Water
Rainwater collecting helps solve home irrigation needs
LA homeowner describes her own efforts at home. LA Times, January 23, http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-realist23-2010jan23,0,1807458...
Differing views on Delta collapse
Federal science panel holding hearings in Davis this week. Sacramento Bee, January 25 and 26,
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Sustainability
Biomass plant seeks to open outside Ione
Buena Vista plant would burn forest biomass, construction waste, and agricultural waste. Amador Ledger Dispatch, January 25, http://www.ledger-dispatch.com/news/newsview.asp?c=265138
Economic Development
Vision key to any area's future
While this editorial is about the Sacramento region, the questions it asks are relevant for our region as well. Sacramento Bee editorial, January 24, http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/story/2483374.html
Is a crisis looming at the intersection of energy, the environment, and the economy?
Researcher Chris Mortenson believes there is. He will be speaking in Sonora Thursday night. Calaveras Enterprise, January 15, http://www.calaverasenterprise.com/articles/2010/01/24/bulletin_board/bu...
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Wildlife
Scientists struggle to understand bat-destroying plague
Bats are dying in huge numbers in the northeast as scientists work to understand the fungal plague called "white-nose syndrome." Sacramento Bee, January 24, http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/story/2483436.html
Join the annual backyard birdcount
In February, spend all or part of a few days checking for birds in your yard and reporting your findings online to scientists at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. See http://yubanet.com/regional/Join-the-Great-Backyard-Bird-Count-February-...
Group petitions for frog protection
Mountain yellow-legged frogs proposed for state protection. Union Democrat, January 26, http://www.uniondemocrat.com/2010012698988/News/Local-News/Petition-to-s...
Forestry
Group file suit to stop SPI's massive clearcutting in the Sierra
SPI's latest timber harvest plan filed in Calaveras County would cut trees up to 5' in diameter at 4' above the ground. This new lawsuit may stop SPI's slash and burn approach to Sierra forestry. LA Times, January 27, http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/01/clear-cutting-forests...
Odds and Ends
Damage to Monte Wolf cabin not as bad as feared
Visitors to Monte Wolf cabin report on cabin's condition. The Record, January 26, http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100127/A_NEWS/1270323
