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Could T.R.E.E.S. Save Bay?
Forward thinkers often lament that efforts to solve pressing environmental problems tend to be fragmented among many different agencies, although the problems themselves are often interrelated. Which may be why some Bay Area agency insiders are waxing enthusiastic about a promising Los Angeles project that is simultaneously addressing stormwater runoff, water conservation, groundwater, flood control, air quality, urban forestry and energy conservation. »Read More

In This Issue

Water Peace
When was the last time you heard about a group of environmentalists pushing for a new water diversion project ... »Read More

Strawberry Creek Forever
Berkeley is no stranger to creek restoration - it was one of the first Bay Area cities to daylight a creek. That was back in the early 1980s ... »Read More

Shrimp Savers Become Bird Watchers
When kids, enviros and a rancher teamed up to save a tiny pink shrimp from the hoofs and habits of a farm full of portly cows in 1993, they had little inkling ... »Read More

Redefining Reasonable Use: Scott Slater and Antonio Rossmann
The doctrine of "reasonable and beneficial use" is generally understood throughout the West as a "means-ends" test ... »Read More

Nit Picking Decision 1641
Twenty-one petitions for reconsideration, four lawsuits - and counting - and criticism from stakeholders of every stripe greeted the State Board's ... »Read More

No Elbow Room on Redwood Shores Levee
Back in 1996, environmentalists feared that if the Army Corps issued Redwood City a permit to upgrade the levee surrounding Redwood Shores, new development ... »Read More

Breathtaking Ship Channel Stumps Scientists
Anyone with an ounce of salmon savvy can tell you that the biggest obstacles lurking in the migration path of anadromous fish are high dams and hard-sucking water pumps ... »Read More

Bulletin Board
HOMES FOR GOLFERS BECAME HOMES FOR THE BIRDS this February, when the California Coastal Conservancy signed a preliminary agreement ... »Read More


 
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