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Rivers Meeting 2008
On July 18th - July 20th we held a meeting in Portland, Oregon to discuss our future of the National Rivers Committee, how we might transform it into an Activist Network Team, and the possible creation of a new Team called the Water Planet Coordination Team.
some photos from the meeting here. Materials:
meeting note etc:
survey results
Activist Network Mission and template
Activist Network sample Flowchart
Advocacy for Stream and Rivers:
Santa Clara County Creeks Coalition "We have a Dream" 5 min Video.
Upper Verde River, Beautiful and Beleaguered 11 min Video
Upper Verde suffers from off-road vehicle abuse
Facing the Freshwater Crisis
Dams:
Dam and Reservior Operations Steve Glazer
Hydropower Reform Coalition (Sierra Club is a member)
Auburn Dam Watch Coalition
Undamming Hetch Hetchy (Carl Pope, Sierra Club)
Columbia Dams Program (Columbia Institute for Water Policy)
Restoring Wisconsin Rivers (River Alliance of Wisconsin)
Water Conservation:
Bay Area Water Campaign .pdf and
Improving Water Conservation: Opportunities for San Francisco Bay Area Water Supply Agencies(Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter)
Video: Lifeblood of the Southwest (Sierra Club SW Waters Committee)
Water Recycling:
Water’s odyssey from sewer to cup (Orange County, CA in the News)
Wetlands:
Wetlands & Clean Water Act Jurisdiction (Ed Hopkins, Sierra Club)
See also Florida Everglades Links Below
Water & Climate Change:
North American Water Impacts Map (Dr. Kathleen Miller, National Center for Atmospheric Research)
Impacts on Extreme Weather on Water Supply (Pacific Institute 7-10-2008)
U.S. Faces Water Scarcity (Circle of Blue 7-9-2008)
Climate Change & California's Water (Radio Series KQED)
Water & Agriculture:
Water Implications of Bio Fuel Production Abstract (National Academies of Science)
Water Project Subsidies: How They Develop & Grow (Norm Whittlesey, et al.)
Water Quality:
Consumer Products Threaten Aquatic Life (Sierra Club)
Spokane River Matrix.pdf (Please note: Matrix is currently being updated)
Letter to EPA regarding Bi-State Water Quality.pdf (Center for Justice 6-18-2008) See also Mississippi (below) for Dead Zone material
Water Rights & Rivers:
Definition of Water Right(Wikipedia)
Tribal Water Rights Law (WestFocus)
Tribal Water Rights Article (Indian Country Today 4-28-2008)
Federal Reserve Water RIghts: 10 Key Questions (CIWP)
Sierra Club Proposed Guideline for Federal Water Rights.pdf
Gone to the Well Once Too Often (Trout Unlimited)
Two Rivers of Lewis & Clark (Sierra Club)
There Will be Water (Susan Berfield, Business Week)
Water Innovation:
Ecological Design (John Todd)
Sustainable Water Building Design (John Barrie)
Alliance for Water Stewardship
Trout Unlimited "Leaving a dry Legacy" and some other useful documents
Sierra Club Regional Initiatives:
- Great Lakes (please note “citizens guide” located at bottom of page)
- Mississippi River
- SW Water Report (Imperiled Treasures, Published February 2008)
- Canyons of the Colorado
- Florida Everglades and Sierra Club Comments on Everglades National Park Management
Resilient Habitat Meeting Summary (Coming Soon!)
Attendees :
- Carolyn Carr, WPST
- Doris Cellarius, SHC-CIC, Water Privatization Comm.
- Becky Evans, CCRC
- Jeff Fyer, River Comm
- Michael Garabedian, Rivers Comm
- Gershon Cohen, Water Comm
- Steve Glazer, Rivers Comm & SW Waters Comm
- Clayton Hawkes, Rivers Comm
- Ed Hopkins, Washington D.C. Senior Director SC
- Robin Mann, VP Conservation, Board of Directors
- Mondy Lariz, Webmaster, Rivers Comm
- Rachael Osborn, Rivers Comm
- John Osborn, Upper Columbia River Group
- Ann Wechsler, Water Comm
- Jill Workman, AWL-CIC
- Arielle Anderson, Legal Intern CELP
- John Horrell
- Barbara Brower
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