Monthly Archives: December 2007

New Report on Laguna de Santa Rosa

Posted on December 31, 2007 by Larry

fyi and Happy Holidays! Veronica The Laguna Foundation, working with Philip Williams & Associates and TetraTech, Inc. have published a new report on water pollution in the Laguna watershed. The City of Santa Rosa, which is situated wholly within the … Continue reading →

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Vineyards’ Drip Irrigation: When Conservation isn’t Conservation

Posted on December 31, 2007 by admin

by Mark Scaramella In the 1990s at the beginning of the northcoast’s Second Big Grape Boom the local Wine Industry told us that they were conserving water by using drip irrigation instead of overhead spraying like conventional fruit growers still … Continue reading →

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Turning water into wine; To water grapevines or not — the roots of the wine industry’s next great controversy

Posted on December 31, 2007 by admin

AGRICULTURE, Guest Column: San Francisco Chronicle – 6/1/07 By Alice Feiring, wine journalist and blogger For years, I took the New World’s thirst for vineyard irrigation for granted. I believed what I was told: Napa Valley was a desert and … Continue reading →

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Comment Deadline for Western Oregon Plan Revisions

Posted on December 28, 2007 by Larry

Friends of Siskiyou Country, We want to give you quick update on the Western Oregon Plan Revisions (WOPR). The deadline for submitting comments has been extended, again, to January 11th 2008. The WOPR will boost logging of old-growth trees by … Continue reading →

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L. A. must dump water from two reservoirs

Posted on December 28, 2007 by Larry

This story was sent to you by: Howard Wilshire Scary item: L. A. must dump water from two reservoirs An unexpected, potentially dangerous chemical reaction occurred at the Silver Lake and Elysian facilities. By Duke Helfand Los Angeles Times Staff … Continue reading →

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Comments on Sediment Control Plan

Posted on December 20, 2007 by Larry

Attached are Coast Action Group’s Comment–Work Plan To Control Sediment In Sediment-Impaired Watersheds in Support of Regional Board Resolution No. R1-2007-0095. And the NOAA letter on Garcia River improvement since adoption of sediment TMDL. Alan epatmd64-sediment-work-plan-comments.rtf nmfs-garcia-tmdl-comments.pdf

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On the Water Board’s Sediment Control Plan

Posted on December 17, 2007 by Larry

Daniel: You comments are spot on – and – appreciated. I am copying them to other concerned parties that might make use of them. Thank you. Anderson is correct. It will be tough to get money for staffing in this … Continue reading →

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Agencies Admit Fish Blunder in Failing to Stop Massive Delta Kill

Posted on December 17, 2007 by admin

Stockton Record – 12/7/07 By Hank Shaw RIO VISTA – Federal and state bureaucrats have managed to destroy one of the Delta’s richer nurseries for baby fish at a time when populations of both sport fish and threatened species are … Continue reading →

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More Water for Klamath to Protect Salmon

Posted on December 17, 2007 by admin

Sacramento Bee – 11/29/07 By David Whitney WASHINGTON – A National Research Council report Wednesday supported more water being released down the Klamath River to protect salmon runs, siding with authors of a 2006 study that critics said the Bush … Continue reading →

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Top scientists: Klamath salmon need more water Eureka Times Standard – 11/29/07

Posted on December 17, 2007 by admin

By John Driscoll, staff writer More water should be released down the Klamath River to help salmon while studies are honed to provide for better management, recommends an arm of the National Academy of Sciences. While the academy’s National Research … Continue reading →

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