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DESCRIPTION:Next Tuesday Feb 17th at 7:30PM the County of Marin will be hosting a 
 special public forum at the Woodacre Improvement Club to update our 
 community on the current Existing Conditions Report (focused on watershed 
 and coho salmon health) and the San Geronimo Valley Enhancement Plan slated 
 for completion in 2009.  \n\nWe highly encourage everyone to attend this 
 presentation to learn more about the important work in progress in the San 
 Geronimo Valley, home to Central California's largest wild run of coho 
 salmon and the beacon for hope of restoration of coho across California.  
 \n\nAt Tuesday's meeting we will be joined by Dr. Derek Booth 
 (http://www.stillwatersci.com/staff_directory_bio.php?cat=a-c&id=10), an 
 engaging speaker and highly experienced watershed health expert, who very 
 early on was SPAWN's 1st choice for leading this important study in our 
 community and whose work will now be instrumental in guiding the formation 
 of a science-based restoration plan for streams and valleys in the San 
 Geronimo Valley, headwaters of the Lagunitas Creek Watershed.  Dr. Booth 
 will be presenting and discussing critical environmental health indicators 
 for our local watersheds and ecological community.  \n\nThe meeting is OPEN 
 and FREE to all Marin residents as well as watershed groups across 
 California.   \n\nWe do look forward to seeing you at the 
 meeting!\n\nPlease feel free to spread the word to neighbors, friends and 
 colleagues.  \n\nBackground:  The Existing Conditions Report and San 
 Geronimo Valley Enhancement Plan come as a result of an agreement that 
 SPAWN forged with the County of Marin in February of 2008 resulting in a 
 new ordinance to protect endangered coho salmon from unsustainable 
 development practices - see http://spawnusa.org/pages/page-191.  The 
 ordinance requires an assessment of the cumulative impacts of developments 
 on streams and endangered coho salmon, a 2-year moratorium on any new 
 development in the Stream Conservation Area until the appropriate 
 cumulative impacts studies are completed, and a new Riparian Tree Ordinance 
 to protect the viability and resiliency of sensitive streamside forests 
 that shade and shelter salmon.\n\nMore INFO:  The County of Marin's 
 consultants, Stillwater Sciences and Prunuske Chatham Inc., have completed 
 the Existing Conditions Report for San Geronimo Valley and the report is 
 posted at www.marinwatersheds.org.  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/02/09/18569267.php
SUMMARY:Watershed Health Forum
LOCATION:Woodacre Improvement Club, 3 Garden Way in Woodacre.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/02/09/18569267.php
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