Current Post: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/09/28/18660163.php Schwarzenegger Removes Commissioner to Greenwash His Legacy by Dan Bacher In the secrecy and corrupt politics that have characterized the administration of Governor Arnold Schwarnenegger, the lame-duck Governor on Monday removed Michael Sutsos, a member of the California Fish and Game Commission who had just been recently appointed, and selected a new [...]
Archive | September, 2010
Tribal Engagement Scoping Workshop, Sacramento, CA
DWR Tribal Advisory Committee considerations: http://www.waterplan.water.ca.gov/materials/index.cfm?subject=sep0910 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ September 28 Recap Meeting stephanie | September 27, 2010 at 6:48 pm | Categories: Environmental News, Stephanie Lucero | URL: http://wp.me/pzUx8-ew The scoping process for Tribal Engagement in the California Water Plan Update 2013 is coming to a close. As some of you recall there [...]
MLPA Emergency Meeting
“Emergency Meeting” by the DF&G on Sept 29th at McClellan AF Base, 12:00 – 4:00 p.m. Issues at hand, whether to allow extention of public comment period for the southern california MLPA array. Implications 1. with extention, the governor will not meet his deadline for the mlpa regional arrays. 2. this will impact the timeframe for the northcoast as [...]
California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative Announcement
Who: MLPA North Coast Regional Stakeholder Group (NCRSG) What: Round 3 NCRSG Marine Protected Area Proposal and Round 3 NCRSG Special Closures Recommendation (see additional details below) Where: Information is available: Online: http://www.dfg.ca.gov/mlpa/mpaproposals_nc.asp MarineMap: http://northcoast.marinemap.org/ (under the “MPA Proposals” tab) Name of the proposal is Round 3 NCRSG MPA Proposal Name of the special closures recommendation [...]
Urgent: GE Salmon follow-up
From: Renée Maas <rmaas@fwwatch.org> Sent: Fri, Sep 24, 2010 9:45 am Subject: Urgent: GE Salmon follow-up Dear Friends, Thank you for taking action last week against the approval of GE salmon! The good news is that the FDA commission did not vote on the issue during the hearings, so we have until the end of [...]
The Value of Partnerships and Community Collaboration towards Agency Mission
The following Message provided by Marsha Butterfield, Forest Service, Assistant Director, Office of Tribal Relations, mbutterfield@fs.fed.us, 202-205-4095, 202-306-1649 (cell) The Forest Service accomplishes much of its work through collaboration with many different and diverse partners—applying millions of annually appropriated dollars towards these efforts. These are significant and important investments for our Agency, representing a growing [...]
Consumer Group Slams ‘Flimsy Science’ in Franken-Salmon Approval Process
http://blogs.alternet.org/danbacher/2010/09/21/consumer-group-slams-fda-for-flimsy-science-on-approval-of-franken-salmon/ by Dan Bacher (September 21) Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director of the national consumer group Food & Water Watch, slammed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for relying on “flimsy science” in the September 20 hearing on the approval of AquaBounty’s genetically engineered Atlantic salmon. Hauter urged the FDA to halt the approval of AquaBounty’s [...]
National Call-in Day against GE salmon
Dear Colleagues, In just a few days, the FDA is deciding whether to approve genetically engineered salmon. If it goes through, this would be the first GE animal approved for human consumption. We’re doing everything we can to stop it and need your help. Can you call the White House today for our National Call-in [...]
Request for Tribal Comments on Water Plan
As a follow up to the 2009 Tribal Water Summit held by DWR in 2009, we are seeking your comments and or concerns and any other input you may have about the outcome of the 09 Water Summit? For reference, DWR has posted the proceedings at: http://www.waterplan.water.ca.gov/tribal2/tws/ To add your comments click on the comments [...]
Frankenfish ? approved by FDA ?
The health of Alaska’s wild salmon market has recently become in danger due to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) potential approval of a genetically engineered Atlantic salmon for production and human consumption. These genetically engineered fish would produce growth hormones year-round, growing at twice the normal rate of wild salmon. This means that [...]
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