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At the Corner of Redwood and Vine:Perspectives on Forest-to-Vineyard Conversion Conflicts in Sonoma County
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »A GIANT STEP: FoGR Files a Lawsuit to Defend our Watershed from Forestland Conversions to Vineyards!
Dear Supporters, pdf version [1.3 MB] Friends of the Gualala River (FoGR) has taken a giant step to stop vineyard projects that clearcut the river’s forest, and we need your help! On June 7, 2012, we filed a lawsuit against CAL FIRE, the state agency approving the controversial landmark proposal by a Spanish winery giant to clearcut 154 acres of …
Read More »Opponents file lawsuits over Artesa vineyard project – June 7, 2012, Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »Lawsuit Filed to Stop Clearcutting of Redwoods for Sonoma County Vineyard: Press Release, June 7, 2012
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »Issues summary: Artesa Annapolis forest conversion to vineyards
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »We challenge supervisor candidates for REAL action on Sonoma County forest-vineyard conversions!
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »State OKs forest-to-vineyard plan in Sonoma County – May 8, 2012, Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »Steelhead trout lose out when water is low in wine country
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »Artesa’s Hired Gun
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »Sonoma County adopts hillside vineyard restrictions – April, 2012, Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »What price one more bottle of wine?
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »Sonoma County timber-to-vineyard conversion headed for approval – April, 2012, Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »Draft rules out on hillside vineyard tree removal in Sonoma County
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »FoGR again asks Spanish corporation to withdraw proposal to clear-cut coastal redwood forest for vineyards
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »Artesa (“Fairfax”) vineyard conversion
Artesa-Sonoma Vineyard Conversion Sonoma County, California Destruction of Coastal Redwood Forest and Pomo Heritage Redwoods for Red Wine Eight minute video produced for the America Tonight news broadcast on Al Jazeera America. Court Rejects Plan to Clearcut Redwoods for Vineyard Sonoma County Superior Court rules that the environmental impact report for Artesa’s forest-to-vineyard conversion project violates the requirements of the …
Read More »Artesa Sonoma – Clear cutting old growth redwood trees or destroying redwood forest?
Friends of the Gualala River is organized to protect the Gualala River in Northern California.
Read More »Artesa’s controversial timber-to-vineyard plan nears approval
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »Stop Clear-cutting Redwoods to Plant Vineyards: Petition on Change.org
Friends of the Gualala River is organized to protect the Gualala River in Northern California.
Read More »Interview with Friends of the Gualala River – February, 2012, KGUA
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
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Won’t back down – Friends of Gualala River continue protection efforts
by Tempra BoardThe Sea Ranch Soundings • Summer 2021 © copyright 2021, The Sea Ranch Associationreprinted with permission Friends of Gualala River (FoGR), our area’s grassroots watershed protection non-profit, continues its hard work defending the Gualala River from the threat of floodplain logging. On May 20, FoGR filed a motion for …
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Protecting Endangered Species:
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Gualala River logging project clears hurdle in state court as federal case ramps up
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Under California cap-and-trade program, North Coast forests turn carbon uptake into cash
by Guy Kovner, The Press Democrat, January 3, 2016 [excerpt:] They say money doesn’t grow on trees, but a nearly 75,000-acre swath of redwood and fir forests blanketing the wildlands of Sonoma and Mendocino counties is generating millions of dollars as it contributes to California’s ambitious campaign to curb greenhouse …
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Preservation Ranch saved in record deal – June, 2013, San Francisco Chronicle
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Sonoma Deal Aims to Combine Logging and Preservation
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Sonoma County redwood forest spared from conversion into vineyards
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