Monthly Archives: September 2007

Water Board’s Action on Wastewater Runoff “Incidental”?

Clean Water Friends: Thursday, Sept. 13th, at about 9 AM at their SR office (5550 Skylane Blvd.) the Regional Board will take up a Resolution in support of the concept of “incidental runoff” and “low threat” discharges. This is preliminary … Continue reading

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Community Day at Riverkeeper Stewardship Park

Hi, I thought you would be interested in a special event, Community Day at Riverkeeper Stewardship Park. The flyer is attached and shown below. Please share this flyer, post it and publish it. To learn more about the Riverkeeper and … Continue reading

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Alert of Gravel Mining Permit in Gualala River

Friends of the Gualala River and their friends The following notice (transcribed below, with emphasis added by underline) of a public hearing and mitigated negative declaration was recently posted in Annapolis. As you may know, gravel mining in the Wheatfield … Continue reading

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The Birds and the Bees – The Case for Resilience

By Chip Ward (Note: The concept of resiliency in nature applies to our north coast region’s approach to water systems and so is featured in this week’s main topic.) Resilience. You may not have heard much about it, but brace … Continue reading

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Fight Industrial Ag’s Pollution

As many of you may recall, last summer the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board approved the wavier for irrigated lands discharge, which many of you have been fighting for years to stop. Several organizations appealed this decision to … Continue reading

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