By Brad Branan | September 23, 2024 | Comstock’s Magazine
The Swainson’s hawk is considered threatened in California, the result of lost habitat. Yet it is doing well in the Natomas Basin, in part because of a conservation plan that sets aside land for habitat, like the farm where the hawk foraged.
That could change due to four major development projects that are planned in the Natomas Basin. The projects would replace important wildland with homes, warehouses and other buildings.
By Ben van der Meer | September 13, 2024 | The Sacramento Business Journal
The Upper Westside Plan for Natomas is facing “…opposition from smart-growth advocates. The Environmental Council of Sacramento, in opposing another Natomas development project called Airport South, said they worried approval of that project and its changes to the urban services boundary would open the door to even bigger projects like the Upper Westside Plan.”
By Ben van der Meer | July 23, 2024 | The Sacramento Business Journal
A leading local environmental group is challenging the Airport South industrial project, asserting everything from its environmental impact report to its location are questionable.
July 2024 | N Magazine
The proposed Airport South Industrial Project represents 6 million square feet of Warehouses.
Right now, is the time for the community to speak up about whether this is a good idea, or not. Should more farmland be paved? Should we sacrifice habitat for warehouses? Do we want to live next to warehouses, and endure more traffic, more noise and more pollution?
Former Mayor Heather Fargo is at it again.
The environmental and community activist became known by her battles against sprawl and shoddy development in Natomas, where she’s lived for decades.
These days, four decades after those fights, Fargo and her allies meet with community groups, elected officials, city and county staff, and others to push back against what they see as more damaging development in the Natomas Basin north of Downtown.
If you live in East Sac, Land Park or Pocket and wonder why you should care about development near Sacramento International Airport, Fargo will tell you about climate change and the need to develop infill properties rather than paving more farmland and habitat.
https://insidesacramento.com/fighters-return/
The Sacramento region could lose about $1 billion in state transportation funds in the coming years if it fails to develop a housing/transportation plan that reduces sprawl and increases housing within communities. Yet Sacramento County does not seem to care as it reflexively pushes for more sprawl.
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