The San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority Governing Board meeting is on Wednesday, 2/25/15, 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM, at the California State Coastal Conservancy, 1330 Broadway, 11th Floor Conference Room, Oakland. The meeting agenda and agenda packet combined are attached. The agenda packet is now available online here. Also see the meeting schedule for 2015.
Continue ReadingOn February 13th, the Nature Conservancy’s California office released a white paper, “New Prospects for Financing Natural Infrastructure.” The principal author is Mark Zimring. The paper explores financing options for the “horizontal levee,” an innovative concept to protect San Francisco Bay from sea level rise and address other threats while providing multiple benefits, in part […]
Continue Reading2015 Interagency Ecological Program (IEP) Workshop — March 18-20, 2015 The IEP Planning Team invites you to submit abstracts for posters to be presented at the 2015 IEP Workshop. This is a great opportunity for you to share your current research with a diverse group of scientists and managers. The poster reception will be held […]
Continue ReadingPIANC Seminar ECOSYSTEM SERVICES Identification, Assessment and Benefits for Navigation Infrastructure Projects 7 May 2015, Koblenz, Germany _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ This PIANC seminar brings an inspiring international perspective of how to best integrate Ecosystem Services and its potential benefit for the navigation community. Herewith PIANC prepares and supports the international navigation sector for the future with a […]
Continue ReadingRegistration for the 2015 Interagency Ecological Program (IEP) Workshop is now open! Early registration pricing (available until March 10th) will be: $130 for all participants. For more information about registration and to view the complete workshop agenda, please click here. If you have any questions about the registration process, please contact Irene Maglangit at Irene.Maglangit@wildlife.ca.gov.
Continue ReadingPresident Obama’s Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request for Reclamation is $1.1 Billion Administration Initiatives Support Healthy and Sustainable Water Supplies, America’s Great Outdoors, Renewable Energy, Infrastructure Needs and Strengthening Tribal Nations WASHINGTON – President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2016 budget request released today identifies a total of $1.1 billion for the Department of the Interior’s […]
Continue ReadingThe California Land Use & Development Law Report Legal Commentary on Planning and Development 25th Annual Briefing on Land Use and Development Law — Materials Available Perkins Coie attorneys — most of whom contribute regularly to this report — recently presented the 25th Annual Land Use & Development Law Breakfast Briefing in Palo Alto, […]
Continue ReadingENDANGERED SPECIES: Feds increase number of smelt that can be killed in Calif. delta Debra Kahn, E&E reporter Published: Thursday, January 29, 2015 From Greenwire, an E&E Publishing Service Federal wildlife officials have increased the number of endangered fish that can be killed in California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, in response to water managers’ request […]
Continue ReadingAN E&E PUBLISHING SERVICE NATURAL RESOURCES: Grijalva plans protest, unveils Democratic subcommittee assignments Corbin Hiar, E&E reporter Published: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 At today’s House Natural Resources Committee organizational meeting, Democrats plan to protest the decision of Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) to shake up the panel’s subcommittee structure, ranking member Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) said yesterday. […]
Continue ReadingNowhere to Go But Up – Increased Rate of Sea Level Rise Spurs Flood of New Ideas By Ariel Rubissow Okamoto Published in Bay Nature on January 26, 2015 Click here to read the full article at Bay Nature.
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