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Cows and Horses in Deep Doo

This February's storms flooded numerous stable stalls, paddocks and horse pat piles, sending soil and manure into nearby ditches and creeks. So this spring, the Alameda County Resource Conservation District announced plans to fund an equestrian facility demonstration project complete with water quality-minded strategies for streambank protection, erosion control, manure management and more. February also found the district giving a water quality planning course to 15 area ranchers. The course stressed that many conservation practices - such as watering cattle at troughs rather than streamsides - are as good for cattle and cattlepeople's pocketbooks as for land, water and wildlife. Contact: (510)371-0154

New Fill Rules

Filling the Bay to improve fish and wildlife habitat can only occur if the project meets certain conditions, according to new guidelines being drafted by the S.F. Bay Conservation and Development Commission. Specifically,the site must be permanently preserved and managed as a wildlife refuge, the project must be the only possible way to improve wildlife habitat, the location and type of fill used must be based on competent environmental studies and consistent with the advice of wildlife agencies, and the project must use the least possible amount of fill material and must not adversely affect water quality. Furthermore, the project must have measurable objectives and establish a program to monitor its success. If it fails to meet its objectives the fill must be removed. The Commission will hold a hearing on the draft guidelines on May 7 (comments accepted until then). Contact: (415)557-8773

Delta Fix Hits Streets

CALFED has finally released its long-awaited draft programmatic Environmental Impact Statement/ Report on three alternative plans for fixing the Delta. For a copy call (916)657-2666

Frog Recovery Plan

Recovery planning for "one of California's literary icons," the red-legged frog, is underway says U.S. Fish & Wildlife's Patricia Foulk. The frog, made famous in Mark Twain's short story about the Calaveras County jumping frog, was named a federal threatened species in 1996. Fish & Wildlife is now seeking public input on the plan, which will define management actions to help the frog, the largest native frog in the western U.S. Comments to Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish & Wildlife, 3310 El Camino Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95821-6340.

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