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	<title>Aquafornia &#187; San Joaquin River Restoration</title>
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		<title>NRDC Switchboard: It is time to restore salmon to the San Joaquin River</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61583</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Monty Schmitt at the NRDC Switchboard blog: &#8220;Last year marked the fifth year of the San Joaquin River Restoration Program and the two year anniversary of renewed river flows &#8211; the first since the 1940s when the operation of Friant Dam dried up the river and ended the historic salmon runs. Thanks to years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Salmon comes at a cost: San Joaquin River plans mean less fishing, more poaching</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61203</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee: &#8220;Few people, if any, know the San Joaquin River as well as Louis Moosios. The 36-year-old fishing guide, whose family owns 400 acres on the Madera County side, has been fishing, boating and swimming in the river since he was a boy. Piloting his 14-foot aluminum skiff up river, Moosios keeps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bureau of Reclamation releases draft environmental documents for San Joaquin River flow modifications</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60416</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60416#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin River Restoration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Bureau of Reclamation: &#8220;The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review a Draft Environmental Assessment and Initial Study on an agreement to provide two years of continued implementation of spring “pulse” flows for the San Joaquin River at Vernalis, Calif. Reclamation previously contracted with the San Joaquin River Group Authority to help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday&#8217;s top of the scroll: Dry season threatens farmers, return of salmon to San Joaquin River</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59899</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59899#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Drought, Weather & Snowpack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin River Restoration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee: &#8220;Even though the wetter half of California&#8217;s winter is still ahead, it&#8217;s hard to ignore the historic dry spell taking shape. The statewide snowpack is 15% of average for early January. This winter is mirroring the terrible 1976-1977 season &#8212; the driest time on record. &#8220;I never recall a year when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fresno Bee News Blog: Frustrated farmer bans feds from crossing his land</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58533</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58533#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin River Restoration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee News Blog: &#8220;A frustrated riverside farmer this week announced he would no longer cooperate with federal officials in the restoration of the San Joaquin. He&#8217;s not letting them pass through his west Valley property anymore to work on the river. That could be a bad sign for the river restoration. If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sunday&#8217;s top of the scroll: Dam near Dos Palos is key to restoring salmon run in San Joaquin River; Renovation of Sack Dam is behind schedule</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58281</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58281#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin River Restoration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee: &#8220;The fish-friendly makeover of the San Joaquin River is expected to start with a $35 million renovation at Sack Dam near Dos Palos in 2013. That will be too late to meet a 2012 deadline for reviving chinook salmon runs in the river. It will be years before other similar projects [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fresno Bee News Blog: San Joaquin River salmon restoration in a year? Really?</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58094</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58094#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin River Restoration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee News Blog: &#8220;After The Bee&#8217;s story Monday about state and federal efforts to guide migrating salmon in the San Joaquin River, a Valley farmer along the river said the vast restoration of the San Joaquin is not on schedule. He&#8217;s worried about land next to the river on the west side [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Blueway&#8217; status: A vision for the San Joaquin River</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/56889</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/56889#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin River Restoration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Central Valley Business Times: &#8220;The San Joaquin River, California’s second largest river in length but little seen by the average traveler or resident in the Central Valley, could be transformed into a recreational magnet, says the San Joaquin River Partnership, which has published the “San Joaquin River Blueway: A Vision for Public Enjoyment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Joaquin River Restoration Program releases the final environmental document for Water Year 2012 interim flows</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/55347</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/55347#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 13:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin River Restoration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Bureau of Reclamation: &#8220;The Bureau of Reclamation today released the Supplemental Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact (EA/FONSI) to continue Interim Flows for the San Joaquin River Restoration Program (SJRRP) for Water Year (WY) 2012. The document was prepared in accordance with requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act and describes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doug Obegi: San Joaquin River Restoration Program receives 2011 Partners in Conservation Award from Interior</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/55110</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/55110#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Doug Obegi at the NRDC Switchboard blog: &#8220;I am proud to announce that the San Joaquin River Restoration Program last week received the Department of the Interior’s 2011 Partners in Conservation Award, an award which recognizes conservation achievements that include the collaboration of diverse parties to achieve conservation goals. In a press release issued [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Secretary Salazar selects the San Joaquin River Restoration Program for Partners in Conservation award</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/54852</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/54852#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin River Restoration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Bureau of Reclamation: &#8220;Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has selected the San Joaquin River Restoration Program as one of 17 recipients for the 2011 Partners in Conservation Awards for its outstanding conservation, collaboration, cooperation, and communication achievements. The award recognizes efforts towards the Department&#8217;s priorities of widespread engagement of youth, tribes, local [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interior Secretary Ken Salazar jabs GOP on San Joaquin River pact</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/54743</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/54743#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin River Restoration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Los Angeles Times: &#8220;U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar took some shots Monday at Republican efforts to roll back environmental protections and repeal a historic agreement on river restoration in California. The GOP majority in the House is floating a number of bills that would freeze or dismantle an array of environmental regulations, arguing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congressmen Cardoza and Costa write letter to Secretary Hayes regarding San Joaquin River Restoration Program</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/53109</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/53109#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin River Restoration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of AgLeader&#8217;s twitter feed and posted at Scribd, this letter from Congressmen Cardoza and Costa regarding the San Joaquin River Restoration Program: &#8220;Dear Deputy Secretary Hayes and Under Secretary Lubchenko: This letter is of extreme importance and urgency. We are writing to express our concerns regarding a letter we received from Mr. Eric Schwaab, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Joaquin River River restoration meets resistance in Congress</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/52152</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/52152#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin River Restoration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee: &#8220;Ambitious San Joaquin River restoration plans are facing delays on the ground and renewed resistance on Capitol Hill. Already lagging, the river restoration efforts would stop altogether under legislation set for House approval today. Underscoring their zeal, lawmakers on Thursday added a provision that blocks federal officials from putting salmon into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barry Nelson: Be careful what you ask for &#8211; Eliminating federal funding for the San Joaquin River Agreement</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/52068</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/52068#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin River Restoration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Barry Nelson at the NRDC Switchboard blog: &#8220;Among the many radical provisions in H.R. 1837 (Nunes, CA), is a proposal to shut down the consensus restoration of the San Joaquin River. That bill has a long list of opponents and has received a raft of criticism in the press. But another effort to shut [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public comment period extended for San Joaquin River Restoration Program Supplemental Draft Water Year 2012 Interim Flows environmental document</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/51855</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/51855#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 14:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin River Restoration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Bureau of Reclamation, this press release: &#8220;The Bureau of Reclamation has extended the public review and comment period for the Draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment and Proposed Finding of No Significant Impact (Draft Supplemental EA/Proposed FONSI) for the San Joaquin River Restoration Program&#8217;s (SJRRP) Water Year (WY) 2012 Interim Flows Project. Written comments were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thursday&#8217;s top of the scroll: Valley farmers lose little water to San Joaquinriver restoration</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/51774</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/51774#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin River Restoration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee: &#8220;East Valley farmers this year probably will lose very little if any water for the San Joaquin River restoration because of the wet winter, federal officials estimate. For the last few months, excess water from snowmelt has been keeping the river flowing, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation said. There has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reclamation releases final EA/FONSI for recirculation of recaptured water year 2011 San Joaquin Restoration Program interim flows</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/50884</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/50884#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin River Restoration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Bureau of Reclamation, this press release: &#8220;The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact (Final EA/FONSI) for the Recirculation of Recaptured Water Year 2011 San Joaquin River Restoration Program (SJRRP) Interim Flows. Reclamation estimates that up to 260,000 acre-feet of recaptured Interim Flows could be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Joaquin River Restoration Program supplemental draft water year 2012 interim flows environmental document available for public comment</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/50837</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/50837#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin River Restoration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Bureau of Reclamation: &#8220;The Bureau of Reclamation today released for public review the Draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment and Proposed Finding of No Significant Impact (Draft Supplemental EA/Proposed FONSI) for the San Joaquin River Restoration Program&#8217;s (SJRRP) Water Year (WY) 2012 Interim Flows Project. The document was prepared in accordance with the requirements of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thursday&#8217;s top of the scroll: Feds, farmers talk damage from river restoration</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/50408</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/50408#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin River Restoration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee: &#8220;The Obama administration is quietly negotiating with a handful of California farmers who say San Joaquin River restoration efforts damage their land east of Los Banos. The closed-door discussions could peacefully resolve a lawsuit filed nearly a year ago by Wolfsen Land &#038; Cattle Co. and several associated families unhappy over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public review period extended for San Joaquin River Restoration Program environmental document</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/50312</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/50312#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin River Restoration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Bureau of Reclamation: &#8220;The Bureau of Reclamation and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) have extended the public review and comment period by another 60 days for the Draft Program Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (Draft PEIS/R) for the San Joaquin River Restoration Program (SJRRP). Comments are now due by 5 p.m. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congressman Cardoza sends letter to Hastings regarding H.R. 1837&#8242;s impacts to downstream landowners</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/49906</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/49906#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From AgLeader&#8217;s twitter feed, a letter from Congressman Cardoza regarding H.R. 1837: &#8220;Dear Chairman Hastings and Ranking Member Markey, It has come to my attention that on June 2, the Subcommittee on Water and Power will hold a hearing on H.R. 1837, the &#8220;San Joaquin Water Reliability Act&#8221;. As you are aware, I have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barry Nelson: The San Joaquin River Agreement and H.R. 1837 &#8211; A deal is a deal</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/49718</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 15:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Barry Nelson at the NRDC Switchboard blog: &#8220;Next Thursday, the House of Representatives Water and Power Subcommittee will hold a hearing on perhaps the most radical bill on California water issues I’ve encountered in my career. H.R. 1837, introduced by Congressman Nunes (R, Visalia), would block federal protections for the San Francisco Bay-Delta, its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wednesday&#8217;s top of the scroll: Restoration deadline for San Joaquin River faces delay</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/49591</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 15:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee: &#8220;Negotiations have begun to possibly push back the December 2012 deadline for re-establishing salmon in the San Joaquin River, federal officials said Tuesday in Fresno. Major channel improvements – such as a bypass to get fish around Mendota Dam – are behind schedule. There may be funding problems as well because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monday&#8217;s top of the scroll: Swollen river raises Valley farmers&#8217; restoration fears</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/49477</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 15:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin River Restoration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee: &#8220;The swollen San Joaquin River is giving everybody a peek at the future, and it&#8217;s making riverside farmers nervous. During this near-record wet season, the San Joaquin has been filling with runoff and seeping into farm fields near the river, swamping crop roots, and cutting into yields and profits. Farmers have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This just in &#8230; Cardoza sends letter to OMB regarding funding for San Joaquin River Restoration</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/48352</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin River Restoration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Ag Leader&#8217;s twitter feed, this letter from Congressman Cardoza to the Office of Management and Budget: &#8220;Dear Mr. Lew: It has come to my attention that there is a significant funding shortfall for the San Joaquin River Restoration Program (SJRRP), a program administered by the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation pursuant to a Settlement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fresno Bee News Blog: Feds hint timeline might change on river restoration</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/48201</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin River Restoration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee News Blog: &#8220;The sweeping environmental analysis for restoring the San Joaquin River was posted sometime on Good Friday, but some weirdness in the e-world prevented the media release from getting to me on email. It&#8217;s probably caught in the spam filter. I&#8217;ll check later. But finally on Tuesday morning, I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Joaquin River Restoration Program environmental document available for public review and comment; Public meetings scheduled</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/48030</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/48030#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin River Restoration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Bureau of Reclamation, more holiday reading: &#8220;The Bureau of Reclamation and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) have made available for public review and comment the Draft Program Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (Draft PEIS/R) for the San Joaquin River Restoration Program (SJRRP). The joint document describes the direct, indirect and cumulative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reclamation makes available “Recovered Water Account” water to Friant Division contractors</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/47173</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/47173#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin River Restoration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Bureau of Reclamation: &#8220;The Bureau of Reclamation announces the availability of 460,000 acre-feet of Recovered Water Account (RWA) water credits for Friant Division long-term water service and repayment contractors. This water is available as part of the water management goal of the San Joaquin River Restoration Program consistent with the Stipulation of Settlement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bay Institute&#8217;s World Water Day spotlight: State of the San Joaquin River</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/46301</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/46301#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin River Restoration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Bay Institute, posted at PR Newswire: &#8220;Spotlighting the San Joaquin River for World Water Day, The Bay Institute will host a special event at Aquarium of the Bay on Tuesday, March 22. Leaders from The Bay Institute will be joined by Assemblyman Jared Huffman and Take Me to the River authors Coke &#038; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grant funds San Joaquin River restoration</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/44570</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 15:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin River Restoration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(or at least part of it &#8230;. ) From the Fresno Business Journal: &#8220;Armed with a $563,000 grant awarded recently by the Wildlife Conservation Board, local groups will work to restore wetland and riparian habitat on the San Joaquin River Parkway just east of Highway 41 in Fresno. The San Joaquin River Parkway and Conservation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Millions needed to return salmon to San Joaquin River</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/43509</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/43509#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin River Restoration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee: &#8220;Reviving chinook salmon on the San Joaquin River will cost more than $20 million – which may sound like a lot of money for 40,000 fish. But this rare project will take years of work, scientists say. Three-quarters of those fish will be spring-run salmon, a threatened species already in danger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NRDC Switchboard blog: House bill attempts to kill the San Joaquin River &#8211; again</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/42988</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/42988#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin River Restoration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the NRDC Switchboard blog: &#8220;The House Continuing Resolution (CR) released on February 11 contains dangerous and misguided provisions that gut protections for the environment, undermine public health programs and hurt the economy. A perfect example of the wrong-headed thinking in this legislation is the provision authored by Fresno Republican, Congressman Devin Nunes. His idea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transplant carries hope for salmon</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/42847</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2011 15:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin River Restoration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Stockton Record: &#8220;The future of the San Joaquin River may be buried hundreds of miles away in the gravel beds of four Northern California streams &#8211; pea-sized salmon eggs that snorkeling biologists might pluck one by one from the frigid flow. Next year, officials hope to begin harvesting both eggs and baby fish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fresno Bee News Blog: Is restoration making more SJ River water available?</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/42841</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/42841#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2011 15:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin River Restoration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee&#8217;s News Blog: &#8220;Chris Acree, executive director of Revive the San Joaquin, has been talking about a revolutionary idea on the San Joaquin River restoration. He says the water releases from Friant Dam for the restoration may actually be making more water available for farmers and others. That&#8217;s the exact opposite of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Salmon set for revival on San Joaquin River</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/42576</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/42576#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin River Restoration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee: &#8220;Late next year, a long-dead salmon run will be revived on the San Joaquin River with fish from all over the Central Valley, say federal officials. The plan is to bring up to 100 breeding pairs of spring-run salmon to the San Joaquin near Fresno from as far away as Butte [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fish to the San Joaquin salmon runs will come from local streams</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/42231</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/42231#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Oroville Mercury Register: &#8220;In a few years, spring-run chinook salmon will be reintroduced to the San Joaquin River, which is believed to have once had the largest population of the now-threatened species in the state. People in Northern California will be asked to give comments this week, during a public workshop from Thursday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reclamation: San Joaquin River Restoration Program revised Reach 4B project proposal and additional public scoping meeting</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/35908</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Bureau of Reclamation, this press release: &#8220;The Bureau of Reclamation and the California Department of Water Resources are revising their proposal to prepare a joint Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) on the effects of the proposed Reach 4B, Eastside Bypass and Mariposa Bypass Channel and Structural Improvements Project (Project) under the San [...]]]></description>
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		<title>These salmon got an early start on SJ River restoration</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/35906</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/35906#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee News Blog: &#8220;Four or five fall-run salmon jumped the gun a little on the San Joaquin River restoration, showing up last week at Sack Dam (link will take you to a map), east of Dos Palos. The state Department of Fish and Game verified the fish, saying they most likely got [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saving the San Joaquin River</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/35200</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2010 15:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Mother Earth News: &#8220;The following is an excerpt from A Force for Nature: The Story of NRDC and the Fight to Save Our Planet by John H. Adams and Patricia Adams, with George Black (Chronicle Books, 2010). Since its inception in 1970, the Natural Resources Defense Council has grown to include 1.3 million members [...]]]></description>
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