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November 2004 News Summary

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Lawsuit filed over Altamont Pass bird deaths
Tue, Nov. 02, 2004
By Lisa Fernandez
Mercury News

Retooled park tax gets support it was seeking
Thu, Nov. 04, 2004
By Mike Taugher
CONTRA COSTA TIMES

LIVERMORE
Workshop on saving vernal pools

Friday, November 5, 2004
- Erin Hallissy, Chronicle Staff Writer
©2004 San Francisco Chronicle

Marsh project evolves
$12 MILLION PLAN TO RESTORE 1,400 ACRES AT BAIR ISLAND TO THEIR 1946 WILD STATE
Fri, Nov. 05, 2004
By Paul Rogers
Mercury News

SAN FRANCISCO BAY
Exotic grass attacks marshes, mudflats
Invasive plant eliminates natives, threatening wildlife
- Jane Kay, Chronicle Environment Writer
Sunday, November 7, 2004
©2004 San Francisco Chronicle

Plan may threaten Delta's improved ecosystem
Posted on Tue, Nov. 09, 2004
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CONTRA COSTA TIMES


Richmond considers competing Point Molate project proposals
Posted on Wed, Nov. 10, 2004
By Rebecca Rosen Lum
CONTRA COSTA TIMES



RICHMOND
Council approves casino plan - Hotel, slots may come to Point Molate

- Cecilia M. Vega, Wyatt Buchanan, Chronicle Staff Writers
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
©2004 San Francisco Chronicle
Editorial: The disappearing Delta
Global warming forces a review

Published 2:15 am PST Wednesday, November 10, 2004
The Sacramento Bee

Future of Delta a topic of debate among water managers
By Don Thompson
Associated Press
Thursday, November 11, 2004
Marin Independent Journal


'Invader' marsh grass threatening life in S.F. Bay
Friday, November 12, 2004

ASSOCIATED PRESS
CONTRA COSTA TIMES

Levee trouble revives Peripheral Canal talk
Global warming, billions of dollars and a North-South feud heat the pot

Monday, November 15
CONTRA COSTA TIMES
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
New ally against Nile virus - Biologist breeds rare native fish that has a taste for mosquito larvae

- Glen Martin, Chronicle Environment Writer
Saturday, November 13, 2004
©2004 San Francisco Chronicle

Albany creek restoration under way


Friday, November 19, 2004
CONTRA COSTA TIMES

Riparian connections run deep in Lagunitas Creek
- Geoffrey Coffey
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
©2004 San Francisco Chronicle

ENVIRONMENT
Plan to protect seasonal pools - State's threatened microworlds focus of federal proposal

- Janine DeFao, Chronicle Staff Writer
Friday, November 19, 2004

©2004 San Francisco Chronicle
Salmon may be making return
North Coast's commercial catch improves, but still far behind 1980s levels

Article published Nov 21, 2004
© The Press Democrat.
Trash plans heating up with baylands debate
FOES WANT CITY TO STAY WITH PLANNED PARK


Monday, November 22, 2004
Mercury News

SAN RAFAEL
Refuge in the bay
Birds dwell on islands once visited by Indians, pirates

- Peter Fimrite, Chronicle Staff Writer
Monday, November 22, 2004
©2004 San Francisco Chronicle

Talking Trash
Environmentalists claim proposed landfill expansion threatens wetlands
by Jordan E. Rosenfeld

From the
November 24-30, 2004 issue of the North Bay Bohemian.
Copyright © Metro Publishing Inc. Maintained by Boulevards New Media.
LAFAYETTE
Court tosses plan to flood delta islands, sell water
Judges rule state was premature in issuing permit

- Erin Hallissy, Chronicle Staff Writer
Thursday, November 25, 2004
©2004 San Francisco Chronicle
SPAWNERS' COMEBACK
As sewage, trash and chemicals have been cleaned up, fall-run chinook salmon are returning to the Napa River

- Glen Martin, Chronicle Environment Writer
Saturday, November 27, 2004
©2004 San Francisco Chronicle
 

Salmon returning to Marin creeks
By Mark Prado
IJ reporter
Monday, November 29, 2004
Marin Independent Journal
 

 
     

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