Monthly Archives: December 2008

CCWI on Water Testing in Russian River System

Hello everyone! We’d like to start out by saying we are really excited to share the results of the first study for our new Lower Russian River watershed monitoring and outreach program! As we all know our County’s drinking water … Continue reading

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Can Native Fish Species be Saved?

AMY COOMBS DECEMBER 22, 2008 Spawning trout and salmon may be lost due to magnetic interference, soil erosion, and water use. Can they be found? Researchers now postulate that fish can take magnetic imprints of the streams in which they … Continue reading

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2008: Year in Review for Impacts to California Water

Steve Adler December 24, 2008 January The state Air Resources Board proposed sweeping changes that would impact about 400,000 instate, on-road diesel vehicles and about 1.2 million vehicles from out of state. March Gov. Schwarzenegger introduced his water plan for … Continue reading

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Free Online Reference for Non-point Source Pollution

The NPS Encyclopedia is a free on line reference guide designed to facilitate a basic understanding of nonpoint source (NPS) pollution control and to provide quick access to essential information from a variety of sources by providing direct hyperlinks to … Continue reading

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RIVER OF RENEWAL WINS AWARD

RIVER OF RENEWAL WINS AWARD AT AMERICAN INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL San Francisco, CA River of Renewal, a film describing the Klamath Basin tribes¹ struggle to establish fishing rights, restore river flows, and remove dams, won the Best Documentary Award at … Continue reading

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CAL DFG NEEDS TO BE REFORMED–Here’s Why

To All, CAL DFG NEEDS TO BE REFORMED IF CALIFORNIA SALMON ARE TO BE SAVED, STUDY FINDS: A University of California-Davis report released 19 November 2008 predicts that 65% of California’s native salmon species will be extinct within 100 years. … Continue reading

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Expert Sends Out SOS for California’s Fish

Mike Taugher, Contra Costa Times 11/19/2008 Two-thirds of California’s native salmon, trout and steelhead are headed for extinction unless major changes are made to the way the state’s rivers are managed and protected, according to a report by one of … Continue reading

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Baby Fish in Polluted San Francisco Estuary Waters Are Stunted and Deformed

UC Davis, 12/8/08 Striped bass in the San Francisco Estuary are contaminated before birth with a toxic mix of pesticides, industrial chemicals and flame retardants that their mothers acquire from estuary waters and food sources and pass on to their … Continue reading

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Commenting Effectively on CEQA

Zeno Thanks for bringing up this Review/Article on Commenting Effectively on an Environmental Document. This Review/Artice is very good in getting someone grounded in what can and can not be accomplished through CEQA. I would add on: CEQA review – … Continue reading

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Sheephouse Creek NTMP Near Jenner Refiled

To the Friends of Sheephouse Creek: I just talked with Wendy Snyder and the revised Ricioli NTMP is being considered as received today and will be logged in by CDF staff. First review meeting will be December 18 and the … Continue reading

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