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Surfrider Foundation
Ventura County Chapter
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Box 1028
Ventura CA 93002-1028
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Scientists to Discuss First Five Years of Monitoring the Channel Islands
Marine Protected Areas
OXNARD – World-renowned scientists will present the findings of the first five years of monitoring the marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Channel Islands. State, federal and university scientists will present the results of nearly two dozen research projects during a special session of the California Islands Symposium on Feb. 7 and 8.The Special Session: The First Five Years of Monitoring the Channel Islands Marine Protected Area Network is free and open to the public and will take place at the Embassy Suites Mandalay Beach Hotel and Resort, 2101 Mandalay Beach Road in Oxnard. The program agenda is available at www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/channel_islands/specialsession.asp
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Dead gray whale washes ashore on county beach
By Zeke Barlow
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Scientists are uncertain what caused the death of a gray whale that
washed up on a Ventura County beach Sunday, saying the animal was too
decomposed to determine the cause.The 45-foot, female, gray whale was likely dead for about three weeks before it washed onto the beach just north of Hobson County Park, said
Michelle Berman, an assistant curator at the Santa Barbara Museum of
Natural History. Thousands of gray whales, now making their annual migration from
Alaska to Mexico, often swim through the Santa Barbara Channel and
some die on the way, she said. This is the first dead gray whale
spotted this year.
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/feb/05/dead-gray-whale-washes-ashore-\on-county-beach/ |
Article about restoration work in the Ventura River watershed:
Once Upon a Wetland
By Craig Holloway
The Matilija Coalition and upcoming removal of the Matilija Dam are a large piece of the restoration puzzle here in our local watershed. The recently formed Ojai Valley Green Coalition is beginning to organize much needed community ...
The Cleanest Line - http://www.cleanestline.com/ |
Caltrans to reduce runoff from freeways
State officials settle lawsuit with 2 groupsBy Charles Levin
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Caltrans has settled a 14-year-old lawsuit with two environmental
groups over polluted runoff that flows from state roads into the ocean.Under the agreement announced Friday, the state Department of
Transportation agreed to reduce runoff from freeways in Los Angeles
and Ventura counties by 20 percent when compared with 1994 levels. Agreeing to a specific figure is groundbreaking in environmental
litigation, said David Beckman, director of the Coastal Water Quality
Project for the Natural Resources Defense Council, one of two
plaintiffs in the case.Controlling toxic runoff is one of the few areas of environmental law
that does not have quantifiable standards, Beckman said."Not only are we going to keep 6,000 pounds of pollution out of
Ventura and Los Angeles County waters, but this agreement hopefully
blazes a path that others will follow," Beckman said Friday.
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jan/19/caltrans-to-reduce-runoff-from\-freeways/
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Harvesting Rainwater by Not Letting It Go to Waste
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17977057
Thousands of years old, the concept is catching on in drought-prone areas, including Tucson, Ariz., where Brad Lancaster lives. He's the
author of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond.
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