Issues

Waterways

California Water Plan Update 2009 Workshops
The Department of Water Resources, in cooperation with 20 other State agencies, invites you to participate in a series of regional public workshops to gather and share information about the Public Review Draft – California Wat

er Plan Update 2009. Workshops have been scheduled during April and May for each of the 12 Water Plan regions.

Sacramento River Mile 208 Bank Protection Project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and the Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District (GCID) will host a scoping meeting on January 29, 2009 to take public comments on the scope of an Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) for proposed bank protection work on the Sacramento River at Rive Mile 208, east bank.

Delta Vision Strategic Plan Outreach Meeting
The Governor’s Delta Vision Blue Ribbon Task Force is seeking public comment on a draft staff Strategic Plan for the
Delta that will be finalized in October 2008. This plan provides strategic guidance on implementation of the vision issued
by the Task Force in late 2007, with the release of its report, Our Vision for the California Delta. Prior to finalizing its
Strategic Plan for the Delta, the Task Force plans to provide information, answer questions and hear public comment on
the plan from citizens throughout the state.

Sycamore Creek Channel Rehabilitation Project

Tehama West Watershed Management Plan
The Tehama County Resource Conservation District is pleased to announce the release of the draft Tehama West Watershed Management Plan, and to request input from the public on the draft document.  A meeting for public comments will be held on October 28, 2008 from 6:00 to 7:30 PM at the Tehama Room, located at the Tehama District Fairground in Red Bluff.

Salmon and Fisheries

California Fishing Communities, Tribes and Conservation Groups Defend Salmon, Steelhead, Green Sturgeon and Killer Whales from Industry Attack

Fisheries Service Issues New Rulebook to Protect Imperiled California Salmon

Parks

Public Outreach Meeting for the Bidwell-Sacramento River State Park
The meeting will take place at the Visitor Center at Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park, 525 Esplanade, Chico, on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.

Preserving Area 51
Environmental groups were willing to buy a choice piece of public land long used for hiking and biking, but instead the BLM turned it over to a developer.

Land use

Butte County General Plan 2030