Reduce solar farm’s damage through wildlife-friendly fencing

Catrin Einhorn reported from the grasslands north of Flagstaff, Ariz. | New York Times | February 11, 2024

The Planet Needs Solar Power. Can We Build It Without Harming Nature?

Today’s decisions about how and where to set up new energy projects will reverberate for generations.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/02/11/climate/climate-change-wildlife-solar.html?smid=em-share

“Fighter’s Return: Heather Fargo Continues Her Battle for Open Space” by Gary Delsohn, January 2024, Inside Sacramento

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/

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California Transportation Commission Meeting – 1/25/2023

January 25(TH) – January 26(F), 2024 – Modesto and via Webinar

Stanislaus County Administration Building
Supervisors Chambers
1010 10th Street
Modesto, CA 95354

More info at https://catc.ca.gov/meetings-events/commission-meetings-2023

Sacramento supervisors are addicted to sprawl. It could cost our region dearly | Opinion by Tom Philp, Dec 7, 2023, The Sacramento Bee

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.

Click here to read the article: https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article281716338.html#storylink=cpy

Airport South developers aiming to break ground in 2025 after annexation, by Ben van der Meer, Jun 13, 2024, Sacramento Business Journal

With pivotal votes coming in the next few months, the developers of a companion commercial project to Metro Air Park believe they can start construction in about a year.

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Why are Sacramento County Supervisors pursuing a lame idea that’s bad for the region? Opinion by Tom Philp, Oct 24, 2023, The Sacramento Bee

An October opinion piece in the Bee states the Sacramento region has already approved more suburban projects than the region will need for the next generation.

“It is time for supervisors to think far more strategically about growth. They must acknowledge that there can only be so much growth and what growth is approved must happen in a way that minimizes congestion and maximizes affordable housing and transit opportunities. Otherwise, it simply doesn’t make sense for the Sacramento County of today. . .
According to the latest SACOG population projections, the entire six-county region is expected to grow by approximately 278,000 between now and 2050. But Sacramento County’s transportation staff is suggesting that nearly half of the region’s entire growth is about to happen in Supervisor Phil Serna’s district.”
Read more at: https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article280893568.html#storylink=cpy
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