• Posted on 03/31 at 07:39 AM
Make sure and come out and catch Rivers of a Lost Coast starting this Friday April 3rd, at the 4-Star Theatre in San Francisco. Filmmakers Justin Coupe and Palmer Taylor will be on hand on Friday and Saturday, showtimes are at 6:40 daily with a 2:40 matinee.
Moving on, the passage of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 last week will create significant change in California.
1. The San Joaquin River Restoration settlement will resolve decades of litigation and will provide water-supply certainty to farmers and restore annual salmon runs.
2. New projects to increase water supply and flood protection in the Central Valley.
3. The Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Wild Heritage Act, permanently protects 470,000 acres of wilderness and 73 miles of wild and scenic rivers.
4. The California Desert and Mountain Heritage Act, will protect more than 190,000 acres as wilderness and 31 miles of wild and scenic river in Riverside County.
5. The Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park Wilderness Act, designates 77,000 new acres as protected wilderness.
6. Creation of a National Landscape Conservation System, protecting large landscapes, such as the North Fork of the American River.
The landmark difference is of course the return of year-round flows to the San Joaquin River, which for the last 60+ years has left nearly 63 miles of it’s riverbed bone dry.
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• Posted on 03/27 at 12:12 AM
The Big City premiere. That’s right, the 4-Star Theatre in San Francisco has picked up Rivers of a Lost Coast for a week long run beginning next Friday April 3rd. The film will be shown twice a day thru May 9th. The exact times of the showings will be announced on Monday and we’ll be sure to let you know.
If you’re in the area, the premiere is promising to be a special night and we’ll be on hand to field questions after the screenings. The 4-Star is located at Clement and 23rd Avenue a few blocks north of Golden Gate Park.
In other good news, additional showings have been added to the Berkeley and Santa Rosa screenings. Rivers of a Lost Coast will be playing at Berkeley’s Rialto Cinemas Elmwood on April 21st and 22nd at 4:30 and 7:15 and at Santa Rosa’s Rialto Cinemas Lakeside on April 27th and 28th at 4:30 and 7:15. Tickets available at the door.
We are proud to announce The Tuolumne River Trust has decided to sponsor the Modesto Screening on April 16th which we be held in the beautiful State theatre.
Keep an eye and ear out for us in the next few weeks on KCRA 3 and KXJZ in the valley and on KRCB in the north bay.
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• Posted on 03/26 at 08:40 AM
Kelly Zito and Peter Fimrite of the SF Chronicle reported today, it is likely President Obama will sign the landmark Wilderness Bill which includes a $400 Million dollar project approved by Congress and supported by Barbara Boxer to begin repairing and restoring flows to the San Joaquin River. The construction of Friant Dam in 1942, coupled with the refusal of the Bureau of Land Management to release adequate water flows destroyed the San Joaquin’s once plentiful run of Chinook salmon nearly 60 years ago.
Obama’s approval is expected to seal the 2006 settlement between fishing groups/environmentalist and farming interests. The catalyst lawsuit brought on in 1988 will ultimately result in a 16-19% decrease in water usage for farmers while increasing storage behind Friant dam to help provide year round water for salmon.
SF Chronicle Article
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• Posted on 03/25 at 01:59 PM
BART Weir Fish Ladder Progress
The Alameda County Water District and the Alameda County Flood Control District gave an update to the Alameda Creek Fisheries Restoration Workgroup on March 12 on the fish ladder project at the BART weir and middle rubber dam, and the lower rubber dam decommissioning in lower Alameda Creek.
The agencies introduced the stellar design and consulting team working on the fish ladder design, provided a schedule and cost estimates, and discussed funding sources, the environmental review process, and design criteria. The agencies evaluated the design concepts and the challenges of fish ladder design to accommodate the operations of the middle rubber dam and fish migration under the widest and most relevant range of flows for fish to bypass the BART weir. The construction of a modified vertical slot fish ladder at this site is still targeted for 2010.
Powerpoints of these presentations are posted on the CEMAR Alameda Creek web site at Link
Here is the ambitious schedule:
Preliminary Design - August 2009
Complete CEQA Environmental Review - June 2009
Complete Federal Biological Assessment - July 2009
Permit Applications - September 2009
Complete Final Design - January 2010
Construction - Summer/Fall 2010
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