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	<title>Aquafornia &#187; Northern California</title>
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		<title>Siskiyou County intends to challenge Klamath dam decision in federal court</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Siskiyou Daily News: &#8220;The Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a letter to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announcing its intent to sue the federal government over the potential removal of dams on the Klamath River. “The County of Siskiyou is convinced legal action is necessary to challenge a decision [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commentary: Fix the Sacramento River system</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61647</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Daily News, this commentary by Tehama County resident Bob Bradley: &#8220;If we really want to get serious and fix the Sacramento River System to fully support our salmon and steel head fisheries to their historic levels we must account for and restore all of the tributaries that at one time supported various runs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State BLM director tours Clear Creek, a success story for wild salmon and steelhead</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61645</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Record Searchlight: &#8220;Fifteen years ago it was hard to find a single salmon in Clear Creek. But the stream, which cuts across the southern boundary of Redding as it flows from Whiskeytown Lake into the Sacramento River, has undergone a transformation. This year an estimated 4,800 fall-run Chinook salmon swam up Clear Creek [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sonoma County: ‘Dry’ year, but reservoirs doing OK</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61643</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sonoma News: &#8220;Despite this week’s trickle that brought less than a half-inch of rain, significant showers have been few and far between this season, causing county water officials to officially designate the Russian River Water Supply System as “dry.” But despite the designation, the county’s water levels are actually doing all right. “The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enlarging Shasta Lake feasible, U.S. report says</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61596</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the San Francisco Chronicle: &#8220;The billion dollars it would cost to raise the dam holding back the largest reservoir in California would, at least on the surface, be money well spent, a federal study concluded this week. A study by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation found that the maximum possible enlargement of Lake Shasta [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winnemem Wintu tribe speaks out against raising of Shasta Dam</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61593</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From KRCR News: &#8220;The Winnemem Wintu Tribe is raising objections to a new plan to raise Shasta Dam. The proposal was outlined in a federal report released Monday and recommends raising the dam 18 1/2 feet. Among other things, it would supplement our region&#8217;s water supply and make Lake Shasta bigger. The project would cost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commentary: Rights and resources jeopardized by Klamath legislation</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61577</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Oregon Live, this commentary by Hayley Hutt, member of the Hoopa Valley Tribal Council: &#8220;The Klamath Tribes&#8217; guest column, &#8220;Klamath tribes: Respect our rights and our expertise&#8221; (Jan. 15), paints a picture of &#8220;bipartisan regional economic development&#8221; stemming from innovative work. The 2010 Klamath Agreements, to be ratified by Sen. Jeff Merkley&#8217;s Senate Bill [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irrigation rules could get tighter in Siskiyou; DFG drops appeal of ruling that enforcement is too lenient</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61575</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Record Searchlight: &#8220;In a move that could signal more irrigation restrictions for Siskiyou County&#8217;s farmers and ranchers, the Department of Fish and Game has backed away from appealing a judge&#8217;s ruling that said wardens were being too lenient on those pulling water from two chronically dry coho salmon streams. Last week the department&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bly Tunnel valve at Eagle Lake is shut and locked</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61570</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Placer Herald, this commentary by George deVilbiss: &#8220;For years, water has flowed from the Bly Tunnel at Eagle Lake, feeding Willow Creek. There is and has not been a fishery at Willow Creek. The water that flowed down primarily was used only by private farmers along the creek’s travels. There is no natural [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bayside family&#8217;s treehouse might be saved; county to grant an exception to streamside ordinance</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61568</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Eureka Times-Standard: &#8220;A Bayside family who was told they would have to dismantle their backyard treehouse because it was too close to a stream might be able to keep the structure, thanks to an exemption from Humboldt County staff. Rachel Robinson said her family&#8217;s treehouse got a lot of attention after The Times-Standard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lakeport City Council receives update on requirements in new state water permit</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61566</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Lake County News: &#8220;The Lakeport City Council received an update at its Tuesday meeting regarding new requirements imposed by the state on the city water supply. Utilities Director Mark Brannigan gave the council the report on the city&#8217;s domestic water supply permit from the California Department of Public Health. Brannigan said the agency [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meeting Thursday on plan for Russian River salmon, water</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61564</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Ukiah Journal: &#8220;A 15-year blueprint to help endangered and threatened fish while maintaining the region&#8217;s primary water supply is the subject of a meeting scheduled Thursday in Santa Rosa. The meeting will be held from 9 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. Feb. 9 at the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors Chambers at 575 Administration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calistoga awaits decision on legal fees</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61562</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Weekly Calistogan: &#8220;A Napa County judge is considering whether to make Calistoga pay up to $1.3 million in legal fees to the lawyer for the San Diego man who has sued the city repeatedly over water issues. Judge Raymond A. Guadagni has up to 90 days to decide what, if anything, Calistoga owes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raising of Shasta Dam has pros, cons; businesses see costly move in the future</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61525</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Record Searchlight: &#8220;When officials at Holiday Harbor on Lake Shasta think about making plans for the future, they have to think about relocating their facilities. If a draft proposal to spend $1.07 billion to raise Shasta Dam went through, much of the marina&#8217;s buildings, roads and boat launches would have to be moved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court grants stay of State Water Board regulations that declare frost protection diversions unreasonable in Mendocino and Sonoma Counties</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61509</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Somach Simmons &#038; Dunn, this Environmental Law and Policy Alert: &#8220;On February 3, 2012, Judge Ann Moorman of Mendocino County Superior Court granted a stay enjoining the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) from enforcing the terms of section 862 of title 23 of the California Code of Regulations (hereafter Section 862). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yuba County: Linda property owners look to state panel</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61505</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Appeal-Democrat: &#8220;Yuba County property owners who have been told they&#8217;re encroaching on state land at the foot of a Feather River levee aren&#8217;t giving up on the situation easily. If anything, a handful of the 50 or so property owners in west Linda are getting more strident in trying to convince state and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tuesday&#8217;s top of the scroll: Report backs $1 billion plan to raise dam; Some relocation is necessary, but agriculture, wildlife benefit</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61485</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Record Searchlight: &#8216;A draft report released Monday by federal officials says a $1.07 billion plan to raise Shasta Dam by 18½ feet is feasible and economically justifiable. Raising the dam would increase the lake&#8217;s storage about 14 percent, benefitting agricultural and municipal water users in the state, according to the Shasta Lake Water [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rainbow trout coming to Lake Mendocino</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61446</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Santa Rosa Press Democrat: &#8220;Lake Mendocino is being stocked with rainbow trout for the first time, creating a winter fishery at that popular destination for anglers. About 30,000 year-old rainbow trout will be released Thursday, said Scott Harris, environmental scientist for state Department of Fish and Game. “They are 10 to 14 inches. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sonoma: Rancho water finally flows</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61444</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Sonoma News: &#8220;Rancho de Sonoma, the sometimes divided mobile-home park harboring a fluctuating population of close to 100 residents, was due to receive city water through a new intertie slated to be opened at about 4 p.m. yesterday afternoon. Opening of the hook-up will put an end to anxieties over arsenic pollution dogging residents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Super Bowl Sunday&#8217;s top of the scroll: Glenn County joins chorus of criticism against Delta Plan</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61377</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Chico Enterprise-Record: &#8220;Questions linger in Northern California about whether a statewide plan for water could damage the economy and watersheds north of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Last week, the Glenn County Board of Supervisors sent a letter to the Delta Stewardship Council stating proposed flow criteria for the delta doesn&#8217;t consider effects on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Group&#8217;s mail campaign advocates for Yuba salmon run</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61365</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Appeal-Democrat: &#8220;With several approaches being considered or under way to restore salmon runs to the Yuba River, a Nevada County environmental group has decided one of the best &#8220;streams&#8221; for helping it happen might flow through mailboxes. At the National Marine Fisheries Service&#8217;s Sacramento office, a stack of postcards said to be 7 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Many grape growers plan to voluntarily comply with water rules</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61352</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Santa Rosa Press Democrat: &#8220;Two large groups representing North Coast grape growers said Friday they are likely to voluntarily comply with rules designed to protect endangered fish in the Russian River, even though a judge has put the controversial regulations on hold. Enlarge &#124; But it’s unclear whether other growers, who farm more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Press release: Bear Creek forest conserved: A win for forests, water, wildife and jobs in Siskiyou-Shasta Counties</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61339</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Pacific Forest Trust, this press release: &#8220;We did it! This week marks the Pacific Forest Trust&#8217;s and Roseburg Resources&#8217; successful completion of our working forest conservation easement on the 8,230-acre Bear Creek Working Forest in Siskiyou and Shasta counties. Approved by California&#8217;s Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) last December, the $7.8 million easement officially [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two coastal areas selected for habitat restoration grants</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61337</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the California Department of Fish &#038; Game: &#8220;The Department of Fish and Game’s (DFG) Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR) awarded $280,000 in grants for environmental enhancement projects. Recipients for 2012 are the City of Arcata’s McDaniel Slough Tidal Restoration project for $187,706 and the Central Coast’s Elkhorn Slough for $95,480. “We received [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project to use Lake Oroville water nearing completion</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61335</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Oroville Mercury Register: &#8220;A project to make use of some of the local reserve of Lake Oroville water is about six months away from completion. The Del Oro Regional Intertie project — about 10 years in the making — will provide lake water to customers in the Lime Saddle District. &#8220;It&#8217;s really close [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russian River water supply declared dry&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61333</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Ukiah Daily Journal: &#8220;As of Wednesday, the Russian River water supply condition was changed from &#8220;normal&#8221; to &#8220;dry,&#8221; meaning flows from Lake Mendocino can be reduced, the Sonoma County Water Agency reported. According to the SCWA, the &#8220;dry&#8221; designation means the agency can reduce flows in the Russian River to preserve water storage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lake Mendocino to be stocked with rainbow trout</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61331</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Santa Rosa Press Democrat: &#8220;Lake Mendocino on Thursday will be stocked with rainbow trout for the first time, creating a winter fishery at that popular destination for anglers. About 30,000 year-old rainbow trout will be released Thursday morning, said Scott Harris, environmental scientist for state Department of Fish and Game. “They are 10 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Broken line pumping treated wastewater into Feather River</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61323</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Appeal Democrat: &#8220;A broken underwater sewer line is pumping treated wastewater into the Feather River, Yuba City officials reported Friday. The wastewater currently pouring into the Feather River is not raw sewage, authorities said. “The water has been treated and disinfected, so we don’t anticipate any public health issues associated with the break,” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge postpones frost protection rules for Russian River growers</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61296</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Santa Rosa Press Democrat: &#8220;A Mendocino County judge on Thursday postponed the state’s new rules on frost protection until grape growers who filed a lawsuit challenging the rules have their day in court. Rudy and Linda Light, who own a small family vineyard in Redwood Valley on a tributary to the west fork [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More from the Red Bluff IRWM meeting: A resident expresses her views</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61261</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Tehama Daily News, this commentary by Patty Smith, a resident: There has been much said and written about the disruptive people at the recent Northern Sacramento Valley Integrated Regional Water Management Plan meeting in Red Bluff on Jan.18th at the Community Center. This is not the first time tempers have flared at a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dan Bacher: Court denies Commission motion to dismiss Coastside MLPA lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61259</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Dan Bacher at IndyBay.org: &#8220;On January 30, the Fourth District Court of Appeal in San Diego denied a motion by the Fish and Game Commission to dismiss the Coastside Fishing Club&#8217;s appeal of an unfavorable ruling by the San Diego Superior Court regarding the imposition of so-called &#8220;marine protected areas&#8221; on the North Central [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Column: Messelbeck Dam built the old-fashioned way with sand, clay and gravel</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61257</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Travelin&#8217; in Time column at the Record Searchlight: &#8220;Far out Rainbow Lake Road above Ono in the far reaches of western Shasta County stands Messelbeck Dam. Messelbeck Dam is no ordinary dam because it&#8217;s made of sand, clay and gravel. There&#8217;s no concrete in Messelbeck, and since 1920 it has been holding back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calistoga: Judge dismisses water tank lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61254</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Weekly Calistogan: &#8220;Editor&#8217;s Note [Weekly Calistogan]: Late Wednesday, after The Weekly Calistogan&#8217;s deadline but before the paper was delivered, the judge in this case issued a final ruling, dismissing the lawsuit because Grant Reynolds does not have the legal standing to sue the city over this issue. A Napa County Superior Court judge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sonoma County Water Agency officials declare Russian River supply &#8216;dry&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61252</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Santa Rosa Press Democrat: &#8220;Dismal rainfall totals have prompted the Sonoma County Water Agency to formally change the designation for the Russian River water supply from “normal” to “dry,” allowing officials to withhold water in Lake Mendocino and reduce Russian River water flows. The decision is intended to ensure storage of enough water [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Press release: Government delay, drought prompts renewed push for protection of Klamath River chinook salmon</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61178</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Center for Biological Diversity, this press release: &#8220;Conservation groups filed a formal notice of intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service today for failing to decide, as legally required, whether upper Klamath River chinook salmon deserve protection under the federal Endangered Species Act. In response to a January 28, 2011 petition from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conservationists concerned over coho recovery plan; fisheries service emphasizes that plan is not final</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61127</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Eureka Times-Standard: &#8220;Watershed groups and other conservationists expressed concern Tuesday night with terms used to rank salmon population areas in the a long-awaited draft recovery plan in fear it would reduce efforts for populations not listed as a “priority.” National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration&#8217; fish biologist Julie Weeder, the recovery coordinator, said the terminology [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When fish and frost protection collide: Water for frost protection under scrutiny due to endangered species in Russian River, extra layer of regulations for grape growers</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61103</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From WineBusiness.com: &#8220;Many grape growers throughout the country must be prepared to battle the threat of frost: Killing freezes in early spring often coincide with bud break, and a few nights of sub-freezing temperatures, without the benefit of frost protection, can devastate a crop. There are numerous techniques and types of equipment for growers to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Klamath River dam removals should go forth, says the San Franciso Chronicle</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61091</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the San Francisco Chronicle, this editorial: &#8220;After an all-sides agreement and lengthy scientific study, the country&#8217;s biggest dam removal project should be on track to restore the Klamath River. But the momentum behind this promising project could stall if Washington lets political gridlock sour the deal. The latest update in the years-long effort is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Siskiyou County: County tackles coho recovery</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61084</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Siskiyou Daily News: &#8220;On Tuesday, the Siskiyou County government, Siskiyou County Farm Bureau and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) issued a joint press release announcing their efforts to have supplementation included in state and federal efforts to recover coho salmon populations in local watersheds. “The concept is to add more fish to streams to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fish and Game releases adult coho salmon into Sonoma County Creek</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61081</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Lake County News: &#8220;The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) recently released adult coho salmon in Salmon Creek, Sonoma County to reestablish a coho salmon population. This is the fourth consecutive year adult salmon were released, the agency reported. The Department of Fish and Game said 200 adults were released on two separate [...]]]></description>
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