Stream Restoration News for October 20, 2008

As fitting this time of year, a very political set of stream restoration stories.

Schwarzenegger signs legislation to fund the beginning of the Salton Sea restoration plan Also, A task force appointed by the governor warns that California must amend its laws and build new dams, canals and desalination plants or face economic and ecological disaster. The state must elevate environmental needs for water to a standing equal to that of human needs to restore the state's ailing water network, a report by the Delta Vision Blue Ribbon Task Force said

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's campaign Thursday pledged to follow through on the Everglades restoration funding that the federal government so far failed to deliver Also in the Miami Herald

And Restoring Great Lakes becomes a campaign issue

Wetland Restoration and Poverty Reduction Through Ecotourism