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March 2008 News Summary

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Wetland rules stir debate Regulators emphasize creation of wetlands in exchange for those destroyed - L.A. Times, March 31, 2008

Bill that lets nonprofits use volunteers held - San Francisco Chronicle Sacramento Bureau, March 27, 2008

Big Lagoon restoration project advances Mark Prado, March 25, 2008, Marin Independent Journal

Officials usher in wetlands project by Mark Prado, 03/21/2008, Marin Independent Journal

Alliance hopes steelhead trout making comeback Alameda Creek watershed once boasted many of the species By Andrew Cavette, Fremont Argus, 03/12/2008

County tries to shape watershed policies By David F. Smydra Jr., Wednesday, Mar 12, 2008

Warming may have caused salmon collapse - Shifting jet stream eyed in 2005 starvation. From the Associated Press, March 4, 2008

COASTAL COMEBACK - Rare shrub's spread may revive wetlands Martin Ricard, STAFF WRITER , Hayward Daily Review, March 11, 2008

STEELHEAD TROUT PAIR MAY BE SPAWNING IN STONYBROOK CREEK: First in Alameda Creek Watershed Since 1960s [25 KB PDF] Alameda Creek Alliance, March 7, 2008

Year of no salmon? Eureka Times Standard, John Driscoll/The Times-Standard, March 6, 2008

Groups push for Cargill measure - Ballot effort aims to block development of salt lands San Mateo County Times, Shaun Bishop, March 6, 2008

Kim Chernin: Bridge, trail don't belong in wetland Marin Independent Journal, March 3, 2008, Kim Chernin