Jerry Meral joins Natural Heritage Institute Chris Maven, Maven’s Notebook Dr. Jerry Meral, who directed the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) for Governor Jerry Brown, has joined the Natural Heritage Institute as Director of the California Water Program. King tides foretell flood-plagued future Aaron Kinney, Contra Costa Times Winston Bumpus stood on the redwood […]
Continue ReadingA Winter Spare the Air Alert has been issued for Friday, January 3, in the Bay Area. Wood burning is banned both indoors and outdoors on Friday, for the full 24 hours. Air quality in the Bay Area is forecast to be unhealthy. It is illegal for Bay Area residents to burn […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Bay waters are becoming more clear, but that may mean threats from algae growth By Paul RogersBay Area News Group SAN FRANCISCO BAY is becoming clearer. Decades of tidal action have finally washed away most of the mess created 150 years ago by Gold Rush miners who blasted apart hillsides in the Sierra […]
Continue ReadingLaw Seminars International Presents: Call from Anywhere for a One-Hour Expert Analysis by Phone on The New EPA-USDA Water Quality Trading Agreement Implications of the new EPA/USDA Partnership Agreement Register Now Agenda Tuition Credits Location Homestudy Faculty Bios Register December 18, 2013 Call in from Anywhere! 12-1 pm Pacific / 3-4 pm Eastern Who Should […]
Continue ReadingTuesday, December 17 – No Burn Winter Spare the Air The Winter Spare the Air program notifies residents when particulate matter levels are anticipated to be unhealthy. On these high pollution days, the Air District will issue a Winter Spare the Air Alert which prohibits wood burning throughout the Bay Area. Spare the Air in the […]
Continue ReadingTo the Ocean Community, See our new video Marine Protected Areas – Restoring the Beauty, Bounty and Diversity of our Natural Undersea World This video was produced by the Aquarium of the Bay in collaboration with the Ocean Conservancy.
Continue ReadingRecently the Coast Guard has been responding to rumors that type approval of ballast water management systems (BWMS) that incorporate ultraviolet radiation (UV) as a disinfection process will not be possible under Coast Guard type approval requirements. These rumors are not true. The Coast Guard has made no decision regarding the general acceptability of UV […]
Continue ReadingThe City of San Leandro has released a Notice of Preparation of a Draft Environmental Impact Report for its Shoreline Development Project. View the notice in PDF below: Ciy of San Leandro Notice of Draft EIR
Continue ReadingThe link to the full report is here: resources.ca.gov/climate_adaptation/docs/Safeguarding_California_Public_Draft_Dec-10.pdf
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