2017 salmon forecasts point to reduced fishing opportunities
Commercial and sport anglers have received unwelcome news on the predicted return of Chinook salmon this year to California waters. State and federal fishery scientists presented updates on the numbers of spawning Chinook and the expected abundance for the upcoming fishing season at the annual Ocean Salmon Information Meeting held in Santa Rosa today.
A Meaningful Plan
The Healdsburg City Council is poised to adopt a resolution next week that has a lot of, well, potential. The resolution “acknowledging and embracing the community’s diversity; and expressing the city’s commitment to non-discrimination and inclusivity,” has the potential to bring Healdsburg residents together in strength and in solidarity.
‘Indivisible’ Healdsburg’ to meet next week at Villa Annex
A growing number of Healdsburg area people are organizing civic and political action as a new group called Indivisible Healdsburg, in coordination with many other Indivisible groups sprouting up across the nation since the election of Donald Trump as U.S. President.
Last call at Salvation Army – former orphanage sold
Brian Soward and his friend Casey (above) bought one of the “Sallie’s” signs as the Salvation Army facility on Lytton Springs Road closed for good on Saturday.
Louise Hallberg, the Butterfly Lady, has died at 100
Louise Hallberg, an internationally known expert on butterflies who turned her family home near Graton into a sanctuary for the colorful, fluttering creatures, has died.
Hilberman is new director of the Russian River Valley Winegrowers
In December, the Russian River Valley Winegrowers Association hired marketing and communications professional Wendy Hilberman as its new executive director. Hilberman is now the point person in charge of promoting the area’s wineries and the vast tourism industry of restaurants and hotels that has grown up around them. It’s a big job covering a big area. Home to over 150 wineries, the Russian River Valley AVA stretches from northernmost edge of Petaluma to just north of Healdsburg. (AVA stands for American Viticultural Area, the American version of the French “appellation.”)
