The Sacramento Bee
June 29, 2015
Breeding waterfowl populations have suffered a 19 percent drop in the Sacramento Valley this year and a steeper decline statewide due to the drought and poor habitat conditions, according to the latest annual survey released by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
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Attend May 21, 26, or 27 Webinar: Protecting Schoolchildren from Hazardous Agricultural Pesticides
California schoolchildren face potential health risks from nearby applications of the most hazardous agricultural pesticides on the market – including those that can cause cancer, permanent brain damage, and developmental and reproductive issues.
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) is developing standard statewide protections to better protect all California schoolchildren from these hazardous agricultural pesticides and is currently seeking input from the public on what additional measures to adopt.
To learn more about this issue and how you can weigh in to ensure DPR adopts the strongest protections possible, please join the Californians for Pesticide Reform coalition for one of our three upcoming webinars:
Webinar #1: Thursday, May 21, 12-1pm – ENGLISH. (Led by local Sacramentan Paul Towers of the Pesticide Action Network)
Webinar #2: Tuesday, May 26, 7-8pm – ENGLISH.
Webinar #3: Wednesday, May 27, 6-7pm – SPANISH.
And please share this invite widely with your networks!
News10/KXTV
March 31, 2015
ECOS supported a ban on single-use bags, which the Sacramento City Council unanimously passed during its meeting on March 31, 2015.
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Capitol Public Radio
March 24, 2015
The Sacramento Urban Agriculture Coalition has been working on a comprehensive update to the city’s zoning code to ease the ability for city residents to grow, sell and access healthy, fresh produce. The Environmental Council of Sacramento endorsed their vision in September of 2014, and have assisted in the outreach and education of the coalition since then. We are proud to have been a part of this monumental effort and to have assisted in making Sacramento a truly “Farm-to-Fork Capitol.”
Read more here.
The Sacramento Bee
March 7, 2015
In Folsom, plans for more urban sprawl threaten our region’s natural habitats, even in the face of drought and climate change concerns.
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National Geographic
February 24, 2015
“The California drought, the state’s worst on record, has taken a terrible toll on those already-diminished winter Chinook salmon runs.
It’s not just that there isn’t enough water; there’s not enough cold water, especially after competing interests such as urban areas and big agriculture—each equipped with more political muscle than wild salmon advocates have—take their share. In 2014, the percentage of baby salmon that survived to head downstream was the worst that fishery officials had ever seen. In a normal year, about 25 percent of the eggs produce baby salmon healthy enough to migrate downstream; last year, with only 5 percent surviving their infancy in the unusually warm water, nearly the whole winter run was wiped out.
That’s why hatchery workers tripled the fish in the truck-lift this month.”
Read more here.
