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#RuralCountyPhoto: Gentle surf rolling onto a pristine beach in @HumCoGov_ is #RCRC's Rural County Photo of the Week. This serene image was captured by Tamara Wolsjki and submitted to RCRC’s Annual Rural County Photo Contest in 2024.
Check out the latest edition of the #RCRC Barbed Wire Newsletter! Your source for legislative & regulatory news impacting California's #ruralcounties.
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PG&E has initiated Public Safety Power Shutoffs (#PSPS) in parts of Northern California due to elevated wildfire risk. Portions of several #RCRC member counties are affected, including Napa, Solano, Sonoma, Colusa, Glenn, Lake, Sutter, Tehama, and Yolo counties.
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ICYMI: Sierra County Supervisor Lee Adams and County of Santa Barbara Supervisor Bob Nelson released an Op-Ed in the Sacramento Bee opposing Senate Bill 1305, arguing that reintroducing grizzly bears into California is unsafe for communities.
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No grizzlies: Rural California cannot handle another apex predator | Opinion
“California should focus on managing the predators it already has before even thinking about introducing new ones.”
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#Didyouknow: Approximately 1 in 7 (14.7%) Californians reside inRCRC’s rural counties. RCRC’s 40 member counties’ 5.7 million residents represent a larger population than 29 states.
Learn more about our rural counties here: http://rcrcnet.org/our-counties PC: E. Bergen, Placer County
#RuralCountyPhoto: A Long-tailed Weasel perched on a branch in @countyofsonoma is #RCRC’s Rural County Photo of the Week. This charming photo was captured by Douglas Miller and submitted to #RCRC’s Annual Rural County Photo Contest in 2021.
