SAN FRANCISCO BAY JOINT VENTURE – BULLETIN WHAT DO ALL OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE IN COMMON? … Breuner Marsh SF Bay Living Shorelines Hamilton Wetlands Yosemite Slough South Bay Salt Ponds Invasive Spartina Treatment Sears Point Bahia Napa Sonoma Marshes Haire Property AcquisitionLower Redwood Creek … THEY WERE ALL SUPPORTED IN […]
Continue ReadingCASA Member Alert: A modified version of Assembly Bill 371 by Assembly member Rudy Salas is scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee on June 18, 2014. While the bill has been scaled back and no longer seeks to allow Kern County to ban biosolids land application, CASA remains opposed due to […]
Continue ReadingFresno Bee: Bill would allow local groundwater management The Sacramento Bee: More salmon to get truck rides due to drought Southern California Public Radio: Central Valley lawmakers to discuss drought compromise The Washington Times: Nation could face water shortfall in next decade, watchdog warns Here & Now: AP: Historic Water Claims Mean Special Status, Despite Drought Vox: California’s drought is driving […]
Continue ReadingReview of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Management of Hopper Dredging Hearing on Use of Ocean Technologies for Maritime Transportation, Maritime Domain Awareness, and Response Capability 2014 Marine Board Call for Nominations 2015 TRB 94th Annual Meeting and Transportation Research Record Call for Papers
Continue ReadingI. Introduction For California, 2013 was the driest calendar year ever recorded across virtually the entire state.1 On January 17, 2014, Governor Jerry brown proclaimed the drought to be a State of emergency, directed state officials to take all necessary actions to assist the hardest hit communities, and called for all Californians to pitch in to […]
Continue ReadingABC News: California’s Flawed Water System Can’t Track Usage SF Gate: California’s drought takes center stage in D.C. Recordnet.com: Water pumping creates groundswell for regulation Daily Democrat: Congress must act to address state’s water crisis Daily Democrat: Water shortages take toll on state’s alfalfa yields Fresh Plaza: US (CA): Drought bad for citrus now, could […]
Continue ReadingSan Jose Mercury News: More than half of Bay Area residents say the region’s economy is better today than it was six months ago, and half say it will be even better six months from now, according to a Bay Area Council 2014 poll released Tuesday. The poll suggests that the Bay Area’s surge in […]
Continue ReadingThe State Water Board approved Emergency Regulations for Curtailment of Diversions Due to Insufficient Flow for Specific Fisheries at its May 20, 21, 2014 Board meeting. On May 23, 2014, the State Water Board staff submitted the emergency rulemaking package to the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) for final approval. The OAL submittal is available […]
Continue ReadingThe State Water Resources Control Board will hold a Public Hearing to determine whether to issue a Cease and Desist Order and whether to impose Administrative Civil Liability against Robert Mann (individual and trustee) and Robert C. Mann 1999 Trust. The Public Hearing will commence on August 26, 2014 and continue, if necessary, on August […]
Continue ReadingThe State Water Resources Control Board will hold a Public Hearing to determine whether to issue a Cease and Desist Order and whether to impose Administrative Civil Liability against Stornetta Family Trust and Newton Dal Poggetto (trustee). The Public Hearing will commence on September 2, 2014 and continue, if necessary, on September 3, 2014. Read […]
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