Treehuggers International Marks Second Year As Media Sponsor for San Diego River Days
Treehuggers International is proud to again be the media sponsor for the San Diego River Park Foundation’s River Days, and the inaugural edition of Riverfest featuring headliner Gregory Page, happening Sunday, May 16th along the banks of the San Diego River at the Qualcomm Stadium practice field.
Elwha Dam Removal On Track In Washington’s Olympic National Park
The removal of the Elwha River dams is on track to become the largest dam removal effort in U.S. history, and the biggest engineering undertaking ever attempted by the National Park Service, serving as a precursor to the eventual removal of larger dam systems along the Snake and Klamath rivers. That’s the easy part.
Pro Peninsula Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival
Pro Peninsula’s Giuliana Schroeder and Rachel Tuck discuss the films on tap at this year’s Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival March 23rd and 25th, as well as ongoing outreach to Baja fishing communities.
New Surfrider Film Illustrates Cross Purposes of Water Agencies
Surfrider’s Belinda Smith, the Executive Producer of the animated film “The Cycle of Insanity: The Real Story of Water,” details how the mission of water agencies often runs counter to age-old lessons about the water cycle, plus Surfrider’s Stefanie Sekich discusses the current state of California’s dreaded oil-for-parks initiative.
Treehuggers International Heading to Sacramento for Parks Advocacy Day
Treehuggers International is heading to Sacramento on March 8th to put in a little face time with California state legislators to not only encourage lawmakers to keep California State Parks open, but to reject a proposal to eliminate public funding for parks with funding from controversial offshore oil drilling projects which may never be approved.
Development Arrives at the Door of Rancho Guejito
Rancho Geujito is the largest tract of privately-owned, undeveloped land in Southern California. It has survived for the past 200 years by virtue of its remote location and a legacy of determined stewardship. Until now.
California State Parks Held Hostage By Big Oil
The latest dilemma facing the integrity of California State Parks can be found in Gov. Schwarzenegger’s budget proposal for the 2010-11 fiscal year, which includes a scheme to fund all 279 state parks from oil revenues collected from a long-delayed, controversial offshore drilling plan in the Santa Barbara Channel.
Time to End Interior’s ‘No More Wilderness’ Policy
While Congress and the Obama administration designated thousands of acres’ worth of new wilderness areas shortly after the new administration came into office, many of those wilderness areas were pulled together from proposals and plans drawn up by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management years, if not decades earlier. Why the wait?
