Attached is CIWC’s letter of support for MLPA, tomorrow’s big meeting in Eureka. Please feel free to use as reference or template addressed to Sonke Mastrup, E.D. Fish & Game Commission. Please feel free to share with other responsible group that support our Tribal way of life. Thanks for your support, ciwc letter to F&G [...]
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CSPA, Winnemem Wintu sue Westlands over contract renewals
by Dan Bacher The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA), Friends of the River, North Coast River Alliance, Save the American River Association and Winnemem Wintu Tribe have filed a lawsuit against Westlands Water District and its two water distribution districts over the renewal of six interim water service contracts. The action, filed 25 August 2011, [...]
Climate Change Adaptation Task Force
Climate Change Adaptation Task Force | The White House http://1.usa.gov/jNo0nb Climate Change Adaptation Task Force On October 14, 2010, the Climate Change Adaptation Task Force, co-chaired by the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), released its interagency report outlining recommendations [...]
Yuba River Named a Most Endangered River
American Rivers announced the 10 Most Endangered Rivers in the U.S., and this includes California’s Yuba River. Please support the efforts to help revive this great watershed and wild salmon that are severed from their ancestral homes by two outdated dams. The video will describe the problem. Signing the petition will help to move toward [...]
Seaweed Testing – California Coast
It is with great relief that the CIWC received notice of testing results of radiation contamination fallout from Japan. It has not shown to negatively affect the seaweed along our coastlines of the Pacific Ocean. At a time when Round Houses, Tribal Big Times, Gatherings and other cultural traditional practices begin, the gathering of marine [...]
Wampanoag embroiled in a battle over fishing
Wampanoag embroiled in a battle over fishing – Boston.com http://bit.ly/eSyewC By David Abel Globe Staff / April 1, 2011 On a serene afternoon last October, David Greene waded into the waters off Mattapoisett with a rake, basket, and an appetite for quahog. As a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, he had spent years fighting [...]
National Planning Rule Public Forum
Topic: National Planning Rule Public Forum, Monday, March 21, 2011, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Purpose: The Forest Service Region 5 is holding three concurrent public meetings in McClellan (Sacramento area), Arcadia and Redding to explain both the details and intent of the recently proposed Planning Rule, if put into law, the rule will [...]
California Indian Affairs
The creation of a executive level office of California Indian Affairs is a idea shared by many Tribes and Tribal organizations. We, the California Indian Water Commission, support this idea and also support this event that the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians are sponsoring. Proposal in PDF ———- Forwarded message ———- Haku from the [...]
Radio Interview-Marine Life Protection Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: From Chris Skyhawk, KZYX Public Affairs Programmer 707-937-4295 Please join host Chris Skyhawk for Universal Perspectives this Thursday evening at 7PM on KZYX/ Z 90.7/91.5 FM. Listen Live on Internet: http://www.kzyx.org/joomla/ We will cover the Marine Life Protection Act with Guests Adam Wagschal and Atta Stevenson. A guest from the California [...]
Kashia Pomo Tribe Gains Access to Stewarts Point
State officials allow Kashia Pomo tribe access to Stewarts Point The Kashia Pomo can continue to use Stewarts Point on the Sonoma County coast for tribal ceremonies and food gathering, as they have for 12,000 years, even though the spot is now surrounded by a new state marine preserve. By Matt Weiser mweiser@sacbee.com Published: Wednesday, [...]
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