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Tom Stokeley, Water Policy Coordinator for California
Water Impact Network, speaks at Butte-Sutter Basin
Area Groundwater Users meeting on January 15, 2009
Michael Jackson, attorney for California Water Impact
Network, speaks at Butte-Sutter Basin Area
Groundwater Users meeting on January 15, 2009
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Lastest Water News
December 1, 2009
BECs Comments on the Butte County General Plan -- Water Resources Element
April 2, 2009
Schwarzenegger Official Tries to 'Snow' Public with Drought Claims
March 19, 2009
Coalition Comments on Drought Water Bank -- (BEC, Center for Biological Diversity, California Water Impact
Network, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance)
March 3, 2009
State's in a drought, but it's not the worst ever -- Los Angeles Times
February 19, 2009
BEC's Response to the Drought Water Bank
December 18, 2008
Perspective on BEC's Butte County Lawsuit
November 19, 2008
Coalition of Groups Protest Drought Water Bank
November 6, 2008
Butte Environmental Council Challenges Butte County Project Approval
August 2008
GCID Needs Fast Approval, No Comments (Valley Mirror Article)
August 16, 2009
Proposed
Groundwater Project: The Stony Creek Fan Aquifer Performance Test and BEC's Comments
August 13, 2008
Glenn County Superior Court Supports Installation of Ground Water Infrastructure (Regional Ground Water at Risk)
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Water Diversions Result in Delta Species Crash (Summer/Fall 2005)
Sacramento River Faces Challenges (Summer/Fall 2005)
Interior Department Decision Imperils California's Coast (February 2002)
Water Privatization Demands Greater Scrutiny (February 2002)
Clean Water Act Anniversary (October 2001)
The Triumph and Lessons of Mono Lake (March 2001)
Local Water Demons (Spring 1999)
Lynn Barris's Archived Water Matters Columns
From 1997 to 1999, Lynn produced 18 columns that ran in BEC's Environmental News and the now-defunct Chico Examiner. Her columns
were widely read throughout California, and showcased her knowledge of water and groundwater issues and politics.
Water Related Resources
Click links below to learn more about organizations advocating equitable and sustainable water resource use.
Environmental Water Caucus
California Sportfishing Protection Alliance
