PFWL Steward Council: Public Information

San Francisco Chronicle- November 18, 2011
UC Researchers to Receive Forest Land From PG&E
Lands recommended for donation includes 3,100 acres near the Pit River in Shasta County and 1,484 acres in the Lake Spaulding area of Nevada County. CALFIRE is recommended to receive fee title to 7,016 acres.

Los Angeles Times - November 17, 2011
UC Receives Biggest Donation of Land Ever
The university is recommended to acquire 4,584 acres of mixed-conifer forests in two locations -- 3,100 acres near the Pit River in Shasta County and 1,484 acres in the Lake Spaulding area of Nevada County

UC Center for Forestry - November 17, 2011
Land Donation to Double Forest UC Research Forestland
The University of California will add 4,584 acres of Northern California mixed-conifer forest to its research lands, doubling the size of UC’s research forests, as a result of a land donation approved yesterday (November 16) in Sacramento.

Appeal Democrat - November 14, 2011
Land Donation to UC Sierra Foothills Research
Stewardship Council Board to discuss donation of 41 acres to UC Sierra Foothills at Board meeting.

YubaNet.com - November 10, 2011
SC Grant Impact Award Grantees
Stewardship Council Awards $275,000 in Grants to Outdoor Youth Organizations.

Contra Costa Times - August 16, 2011
SC Grant Supports Urban Tilth
Stewardship Council awarded $35,000 toward Ubran Tilth's Homegrown Experts initiative

The Business Journal - August 10, 2011
SC Grant Supports Wildplaces
Stewardship Council awarded $14,000 to Tular County based youth group

2009

The Union Democrat - June 12, 2009
County to Cinch Kennedy Land
Tuolumne County will likely gain title to 244 acres surrounding Kennedy Meadows Resort and Pack Station.

The Union Democrat - June 4, 2009
County Discusses Kennedy Meadows
Stewardship Council staff’s recent recommendation that Tuolumne County hold title to the 240 acres surrounding Kennedy Meadows Resort and Pack Station was discussed at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisor’s meeting.

The Union Democrat - June 1, 2009
County May Get Kennedy Property
Tuolumne County has been recommended by Stewardship Council staff to hold title to the 240 acres surrounding Kennedy Meadows Resort and Pack Station.

The Union Democrat - April 1, 2009
Council to divvy up PG&E land in Mokelumne River watershed
The Pacific Forest and Watershed Lands Stewardship Council is soliciting organizations to care for thousands of acres within the Mokelumne River watershed.

The Union Democrat - February 5, 2009
Two Kennedy Meadows Proposals Made
Two very different proposals for the management of 240 acres surrounding Kennedy Meadows Resort and Pack Station are now in front of the Stewardship Council for review.

2008

Plumas County News - December 6, 2008
Greenville playground wins $160,000 grant
The grounds surrounding the Indian Valley Community Center in Greenville may soon be sporting the Nuksa Te (Maidu for Joyful Child) playground, splashpark and picnic area for local families and visitors to use.

The San Francisco Chronicle - November 27, 2008
Berkeley shop adapts bikes for any disability
Cast your memory back to when you were 5 or 6, when your adult helper let you go and you wobbled off on your first solo bike ride. What was that incredible feeling? Freedom. But what if that freedom was never availble to you?

The San Francisco Chronicle - October 19, 2008
Pristine PG&E areas in Shasta to go public
Dale Glassburn wasn't looking for serenity on Big Lake, an isolated spring-fed body of water outside the town of Burney. A person doesn't have to search for that in this 7,596-acre haven for wildlife known as McArthur Swamp in the rugged Cascade Mountains of Northern California.

The San Francisco Chronicle - October 8, 2008
California Organizes to Connect Youth with Nature
Video games have become more exciting than outdoor play and the consequences of inactivity are dire: obesity, asthma, onset adult diabetes, are all on the rise in today's youth. Unfortunately, it is not enough to tell kids to "go outside!" like our parents did.

The Union Democrat - August 22, 2008
Public Says Keep Kennedy Meadows As Is
Keeping the 240-acres of land surrounding Kennedy Meadows "just how it is" was the most common comment made at the latest meeting to gauge public sentiment about who, and what interests, should be central in controlling the land's future.

The Modesto Bee- June 10, 2008
Winding Down - Kennedy Meadows
As the rebuilding of fire-ravaged Kennedy Meadows Lodge continues toward its projected July 4 reopening, another significant date has come and gone. Monday was the final day for organizations to apply to the Stewardship Council to own the 244 acres on which the historic pack station and resorts rests. Seventeen applied.

The Union Democrat- June 9, 2008
Stewardship Decision on Kennedy Meadows Land Nearing
As efforts to reconstruct the fire-damaged Kennedy Meadows Resort progress, policy makers are working to build consensus on who in the future will manage the surrounding land..

The LA Times - January 6, 2008
Groups to settle PG&E lands' future
After three years of work, an array of interest groups are poised to determine the future of more than 140,000 acres of some of California's most ecologically rich and endangered watershed lands, among the largest swaths to be preserved in decades�

2007

The Union Democrat - December 7, 2007
Rebuilding Kennedy Lodge likely
Efforts to rebuild Kennedy Meadows Lodge are a go, PG&E Land Manager Steve Koop assured an audience of some 50 people gathered in Sonora Thursday for a meeting on the future the high country resort.

Chico Enterprise Record - December 3, 2007
Buck's Lake a "pilot project" in land-use effort
It's one of four "pilot projects" of the Stewardship Council, a nonprofit corporation charged with enhancing public use of 40,000 acres of land, up and down the state, that belongs to PG&E. Council staff held a meeting in Chico Thursday to get input on how planning for the use of land at Buck's Lake should proceed.

The San Francisco Chronicle - October 22, 2007
Children detach from natural world as they explore the virtual one
Yosemite may be nice and all, but Tommy Nguyen of San Francisco would much prefer spending his day in front of a new video game or strolling around the mall with his buddies.

The Union Democrat - October 10, 2007
Kennedy Meadows plans discussed
The owner of Kennedy Meadows publicly vowed Tuesday to rebuild the popular high-country resort's main lodge by next summer. The historic lodge, along with seven cabins and several smaller buildings, burned to the ground last week in an apparent chimney flue fire.

Recordnet.com - September 7, 2007
Fear of the unknown: The owner of popular Kennedy Meadows Resort worries land transfer could rein in his business
KENNEDY MEADOWS - This high Sierra resort is from another time. Cowboys still saddle horses, something they've been doing for at least 90 years. Guests sleep in rustic cabins and sometimes ride into the nearby Emigrant Wilderness to catch trout. The troubles of big cities and corporate cubicles seem far away.........

Contra Costa Times - August 30, 2007
OUR NEIGHBORS: CHRIS TREADWAY: School could reap greenway's rewards
Anyway you look at it, the Richmond Greenway has potential. What that potential turns out to be depends on how the immediate and farther-flung community members buy in to the concept of the greenway as a local asset. The first phase of the greenway -- a former railroad right-of-way turned to public use -- opened in May and extends from Second Street at the Richmond Parkway to 23rd Street, passing within a block of Samuel L. Gompers High School on Ninth Street......

Enterprise Record - July 1, 2007
Many local proposals in Stewardship Council plan
In the hills and mountains east of Chico, the Stewardship Council has plans to improve recreation and environmental protection. The council recently released its draft plan for 141,000 acres of land owned by PG&E. Proposals by the council include such things as cultural centers, new trails, camping facilities, conservation easements, habitat improvement and . . .

Sacramento Bee - May 20, 2007
Land Preservation Plan will be unveiled
A landmark plan to preserve 140,000 acres of Northern California owned by Pacific Gas and Electric Co. will be unveiled tonight in Sacramento. . . The public can weigh in on the future of land stretching across 22 counties primarily in the Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Mountains at the first of a series of hearings throughout Northern California. . .

Fresno Bee - March 1, 2007
Healthy Set of Wheels
Fresno's Parks Department is steering a souped-up trailer loaded with technology and sports equipment into neighborhoods where there are too few opportunities for organized activities. . .The Parks Department won a $45,000 grant from the Pacific Forest and Watershed Lands Stewardship Council to buy the Mobile Fitness Vehicle. . .

2006

Redding Record Searchlight - December 10, 2006
Public Will Win No Matter Who Gets PG&E Land
A land rush is accelerating in the hills of Shasta County. The Shasta County supervisors last week hired a consultant to help the county try to acquire about 40,000 acres of land that Pacific Gas and Electric Co. is giving away as part of the settlement of its 2003 bankruptcy. That move provoked grumbling from local conservation groups that also covet the land and resent the intrusion . . .

Ukiah Daily Journal - October 20, 2006
Community Briefs - Stewardship Council Meeting Set for Nov 1
It's not often that you get the chance to help shape the future of a community. It's not often that you get the chance to have input into how to protect and enhance thousands of acres of California watershed land. Through the work of the Stewardship Council, that opportunity is available to you . . .

Sacramento Bee - October 3, 2006

Great Outdoors Not So Great Among Teens, Survey Says
A pickup game of basketball or a bike ride to the local swimming pool are fading summer pastimes for California youths . . .

San Jose Mercury News - September 29, 2006

Study: California Youths Choose Computers, TVs Over Great Outdoors
With the school year in full swing, a new study by a Foster City foundation reveals that California youths are more likely to have spent their summers captivated by computer games or TV screens than adventuring in the great outdoors . . .

CBS Chico KHSL - September 28, 2006
5:30p Evening News - California's Kids Aren't Getting Any Quality Time Outdoors, Even in the Summer
Voice Over: That's according to a new survey by the Pacific Forest and Watershed Lands Stewardship Council. The survey revealed that less than one third of children participated in outdoor programs, attended summer camp or participated in outdoor service project. Less than half the kids went to a public swimming pool. About 59 percent of parents said their children have less interest in the outdoors than in the past. The vast majority, a whopping 91- percent, cited television, computer and video games as the main reason for the child's disinterest. More than 26- hundred people took part in this survey.

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