House Eviscerates Land Use Rules - Where Are Environmentalists?
The BLM has spent years updating it’s planning process to be more inclusive, transparent, and collaborative. The changes are collectively called 2.0. Last night the House decided they didn’t like those...
View ArticleNew York Times Goes Trophy Sheep Hunting
Last week the New York Times had a long form article by an award winning sports writer on Bighorn Sheep Hunting. The NYT is an unusual place to read an unbiased account of such a thing. As with many...
View ArticleGov. Jerry Brown seeks $437 million for flood control in wake of Oroville Dam...
Spurred by heavy state, national and international media attention on the Oroville Dam crisis, California Governor Jerry Brown on February 24 announced a series of “immediate and longer-term actions”...
View ArticleGreenwashing Extinction 2017: The Deep Links Between Delta Tunnels and Faux...
One of the least discussed issues in California environmental politics – and one of the most crucial to understanding Governor Jerry Brown’s Delta Tunnels Plan - is the clear connection between the...
View ArticleSportsmen and women slam Trump's order rolling back Clean Water Rule!
The Donald Trump administration has been in office only since January 21, but it has already managed to alienate one key constituency — sportsmen and sportswomen — for its attacks on the nation’s key...
View ArticleZinke Started To Work With Two Secretarial Orders On First Day
Zinke, the new Sec of Int, besides riding to work his first day on a horse, also immediately made two orders.The first rescinding a lead ban in Wildlife Refuges has more to it than one would think....
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket: The Wonderful West Branch of the Feather River
The West Branch of the Feather River was a place I had never heard of before I met my wife. Her family had a deep history stretching back 100 years. Her grandfather was issued one of the first 10...
View ArticleHow Uninformed Lefties Want to Contribute to Food Insecurity of Indigenous...
In three quarters of the roughly 200 “native census places” in Alaska greater than 50% of the people have no work at all. Think about that for a second. No work at all. Over half the people in three...
View ArticleBig Oil Lobby Group Hires Former Assemblyman Henry T. Perea As Senior Vice...
The Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA), the most powerful corporate lobbying group in Sacramento, announced the hiring of former Assemblyman Henry T. Perea (D-Fresno) as Senior Vice President,...
View ArticlePublic access to Oroville Dam records blocked by Jerry Brown administration!
As California Governor Jerry Brown prepares to meet with Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke in Sacramento tomorrow to discuss water and other issues, the Brown administration is denying the Sacramento...
View ArticleFishing Communities Plan Fundraiser, Educational Event as Response to Salmon...
Commercial and Tribal fishermen will be hosting a “Save Our Salmon” fundraiser and education event on May 27, 2017 at 6 p.m. at the Inn at 2nd and C in the historic Eagle House in Eureka to draw...
View ArticleDelta Plan amendments marginalize environmental justice and Tribal communities
Two groups, Restore the Delta (RTD) and the Environmental Justice Coalition for Water (EJCW), today sent a joint letter opposing the Delta Stewardship Council’s proposed amendments to the Delta Plan...
View ArticleOver 200 Delta Activists Slam Delta Plan Amendments at Stewardship Council...
Over 200 Delta residents, including family farmers, anglers, environmental justice advocates, homeowners, business owners and elected officials, converged on Sacramento on Friday, April 28, to show...
View ArticleCalifornians Head to Sacramento to Demand Big Oil Money out of Politics!
You are invited to join a diverse array of people on Saturday, May 20, from 12 PM to 3 PM for the “Oil Money Out, People Power In” March and Rally in Sacramento, beginning and ending at the Governor’s...
View ArticleSaturday Morning Garden Blogging: Gone Fishing
Good morning! I am in the Pacific Ocean fishing for halibut. We have a few weekends each year for deep water halibut, this is the second one, first with a good ocean. There are a couple pics of dead...
View ArticleCalifornia and Oregon governors request salmon fishery disaster declaration
A day after scientists and leaders of commercial fishing groups, Tribes and recreational angling organizations and scientists testified at a Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture Salmon Hearing...
View ArticleTen concrete actions Jerry Brown can take to become a real green governor
Responding to President Donald Trump’s decision on June 1 to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, California Governor Jerry Brown immediately issued a bluntly-worded statement condemning the...
View ArticleTrump (Zinke) Nominates David Bernhardt for #2 post at Interior
It seems like Sec of Int Zinke is busy moving on filling posts at Interior unlike many positions within the Trump administration that require confirmation. It was just yesterday that he did an end run...
View ArticleActing DWR Director Bill Croyle, who led state response to Oroville Dam...
Bill Croyle, the controversial California Department of Water Resources (DWR) Acting Director who oversaw the state’s response to the Oroville Dam spillway crisis, today announced his retirement,...
View ArticleSome Department of Interior's Advisory Committees Still Active
I noticed on E&E News that Obama’s Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council is still alive and kicking despite the freeze on advisory councils in general. The Title graphic for this piece...
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