Category Archives: Streams and Wetlands Impacts

Oil, Mining and Gas (OMG) Water Pollution

Clean Water Network’s next regional caucus, “Oil, Mining and Gas (OMG) Water Pollution in the Lower Mississippi River Basin,” is right around the corner!  This caucus is scheduled for September 15-16, 2010, and will take place in Little Rock, Arkansas, … Continue reading

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The Master Variable: Instream Flo

The Master Variable: Instream Flow A hands-on workshop and introduction to the Sierra Water Trust Project Saturday, August 28th, 2010 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Lake Tahoe Community College Student Center, South Lake Tahoe, CA Attend this event and broaden … Continue reading

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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

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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

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The Master Variable: Instream Flow

The Master Variable: Instream Flow A hands-on workshop and introduction to the Sierra Water Trust Project Saturday, August 28th, 2010 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Lake Tahoe Community College Student Center, South Lake Tahoe, CA Attend this event and broaden … Continue reading

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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

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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

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13th Annual Coho Confab August 13-15 at Westminster Woods

FYI 13th Annual Coho Confab August 13-15 at Westminster Woods in Western Sonoma County SRF, Trees Foundation, and Occidental Arts and Ecology Center will host the 13th Annual Coho Confab at Westminster Woods. Field tours will include water conservation, catchment, … Continue reading

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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

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Action Alert: Support Stream Protection Ordinance to Protect Coho Habitat

Action Alert: Support Stream Protection Ordinance to Protect Coho Habitat Call the Marin Board of Supervisors! On August 10th the Marin Board of Supervisors will take action (or not) in support of a progressive new stream forest protection ordinance to … Continue reading

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