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Rim Fire Burn Area Responding Well to Recent Rains |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 02/11/2014 05:28 PM
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Sonora, CA...Since October 1, rainfall ranging from approx. six to 12 inches has fallen across the Rim Fire burn area, with close to half this amount falling in the last five days. Near Groveland, almost three inches of rain fell in the last five days, while Mt. Elizabeth, near Twain Harte received almost seven inches in the same period, sparking fears of storm damage in the Rim Fire burn area....
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Community Plans out of General Plan? ~MyValleySprings.com |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 02/10/2014 11:27 AM
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Valley Springs, CA...Communities and the General Plan. At the General Plan meeting on January 28, it was suggested ALL Community and Special Plans may be LEFT OUT of the Calaveras County General Plan update—that those Plans could be addressed later, AFTER the General Plan is adopted. The reason given for removing community plans was to speed up the General Plan revision process, because it would be too “complex” to bring both existing and new community plans into legal and technical consistency with the new General Plan. But wait—aren’t our Calaveras communities the heart of Calaveras County? Aren’t Community Plans the building blocks for the General Plan? Aren’t already-adopted Community and Special Plans considered part of the General Plan by State law? Didn’t the County promise in 2007 to include community plans in the General Plan update?
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The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors are Back in Action Feb. 11th |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 02/10/2014 09:01 PM
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San Andreas, CA....The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors is back in action tomorrow with a closed session that starts at 8am and a regular board meeting that commences at 9am in the Board Chambers. With persistent budget issues and with 2014 being an election year the meetings will again be ground zero for debate and community involvement. The agenda is enclosed...
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Expedited Rim Fire Salvage Logging Clears First House |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 02/08/2014 05:29 PM
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| Washington, DC...Earlier this week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed House Amendment 554 by Representative Tom McClintock (R-CA). This amendment added language to HR 2954, a wider public lands package, that would expedite the post-Rim Fire timber salvage process on federal Forest Service lands around, but not within the boundaries of, Yosemite National Park. The bill would allow for an expedited environmental review process for salvage and restoration projects in those areas, dramatically decreasing the amount of time and costs associated with completing these activities.... |
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Weekly Address: Expanding Opportunity for the American People |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 02/08/2014 09:54 AM
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Washington, DC...Hi, everybody. In my State of the Union Address, I talked about the idea of opportunity for all. Opportunity is the idea at the heart of this country – that no matter who you are or how you started out, with hard work and responsibility, you can get ahead...
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Merced River Wild & Scenic Plan.Open House at Yosemite Valley Visitor Center Auditorium. |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 02/07/2014 09:18 PM
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Yosemite, CA...Save the Date: Join us on Thursday, March 6 from 1 to 3 for an Open House in the Yosemite Valley Visitor Center Auditorium. Topic: Merced River Plan. The park anticipates the release of the Merced Wild and Scenic River Final Comprehensive Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement in mid February. Park planners and the Superintendent will present the details of the final plan during the March 6 Open House. Entance fees waived for Open House attendees...
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Forest Seeks Comments on State OHV Grant Applications - Stanislaus National Forest |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 02/06/2014 08:13 PM
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Sonora, CA...The Forest Service announced today that the Stanislaus National Forest (NF) is seeking public comment on preliminary 2015 off-highway vehicle grant applications for consideration by the California State Parks Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation (OHVMR) Division. Forest recreation specialists have completed two draft grant applications, proposing a total of two off-highway vehicle (OHV) projects. The proposals are prepared under OHVMR Division program revised regulations approved in January....
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Activists to Protest At McClintock's Office Tomorrow Over Unemployment Benefits |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 02/05/2014 12:22 PM
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Granite Bay, CA...Local activists will take Rep. Tom McClintock to task for his failure to help the struggling communities in his district. They will meet with Rep. McClintock's Press Secretary Bill George and deliver over 1,500 petition signatures gathered by California Fair Share and MoveOn.org in support of reauthorizing the Emergency Unemployment Compensation program for more than two million unemployed job-seekers, including 220,000 people in California....
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Rural Counties Thank U.S. Senators Feinstein and Boxer for Extension of Federal PILT Funding |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 02/05/2014 05:47 PM
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Sacramento, CA...The Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC) extends its thanks to U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer for passing the Farm Bill Conference Report (Farm Bill) in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. Through the passage of the Farm Bill, federal Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding is now officially extended for FY 2014, providing resources for rural California counties to provide critical government services. “Federal PILT funding is critical to California’s rural counties, and RCRC is grateful to Senators Feinstein and Boxer for voting to secure this one-year extension through the Farm Bill,” said Lee Adams, RCRC First Vice Chair and Sierra County Supervisor. “Now that we’ve secured the reauthorization for 2014, it’s time to work with Congress to enact a multi-year funding reauthorization, as was the process in years past.”
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Caltrans Reports on How it’s Doing its Job & Where it Needs to Improve |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 02/05/2014 08:05 PM
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Sacramento, CA...Caltrans today released the first issue of The Mile Marker: A Caltrans Performance Report, a straightforward accounting of how the department is performing as it improves and protects California's transportation system. Is Caltrans efficiently managing its funding and resources? Are California's highways and bridges getting safer? What is Caltrans doing to relieve traffic congestion, fix potholes, or reduce greenhouse gas emissions? Anyone can easily access the report and find out....
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