Twenty-eight volunteers joined forces to clean along the Electra Rd/Big Bar section of the Mokelumne River on Saturday, October 24th. Approximately 505 pounds of trash and recyclables were removed along
Amador County now has around 50 wine tasting rooms. Most of these are located in the Shenandoah Valley area, and most are on large parcels zoned A or AG, which
This year, Amador County has been reviewing two proposals affecting large areas of land around Ione. One is a proposal for the Pilgrim Rock Quarry off Highway 16 near the
Mapping and prioritizing tool Over the last year, Foothill Conservancy’s Watershed Conservation Advocate Shane Dante has continued to participate in the Amador-Calaveras Consensus Group Strategic Landscape Assessment Working Group. The
As we’ve discussed in the previous newsletter, a private company called GreenGen Storage LLC is proposing to build a pumped-storage hydroelectric project on the Mokelumne River. It would use existing PG&E
Every county has a Local Agency Formation Commission. The commission’s job is to help ensure the orderly development of lands within a county, avoid premature conversion of agricultural lands to
