Grapes Vs. Redwoods On California's North Coast

25 December 2002 - 5:00am

New chair of California Coastal Commission and Coastal Sonoma County Supervisor proposes limits to vinyard growth.

Concerned that too many prized redwoods are being lost to vineyards, Sonoma County Supervisor Mike Reilly is proposing new regulations that would prohibit conversion of timberland to grapes in large tracts of the rural countryside.

Source: Santa Rosa Press Democrat, December 23, 2002
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