Creek, Dec 9
Tuesday, December 9, 2025 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Shepard Garden & Arts Center
3330 McKinley Blvd, Sacramento, CA
Background:
On November 18, 2025, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the Coyote Creek Agrivoltaic Solar Project that will:
- kill over 3000 native oak trees
- destroy sensitive and increasingly rare habitat (vernal pools, valley grasslands, and one of the last continuous blue oak woodlands in California)
- destroy cultural resources that are unique, sacred, and irreplaceable to local tribes
- set a precedent for poorly-sited development that conflicts with local and regional plans in Sacramento County.
Join environmental and OHV (Off-Highway Vehicle) activists to stop this project.
Cal4Wheel | California Native Plant Society | Defenders of Wildlife | Habitat 2020
Help save Blue Oak woodland in Sacramento County 10/6/2025
October 6, 2025
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Please join us at the upcoming October 6th, 2025 Sacramento County Planning Commission meeting to tell them that you oppose destroying thousands of oak trees, native wetlands, native grasslands and numerous local and rare species.
The Sacramento County Planning Commission will be deciding on October 6th, 2025 whether to recommend to the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors the approval of an approximately 1200 acre industrial solar facility in the eastern part of Sacramento County. Whereas we 100% support renewable resources, this is an unacceptable location to site such a facility because:
- It will kill more than 3000 native oak trees
- It will destroy habitat for numerous local and protected species
- It will disrupt an important wildlife corridor at a time where such corridors are increasingly important because of climate change and the growing need for species to seek colder climes.
- They are many far more appropriate sites in the county.
- SMUD does not need this project to be able to close local fossil fuel plants or meet its 2030 net zero carbon goals
- It disrupts the ability of the South Sacramento Habitat Conservation plan to achieve its conservation goals.
- It runs counter to Sacramento County general plan directives for the use of this area.
- It will destroy sacred ground and associated cultural resources for local tribes.
- It will be a visual blight in a very scenic part of the county.
- It will negatively impact operations and events in the state vehicular recreation area, immediately adjacent to the proposed facility. These events generate 57 million dollars for the local economy and that revenue would be at risk with the degradation of a massive industrial solar facility being installed immediately adjacent to their facility.
It is extremely important for the planning commission meeting to be packed so the commissioners will know the level of opposition to this project.
The meeting will be held at 700 H street, Suite 1450, Sacramento, CA at 5:30 pm.
Public comment is not necessary if that makes you uncomfortable. We need to fill that chamber!!!
Coyote Creek Agrivoltaic Solar Project Community Info Session 8/28/2025
Thursday, August 28, 2025
Wilton Community Center
9717 Colony Road, Wilton CA 95693
6:00 PM doors open – 6:15 PM presentation
Join the Coyote Creek Solar Project for a community meeting focused on the Coyote Creek Agrivoltaic Solar Project (CCAR) and its intersection with the Prairie City Vehicular Recreation Area (PCSVRA).
You can read the letter from ECOS about this project here.
Coyote Creek Agrivoltaic Solar Project
This interactive event will include:
- A comprehensive overview of the project, including infrastructure planned within the PCSVRA and anticipated temporary closures of trails and the go-kart track.
- Enhancements proposed by the project to elevate the overall PCSVRA user experience.
- An update on the project timeline and key milestones
- A live Q&A session with project representatives—covering topics such as water use, noise and dust impacts, and other frequently asked questions.
- A call-in option for those who are unable to attend in person
Can’t attend in person?
Call-in details will be provided ahead of the event.
Hosted for the Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Community. All OHV riders, users, local residents, and interested stakeholders are encouraged to attend.
For more information, contact:
coyotecreeksolarproject.com
Michelle Smira
(916) 610-3235 or
michelle[at]mmsstrategies[dot]com
Comments Re DEIR Coyote Creek Agrivoltaic Ranch Project
On May 5, 2025, comments were submitted on behalf of 350 Sacramento, California Native Plant Society, California Wildlife Foundation, Central Valley Bird Club, Defenders of Wildlife, Habitat 2020, Sacramento Audubon Society, and Sierra Club on the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the proposed Coyote Creek Agrivoltaic Ranch Project.
