by Hawk Rosales Monday Nov 7th, 2011 “I hope that if one thing comes out of this process, it’s the beginning of long term trust between sovereign [tribal] governments and the state of California.” – California Secretary of Natural Resources John Laird at June 30, 2011 Fish and Game Commission hearing in Stockton, California Most [...]
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Spoil – Documentary on Spirit Bear water & forests
Spoil – Documentary on the Great Bear Rainforests under threat by DIRTY TARSANDS / OILSANDS 44 Minute Movie
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, [...]
California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative Announcement
This will be the decision day for Tribal special category within the MLPA uses. If you can send notices to your contacts so that we can have a contingency of support for non commercial fishing and gathering for Tribal People. Thanks, atta California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative Announcement Who: MLPA Blue Ribbon Task [...]
California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative Announcement
*Who: * Interested members of the public *What: * Public comment on Round 3 MLPA North Coast Regional Stakeholder Group (NCRSG) MPA Proposal and NCRSG Special Closures Recommendation *Where: * The public is invited to provide written and/or verbal comments to help inform the MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force (BRTF) at its [...]
Commissioner Dan Richards Calls Governor A ‘Fork-Tongued Devil’
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 [...]
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 by Sep 30 – Please Sign and Send in Petition
Petition to the State of California to Acknowledge and Include Tribal Traditional Uses Within State Regulations for Marine Protected Areas of the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative (Click here to sign online petition) We, the undersigned California residents, understand and acknowledge that federally-recognized California Indian Tribes, and California Tribal Peoples, are inherent and necessary to [...]
Environmental Leader Calls For MLPA Official’s Resignation
by Dan Bacher On July 21, a prominent North Coast environmental leader called for the resignation of an oil lobbyist who serves as a member of the Blue Ribbon Task Force (BRTF) to implement Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative. Judith Vidaver, Chair of the Ocean Protection Coalition based in Mendocino County, [...]
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