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Bush Administration Drops Consensus Sierra Nevada Plan
Bush Administration Drops Consensus Sierra Nevada Plan

Apr 1, 2004

California, Environment Watch, John Krist, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Vol. 19 No. 04 Apr 2004

Earlier this year, the U.S. Forest Service officially deemed the Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment unworkable and unveiled a new version. Critics say the amended management plan is a barely disguised gift to the timber industry.
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Lack of Money Threatens to Slow State's High-Speed Rail Plans
Lack of Money Threatens to Slow State's High-Speed Rail Plans

Dec 1, 2001

California, High Speed Rail, Paul Shigley, Public Development, Transportation, Vol. 16 No. 12 Dec 2001

The California High-Speed Rail Authority finds itself living something of a double life these days. The authority has received great interest since the September 11 terrorist attacks, yet the authoirty is going broke and could close down in 2002.

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Governor Signs Bills Regarding Subdivisions, Park Bonds, Water
Governor Signs Bills Regarding Subdivisions, Park Bonds, Water

Nov 1, 2001

California, Legislation, Paul Shigley, Vol. 16 No. 11 Nov 2001

Gov. Gray Davis completed the legislative year by signing every high-profile planning bill that hit his desk. Davis signed a bill that severely curtails the use of lot line adjustments and certificates of compliance in creating subdivisions. He approved a three-package bill that forces a closer link between planning and water availability. The governor also signed a $2.6 billion park bond initiative that will appear on the March ballot, and a measure that allows redevelopment agencies to extend their life spans by 10 years.
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Modest Federal Review Unleashes Revolution In Sierra Forest Practices
Modest Federal Review Unleashes Revolution In Sierra Forest Practices

Mar 1, 2001

California, Environment Watch, John Krist, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Vol. 16 No. 03 Mar 2001

A few lines tucked into the 1993 federal budget bill funding the Department of Interior granted the agency $150,000 to launch a "scientific review of the remaining old-growth in the national forests of the Sierra Nevada in California, and for a study of the entire Sierra Nevada ecosystem by an independent panel of scientists." That deceptively modest directive gave birth to a mammoth undertaking.
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