Streams and Wetlands Impacts – Page 7

The City of Petaluma and the coalition of plaintiffs filed March 14, 2014 a Petition for Rehearing of three issues ruled upon by the State Court of Appeal on March 7, 2014. (Decision attached) The City of Petaluma and our Community have fought long and hard to preserve and protect our most popular park, our […]

Good information for everyone…..Janus Subject: New Online Resources for Ag Water Stewardship The California Agricultural Water Stewardship Initiative (CAWSI) is pleased to announce the expansion of the online Agricultural Water Stewardship Resource Center, which now features 11 on-farm practices, 66 case studies, and a library of technical resources to assist farmers and ranchers, water suppliers, […]

Drought, Resilience, & the North Coast River Lodge Conference Center 1800 Riverwalk Drive Fortuna, CA 95540 March 7, 2014, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm The 2014 Eel River Symposium; Drought, Resilience & the North Coast is focused on our current drought and how people can live with increasing climate extremes in ways that leave room […]

Dear Colleagues, The 32nd Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference is taking place in Santa Barbara from March 19-22, 2014. The conference is selling out quickly and we would like to encourage you to send in your registration today to ensure that your spot in this highly anticipated conference is reserved. Please see below for important details […]

Sonoma County supervisors will re-open the public hearing on a wealthy financier’s boutique winery after project opponents complained Supervisor Shirlee Zane had improper communication with the developer before it was approved. A use permit for the 10,000-case winery proposed for the hills north of Santa Rosa by Goldman Sachs partner Henry Cornell was issued in […]

Oppose Rep. Valadao’s Radical Legislation to Preempt California Law and Eliminate Environmental Protections for the Bay-Delta Estuary Perhaps not unexpectedly, the San Joaquin Valley Republican delegation outrage against Mother Nature (the drought), the Endangered Species Act, the San Joaquin River Settlement, the National Environmental Policy Act, California law, and responsibilities to other legal users of […]

Ukiah Daily Journal A seminar on “Mitigating Drought: Optimizing Pasture, Supplemental Feed, and Managing Risk” is being offered Wednesday, at the Hopland Research & Extension Center. Aimed at ranchers and livestock producers, the program will feature presentations by UC Cooperative Extension livestock advisers, UC Davis animal science faculty, and others. The date is Wednesday January […]

Decision Affirms Interior Department’s Wilderness Designation for Drakes Estero Point Reyes, Calif. – Today the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied the en banc petition for rehearing by the controversial Drakes Bay Oyster Company. 9th Circuit En Banc Denial Jan 14 2014.pdf Notably, not a single member of the Appeals Court found DBOC’s legal case […]

January 14, 2014 | Santa Rosa, CA Released by: District Attorney District Attorney Jill Ravitch announced today that defendant Stephen Kistler has resolved a civil case with the District Attorney’s Office for a violation of Fish and Game Code section 5650.1, prohibiting the release of potentially harmful materials into waterways. District Attorney Ravitch stated: “Land […]

To All: As I’m sure most if not all of you are aware, Governor Brown recently made his drought emergency declaration. While there are many positive aspects of the declaration – raising awareness of the drought, added pressure for reduced water usage, release of funds to address the drought, etc. – there are also some […]

NOTICE OF PUBLIC WORKSHOP: GROUNDWATER CONCEPT PAPER Wednesday, January 22, 2014 – 9:00 a.m.Joe Serna Jr. – Cal/EPA Headquarters Building Coastal Hearing Room 1001 I Street, Second Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) will hold a public workshop to consider public input on […]

John Laird December 24, 2013 Sea levels off the California coast will rise up to 2 feet by 2050 and up to 5.5 feet by 2100, scientific research suggests. Already, sea levels have risen in San Francisco by 8 inches over the past century. The highest tides of the year – dubbed King Tides – […]

Peter Fimrite November 10, 2013 Thirsty California may get a smidgen of rain this coming week, but it is not likely to change what, so far, has been the driest calendar year in recorded history. No rain at all fell in San Francisco in October and only 3.95 inches has fallen since Jan. 1, the […]

To All, Here are actions that can help stall or turn back attempts to frack in California. Larry What is the significance of access to the Eel River Basin offshore Natural Gas Hydrates? Methane (Natural Gas) Hydrates in offshore subduction zone sediments hold the world’s largest reserves of Natural Gas. More than all combined known […]

To All, Here is the latest. Also, there is a new grassroots listserv you or anyone in your network interested in this issue can join. Info below – but simply email me if you want to join. Feel free to share this info widely. Dalal Aboulhosn <dalal.aboulhosn@sierraclub.org> WE NEED YOUR HELP TO TAKE ACTION! We […]

After a decade of our collective efforts to restore Clean Water Act protections to the nation’s wetlands and streams, NOW IS OUR WINDOW to move what is an historic and crucial rulemaking to reinforce the Clean Water Act. For almost 30 years following the passage of the 1972 Clean Water Act, the courts and the […]

Dear All, You know what California has plenty of? Wineries. You know what it’s rapidly losing, and what it can never replace? Its ancient redwood forests, some of which have trees that are more than 2,000 years old.<http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/AhZwZ/zoLT/AJaEt> A Spanish winemaker wants to chop down 154 acres of coast redwoods and Douglas firs to make […]

Protection for Wetlands River Watch achieved substantial protection for a northcoast wetland, agreeing with Rouse Properties Inc. on a comprehensive set of steps to ensure maintenance of approximately 15 acres adjoining the Bayshore Mall in Eureka. River Watch filed litigation in 2012 alleging failure by the owners of the Mall to comply with its obligations […]

To All, Right now, 117 million Americans are at risk of drinking contaminated water. It sounds outrageous, I know. But a Bush administration loophole for polluters means that huge amounts of our nation’s streams, rivers, and wetlands are not currently covered by the Clean Water Act. Oil companies can dump crude into a stream, factory […]

To All, River Public Access Law Paper – attached Additionally – in California – the Coastal Act (applies to all rivers and streams that are navigable – can use craft or legs to navigate) – allows for public access to all such rivers and streams – confined to the high flow mark. Though access across […]

To All, In case you have not seen. California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Comments on Maintaining In-Stream Flows in Northern California Coastal streams. Comments are in response to the Supplemental Environmental document (SED), associated with AB 2121, drafted by the State Water Resources Control Board. See CDFW Comments here: CF&W Response Instream Flows […]

A North Coast reporter faces eight years in jail. Was he being unethical, or simply doing his job? By Rachel Dovey It was 5:45am, and Will Parrish sat on a thin platform 30 feet above the ground. He was exhausted. His plywood perch rested partway up a piece of drilling equipment called a stitcher, which looks […]

By DEREK MOORE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT September 8, 2013, 7:30 PM Biologists consider Willow Creek arguably the most important tributary habitat in the Russian River for coho, Joe Pecharich of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. The federal agency has contributed about $400,000 for the restoration work. He said young coho, as well as […]

The Russian River watershed has been selected as the first Habitat Focus Area under NOAA’s Habitat Blueprint. This is an important step to increase the effectiveness of NOAA’s habitat conservation science and management efforts by identifying places where NOAA offices work to meet multiple habitat conservation objectives on a watershed scale. A WATERSHED IN NEED […]

Hi everyone! I am so very sorry that I did not catch this sooner. The Regional Board is meeting tomorrow at 8:30 pm at their office at 5550 Skylane Blvd. Item #2 is as follows: Workshop regarding the Russian River Biological Opinion and development of the Russian River Fish Habitat Flows and Water Rights Project […]

Hello, Salmonid Restoration Federation and the Trees Foundation are pleased to announce the 2013 Confab agenda and registration are now availableat http://calsalmon.org/files/documents/tools/confab/confab_2013_agenda.pdf. Here’s a little blurb about the Confab if you would like to share it with your constituents or add it to your events calendar. Also, please let me know if you would like the beautiful […]

Empowers Citizens, Unlocks Information, Improves Water Management SACRAMENTO, CA – Former Brown Administration Resources Secretary Huey Johnson, president of the Resource Renewal Institute, today unveiled the first-ever public “California Water Rights Atlas.” This online tool enables citizens, policymakers, media and others to view thousands of current California water rights claims. RRI is a nonprofit, public […]

Ecological Health in the Nation’s Streams, 1993—2005 By Daren M. Carlisle, Michael R. Meador, Terry M. Short, Cathy M. Tate, Martin E. Gurtz, Wade L. Bryant, James A. Falcone, and Michael D. Woodside Introduction This report summarizes a national assessment of the ecological health of streams done by the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) National Water-Quality […]

by NPR Don Gentry, chairman of the Klamath Tribes, says the tribes have not been able to fish for suckerfish for the past 27 years. “The condition of our fish is just so dire,” he says. Amelia Templeton for NPR So often, we take water for granted. We turn on the faucet and there it […]

Category: Streams and Wetlands Impacts

Plaintiffs Ask Court of Appeal to Reconsider on Dutra Ruling

New Online Resources for Ag Water Stewardship

Drought, Resilience, & the North Coast Symposium, March 7, Fortuna

32nd Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference, Mar.19-22

Judge Sends Financier’s Winery Project Back to Sonoma County Supervisors

Nunes/Valadao bill in House next week–Outrageous Water Bill

Drought seminar this week for Mendocino County ranchers

9th Circuit Appeals Court Rejects Drakes Bay Oyster Co. En Banc Rehearing Petition

Sediment Release in Tributary of Salmon Creek Results in $38,000 in Costs and Penalties to Vineyard Developer

Drought and CEQA

Groundwater Concept Paper Hearing, Jan. 22, Sacramento

King Tides a Preview of Coming Sea Rise

California on Course for Driest Year on Record

Action to Protect Against Fracking in the North Coast

Action for to Protect and Enhance the Clean Water Act

Why the Clean Water Act is Currently Broken

Action for to Protect and Enhance the Clean Water Act

Action: Red Wine or Redwoods? Your choice…

River Watch Litigation Protects North Coast Wetland

Action to Strengthen not Weaken the Clean Water Act

River Public Access Law Paper

CDFW Comments on Maintaining Instream Flows

Protecting Wetlands and Wildlife Habitat — Bypass Mayhem

Discovery of young coho salmon in Russian River tributary heralded

Russian River Selected for NOAA’s Blueprint Plan

RWB Meeting on Russian River Biological Opinion

16th Annual Coho Confab, August 9-11

“California Water Rights Atlas” Opens to Public

The Quality of Our Nation’s Waters

Water Wars: Who Controls The Flow?

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