The San Geronimo Creek and San Geronimo Creek Valley Golf Course share more than a name: the creek has the highest numbers of spawning salmon in the watershed and the…
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On a muggy afternoon at the San Geronimo Golf Course, contractor Uli Zangpo of Forest Knolls pulled a lever on the console of his biodiesel-powered tractor, driving an augur drill…
More than a dozen fish hitched a ride in a Saturn station wagon yesterday – a journey that likely saved their lives. In what has become an annual exercise, members…
A fragile population of coho salmon in the Lagunitas Creek watershed has had its federal status changed from “threatened” to “endangered,” affording the fish more legal protection. “The Lagunitas watershed…
New rules under the Endangered Species Act have changed the status of Central California Coast (CCC) coho salmon to the more protective “endangered” status from it previous “threatened” listing.
The review of Endangered Species Act status for all West Coast salmon and steelhead and the new hatchery policy were prompted by a 2001 federal court ruling that required consideration of artificially spawned fish from a hatchery.
California Court of Appeals Consents to Conservationists Request to Publish Important Decision. San Francisco, CA– After a unanimous decision by the California Court of Appeals confirming its violation of CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) in the “SPAWN et al vs the County of Marin and Josh Hedlund” in December 2004, the County of Marin petitioned the Court for a rehearing which was denied on January 18, 2005.
Ruling by California Court of Appeals Requires CEQA Review for New House in Sensitive Creekside Habitat. San Francisco, CA– In a unanimous decision, the California Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling by Marin Superior Court that the County of Marin was in violation of CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) when they approved the development of a new house in “sensitive creekside habitat” without first completing the proper environmental review.
Federally protected coho salmon are slowly but surely making their way back to the creeks of Marin to spawn with a little help from locals working to re-establish populations, which…
November rain completes the natural cycle, raising the rivers and recharging the aquifers, pouring from the air to the earth and back to the ocean whence it came. We find…
Jean Berensmeir, a San Geronimo Valley resident since 1962, hoisted an enlarged color photograph above her head during a public meeting this week that depicted a 10 million-gallon water tank…