July 30, 2025
Agriculture | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship
AgAlert - Federal forestry cuts fuel wildfire, resource concerns“Our concern at this point is the slow pace at which this sort of restructuring of the Forest Service is happening and the large percentage of staff that they have eliminated,” – Staci Heaton RCRC’s...
May 2, 2025
E&E News - Calif. solar-on-farms bill clears hurdle after lawmaker strikes deal with rural countiesCalifornia state lawmakers have advanced a bill aimed at easing the conversion of agricultural land into solar farms, after Assemblymember Buffy Wicks amended AB 1156 to address the concerns of rural counties and farming communities....
January 5, 2022
The Sacramento Bee - Despite legalizing cannabis, black-market growers are overwhelming California communitiesIn a commentary by Eddie Crandell and Bruno Sabatier, Lake County Supervisors and RCRC Board Delegates, they discuss how illegal cannabis grows, making up to 80% of California’s cannabis sales, undermine legal cultivators and contribute...