The Sierra Club and a Kentucky environmental group have sued a coal company that dumped mining waste in an Appalachian stream valley without a permit The company claims that the dumping was accidental but the plaintiffs and the AP story suggest that the company just became impatient and decided not to wait for their permit application to go through. A court ruling on the impacts of mountain top removal/valley fill could be huge news in stream protection and management.
Team members from Alaska Resource and Economic Development are in Siskiyou County (CA) this week to consult with local water shed and fisheries experts, along with landowners and other stakeholders, to determine if their system of salmon enhancement is applicable to the Klamath Basin
A gigantic land deal for a territory larger than the city of Chicago, intended to help restore the dying Everglades, has been delayed as both sides work out details of the proposal for the state to buy some 300 square miles from U.S. Sugar Corp, officials said Wednesday
American Rivers and NOAA Award $310,000 in Community-based Habitat Restoration Program Partnership grants to restore rivers and improve fish passage in five states, including Deleware: A $50,000 Community-based Habitat Restoration Program Partnership grant will fund a study to find ways shad and other fish can bypass the crumbling dam on the Brandywine River near the Market Street Bridge in Wilmington, DE
General Electric's cleanup proposal for PCB contamination of the Housatonic River south of Pittsfield, Massachusetts raises more than 150 concerns and must be revised, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
An unusual situation is unfolding in California in which volunteer unpaid labor could no longer be used on state projects, including stream restoration projects--all workers would have to be paid union scale, even volunteers doing unskilled work for fun.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
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