NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT – AQUATIC WEED CONTROL PERMIT AMENDMENT This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board Click here to view the Notice of Opportunity to Comment on the Draft Amendments to the Statewide General NPDES Permit for Residual Aquatic Pesticide Discharges to Waters of the United States from Algae […]
Continue ReadingTHE 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 […]
Continue ReadingDWR Releases Draft Emergency Regulations for Groundwater Sustainability Plans Last Thursday, the Department of Water Resources (“DWR” or “Department”) released draft emergency regulations governing the preparation, evaluation, and implementation of groundwater sustainability plans (“GSPs” or “Plans”) as well as coordination agreements among Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (“GSAs”). The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (“SGMA”) directs DWR to […]
Continue ReadingE&E: Post-Ruling Path for WOTUS Challenges Clear as Mud E&E: Green Groups Ready Lobbying Machine for Confirmation Fight New York Times: Saudi Oil Minister Rules Out Possibility of Production Cuts Wall Street Journal: J.P. Morgan: What’s Even Scarier Than Oil? Washington Examiner: Oil Industry Urges Congress to Repeal Ethanol Mandate Reuters: World’s Oil Bosses Eyeing More Pain Try to Look Past […]
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: California water politics could get choppier with new House bill Bakersfield Now: Aging pipes causing leaks and wasting water in Kern County UC Davis: Nigiri Project Mixes Salmon and Rice Fields for Fifth Year on Floodplain Redlands Daily Facts: Redlands offering tips on how to save water at Thursday forum Daily Democrat: Drought-emergency plan exit plan needed by […]
Continue ReadingAAR steps up Freight Rail Works campaign The Association of American Railroads (AAR) on Feb. 22, 2016 debuted the newest version of its Freight Rail Works campaign, “which explores how freight rail’s ongoing private investments in building, growing and maintaining the nation’s rail network ensure railroads play a unique and integral role in helping move […]
Continue ReadingSUBSCRIBE TO THE PRINT EDITION INSIDE PACIFIC MARITIME MAGAZINE The Coast Guard Advances its Arctic Readiness in 2015, but Challenges Remain By By Craig H. Allen Sr. In 2015, as the United States assumed its two-year chairmanship of the Arctic Council, the high-level intergovernmental forum for the region, the US Coast Guard planned […]
Continue ReadingThe New York Times: Volkswagen Memos Suggest Company Misled U.S. Regulators The New York Times: Seas Are Rising at Fastest Rate in Last 28 Centuries The Wall Street Journal: Oil Rallies on IEA Report Bloomberg News: ‘Liquid Freedom’ Sails From Texas, Tilting Power in Global Oil Reuters: Oil Dips as Rising Iranian Output to Counter Falling U.S. Shale Production Bloomberg […]
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Times: Without a ‘March miracle,’ drought-like conditions will continue in Southern California Los Angeles Times: Water and Power: Whatever happened to El Niño? Associated Press: Tomato packing plant fined $1.5 for wastewater violations Sancramento Bee: Under sunny skies, Folsom Dam operators to double releases Associated Press: Another winter heat wave hits Southern California Builder Magazine: Storm Water Surges a […]
Continue ReadingFree Workshops to Help Keep California’s Waterways Clean & Green The California State Parks’ Division of Boating and Waterways, California Coastal Commission’s Boating Clean and Green Program, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service invite you to participate in our FREE Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Prevention Workshops. PURPOSE […]
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