FYI, Northcoast Water Board public meeting on CWA Impaired Water Bodies 303(d) and Russian River First Flush Meeting Announcement – Agenda 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 3, 2009 8:30 a.m., 2. Public Hearing on Resolution No. R1-2009-0047 to consider whether to affirm, reject, or modify the Clean Water Act Section 303(d) List of Impaired Waters section […]
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Film: End of the Line
To All, “The inconvenient truth about the impact of overfishing on the world’s oceans” — The Economist Fresh from its World Premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, THE END OF THE LINE is the first major documentary about the imminent peril facing the world’s oceans. Narrated by Ted Danson and based on the book […]
Read MoreUpdate on S. 787, The Clean Water Restoration Act
FYI, S. 787, The Clean Water Restoration Act, was introduced by Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) on April 2nd. The Clean Water Act was passed in order to restore the chemical, physical and biological integrity of our nation’s waters. This cannot be done if a host of our streams and many of our wetlands lack federal […]
Read MoreALERT: PRESERVATION RANCH: PUBLIC SCOPING, INITIAL STUDY
ALERT: PRESERVATION RANCH: PUBLIC SCOPING, INITIAL STUDY PUBLIC NOTICE of the EIR (Environmental Impact Report) for “PRESERVATION” RANCH ACTION ALERT: PRESERVATION RANCH — NOTICE of Environmental Impact Report Public Scoping Sessions WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2009, 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. PRMD Hearing Room, 2550 Ventura Avenue, Santa Rosa. SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2009, 1:00 p.m. to […]
Read MoreClean Water Restoration Act UPDATE
Clean Water Restoration Act UPDATE On Thursday, April 2, 2009 Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin introduced the Clean Water Restoration Act of 2009 (S.787). To read the text of this legislation go to the Library of Congress website and do a bill search for S.787: http://thomas.loc.gov/ Senator Barbara Boxer is an original co-sponsor of the […]
Read MoreScoping Meetings on Preservation Ranch Set
I received a notice in the mail for- Public Scoping Meetings for Preparation of a Draft EIR These meetings are for an application received by Sonoma County PRMD to convert 1,681 acres of timberland to vineyard on a 19,300 acre ranch, residential development and lots of roads referred to as Preservation Ranch located just east […]
Read MorePublic Meetings and Comments on Prop 84 Drinking Water
This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. _________________________________ Announcement from the California Department of Public Health Drinking Water Program Interested Parties: The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Drinking Water Program is required by Senate Bills X2 1 and 732 to establish new criteria for Proposition 84, Section 75025 funding. This […]
Read MoreClean Water Act Action
Dear Clean Water Network Members and Others, REMINDER: ACT NOW to schedule meetings with your Senators and Representatives for the in-district work period of April 6-17 to talk with them about restoring the Clean Water Act. Setting up a meeting takes advance time, so it is best to get a request in as soon as […]
Read MoreWorkshop on Draft 305(b) WQ Assessment/303(d) List of Impaired Waters
Hello there, The public meeting I attended last week had a very light turnout (4 people). It would be good for many more people to be familiar with this report and to provide feedback. It lays the ground (so to speak) for much that will follow. Have a wonderful wet week, Rue —— To Interested […]
Read MoreSpeak Up for Clean Water in the Russian River Watershed
Speak Up for Clean Water in the Russian River Watershed!! Impaired Waterways Workshop Join Russian Riverkeeper and the California Coastkeeper Alliance for a workshop on how to use the public comment process to effectively speak up for the health of your local waterways! Monday, March 9th, 6:00pm @ the Environmental Center of Sonoma (Directions) Every two years, by federal […]
Read MoreWorkshop on 303(d) Impaired Water Bodies, Feb. 17th
Hi Everyone! This is a reminder that the Regional Board staff will hold a workshop on Tuesday, Feb. 17th, at their offices at 5550 Skylane Blvd. at 6 PM on the 303(d) impaired water body list and 305(b) Water Quality Assessment. The comment period was opened recently and will remain open until March 20th. Call […]
Read MoreNorth Coast Basin Plan Proposal
Please review – open to suggestions COAST ACTION GROUP P.O. BOX 215 POINT ARENA, CA 95468 January 21, 2009 Catherine Kuhlman: Executive Officer North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board 5550 Skylane Blvd. Ste. A Santa Rosa, CA 95403 Subject: Proposal to Amend the North Coast Basin Plan by Establishing Exception Criteria to the […]
Read MoreLiquid Assets, The Film
Hey Ya’ll, I never heard if this movie ever aired on PBS around here or not? Here is a link to the trailer. DVD is available for purchase at $24.95. I may buy it?? Anyone else pondering it? Brock http://liquidassets.psu.edu/ Liquid Assets is a public media and outreach initiative that seeks to inform the nation […]
Read MoreRegarding the True Costs of Cleanup
Brock, You are so right on target. I observed the effects of what you describe in the last flood as I watched water from vineyard agricultural operations drain off of tile drained bare land and flood Green Valley Road rather than be allowed to soak in and recharge the ground water at the top of […]
Read More2008 Impaired List Due Out Feb. 2
Hi Alan, Actually, the new Draft 2008 List is not available yet. It will be available on or before February 2, 2009. The notice went out today in order to give 30-days notice on the workshops in mid-February, and it made sense to include all the other dates for this project at the same […]
Read MoreComment Letter on North Coast Basin Plan
Please review – open to suggestions COAST ACTION GROUP P.O. BOX 215 POINT ARENA, CA 95468 January 21, 2009 Catherine Kuhlman: Executive Officer North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board 5550 Skylane Blvd. Ste. A Santa Rosa, CA 95403 Subject: Proposal to Amend the North Coast Basin Plan by Establishing Exception Criteria to the […]
Read MoreUrgent Letters Needed on Basin Plan Amendment
Friends of Clean Water: LETTERS ARE URGENTLY NEEDED!!! ALSO, PLEASE SHARE THE FOLLOWING WITH PEOPLE ON YOUR EMAIL LISTS. RRWPC has serious concerns about part of the Basin Plan Amendment being proposed by the North Coast Regional Board. Those concerns are listed in the sample letter attached to this email. We encourage you to write […]
Read MoreBasin Plan Amendment
Hi everyone! I want to wish you all a very Happy New Year. May it be filled with many blessings including good health, prosperity, and love. Last night I counted my blessings over the last year and realized it was one of the best years of my life, at least in terms of the […]
Read MoreCCWI 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 comes from this watershed basin, and in fact many Marin residents get their water from […]
Read More2008: 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 California that included conservation, protection of delta levees, study of delta water conveyance and three […]
Read MoreFree 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 resources available on the World Wide Web (www.). References pertaining to hyperlinks can be accessed […]
Read MoreBaby 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 eggs, say UC Davis researchers. Using new analytical techniques, the researchers found that offspring of […]
Read MoreNew Protections for Salmon
Press Democrat 11/08 Farms and orchards that continue to use three pesticides that harm salmon will have to greatly expand buffer zones around their fields so the chemicals don’t reach streams, federal biologists ruled Tuesday. Acting under terms of a lawsuit brought by anti-pesticide groups and salmon fishermen, NOAA Fisheries Service issued findings under the […]
Read MoreMeetings on the Russian’s Biological Opinion
For the full story – please visit my web site – there are several articles on this subject – you can go to the ENVIRONMENT category for the full collection. And please pass along this information so we can get many people attending these important meetings! Thank you! http://www.westcountygazette.com/blog/2008/11/sonoma-county-water-meetings-biological.html We have a lot of meetings […]
Read MoreRRWP Files Appeal Over SR’s Wastewater Site
Hi everyone: I would like to announce that yesterday Russian River Watershed Protection Committee filed an appeal with the City of Santa Rosa to have the City Council hear our concerns about the BPU’s Certification of the FEIR on the Discharge Compliance Project. We don’t know when this will be scheduled, but will let people […]
Read MoreSanta Rosa’s IRWP update
Incremental Recycled Water Program (IRWP) Update October 6, 2008 Information about the Seasonal Storage Project (SSP) and the availability of the Final EIR follows below. The SSP Final EIR is available for review, today, October 6. Available online at www.SRCity.org/SeasonalStorage under Studies & Reports. The Board of Public Utilities (BPU) meeting at which certification will […]
Read MoreRivers of Doubt
Minute quantities of everyday contaminants in our drinking supply could add up to big trouble. Anne Underwood, Newsweek Web Exclusive The common white sucker is nobody’s favorite fish. It’s a bottom feeder that trout fishermen in Colorado happily toss back into the water. But it’s also what scientists call a sentinel—a species whose health (or […]
Read MoreA scene from the documentary “Flow,” directed by Irena Salina.
The War Between Public Health and Private Interests By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS Published: September 12, 2008 A documentary and a three-alarm warning, “Flow” dives into our planet’s most essential resource — and third-largest industry — to find pollution, scarcity, human suffering and corporate profit. And that’s just in the United States. More About This Movie Yet […]
Read MoreSurprise – Pesticides Harm Salmon And Steelhead
National Marine Fisheries Services to review effects of pesticides on salmon and steelhead The National Marine Fisheries Services will review the effects of 37 pesticides on salmon and steelhead under a lawsuit settlement with environmental and fishing groups. By Hal Bernton Seattle Times staff reporter The National Marine Fisheries Services will review the effects of […]
Read MoreFeds: Common Pesticides Jeopardize salmon survival
By JEFF BARNARD The Associated Press August 14, 2008 GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Three pesticides commonly used on farms and orchards throughout the West are jeopardizing the survival of Pacific salmon, the federal agency in charge of saving the fish from extinction has found. Under the settlement of a lawsuit brought by anti-pesticide groups and […]
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