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SUPPORT FOR SB565 (PAVLEY)
Sent this e-mail today to Assemblymembers Chesbro & Evans. I urge others to do the same. — Jim SUPPORT FOR SB565 (PAVLEY) – My wife and I live on Mark West Creek, major tributary to the Russian River, We have … Continue reading
10 water laws of the West
by Hugh Holub on Aug. 16, 2010 [Note: I am a water attorney. Years ago I was asked to give a speech summarizing Western water law to a group of non-lawyers. This was the result....] Introduction: It does not take … Continue reading
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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
DWR seeks advisers for Water Plan Update 2013
The Advisory Committee for Water Plan Update 2013 is being formed to help develop and refine policy recommendations for the plan. There also is a proposal to establish interest-based and regional-based fo- rums. These groups would be chaired by AC … Continue reading
Proposal for Quantifying and Evaluating Water Management Responses
The Water Plan team will be holding a meeting of the Statewide Water Analysis Network (SWAN) on Aug.19 when it will present a technical proposal for quantifying and evaluating water management responses for Update 2013. SWAN serves as the technical … 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
Drought Contingency Plan Workshop Aug. 10
DWR will hold a workshop Aug. 10 about a just-releasd draft Drought Contingency Plan. The workshop will be held in Sacramento at CalEPA, Klamath Training Room. http://www.waterplan.water.ca.gov/docs/meeting_materials/drought/2010.08.10/CA_Drought_Contingency_Plan-Public_Review_Draft-081010.pdf
Tell Your Senators to Support Green Infrastructure!
Tell Your Senators to Support Green Infrastructure! Last week Senators Udall (D-NM) and Whitehouse (D-RI) introduced the Green Infrastructure for Clean Water Act of 2010 (S. 3561) the Senate companion to H.R. 4202 introduced by Representative Edwards (D-MD) last year. … Continue reading
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