Adopt-A-Highway Cleanup Day

We here at the Butte County Resource Conservation District and Natural Resources Conservation Service have a volunteer work day on Wednesday, January 15th, 2014 (depending on the weather). You are more than welcome to join us if you wish. For more information please feel free to contact Sam Rossi at...

Sam Rossi, Conservation Associate
Butte County Resource Conservation District &
Sierra Nevada AmeriCorps Partnership
150 Chuck Yeager Way Suite A
Oroville, CA 95965
(530) 534-0112 x 125
www.buttecountyrcd.org

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN for the 15th Annual Snow Goose Festival of the Pacific Flyway

 

December 12, 2013. CHICO, CA.  Experience the wonders of the Pacific Flyway at the 15^th Annual Snow Goose Festival on January 22-26 in Chico, CA. This five-day event celebrates the local and migratory waterfowl of the Northern Sacramento Valley and offers over 70 field trips, workshops and activities for birding and nature enthusiasts of all ages.

Admission is free to the festival headquarters and various events on Saturday and Sunday, January 25-26, located at the Masonic Family Center, 1110 W. East Ave. in Chico. Bring the entire family and enjoy exhibits and a variety of free presentations and activities including All about Bats, Raptors and Rehab, Wetlands� Wildlife, the ever-popular Junior Naturalist Activity Center, and much, much more.

Online registration is now open for all events including field trips, workshops and Saturday evening�s Gathering of Wings Banquet & Silent Auction. This year�s banquet will feature a keynote address from pelagic birding pioneer, Debi Shearwater, who has been leading boat trips to view seabirds out of Monterey since 1975. Event fees range from $5 to $45.

Please visit www.snowgoosefestival.org for online registration and complete event details, or call the Snow Goose Festival office at (530) 345-1865.

Fracking Regulations Released

The state has released its draft regulations governing fracking and well stimulation. There will be a 60-day comment period. Sierra Club California will submit comments, working with our national staff lawyer and our allies. But I want to encourage individuals to also submit comments. Michael Thornton, our organizer on fracking, will provide some guidance in a few weeks. Comments are due January 14. Here's the link to the Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources page dedicated to the regulations: http://www.conservation.ca.gov/dog/Pages/Index.aspx.

There will also be public comment hearings. Michael will be in touch in the future about organizing folks to be there.

You can also find the press statement on the regulations on our website: http://www.sierraclubcalifornia.org. It's linked in the news box on the lower left corner of the home page.....

 

Kathryn Phillips

Director

Sierra Club California

(Note Our New Street Address)

909 12th Street, Suite 202

Sacramento, CA 95814

Ph: 916-557-1100 x 102

Mobile: 916-893-8494

kathryn.phillips@sierraclub.org

http://www.sierraclubcalifornia.org

Vernal Pools in Changing Landscapes: From Shasta to Baja

AquAlliance proudly presents a 2014 conference: Vernal Pools in Changing Landscapes: From Shasta to Baja. The conference will be held on Thursday, April 10, 2014 at Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico with field-trips on Friday, April11^th.

The keynote address will be delivered by Robert Holland. Early sponsors include the Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment and Sierra Nevada Brewing Company.

Registration material will be on the AquAlliance web site in late December: www.aqualliance.net.

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Barbara Vlamis
Executive Director
AquAlliance
P.O. Box 4024
Chico, CA 95927
(530) 895-9420
www.aqualliance.net