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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Please Take this Survey: California Ocean Protection Council
The California Ocean Protection Council (OPC) is charged with developing a California voluntary sustainable seafood program, which includes developing a protocol on how to be independently certified to internationally-accepted standards, coming up with an accompanying logo or label, implementing a marketing assistance program in consultation with the California Department of Food and Agriculture, and awarding [...]
URGENT – Tribal Input Needed for National Forest System Land Management Planning Act
The CIWC urges all Tribes and Tribal communities to make their concerns and recommendations heard before the closing date. Protection and preservation of Sacred Sites is one the most valuable responsibilities and duties we must continue to fight for. Every voice counts in honoring all those that came before us, and all those that will come after us. The forest [...]
Salazar admits peripheral canal could lead to more water exports
by Dan Bacher Wednesday Sep 21st, 2011 7:34 PM While claiming that Delta advocates’ fears that the BDCP is a “water grab” were “unfounded,” Interior Secretary Ken Salazar admitted that the “flexibility” of the new conveyance could lead to greater exports, in other words, to a “water grab!” If this isn’t a classic case of [...]
Governor Brown Establishes Tribal Advisor
Governor Brown Establishes Tribal Advisor to Strengthen Communication, Collaboration with California’s Native American Tribes SACRAMENTO – In order to strengthen communication and collaboration between California state government and Native American Tribes, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued an Executive Order establishing the position of Governor’s Tribal Advisor in the Office of the Governor. This [...]
Elwha River Restoration and Dam Removal Ceremony Simulcast
This Saturday, September 17th, 2011, marks a truly historic event for wild salmon and river communities: the largest river restoration project to date with the removal of the two Elwha River dams on Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula. Join us in celebrating this momentous occassion by watching the ceremony online: http://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/1949
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, [...]
CIWC: About The California Indian Water Commission
The creation of the California Indian Water Commission was founded and based on the urgent call to address historical and current cultural, water and land practices that have adversely impacted California Tribes and Tribal communities. Many case law, ordinances and legislation have been placed to protect and preserve Tribal water rights nationwide but those are [...]
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 [...]
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