Category: Environment

Abstracts for 2016 IEP Annual Workshop Closes on March 25, 2016

The 2016 IEP Annual Workshop is only two months away! Online registration is available at: http://www.cvent.com/d/xfqm11 Call for Poster Abstracts Abstracts Due: March 25, 2016   The organizers of the 2016 Interagency Ecological Program (IEP) Workshop are soliciting abstracts for poster presentations. The workshop will be held at the Lake Natoma Inn (http://www.lakenatomainn.com) in Folsom, […]

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San Francisco Bay Join Venture: The Bulletin Newsletter for February 24, 2016

THE BULLETIN timely news from the SFBJV February 24, 2016 Migratory Bird Treaty celebrates 100 years of Bird Conservation This year marks the centennial of the Convention between the United States and Great Britain (for Canada) for the Protection of Migratory Birds, also called the Migratory Bird Treaty, originally signed on Aug. 16, 1916. The […]

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Obama Administration Wins Jurisdiction Fight Over Contentious Rule

WATER POLICY: Obama admin wins jurisdiction fight over contentious rule AN E&E PUBLISHING SERVICE Tiffany Stecker and Jeremy P. Jacobs, E&E reporters Published: Monday, February 22, 2016 A federal appeals court panel today said that it will rule on challenges to the Obama administration’s hot-button Clean Water Rule. A divided 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel […]

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Navy’s Next Environmental Cleanup Meeting on February 23, 2016

Navy’s Next Environmental Cleanup Meeting You are invited to the next Restoration Advisory Board meeting for former Naval Station Treasure Island, next Tuesday, February 23, 2016.  It will be in the regular location, the Casa de la Vista on TI, Building 191 beginning at 7pm.  The agenda can be viewed here. For meeting minutes from […]

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SFBJV The Bulletin Newsletter for February 4, 2016

            THE BULLETIN              timely news from the SFBJV February 4, 2016 Novato Creek Baylands Vision Released   The San Francisco Estuary Institute recently released a resilient landscape vision for lower Novato Creek that incorporates habitat restoration actions into flood risk management. The vision, developed in coordination with a team […]

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Register for 2016 IEP Annual Workshop on April 20-22, 2016

Registration is now open for the 2016 IEP Annual Workshop When: April 20  – April 22, 2016 Where: Lake Natoma Inn Folsom, CA View Event Agenda Registration Deadline: April 17, 2016 Workshop Website: http://www.cvent.com/d/xfqm11 ​ To Register, please click the YES button below: http://www.water.ca.gov/iep/ Having trouble with the link? Simply copy and paste the entire […]

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Brownfield Redevelopment Resources: Grants, Workshops & More!

Featured Resources & Deadlines California Strategic Growth Council Announces $320M for Housing & Transportation Projects The Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Program provides grants and/or loans to both public agencies and private developers for projects throughout California that will achieve GHG reductions and benefit Disadvantaged Communities through increased accessibility of affordable housing, employment centers […]

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BPC Letter in Support of Petition for Review: San Francisco Baykeeper v. CA State Lands Commission et al.

Bay Planning Coalition, in collaboration with the California Marine Affairs and Navigation Conference, and the East Bay Economic Development Alliance, developed a letter in support of petition for review in the case of San Francisco Baykeeper, Inc. v. California State Lands Commission et al.  Read the full letter by clicking here.

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Institute’s Historical Ecology Featured in the New York Times

www.sfei.org Institute’s Historical Ecology featured in the New York Times Robin Grossinger in the field, helping to pioneer new ways of seeing the potential in a natural landscape through a vision of its past. Photo by Ruth Askevold New York (January 26, 2016) – In today’s New York Times, the San Francisco Estuary Institute and its scientists […]

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