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Monthly Archives: December 2006
Regarding Realtors Concern with Ukiah Ordinance
Dear Eric, As you know, I helped negotiate the sewer lateral inspection ordinance, and hope to negotiate many more of them. I certainly respect Mary Grace Pawson, and Cathy Hayes, however the real estate foot draggers have no case and … Continue reading
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Watershed Planning: A Workshop on Developing and Implementing Plans To Improve Water Quality
Watershed Planning: A Workshop on Developing and Implementing Plans To Improve Water Quality January 24-25, 2007 Doubletree Hotel & Conference Center Berkeley Marina 200 Marina Boulevard Berkeley, California 94710 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 office in San Francisco … Continue reading
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Discussion on Laguna
Dear all – Likewise, I agree with Alan and Carolyn Dixon about the trends for the Laguna, and all waterways and bodies in the county. The cumulative losses are large, and are substantially unaccounted for in the SoCo General Plan … Continue reading
Laguna and SR Creek Master Plan
Rue: I agree with her statements in the comment below – and felt the same way when I read the article in the paper. After thinking on it for a bit I realized that you can have some trails and … Continue reading
Supreme Court Rejects CDF Appeal
On December 13, 2006 the California Supreme Court rejected the California Department of Forestry’s appeal of the First District Court of Appeals ruling in the case of Joy Road Area Forest and Watershed Association vs. Harmony Forest & Land Company, … Continue reading
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Santa Rosa Citywide Creek Master Plan
Copy of Comments on City of Santa Rosa Citywide Creek Master Plan/DEIR Alan Levine SR Creek Master Plan
Response to SR’s NPDES Permits
Don et al: I disagree. The County and City have some good policy language on Stormwater. Language is all that is there. Their enforcement is generally lacking in many areas – not just the City on construction sites. The Creek … Continue reading
Santa Rosa Stormwater NPDES Permit
On SR Stormwater NPDES permit…we just met with city and county on their recent annual report see -NPDES Permit Annual Report. The county and city public works are making fair progress towards NPDES permit goals, which includes enforcement authority given … Continue reading
In Memory of Kurt Erickson
Kurt Erickson, a long time environmental activist in Sonoma County, passed away recently. Kurt was a founding member of the Salmon Creek Watershed Council and worked many long and hard hours for the watershed. He organized watershed days and attended … Continue reading
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Water is the New Oil
Roma Luciw November 27, 2006 The colossal cost of fixing crumbling water infrastructure in the developed world has opened the door to government privatization. Water delivery systems in the industrial world are in “dire need” of repair, says a report … Continue reading
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