December 1994 Issues Online June 2007 April 2007 February 2007 December 2006 October 2006 August 2006 June 2006 April 2006 February 2006 December 2005 October 2005 August 2005 June 2005 April 2005 February 2005 December 2004 October 2004 August 2004 June 2004 April 2004 February 2004 December 2003 October 2003 August 2003 June 2003 April 2003 February 2003 December 2002 October 2002 August 2002 June 2002 April 2002 February 2002 December 2001 October 2001 August 2001 June 2001 April 2001 February 2001 December 2000 October 2000 August 2000 June 2000 April 2000 February 2000 December 1999 October 1999 August 1999 June 1999 April 1999 February 1999 December 1998 October 1998 August 1998 June 1998 April 1998 February 1998 December 1997 October 1997 August 1997 June 1997 April 1997 February 1997 December 1996 October 1996 August 1996 June 1996 April 1996 February 1996 December 1995 October 1995 August 1995 June 1995 April 1995 February 1995 December 1994 October 1994 August 1994 June 1994 April 1994 February 1994 December 1993 October 1993 August 1993 Select any issue from the menu in this bar.

Follow-up Flashes

In this special issue dedicated to follow-up, we tracked down the protaganists of every story printed in ESTUARY over the past two years so that we could tell you how it all came out in the end. Here are the highlights of what we discovered. If you'd like to see the original stories, just call us for a copy (original publication date appears at story end).

PROGRESS ON REGIONAL WETLANDS PLANNING continued, as the Estuary Institute's Josh Collins completed an in-depth survey of the region's past and current wetlands distribution and placed it in a computerized atlas. The atlas is one piece of the groundwork necessary to come up with regional wetland protection goals; interagency communication is another. Bay-Delta agencies have been actively meeting to try and agree on common terms and wetland classifications and on areas of collective interest. This newly established common ground will in turn, facilitate the series of scientific workshops planned for this February. (510)231-9539 2/94 & 4/94

MAKING THE STATE A 404 PERMITTING AGENT for the U.S. Army Corps will be the subject of a pilot program currently under development. The yearlong pilot, expected to be up and running next spring, will give the S.F. Regional Board and the S.F. Bay Commission responsibility for local wetlands permitting. Public comment on the pilot will be sought early next year. (510)286-1325 8/93

MINERS USING SUCTION DREDGES to extract gold from the state's waterways must now meet new Cal Fish & Game regulations issued last May that among other things, reduce the allowable dredge nozzle size from 8 to 6 inches, close certain rivers and streams to mining and shorten the dredging season. Fish & Game is now preparing a supplemental CEQA document with an eye toward amending the new clean-up regs sometime next year. (916)657-2392 2/94

THE S.F. BAY COMMISSION COULD BE ABOLISHED if a legislative measure now being developed by Caltrans succeeds. The Commission has already dodged one legislative bullet this year: SB1933 would have required the state to reduce overlap and duplication among several agencies (and thus possibly eliminated the Commission), but the bill died in committee. Caltrans' new idea is to streamline shoreline permitting by leaving enforcement of the Commission's already-established Bay Plan to local jurisdictions. (510)286-4444 6/94

«To @@(newsletter_title)@@ Index

[ ABAG HOME | SFEP HOME ]

Copyright © 2002, San Francisco Estuary Project