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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Watersheds, Groundwater, and Drinking Water: A Practical Guide
FYI…From the perspective of ‘life-long-learning’ this new book looks interesting, especially for those of us directly working on such related efforts? I have ordered it, but not yet had it in hand… Brock Completion and publication of a layperson’s guide … Continue reading
Posted in Groundwater Impacts, Lakes and Resevoirs Impacts, Streams and Wetlands Impacts, Water Conservation Issue, Watershed Related Concerns
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Four Anti-CEQA Initiatives
URGENT: Anti-CEQA initiatives URGENT: The ability of citizens to challenge EIRs is threatened by new initiatives drive. I’m not sure if you’ve heard about this, but it should be on your radar. Four anti-CEQA initiatives have been submitted to the Attorney … Continue reading
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Low Impact Development
LID (low impact development) is an alternative method of land development that seeks to maintain the natural hydrologic character of the site or region. The natural hydrology, or movement of water through a watershed, is shaped over centuries under location-specific … Continue reading
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Water Hits and Sticks
Findings Challenge a Century of Assumptions About Soil Hydrology ScienceDaily (Jan. 23, 2010) – Researchers have discovered that some of the most fundamental assumptions about how water moves through soil in a seasonally dry climate such as the Pacific Northwest … Continue reading
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URGENT: Anti-CEQA initiatives URGENT
The ability of citizens to challenge EIRs is threatened by new initiatives drive. I’m not sure if you’ve heard about this, but it should be on your radar. Four anti-CEQA initiatives have been submitted to the Attorney General’s office and … Continue reading
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Fresno Judge Halts Protection Plan For Winter Run Chinook
Dan Bacher, Feb 5, 2010 (Fresno) Federal Judge Oliver Wanger on Friday afternoon put a temporary hold on a federal plan (biological opinion) protecting salmon from the fish-killing California Delta pumps that deliver water to corporate agribusiness and southern California. … Continue reading
Posted in Salmonid/Wildlife Impacts
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In Central California, Coho Salmon Are On The Brink
Greg Miller, Science Magazine, January 2010 The Central California coho salmon was federally listed as endangered in 2006 and the population numbers are still dropping. The historical range of Central California coho salmon once stretched from Punta Gorda in Northern … Continue reading
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Santa Rosa Groundwater “Recharge”
To All, One thing you will hear over and over about ground water in the Santa Rosa area is that it is in a “recharge area” . However this paradigm needs to shift. It implies that we can draw from … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Impacts, Groundwater Impacts, Watershed Related Concerns
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More Wells Sinking the Central Valley
To All The consolidation caused by the repeated pumping action of ASR’s (AKA “ground water banking”) causes permanent compression of the formation also. This is the biggest crime of all because the ground water storage capacity is reduced forever. It … Continue reading
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Take Action on Wastes
To All, The problem of “waste” in the U.S. is both a local and a federal issue, with the Environmental Protection Agency providing the scientific veneer, among others, for the nation’s profit-at-any-cost, multibillion dollar sewage sludge, garbage, and chemical fertilizer … Continue reading
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