Agritourism Planning Classes Starting Soon

Are you considering agritourism or nature tourism on your farm or ranch? Would you like to build your agritourism or nature tourism business? Sacramento County and greater Sacramento Valley and foothills region farmers and ranchers are encouraged to sign up for “Agritourism Intensive” offered in Sacramento. Central San Joaquin Valley and Sierra foothills region farmers and ranchers are encouraged to sign up for “Agritourism Intensive”... Read More

Group appeals Bear Valley plan

“Our center is highly aware that the Bear Valley Mountain Resort is important to businesses and the overall economy of Alpine County and the Highway 4 corridor in Calaveras County,” said CSERC Executive Director John Buckley. “We believe that a solution to this legal appeal is certainly possible if the Forest Service actually wants a solution.” –Click here for article—The Union Democrat, October 31, 2012  Read More

Solar Projects for Calaveras

County warms to solar project A major solar-generation farm being proposed off O’Byrnes Ferry Road… According to the state Department of Conservation, this is the second solar project that has been proposed through the state program… “You have to demonstrate the land that you want to do (the project on) isn’t really great agricultural land,” Laird said. –Click here for article—The Union Democrat, October... Read More

Why Coke cares about Mokelumne

It is 170 miles from the headwaters of the Mokelumne River to the Bay Area plant where Coca-Cola makes millions of bottled beverages every year. But the world’s largest soft drink company said it has a vested interest in that river. And it has backed that up with a $200,000 check. Coke recently paid that sum to help the U.S. Forest Service restore fragile meadows in the Indian Valley area, nine miles southwest of Carson Pass in the Mokelumne... Read More

Board hopefuls split on TOT tax

Candidates in three Calaveras County Board of Supervisors races, appearing at a forum Thursday night in San Andreas, clearly separated themselves from their opponents on the issue of increasing the county’s lodging tax. The forum was hosted by Citizens for a Better Calaveras, a group organized in hopes of putting a measure before county voters next year to lift the 6 percent tax to 10 percent. Officially known as the transient occupancy tax, it... Read More

3 seats open on Calaveras board

By Dana M. Nichols Record Staff Writer October 02, 2012 12:00 AM SAN ANDREAS – Land use issues loom large in this year’s races for three seats on the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors. Which candidates voters choose could determine whether the county is able to resolve more than half a decade of gridlock that has often pitted planners against property rights advocates and has frustrated developers and conservationists alike. Supervisor... Read More

Ebbetts Pass group seeks input

The Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway Association will host two public meetings next week focused on planning for the future of the nationally-designated scenic corridor on Highway 4, between Arnold and Markleeville. The meetings will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Alpine County Administrative Office Building, Board Chambers, 99 Water St., Markleeville; and from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Independence Hall Community Center, 1445 Blagen Road,... Read More

New Riparian Restoration Connection Website Offers Funding & Training Opportunities!

Hello! The Tamarisk Coalition,a non-profit alliance working to restore riparian lands, is excited to announce the launch of a new website called the Riparian Restoration Connection (RRC) http://www.riparianrestorationconnection.com/. This new resource has been created to help connect the riparian restoration community in the West to funding opportunities, trainings, conferences, events, and other educational opportunities specifically relevant to... Read More

Sweet Home Calaveras

For many high school students in Calaveras County, graduation offers the opportunity to free oneself from what Mark Twain Elementary teacher Jeff Airola described as the “Calaveras bubble.” Students are free to explore the broader world or, as many local teens phrase it, escape. What many students may not anticipate is that even after branching out into the greater environment Calaveras County may call them back. In a 2008 video produced by Bret... Read More

Troubled waters for ‘Bump’ festivals

Popular Tulloch event target of lawsuit Calaveras County is looking to quiet Lake Tulloch Resort’s oft-debated Bump parties in court, seeking a permanent injunction against events the county describes as a “public nuisance.” The Sept. 4 lawsuit centers on whether Bump parties, which routinely draw between 1,500 and 3,000 attendees, qualify as a legal land use under the resort’s decades-old administrative use permit. Resort owner Bernadette... Read More