Monthly Archives: July 2008

Sebastopol’s NE Area Plan Meeting, July 15, 7 pm

We urge you to attend the Council meeting, July 15th, on the Northeast Area Plan. Where and When: Youth Annex, Morris St., 7 p.m. Some of the Council’s questions will be answered at the July 15 meeting. Below is Kevin … Continue reading

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Source to Sea Event in San Francisco

SOURCE TO SEA An event inspired by the California Salmon Crisis. These evenings are a multilayered combination of films, discussions, performance art, story telling, live music, grassroots news telling and a chance to find out how you can help the … Continue reading

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New Pharmaceutical Screening Technique

The scientific community – Prescription drugs are wreaking havoc on the environment and a solution to this problem must be found Plato – “Necessity is the Mother of invention” Swedish researchers – Eureka! We may have found a solution! ACS … Continue reading

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3rd Annual Spring-run Chinook Symposium

Hello, SRF has two exciting events this summer: the 3rd Annual Spring-run Chinook Symposium and the 11th Annual Coho Confab. I have pasted our event announcements below. Please feel free – even encouraged! – to share these PSAs with your … Continue reading

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Appeal for Action on Syar Mining Hearing–July 8th at 2:10 pm

Rescheduled Syar Phase VI Pit Mining hearing July 8th – 2:10pm** Please help defend one of the biggest victories for the River that our Supervisors are prepared to reverse – the 10-year limit of Open Pit strip mining of our … Continue reading

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Regarding the Syar Gravel Permit Extension

(Note: The decision on Syar’s permit extension before the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on June 10 was postponed until Tuesday, June 8, at 2:10 pm.) It will be very interesting to see today how the Board of Supervisors addresses … Continue reading

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Water Scarcity: The Real Food Crisis

By Fred Pearce, Yale Environment, June 2008. In the discussion of the global food emergency, one underlying factor is barely mentioned: The world is running out of freshwater. After decades in the doldrums, food prices have been soaring this year, … Continue reading

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Life, Liberty, Water

Maude Barlow, YES! Magazine, June 2008 As climate change and worldwide shortages loom, will people fight over water or join together to protect it? A global water justice movement is demanding a change in international law to ensure the universal … Continue reading

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Sonoma County Water and Lake Sonoma

It was envisioned and built to support and encourage regional growth. And 25 years later, there’s plenty of water in Lake Sonoma. The problem is getting it to the Russian River, near Wohler Bridge; taking it out again; and distributing … Continue reading

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Regarding Water Supply from Lake Sonoma

Hi– Another issue, as Terry reminds us, is the siltation rate — how fast is the reservoir silting in?? And what is the rate of evaporation (going up with average temperatures). Jane Regarding the Water Supply Update from the City … Continue reading

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