Civic Issues
Topics getting the most attention in Lassen County public meetings, ranked by how frequently they are discussed.
5 issues in environment with medium priority
Water transfer to Southern California
The board wants to oppose a plan to transfer Sacramento Valley water south, arguing it should recharge Lassen-area groundwater instead.
Wildlife overcrossing on Highway 395
The Lassen County Transportation Commission is leading a $6 million, fully grant-funded effort to build wildlife crossings; Red Rock has become problematic due to BLM delays, so Bass Hill may be designed instead to 65% engineering by March.
Dyer's Woad declared a public nuisance
The board made it official: keeping the invasive noxious weed Dyer's Woad is now a public nuisance subject to county enforcement, with discussion of how abatement, private property rights, and pesticide use fit together.
BLM land acquisitions and disposals in Lassen County
The State of California offered to sell the old Armory at 205 Russell Avenue — next to the fairgrounds — back to the county. The Board authorized the CAO to negotiate, seeing potential for fair and health-services uses in the large, sound-roofed building.
Plumas National Forest post-fire restoration and timber
The forest is ramping up to 45 million board feet of timber sales this year, signed two big post-fire recovery decisions, and is doing prescribed burns — but a resident demanded the Forest Service chief see the damage firsthand.