On November 18, 2025, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the Coyote Creek Agrivoltaic Solar Project that will kill over 3000 native oak trees and destroy sensitive and increasingly rare habitat (vernal pools, valley grasslands, and one of the last continuous blue oak woodlands in California).

On Thursday, Nov 20, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California granted ART’s request for a Preliminary Injunction to enjoin any ground or vegetation disturbing activity on the American River Parkway authorized under Contract 3B until the Court reaches a decision on our case.

Please let the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors know that this is the wrong location for solar development! Action needed prior to the meeting on November 18, 2025.

On Friday, November 7th, attorneys for American River Trees (ART), Save the American River Association (SARA) and the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) will be presenting our case to secure a court ordered injunction.

On October 6 the Sacramento County Planning Commission will decide whether to recommend The Coyote Creek Solar Project to the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors.

Your support is needed. Everyone in the City of Sacramento can help build opposition to this project.

More than 98% of the money raised from the sale of Duck Stamps goes directly to help acquire wetlands and conservation easements for the National Wildlife Refuge System.

Supporters of Natomas Open Space, you have another opportunity to voice your concern. Thursday May 22, at 5:30, New City Hall, 915 I St., the City Planning and Design Review Commission will hear this project.

As we begin 2025, the Conservation Committee has made the decision to develop a Conservation Strategic Plan. This planning document will be used to set priorities, identify short term and long term actions, and ensure we are working with and collaborating with other stakeholders that at least partially share our mission.

In 2020, the fire season in the western United States reached unprecedented levels. There were 116 fires active in September consuming nearly 5,145,230 acres with 80% of this footprint (4,093,795 acres from 68 fires) occurring within California, Oregon, and Washington.