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  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 30, 2014
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Today’s California Drought-Related News

Newsmax: Officials: Pot Growers Worsening California’s Drought Napa Valley Register: Napa architect helps invent storm water protection system for wineries UC Davis: UC summit: Learning to live with drought Epoch Times: El Nino 2014: New Study Links California Drought to Global Warming Capitol Public Radio: Farmers Forecasting Less Rice, Higher Prices Because of Drought NPR: […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 29, 2014
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From the PPIC- Drought Watch: Essential Elements for a Water Bond

Drought Watch: Essential Elements for a Water Bond Caitrin Chappelle, Ellen Hanak April 24, 2014 This is part of a continuing series on the impact of the drought. “In both houses of the California Legislature, multiple versions of a new water bond are being amended and debated to make the June deadline for replacing the […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 29, 2014
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From SAMCEDA: Decisions, Family Fun & Annual Meeting

APRIL 29   SAMCEDA’s 62nd Annual Meeting Register Now! June 12, 2014 11:30 AM – 2 PM Foster City Crowne Plaza 1221 Chess Drive Foster City, CA 94404 For Sponsorship opportunities or individual ticket sales, please contact Amanda Borsum at aborsum@samceda.org or 650-413-5600 or register on our website, www.samceda.org   Are You Attending The 2014 Decision Makers Conference? Don’t […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 29, 2014
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Pacific Maritime Magazine News Online, April 29, 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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  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 29, 2014
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SAME SF Post Meeting: Dredging Permits – Essential Do’s and Don’ts

Sign Up Now for the SAME SF Post, May 8, 2014 Topic: Dredging Permits – Essential Do’s and Don’ts Synopsis: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is responsible for administering Section 404 of the Clean Water Act for placement of dredge or fill material into waters of the U.S. and for Section 10 of […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 29, 2014
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Today’s California Drought-Related News

Capitol Public Radio: Food Banks Feeling the Drought The Packer: California drought order leaves citrus uncertain Salon: California’s record drought just got a lot more serious  NBC Bay Area: San Francisco’s Sutro Reservoir Gets Seismic Safety Upgrades Turlock City News: Cannella to Support Water Bond Proposals, Despite Defeat of Bill Reuters: Soft delta soil could […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 28, 2014
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May 1, 2014 BCDC Meeting Notice and Materials

On April 25, 2014, BCDC posted on its website (www.bcdc.ca.gov) the upcoming Revised Commission Meeting Notice and the Commission Agenda, which describes the items to be discussed and/or voted upon at the next Commission meeting.  Also posted were various items of interest to those who want information about BCDC, the Bay, and other issues relevant […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 28, 2014
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SF Chronicle Coverage of Friday’s Hamilton Airfield Levee Breach

Marin County wetlands rise again in Hamilton airfield restoration Peter Fimrite “A cheer went up as salt water from San Pablo Bay poured through a breached levee Friday and flooded old, abandoned Hamilton Field in Novato, a landmark moment in the effort to restore Bay Area marshland habitat. The levee breach was the last, biggest step […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 28, 2014
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Contra Costa Transporation Authority Releases Notice of Preparation of an EIR and Public Scoping Meeting

The Contra Costa Transportation Authority intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) to evaluate the effects that adoption of the 2014 Countywide Transportation Plan (2014 CTP) will have on the environment. The below Notice of Preparation outlines the 2014 CTP — the Project to be analyzed — and the potential scope of the environmental […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 28, 2014
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CQ Roll Call: Feinstein Struggles to Move Drought Aid

CQ NEWS April 28, 2014 – 7:59 a.m. Feinstein Struggles to Move Drought Aid By Philip Brasher, CQ Roll Call Supermarket shoppers could be feeling the impact of California’s severe drought into 2015 and beyond, but getting congressional assistance to the state’s farmers  is proving as hard as finding spare water in the San Joaquin […]

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