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Fishing and conservation groups, Winnemem Wintu sue over Delta Plan  - by Dan BacherAccording to the complaint, "This is a public interest citizen suit to enforce California's environmental laws and protect the Delta from imminent ecological collapse. Petitioners bring this action to challenge the Delta Stewardship Council's approval of its Final Delta Plan and certification of its Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) on May 16, 2013." Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 7:14PM 
Hanna Winery and WhyHunger's "Homemade Jams: 100 House Concerts to End Hunger" - by Will RogersHanna Winery, 9280 Hwy 128, Healdsburg, CA 95448 Event Date:Fri Jun 28, 2013 5:00PM Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 3:58PM 
The Five Inconvenient Truths about the MLPA Initiative  - by Dan BacherCalifornia Department of Fish and Wildlife leaders and other state officials fail to acknowledge the "inconvenient truths" about the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative that the new “marine protected areas” in California were created under. Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 12:54PM
Humboldt County, Hoopa Valley Tribe Warn Tunnels Could Take Trinity Water  - by Dan Bacher“Ours is not a speculative concern,” said Leonard Masten of the Hoopa Valley Tribe. “Last year federal, state, and tribal fishery agencies forecasted a potentially devastating fish kill in the Klamath River because of low Klamath basin water supplies and a record-high population of returning fall Chinook. Reclamation took action and set aside 92,000 acre-feet of Trinity River Division water and released nearly 39,000 acre-feet of additional water to avoid a disaster.” Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 5:11PM 
Argentina Payment Plan Would Protect Poor - by Bryant LEwisHedge Fund Holdout - NML Capital - has Until April 22 to Respond Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 8:24AM
Warbler’s Hunger Strike Continues! – Day 7  - by via Save Little Lake ValleyA California Highway Patrol SWAT team armed with three guns, presumably containing bean bag rounds, forcibly extracted Warbler from her perch yesterday, April 2, with a phalanx of roughly 35 officers assisting the operation from the ground. Warbler has become a icon in the fast-growing campaign in opposition to the Caltrans Bypass project, slated to destroy significant wetlands and an oak woodlands in Little Lake Valley, also known as Willits, Ca. Now that she is back on the ground, The Warbl... Posted: Wed Apr 3, 2013 4:21PM
Democrat Gov Brown sends CHP with rubber bullets against tree sitters - by Register Peace & Freedom or GreenKPFA's Flashpoints, 4/2/13 at 5 p.m., 94.1 FM started their show with a hair-raising eyewitness description by tree sitters on the phone of dozens of California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers, costing the taxpayers at least $100,000 a year and up plus benefits, viciously arresting non-violent tree sitters, including the CHP use of rubber bullets today near Willits, and then allowing huge old trees to be cut down. This can only occur if the Democratic Governor Jerry Brown and his Democraticall... Posted: Tue Apr 2, 2013 7:17PM
Blackwater to enforce California's marine protected areas  - by Dan Bacher"It's time to get tough with anglers who cross the line into our pristine marine reserves, now that the glorious network of marine protected areas, created under the most open and transparent process in world history, is in place from the California/Oregon stateline to the U.S./Mexico border," said Chuck Bonham, Director of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. "Blackwater is renowned for its no-holds barred enforcement style and we want every angler to know that they will treat vio... Posted: Mon Apr 1, 2013 8:45AM
Action Camp to Defend Little Lake Valley! Support needed (Willits, CA)  - by Little Lake DefendersDefenders of Little Lake Valley are excited to announce the establishment of an action camp. This mobilization will begin on Saturday, March 30th and remain ongoing until we have stopped the CalTrans superhighway. We are calling on everyone interested in standing up against massive waste, destruction, and greed to travel to our fair valley and help us protect what we hold sacred. Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 11:03AM
Truth and Justice: SWN's New Video to Stop the Delta Tunnels - by Bruce TokarsWe are pleased to introduce a new video from Salmon Water Now.
Truth and Justice: Stop the Delta Tunnels! (4:20) simplifies the reasons why building massive tunnels to move the Sacramento river away from the Delta is a bad idea.
The video points out a few key facts, left out of the BDCP documents recently released, that tunnel proponents would prefer not be mentioned. And finally, the video encourages viewers to learn more about the tunnels and become a super hero in support of a h... Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:32AM
Klamath Flows Dropped Without Endangered Species Agency Approval  - by Hoopa Valley TribeFish supporters say science is being compromised, salmon run will suffer
Klamath Falls, Oregon –Just days before the Pacific Fisheries Management Council announced the Klamath River will have another healthy run of salmon this year, the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) Klamath Basin Area Office announced a new water plan for the Klamath before receiving approval from the regulatory agency (NOAA fisheries) that regulates flows for endangered fisheries. The BOR expects approval for a controve... Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 5:32PM
Gold Prospectors Spot Loophole in State’s Dredge Mining Moratorium  - by Malcolm TerrenceIn an interview with the Two Rivers Tribune, Stopher said the definition of a suction dredge with the three elements—pump, hose and sluice, originated in 1961 legislation and has been carried forward in all legislation since then. He said no one would have tried this before the moratorium and that he personally preferred his agencies dredging regulations and permit system which stated when, how and where dredging could be done.
Miners along the Klamath River think they have found a looph... Posted: Thu Mar 7, 2013 10:43AM
Peripheral tunnel plan will hurt Trinity River also  - by Dan Bacher"There is absolutely no protection for Trinity River interests from this project," the peripheral tunnels, said Tom Stokely of the California Water Impact Network.
Photo of Trinity River courtesy of Wikipedia. Posted: Wed Mar 6, 2013 11:13AM
police kill CHERI LYN MOORE - by SAPISCNNpolice kill woman in her house above flower shop in eureka ca usa. 4-14-2006 Posted: Fri Mar 1, 2013 7:26PM
Over 300,000 salmon returned to Klamath River in 2012  - by Dan BacherThe escapement to natural spawning areas on the Klamath River was 122,018 adults, 1.4 times the preseason prediction of 86,300. The estimated hatchery return was 55,939 adults. Jack (two-year-old) returns to the Klamath Basin totaled 21,473, including 15,705 that escaped to natural spawning areas.
Photo of the Klamath River below Iron Gate Dam by Dan Bacher. Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 5:15PM
“Disgusting Draft” Of California Hydraulic Fracturing Regulations - by Tomas DiFioreDOGGR has falsely presented the nature of the activities covered by - and thereby the actual need for “new Regulations” and thusly the applicability of said regulations, to the Public and the State of California. From definitions that neither match what is effectively legal in terms of law nor the industry standards of related new technology processes, linguistics and terminology, Californians will be left considering the wrong regulations. Posted: Sun Feb 3, 2013 8:39AM
Napa Wine Country water for fish showdown at Kimball Creek - by Patrick Porgans Formal complaints have been filed against the city for failure to comply with the terms and conditions of a State Water Board issued permit associated with the right and use of water stored behind Kimball Dam. Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 3:34PM
Join Friends Of Trinidad Forests In Acting To Stop The Logging Practices Of Green Diamond! - by Friends Of Trinidad ForestsPlease spread this following vital information widely
With this message we are launching these last minute efforts
to stop Green Diamond from clear-cutting forests
around the sacred site of Strawberry Rock, Trinidad.
We urge all of you to join us in this endeavor!
Immediate Threat:
The Strawberry Rock Timber Harvest Plan (Tracking Code: THP #1-10-137 HUM) is an "eye opener" to all of us: 80 acres of clear-cutting is about to begin, literally in our own backyards! A year ago, tree-sits spran... Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 10:06PM
In the Klamath Politics Defeat Science and Common Sense  - by Leonard Masten, Hoopa Valley Tribe Last year Klamath flows were too low for the salmon runs and extra water was needed from the Trinity River, a tributary to the Klamath, to avoid a fish kill. Next year the Bureau of Reclamation proposes to lower flows to levels not supported by science, and without the benefit of dam removal.
Photo of Trinity River courtesy of the Hoopa Valley Tribe. Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 4:11PM
New 'Marine Reserve' Network Doesn’t Protect The Ocean  - by Dan Bacher“We have completed the nation’s first statewide coastal system of marine protected areas,” claimed Cat Kuhlman, deputy secretary for oceans and coastal matters at the California Natural Resources Agency, in a release from the agency. “What this means for the future of California’s oceans and the coming generations that will enjoy them, is thrilling." Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 1:11PM |