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Claims of Trinity River Salmon Run Decimation Off Base The total number of spring and fall Chinook adult fish spawning in the
wild was in the tens of thousands throughout the system, including
tributaries, and thousands of fish returned to the Trinity River Hatchery.
This robust return was expected since ocean fishing has been completely
shut for two years due to the Sacramento-San Joaquin fall Chinook stock
collapse....
Posted: Thu, Dec 24, 2009 7:41am PST
Stop the MLPA Initiative! Join the Public Ocean Access Network Responding to a need for a statewide organization to expose and oppose privatization of California public fisheries management, while at the same time supporting the work of seafood providers in the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative process, this is a call to organize from John and Barbara Stephens-Lewallen of the Public Ocean Access Network:...
Posted: Wed, Dec 23, 2009 6:19pm PST
Prominent Biologist Challenges MLPA Science Panel Assumptions and Data 
Patrick Higgins, Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District Commissioner and a well respected fishery biologist, is questioning the assumptions and poor data that the "science" behind Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's fast-track Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) process is based on.
Photo of beached blue whale, killed on October 18 by a boat under contract to map the seafloor for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's MLPA process, by Larry Wagner. The State Lands Commission staff ...
Posted: Wed, Dec 23, 2009 3:54pm PST
The Whalegate Scandal: State Lands Commission Finds MLPA Habitat Data Acquired Illegally 
Local fishermen and environmentalists are wondering: if Fugro Pelagos was cutting corners by illegally failing to pay for marine wildlife observers, what other corners did they cut in obtaining the habitat data?
Photo of beached blue whale, killed by a boat under contract to map the seafloor for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's MLPA process, by Larry Wagner....
Posted: Mon, Dec 21, 2009 8:17am PST
Homeless Persons' Memorial Day 
Anywhere you are- remember. speak out. defend the LIVES of people who are homeless....
Event Date: Mon, Dec 21, 2009 12:00pm PST
Posted: Sun, Dec 20, 2009 10:17am PST
Community Digital Democracy Portal On The Albion River Critics or not of the process, every fishing coalition, family angler, diver, coastal community and marina or harbor district maritime related businesses in the previous 3 Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) "study regions" are already suffering economic impacts from recent implementation protocols. And everyone reluctantly, participated in being processed.
The only thing we at AHRA (Albion Harbor Regional Alliance) have separated ourselves from is the "green money". Fishermen were some of ...
Posted: Fri, Dec 18, 2009 4:23pm PST
Fishery Fascism Under Schwarzenegger's MLPA Process The MLPAI will spell the doom of an already endangered species -- the Californicus Fisherendus - those elusive creatures once known as a California fisherfolk - the people who know and love the ocean from long firsthand experience, and who are not being adequately consulted in this outrageously unwise and unjust give-away. And the real perils to the ocean - pollution, acidification and global warming - are not even being addressed....
Posted: Fri, Dec 18, 2009 9:53am PST
Fugro Pelagos research permit NOT revoked by State Lands Commission The California State Lands Commission today voted not to revoke the permit for Fugro Pelagos research vessel activity, on the condition that the company abide by the terms of the permit in the future....
Posted: Thu, Dec 17, 2009 4:56pm PST
NASA Report Highlights Need to Retire Drainage Impaired Land 
Alarming new space observations revealing increased rates of groundwater depletion in the Central Valley and Sierra Nevada highlight the urgent need to retire drainage impaired, selenium-filled farmland on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Senator Dianne Feinstein are the prime movers behind the peripheral canal and plans to increase water exports to subsidized corporate agribusiness farmland that should never been irrigated....
Posted: Wed, Dec 16, 2009 3:47pm PST
Klamath Justice Coalition Halts Logging on Karuk Sacred Sites This morning the Klamath Justice Coalition used a human blockade of 15 people to defend Karuk sacred sites from logging activities. The action took place near Orleans, CA within the Six Rivers National Forest and halted work on the Orleans Community Fuels Reduction Plan. “The OCFR is actually the Orleans Culture and Forest Reduction plan,” said Leaf Hillman, a Karuk Ceremonial Leader in Orleans. Below are the press releases from the Klamath Justice Coalition and the Karuk Tribe....
Posted: Wed, Dec 16, 2009 11:11am PST
Groups Oppose Senator Feinstein's Water Transfer Bill 
The Sierra Club California, Friends of the River, Friends of the Trinity River and Restore the Delta sent a letter on December 14 to Senator Bingham, Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, opposing Senator Dianne Feinstein's S. 1759, the Water Transfer Facilitation Act of 2009....
Posted: Tue, Dec 15, 2009 4:12pm PST
Salmon Water Now Video Exposes Corruption in California Water Politics 
I encourage everybody concerned about the destruction of California's salmon, steelhead, sturgeon, striped bass and other fisheries by corporate agribusiness and southern California water interests to watch and share this superb new video, "Science, Politics and Salmon." You can watch the video on: YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc5LC3HGWgE&fmt=18 or Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/8163239...
Posted: Mon, Dec 14, 2009 6:06pm PST
Northcoast Environmental Center Rejects Klamath Settlement Deal Today, the Northcoast Environmental Center formally announced their withdrawal from the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement. They find too many opportunities for parties to withdraw from the deal and too many preconditions and off-ramps along the path to potential dam removal in 2020. The NEC believes linking dam removal to the controversial and costly Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement would unduly burden Klamath dam removal legislation....
Posted: Mon, Dec 14, 2009 1:36pm PST
How Reliable is CLCV's 2009 California Environmental Scorecard? The CLCV's positions on two key issues over the past year - the water legislation package and the Governor's fast-track MLPA process - put the credibility of the organization's scorecard and the organization itself in doubt....
Posted: Fri, Dec 11, 2009 5:52pm PST
Organic Capital Event Will Honor 2009 Environmental Heroes Organic Sacramento is co-sponsoring the Organic Capital Celebration of Sustainability with Friends of the River on Thursday, December 10, 2009 from 6-10 p.m. at the Beatnik Studio at 2421 17th Street (near the Tower Theater) in Sacramento....
Posted: Thu, Dec 10, 2009 8:55am PST
No Legislative Control of Private MLPA Initiative Process The MOU between the Resources Legacy Fund Foundation and the State Natural Resources Agency privatized the process of setting up new Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in California’s public ocean waters and intertidal zone....
Posted: Wed, Dec 9, 2009 11:50am PST
Mark Knapp wanted by FBI for ID theft Mark Knapp, an environmental activist who once ran as a Green Party-endorsed candidate for a seat on the Minneapolis City Council, is being sought by authorities on a federal arrest warrant after he skipped a court date in Oregon....
Posted: Wed, Dec 9, 2009 11:00am PST
Schwarzenegger's MLPA: Marine Life Guardians or Corporate Privateers? Tom Stienstra, outdoor columnist for the S.F. Chronicle, recently pointed out the absurdity of many of the people that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently appointed to the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Blue Ribbon Task Force (BRTF) for the North Coast by listing the appointees and their "qualifications."...
Posted: Tue, Dec 8, 2009 2:09pm PST
Save the Doty Creek Old Growth Grove Please mail a letter to CAL FIRE and forward this email to friend in order to help protect the Doty Creek Old Growth Redwood Grove near Gualala, CA....
Posted: Tue, Dec 1, 2009 4:06pm PST
Pacific Salmon Named One of “America’s Hottest Species” Pacific salmon have been named one of America’s top ten endangered wildlife, birds, fish and plant species impacted by global warming, in a new report released today by the Endangered Species Coalition (ESC)....
Posted: Tue, Dec 1, 2009 11:02am PST
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