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.
