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Support Senate Bill 565 on Water Diversions
Please call Assemblymembers Wes Chesbro and Noreen Evans and ask them to support Senate Bill 565 by Senator Fran Pavley on the Assembly floor this week. SB 565 would:• Provide the State Water Resources Control Board with adequate authority to … Continue reading
Re: Coho Confab and Vineyard/Winery Impacts on Fish
Bob, Thanks for forwarding the info on the Coho Confab. I was not aware of it and I see some very knowledgeable individuals on the list of presenters. You may not want to read the rest of my e-mail because … Continue reading
Water quality and dairies. Hearing July 20
Water quality and dairies. Hearing July 20. http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/northcoast/water_issues/programs/dairies/ Stephen
Water: Will There Be Enough?
Sandra Postel, Yes! Magazine, Jun 4 2010 For at least three decades, Americans have had some inkling that we face an uncertain energy future, but we’ve ignored a much more worrisome crisis-water. Cheap and seemingly abundant, water is so common … Continue reading
Knights Valley’s Pelton House Winery Ruling Documents
Here is the Order granting Petition For Writ of Mandate from Judge Boyd requiring an EIR for the Pelton House (Maacama Watershed Alliance vs. County of Sonoma and Jess Jackson). Particularly noteworthy here is that every issue brought up by … Continue reading
Russian River Frost Protection Update
This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. _______________________________________________________________ Attached is the agenda for the June 15, 2010 Board meeting, where staff will present a Russian River Frost Protection Update (Item 10 on the agenda). This is … Continue reading
Water Board Chair Hoppin and His Biased Statements
Interested Parties I am not sure the State Board Chair understands his job – or – the Role of regulators and other concerned interests. Read the Board Chair statements and my questions to Charlie (that went unanswered – below). As … Continue reading
Instream Flows (AB 2121) Decision–Tues. April 27
Hi All, This meeting is so important for the general public to attend. People need to be there to represent the public trust doctrine for the protection (not the taking) of California’s water resources. Typically the wine industry goes to … Continue reading
How Dry is My Valley? Farms Short on Water
Matt Jenkins, April 11, 2010 (SF Chronicle) On a crisp, brilliant day at the end of March, the farms near the Sacramento Valley town of Arbuckle were bursting with green and looked as if they’d popped straight off a fruit-crate … Continue reading
A Scientific Assessment in California’s Bay Delta
A Scientific Assessment of Alternatives for Reducing Water Management Effects on Threatened and Endangered Fishes in California’s Bay Delta National Academy Press, 2010 California’s Bay-Delta estuary is a biologically diverse estuarine ecosystem that plays a central role in the distribution … Continue reading