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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 2, 2014
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Completes Wetlands Database and Mapping Tool

To coincide with American Wetlands Month, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced the completion of the most comprehensive and detailed U.S. wetland data set ever produced, capping a 35-year effort by the Service to map the extent of the nation’s wetlands. The Wetlands Inventory Mapper has digitally mapped and made publicly available wetlands […]

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Coast Guard, NOAA and Corps Announce Public Discussion on Nagivational Aid Technology

Thanks to our friends at ENS Resources for sharing this news: The US Coast Guard issued a news release stating that it, the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), as part of the Future of Navigation Initiative, will hold nationwide public discussions on navigational aid technology and […]

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Today’s California Drought-Related News

The SF Chronicle: Sierra Snowpack is Barely There Circle of Blue: Groundwater tables in most of California are at all-time lows, State report says BPR: Parched California: The Golden State’s Severe Drought Capitol Public Radio: Clean Water Advocates Call Proposed Recycled Water Rules ‘Permissive’ CBS Sacramento: Lack Of Water Taking California Farmers Into Uncharted Territory Capital […]

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Pacific Maritime Magazine News Online, May 2, 2014

    Subscribe toPacific Maritime Magazine PRINT EDITION April 2014 Issue    E-Nav Data as Evidence   By Michael A. Moore   The e-navigation revolution is making waves in more places than the bridges of commercial vessels – electronic technology leaves trails of data and has become accepted in courtrooms as evidence.    Most definitions […]

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Dredging News

Dredging News Online: Contaminated Sediments – A good practice guide for the UK  Port of Los Angeles and Los Angeles River Estuary, Maintenance Dredging West Coast Environmental Clamshell- Sources Sought  Richmond Inner Harbour Reaches 1 Maintenance Dredging, California Port of Redwood City, Harbour Maintenance Dredging, California

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  • onMay 2, 2014
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Notice of Opportunity to Comment- Lahontan Basin Plan Amendments

This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Below in PDF is a Notice of Opportunity to Comment on the Proposed Approval of Amendments to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Lahontan Region Clarifying the Antidegradation Policy, Adding Mixing Zone Provisions, Revising Certain Waste Discharge Prohibitions, and Amending Chapter 5- Water […]

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Bank of the West: Instant Analysis of Today’s Employment Report for April

Instant Analysis of Today’s Employment Report for April Job Market Heating-Up; +288K vs. Consensus Exp. +218K Labor Market Leaps Into Second Quarter- Shows Visible Signs of Firming Avg. Monthly Payroll Gains over Past 3-Months Improves to +237K Broad-based Job Growth across Goods & Services Sectors Business Services (+75K), Ed & Health (+40K), Leisure & Hospitality […]

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EPA Announces Funding Availability to Clean Up Diesel Engines Nationwide

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 1, 2014 EPA Announces Funding Availability to Clean Up Diesel Engines Nationwide Funding for diesel clean-up targeting cost-effective projects and poor air quality areas WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today the availability of $9 million in grant funding for clean diesel projects to reduce diesel pollution and […]

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  • onMay 1, 2014
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Today’s California Drought-Related News

Marketplace: Drought puts California rice in a sticky situation Sacramento Bee: Drought shadows the start of California salmon season i09: What happens when a city runs out of water? Maven’s Notebook: DWR releases report on groundwater basins with potential shortages, monitoring, gaps CNN: From toilet to tap: Getting a taste for drinking recycled waste water […]

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