U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Releases 2014 List of Candidates for Endangered Species Act Protection The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today released the Candidate Notice of Review, a yearly status appraisal of plants and animals that are candidates for Endangered Species Act (ESA) protection. Twenty-two species from Hawaii and one from Independent Samoa and […]
Continue ReadingClick here to view the San Francisco Bay Joint Venture Bulletin for December 3, 2014 for all of the latest news and updates from the SFBJV.
Continue ReadingThe California Land Use & Development Law Report Legal Commentary on Planning and Development We’ve posted an article to our California Land Use & Development Law Report on a development that we think will be of interest to you. Our report publishes articles on recent legal and policy developments in the field of land use, […]
Continue ReadingIn October, I was honored to be selected to lead the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI). The Institute brings a solid, twenty-year track record of delivering quality science to inform and improve decisions by our leaders on complex environmental issues. SFEI’s scientists and technologists are impressive both individually and collectively. Their programs and products address today’s […]
Continue ReadingThe Port of Redwood City is seeking public input on environmental analysis it is launching on a plan to dredge deeper channels, and transport the soils to several possible sites, including South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project ponds. You can provide your thoughts on the scope and content of the Port’s environmental impact report by […]
Continue ReadingNewsletter November 24, 2014 COURT RULES THAT CONSTITUTION DOES NOT EMPOWER FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO REGULATE A THREATENED SPECIES LIVING ONLY WITHIN ONE STATE A federal district court in Utah has ruled in People for the Ethical Treatment of Property Owners v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service that Congress’s constitutional power to regulate interstate commerce does […]
Continue ReadingTHE BULLETIN timely news from the SFBJV November 12, 2014 What’s going on along Highway 37? We’ve gotten a lot of calls about those huge, white foam blocks at the Cullinan Project along Highway 37 and thought you may have seen them and wondered about them too!? They’re known as geofoamblocks and Ducks […]
Continue ReadingClick here for the Agenda Package for the November 13, 2014 RMP Steering Committee Meeting.
Continue ReadingMaterials from the Bay+Delta+Water Conference in Antioch on September 24, 2014 have been posted online, including Tina Swanson’s PowerPoint presentation and all of the scanned discussion worksheets. In addition, you can revisit Congressman Miller’s keynote address and Tina Swanson’s presentation, thanks to the generosity ofMaven’s Notebook.With Election Day behind us, we can move forward on […]
Continue ReadingOctober News from the Bay Area Climate & Energy Resilience Project A Project of the Joint Policy Committee In this issue: New Bay Area Climate Asset Mapping DC Adaptation Workshop—12 U.S. Metro Areas Climate Readiness Institute Working Groups Loma Prieta 25 Symposium Bay Area Regional Climate Protection Strategy 2nd National Adaptation Forum People’s Climate […]
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