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The Butte Environmental Council (BEC) is a non-profit environmental organization based in Chico, California. Our mission is to preserve and conserve the Earth’s natural resources, with particular attention to environmental issues in Northern California. BEC was formed in 1975 and throughout its 37 years, BEC has had a significant voice in shaping the environment and policies of Butte County and beyond.
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Highlights and Sticky Notes:CHICO — Code Blue will be taking a road trip to the delta.
People who follow water issues will meet at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Park and Ride on Highway 32 to carpool to the estuary.
The trip is hosted by the Butte Environmental Council.
For more information:
http://www.becnet.org/code-blue-2013-water-outreach-campaign
The trip is free, but the organizers would like people to sign up for planning purposes, nanibay@hotmail.com or (530) 891-6424.
Tags: delta, water, BECby: rdifalco
Highlights and Sticky Notes:Here are some newspaper stories published this week in years past:
25 years agoThe project, south of the Skyway and east of Highway 99 between Chico and Paradise, would include 4,500-residential units for up to 20,000 people, four elementary schools, a junior high school, senior high school and a 100-acre town center.Kelly Meagher of the Butte Environmental Council said "What we saw tonight was the unveiling of a new city. ...
This is only the first round, he said. ...Tags: BEC, chico, land, planningby: rdifalco
Highlights and Sticky Notes:Put a hold on water transfers out of the area.
That's the proposal being made by Tony St. Amant, a citizen who follows Sacramento Valley water closely. He's bringing the idea to the newly formed Northern Sacramento Valley Integrated Regional Water Management Group (www.nsvwaterplan.org).
The regional water planning board, with members from six counties, has no authority to make rules on water transfers, St. Amant states in his letter. But it could ask water districts, including two planning transfers this year, to halt those deals until regional guidelines for water transfers are developed.Already, the Butte Environmental Council has drafted a letter (http://goo.gl/gFU5r) to the regional planning group, urging the members to adopt St. Amant's plan.Tags: BEC, water, Butte County, transfersby: rdifalco
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- Three of the lawsuits were filed on Friday, including two filed by environmental groups and one by the State Water Contractors. They follow a lawsuit filed by the Westlands Water District, one of the nation's largest water contractors, at the end of May.The lawsuits seek a halt to and a redo of the plan.Barbara Vlamis, of the Chico-based group AquAlliance (www.aqua lliance.net), took part in a press conference Monday with reporters from throughout the state.AquAlliance joined California Water Impact Network, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, Restore the Delta, Friends of the River and the Center for Biological Diversity in a lawsuit. - joulesnewton
Tags: multiple, lawsuits, california, delta, plan, environmental, ecosystem, westlandsby: joulesnewton
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- Rivers don't follow political boundaries — they flow through states and over international borders. And there are endless demands for water: for agriculture, drinking, plumbing, manufacturing, to name just a few. And then there's the ecosystem that depends on water getting downstream. - joulesnewton
Tags: water, flow, rights, Klamath, tribes, ranchersby: joulesnewton
Highlights and Sticky Notes:BUTTE MEADOWS — More than 2,800 gallons of petroleum products were spilled in the tanker accident Friday evening on Highway 32, Cal Fire/Butte County reported Saturday.
Another 5,800 gallons were successfully transferred to another fuel truck.
The accident happened about 7:30 p.m. at the Butte-Tehama county line, just east of the Butte Meadows turnoff.
The double-trailer tanker truck rolled onto its side. The truck and both trailers leaked, sending a mixture of diesel, gasoline and "mid-range fuel" flowing toward Big Chico Creek, according to radio traffic from the incident commander.Tags: no_tagby: rdifalco
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