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		<title>Water Food Enviroment blog: The legacy of Alex Hildebrand</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61452</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Water Food Environment blog: &#8220;The water community in California recently lost a gem and a vitally important viewpoint. Alex Hildebrand had many attributes. He was a farmer in San Joaquin County, the President of the Sierra Club in the mid-1950s, a very accomplished collegiate skier, a champion for good water policy in California [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Water Blog pays tribute to Alex Hildebrand</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60869</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the California Water Blog: &#8220;One of the best minds of the Delta and its most devoted advocate has left us. Alex Hildebrand passed away Monday at the venerable age of 98. Alex cared deeply for the land and the water of the South Delta, living his life and tending his farm in sync with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alex Hildebrand (1913-2012): Champion of the Delta</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60770</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Stockton Record: &#8220;Alex Hildebrand, the courteous south Delta farmer and engineer who campaigned relentlessly against a peripheral canal and still drove a tractor well into his 90s, died early Monday. He was 98. Not only did Hildebrand influence California water policy with his arguably unsurpassed knowledge of the Delta, but he was always [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This just in &#8230; Alex Hildebrand, champion of Delta estuary, passes away at age 98</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60709</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Stockton Record: &#8220;Alex Hildebrand, a south Delta farmer and engineer who twice fought the peripheral canal and understood the estuary as well as anyone, died this morning at his home. He was 98. “Many, many of the engineers that have had anything to do with the Delta have often come up to me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heal the Bay&#8217;s Mark Gold named to UCLA environmental post</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60049</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the UCLA Newsroom: &#8220;Heal the Bay President Mark Gold plans to move inland a few miles on Jan. 30, when he will become an associate director at UCLA&#8217;s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. The prominent environmentalist will use his decades of experience to guide and deepen the institute&#8217;s engagement with government agencies, policymakers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Democratic Sen. Ruben Ayala, 89, was leader on water</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59791</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee&#8217;s Capitol Alert: &#8220;Former Democratic Sen. Ruben Ayala, who was a leading force on water policy during his two decades in the state Legislature, died last night. He was 89. News of his death was announced in a statement from the office of Democratic Assemblywoman Norma Torres, who now represents Ayala&#8217;s home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New boss of California Fish and Game has tough balancing act</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59304</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the San Diego Union-Tribune: &#8220;Charlton H. “Chuck” Bonham was named director of the California Department of Fish and Game in August. Earlier this month he had just completed 20 town hall meetings with staff members, including the San Diego-based Region 5, when the Union-Tribune caught up with him for an interview. Since being named [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Water Tamer: John Briscoe tackles water insecurity around the world</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59013</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Harvard Magazine: &#8220;In the little town of 5,000 where he now lives, John Briscoe holds the exalted title “master of the Todd Pond dam,” a tiny impoundment. He uses this role to introduce his students to the competing demands at the heart of water management. “Everyone who lives on the pond likes the water [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Run on the Water Bank: A determined investigator pursues a Los Angeles billionaire for allegedly seizing control of the state&#8217;s water supply. It&#8217;s Chinatown again, Jake.</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58789</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From California Lawyer (hat tip to C-WIN): &#8220;Who is Adam Keats, and why is he so focused on Los Angeles billionaire Stewart Resnick? Attorneys representing Resnick&#8217;s vast agricultural holdings in the Central Valley wish the troublesome plaintiffs lawyer would just go away. Keats, 40, is senior counsel at the Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Wasteland: Erin Brockovich still fighting for neighbors over contaminated drinking water</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58632</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From ABC News: &#8220;The real Erin Brockovich is bold and brassy, much like the character in the movie named for her. She certainly has the sass and the looks to play herself on the big screen, but instead Julia Roberts got the part and the Oscar. &#8220;In the bathroom, this one lady goes, &#8216;Anyone ever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the Public Record: News commentary: Wanger, Gleick and Delta residents</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58494</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the On the Public Record blog: &#8220;Eh. I couldn’t be bothered by Judge Wanger’s signing on with Westlands. His writing in his decisions showed he’d adopted the buzzwords (and presumably the thought short-cuts) of the pro-westside-ag side of things, so I was just happy that he became an open advocate for them rather than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wednesday&#8217;s top of the scroll: Wanger cuts legal ties to Westlands Water District</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58444</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee: &#8220;Retired federal judge Oliver W. Wanger did an about-face today, deciding not to represent Westlands Water District in a case pending before a state appellate court. A legal brief last week showed Wanger had signed on to represent Westlands in a lawsuit filed against it by several northern California groups. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-judge tarnishes past rulings with new job, says editorial</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58314</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Oakland Tribune (Contra Costa Times), this editorial: &#8220;Over the past decade, no federal judge has had more influence over water disputes in California than recently retired U.S. District Court Judge Oliver Wanger. Now he is raising serous doubts about his judicial integrity by going to work for the Westlands Water District, which recently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stockton Record editorial: Wanger moves to other side of stream</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58269</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Stockton Record: &#8220;It&#8217;s all legal, ethical even, according to some legal scholars. Certainly that&#8217;s the opinion of recently retired U.S. District Judge Oliver W. Wanger. Of course that would be his view given that his current client used to appear before him in his Fresno courtroom. Wanger, who presided over dozens of cases [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Column: Wanger does what good free agents do</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58267</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From columnist Bill McEwen at the Fresno Bee: &#8220;Oliver W. Wanger became the best-known judge in the Valley during 20 years on the federal bench. Now, in his return to private practice, he has turned into the LeBron James of local lawyers. James, you might recall, infamously said, &#8220;I&#8217;m going to take my talents to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SF Chronicle editorial: Oliver Wanger, from judge to water-rights litigant</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58240</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the San Francisco Chronicle: &#8220;When U.S. District Judge Oliver Wanger retired on Sept. 30, he took with him a deep understanding of California&#8217;s arcane and endless water wars. What is he doing with this knowledge? Going to work for farmers fighting environmentalists over water rights. His switch from jurist to courtroom litigant doesn&#8217;t appear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monterey County Herald editorial: Westlands water judge fraught with conflict</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58204</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Monterey County Herald: &#8220;Newly retired federal Judge Oliver W. Wanger seemed to play it down the middle in his extremely important decisions on federal water law, including rulings on endangered species protections and how they would impact the delivery of water in Central California and beyond. But now Wanger has cast a cloud [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Randy Record elected to lead Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA)</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58193</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Association of California Water Agencies, this press release: &#8220;Members of the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) have elected Randy Record, a longtime director of Eastern Municipal Water District, to a two-year term as president of the statewide group. John Coleman, a member of the East Bay Municipal Utility District Board of Directors, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assemblymember Perea honored by clean water advocates for work in rural communities</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58196</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the website of Assemblymember Perea: &#8220;Assemblymember Henry T. Perea (D-Fresno) was honored by the Community Water Center (CWC) for his leadership and dedication to bringing clean drinking water to the rural communities’ of the Central Valley Thursday. “We want to recognize the leadership that Assemblymember Perea has taken to bring real change on this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial: By working for Westlands, Wanger puts legacy in doubt</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58134</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:11:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee, this editorial: &#8220;Of all the federal judges who have recently presided in California, none has had more impact on California water issues than just-retired U.S. District Court Judge Oliver W. Wanger of Fresno. Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1991, Wanger was at the center of highly contentious rulings on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Judge Wanger representing Westlands Water District</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58106</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee: &#8220;Recently retired federal judge Oliver W. Wanger, who presided over dozens of cases involving the Westlands Water District in a 20-year career, is now representing the agency. The twist comes just two months after Wanger was ruling on federal water disputes in his final days on the Fresno bench. His most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Water Wars blog on Wanger&#8217;s new job: Aftermath</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58104</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the California Water Wars blog: &#8220;Former U.S. District Judge Oliver W. Wanger, who spent two decades as a jurist deep in the Central Valley, is shaping up as something of a courtroom nemesis for environmentalists. And he’s not even on the bench. Wanger, who has ruled on numerous water cases, retired at the end [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dan Walters: New documentary nostalgic for days of Gov. Pat Brown</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/57722</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/57722#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Dan Walters at the Modesto Bee: &#8220;As California&#8217;s economy continues to languish and as its political dysfunction becomes more obvious — and more intolerable — one reaction has been nostalgia. If only another Ronald Reagan would appear, those on the right sigh, California would once again be golden. No, those on the left insist, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family Water Alliance guarding farmers&#8217; rights for 20 years</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/57678</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Colusa Sun-Herald: &#8220;Sue Sutton can remember the very day the Family Water Alliance was born. &#8220;It seems like yesterday,&#8221; said Sutton, who for more than 15 years was the face of one of the most successful grassroots organizations in the North State and beyong. The organization celebrates its 20th anniversary tonight at its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congresswoman Napolitano recognized with Southern California Water Committee award</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/57607</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the office of Congresswoman Grace Napolitano: &#8220;Today, Rep. Grace F. Napolitano was honored with the 2011 Harriett Wieder Water Leadership Award by the Southern California Water Committee. “I am honored and humbled to receive this award,” Napolitano said. “Many challenges to our water supply remain for us to overcome, including climate change, a growing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Educator championed for solar water-pumping innovation</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/56868</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee: &#8220;When Bruce Rasmussen sought to improve a local water system in his role as a homeowners association president, he never dreamed that it would lead him to Washington, D.C. Today, he will be honored at the White House as a Champion of Change and participate in activities designed to help the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congresswoman Napolitano honored with Water Leadership Award</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/56833</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Received via email from the office of Congresswoman Grace Napolitano: &#8220;Today, the Southern California Water Committee (SCWC) announced that it will be honoring Rep. Grace F. Napolitano with the 2011 Harriett Wieder Water Leadership Award at their November 17 annual dinner in the City of Industry. “I am honored to accept this award, and to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alex Breitler&#8217;s blog: Scrutinized scientist gets award</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/56443</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Alex Breitler&#8217;s blog: &#8220;One of the Delta smelt scientists so sharply criticized by former federal judge Oliver Wanger has received an in-house award for her work on the contested biological opinion. Jennifer Norris last month was given the Star Award from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Pacific Southwest Regional Manager Ren Lohoefener, along with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A with retiring Helix water manager Mark Weston</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/56169</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the San Diego Union-Tribune: &#8220;LA MESA — Mark Weston, general manager at the Helix Water District for the past 10 years, will retire at the end of the year after a 38-year career in water, wastewater and municipal infrastructure engineering that took him from his Northern California roots to Helena, Mont., to Poway, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Water Wars blog on Judge Wanger: Speaking out</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/55631</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 14:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the California Water Wars blog: &#8220;Newly retired U.S. District Judge Oliver Wanger, who ruled on numerous water and environmental cases during 20 years on the bench in the Central Valley, is going on the speaking circuit: He’ll be making a major public appearance next month before at south state water group’s fundraising dinner. He’ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The man with his hand on California&#8217;s spigot: U.S. District Court Judge Oliver W. Wanger&#8217;s decisions determined how much water gets pumped south to fields and cities and how much stays behind to sustain fish species</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/55594</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Los Angeles Times: &#8220;For more than a decade, the state&#8217;s de facto water baron has been a man most Californians never heard of. Oliver W. Wanger is not the archetypal power broker embodied by William Mulholland but a workaholic U.S. District Court judge whose Fresno courtroom was the forum for many of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Powerful figure in water wars steps down</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/55317</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Silicon Valley Mercury News: &#8220;One of the most powerful forces in California&#8217;s water wars is stepping down after two decades on the federal bench. More than anyone else in recent years, U.S. District Judge Oliver Wanger has decided how much of the state&#8217;s most precious resource goes to farms and cities and how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tuesday&#8217;s top of the scroll:  Judge Wanger&#8217;s interview on the California Report</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/55143</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the California Report: &#8220;U.S. District Judge Oliver Wanger&#8217;s courtroom has been home to fierce battles between fishermen, farmers and environmentalists. Now, after ruling on more cases governing California water than any other living judge, Wanger is retiring. Reporter: Sasha Khokha&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>California Water Wars blog: Judicial temperament</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/55028</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the California Water Wars blog: &#8220;The last thing you want in a federal courtroom – any courtroom – is a testy judge. But that is precisely what federal scientists confronted in the latest legal fight over the tiny Delta smelt, which needs fresh water to thrive in its increasingly saline marshy habitat. “Testy’ may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sunday&#8217;s top of the scroll: Federal judge who ruled in water cases steps down</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/55003</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 17:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the San Francisco Chronicle: &#8220;A federal judge whose rulings in high-profile California water cases have had far-reaching impact on protections of threatened fish species and on how much water flows from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to farms and cities is stepping down after two decades on the bench. The decisions of judge Oliver W. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Santa Clara Valley Water District’s Beau Goldie answers reader questions</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/54834</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the San Jose Insider: &#8220;This is the newest installment of a San Jose Inside feature that allows readers to pose questions to public officials. This week, Santa Clara Valley Water District CEO Beau Goldie has answered 10 questions selected by SJI staff out of dozens submitted by San Jose Inside commenters. The topics range [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congresswoman Napolitano at Scripps Institution of Oceanography: Cooperation needed on water supply</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/54794</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the website of Congresswoman Grace Napolitano: &#8220;Yesterday, Rep. Grace F. Napolitano addressed the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California, as the keynote speaker for their 2011 Water Symposium “Water, Climate &#038; Finance: The New Intersection.” “Local communities, the federal government, and public and private water providers will all have to work together [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Secretary Salazar to visit Bay Area on Sept. 19 to highlight Federal efforts on water</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/54623</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From ACWA&#8217;s Water News: &#8220;U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will visit Northern California on Monday, Sept. 19, to highlight the Department’s recent efforts to increase water reliability in the state and dedicate a fish screen project by Contra Costa Water District. &#8230; &#8220; More details on Secretary Salazar&#8217;s visit from ACWA&#8217;s Water News [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A conversation with California’s Resources Secretary</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/54511</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Laird, who announced yesterday that he won&#8217;t be running for the state Senate, sat down with Capitol Weekly for this interview: &#8220;John Laird is sitting in an armchair in his austere 13th floor office in the state Resources Building on O and 9th Streets. The former chair of the Assembly Budget committee is in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wanger&#8217;s retirement will leave a huge hole, says editorial: The Eastern District has been well-served by his time on bench</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/54056</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee, this editorial: &#8220;We can&#8217;t recall a federal judge from our region who has had a bigger impact on the judiciary than Oliver W. Wanger. It&#8217;s not just that Wanger takes on the highest profile and most controversial federal cases &#8212; and he does &#8212; but he&#8217;s also been much more public [...]]]></description>
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