State of the San Francisco Estuary Conference: October 29-30, 2013, Oakland, CA. Environmental Award nominations are due August 1st. Hotel reservations at the conference site are now available. Registration will open in late August. http://www.sfestuary.org/ ESTUARY NEWS Magazine Threatened by Federal Funding Cuts Please help us keep publishing this 20-year-old, award winning magazine, and sending […]
Continue ReadingFive IRWM strategic plan vision and goals setting workshops were conducted during April and May 2013. The workshops and stakeholder input received at the workshops are documented in the report, “Stakeholder Input on Vision and Goals”. Click here to view the report. Workshop attendees developed over 180 goal statements, along with an extensive amount […]
Continue ReadingInside In the News Member Updates CASA Upcoming Events Join Us in San Diego to Hear from California and National Leaders on Clean Water Issues CASA Signs on to Effort to Preserve Tax Exempt Municipal Bonds House Spending Bill Proposes Significant Cuts to Clean Water Programs, Including Clean Water State Revolving Fund Federal […]
Continue ReadingThe White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release July 30, 2013 President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: Michael L. Connor – Deputy Secretary, Department of the Interior Robert Blake – Ambassador to the […]
Continue ReadingLate last week, the State Water Resources Control Board issued the final draft of the Industrial General Storm Water Permit. The final draft permit can be obtained from the State Water Board’s website at http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/stormwater/industrial.shtml The major changes in this draft are: Training requirements are simplified. Only one type of Qualified Industrial Storm Water Practitioner (QISP) is mandated. […]
Continue Reading“Nearly 90 miles of levees in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta are to be rebuilt to one degree or another to provide protection against flooding, the state Department of Water Resources says. The 14 separate reclamation district projects will receive a total of nearly $30 million under what’s called the “Delta Special Flood Control Projects’ Hazard […]
Continue ReadingFinalists Announced in ‘Name Redwood City’s New Fireboat Contest’ Community Invited to Unveiling at Port August 10 Contact: Stan Maupin, Deputy Chief Redwood City Fire Department 650-780-7400 The Redwood City Fire Department asked our community’s kids to offer their best names for the City’s new fireboat – and more than 100 came through […]
Continue ReadingThe July 16 Science Symposium on the South Bay Salt Ponds Restoration Project featured panels on Sediment Dynamics, Mercury Remobilization and Bioaccumulation, Bird Use of Pond Habitats, and Bird Use of Islands. The Symposium presentations contain a fantastic amount of information. They can be accessed on the South Bay Restoration Project’s website, HERE.
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