by admin | Jun 22, 2020 | Groundwater Resources, Legislature and Regulation, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Water Quality, Water Resources
Late Friday evening, the Sierra Club filed a motion for preliminary injunction in its lawsuit against the Permian Highway Pipeline. In late April, the Sierra Club filed a lawsuit arguing that the Army Corps failed to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act...
by admin | Jun 10, 2020 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced that it had limited states’ ability to block the construction of energy infrastructure projects, part of the Trump administration’s goal of promoting gas pipelines, coal terminals and other fossil fuel...
by admin | Jun 9, 2020 | Children in Nature, Equity in the Outdoors, Land Conservation and Stewardship, News, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
Water connects us all, from watersheds to oceans, to wetlands. In the summer of 2019, students from Taiwan, the Kumeyaay Nation, and southern California participated in an environmental summit hosted by the National Wildlife Federation and the Ministry of Education...
by admin | Jun 3, 2020 | Community Resilience News and Resources, Groundwater Resources, News, Planning and Development, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
Wash your hands, save lives — it’s a central message during the COVID-19 crisis. But what if you don’t have basic running water, as we assume everyone does? Incredibly, too many Americans don’t… Our recovery from COVID-19 must include a sincere... by admin | Jun 2, 2020 | Drought, Economics of Sound Planning, Groundwater Resources, Habitat Conservation Plans, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, Native Landscapes, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Riparian Management, Scenic Beauty, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources, Wildlife
“Historically, some people thought of wetlands like nasty places we need to fill in or useless land,” he said. “But really, they’re among the most productive and valuable ecosystem in terms of the goods and services they provide to humans.” Nicknamed the kidneys...
by admin | Jun 1, 2020 | Community Resilience News and Resources, Drought, Economics of Sound Planning, Groundwater Resources, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, Local, Sustainable Agriculture, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Scenic Beauty, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
In this time of crisis and deep uncertainty, one thing we must be able to depend on is our water supply. Access to water is critical to public health, fragile local economies, and food production. And the benefits are also intangible. Confined to our homes, many of us... 
