Here’s your weekly calendar of upcoming environment/outdoors-related meetings, events and activities. Saturday, May 19: Butterfly presentation at Calaveras Big Trees State Park. Jim Mori of Sonora will share his expertise and interest. 10 a.m. to noon, Jack Knight Hall at Calaveras Big Trees east of Arnold. The program is free but admission to the park costs $8 [...]
I’m probably the last to post this, but here’s a letter from Delta-area reps reacting to the news that the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (peripheral canal/tunnel) has been delayed. Their take-home message: “Despite the good intentions of our constituents, the BDCP has been dominated by south-of-Delta contractors with a long history of opposing balanced solutions [...]
Comedian/actor/voice artist Harry Shearer emailed me this weekend. Shearer is the voice of Charles Montgomery Burns, Ned Flanders, Principal Skinner and countless other characters in what I, an objective reporter, can tell you is (was?) the greatest program in the history of television — The Simpsons. Nothing funny about the email, though. Shearer has been busy [...]
Robert Foy, chair of the Cal Water Board of Directors, is retiring on May 22. Here’s a draft resolution by the Stockton East Water District recognizing the 2009 Stocktonian of the Year. A sample: “WHEREAS, Robert W. Foy has always been available to the Stockton East Board of Directors for guidance and advice on all [...]
Here’s your weekly calendar of upcoming environment/outdoors-related meetings, events and activities. Saturday, May 12: Vernal pool walk at the Rancho Seco Howard Ranch Trail, off Highway 104 and Twin Cities Road. Meet at 8:45 a.m. at the trailhead. $10 per vehicle to enter Rancho Seco Recreation Area. More details here. Saturday, May 12: Guided hike, Calaveras Big Trees State [...]
Watch the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers inspect New Hogan Dam:
Monday’s story about flood-risk awareness in Spanos Park West is really about something called “residual risk” — the fact that even if we live behind 100-year certified levees, there is still a risk of flooding in the case of a larger event. Although the study forming the basis for that article focused on just one [...]
You should check out the new Stockton City Limits blog, by Stockton native and professional planner David Garcia. The latest installment: “How Stockton’s car-dependent growth shapes the way children feel about the city.”
County officials updated the Board of Supervisors today on the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, in light of the delay announced late last week. Terry Dermody, San Joaquin’s retired county counsel (now serving as a special water attorney), told the board that locals are now “being listened to.” “The message I want to give you is, [...]
It’s been suggested the Jessica Ludy study, referenced in a previous post, is old and out-of-date — older than 2006. Not true. The survey of Spanos Park West residents was conducted in 2009; the paper was published in early 2012. It is true that the level of flood-risk awareness in that neighborhood might have increased [...]
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