- OWENS VALLEY REVISITED by
Don Killian
This article first appeared in FWA's Green Ribbon Report in April
1994. We feel that it is a timely article and worthy enough to
be published on this site.
Spring 2008
Voters will be casting their votes this June for one of the two competing eminent domain reform initiatives. California has been the leader in battling such things as global warming, but has been unsuccessful in protecting the private property rights of Californians. California is also known as one of the worst abusers of eminent domain in the nation. Over 40 states..........
The following comments were made by former assistant deputy secretary Julie MacDonald and presented at the Family Farm Alliance 20th Annual meeting in Las Vegas.
Julie MacDonald’s days with the Interior Department came to a close 10 months ago and continue to stir often-ugly criticism but the former Deputy Assistant Interior Secretary has no second thoughts...........
On Friday, April 4, 2008, Ashley Indrieri, FWA executive director, and Debbi Lemburg, FWA office manager, participated in Farm Day at the Colusa fairgrounds, in conjunction with the Colusa Western Days.
This event is held every year and gives booth participants a chance to distribute information and educate elementary..........
In light of the recent opposition to the Blue Ridge Berryessa National Conservation Area (BRB NCA), the Woodland based environmental group, Tuleyome, has elected not to include private lands in their proposed designation. The NCA designation would have encompassed over 800,000 acres of public and privately owned land in Colusa, Yolo, Solano, Lake and Napa Counties. Tuleyome’s campaign to gain support for the designation was not met with open arms. Instead, local agricultural based..........
Winter 2008
FWA PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE by Rich Bottini
BLUE RIDGE PRESERVATION HOAX
ESA CONTINUES TO THREATEN PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS
NEW YEAR BRINGS NEW FLOOD LAWS
October 2007
EPIC STRUGGLE: CALIFORNIA WATER WARS
THE CLEANING OF TISDALE BYPASS
VICTORY IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE
FWA WELCOMES NEW DIRECTORS
July 2007
REFLECTIONS
THE HIGH PRICE OF BEING GREEN
THE URBANIZATION OF CALIFORNIA FARMLAND
REPAIR OR RIPARIAN?
COLUSA SUBREACH UPDATE
DREDGE . . . A FOUR LETTER WORD
April 2007
FWA Supports Sites Reservoir
Getting Our Fair Share
Foiled Again at the "Forum"
Colusa Subreach Planning Update
FWA Hires New Executive Director
January 2007
FWA's Fundraiser Dinner Another Success
Prop 84 - North State Says NO!
FWA Working for You......Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
January 2006
SRCAF Ignores Landowner Concerns.....Local
Interests Draw 'Line in the Sand'
Yolo County Condemnation of Conaway
Unnecessary
Uneasy Along the River - TNC
Floods Farms by Joyce Morrison
October 2005
The Perfect Storm.....A Recipe
for Disaster
Locals Oppose County Land Grab
Pombo Pushes for ESA Overhaul
July 2005
Abuse of Eminent Domain: An
Erosion of Private Property Rights
Yolo County Land Grab
The Lost Liberty Hotel
April 2005
If It Ain 't Broke, Don't Fix
It......Local Interests Oppose Cache Creek Wild and Scenic Designation
Between a Rock and a Hardpoint.....River
Meander Threatens Vital Infrastructure
January 2005
A New Year Provides New Resolutions
SRCAF Should Heed Fatherly Advice
CALFED Funding Crisis...New
Proposal Still Seeks to Tax Water Users
Colusa Subreach Planning Underway
October 2004
CALFED Water Fees: Trick or
Treat?
Plumas County Fisheries Face
Eco-Threat by Dale Knutson, Save Lake Almanor
Reclamation Board's Mission
Remains Flood Control
The CALFED Balancing
Act
FWA Opposes Butte County
Measure D
July 2004
A Wolk on the Wild(life) Side:
Ag & Flood Control Interests Oppose AB 1983
King County, Washington: Private
Property Rights Under Attack
SRCAF Good Neighbor Policy:
Not So Neighborly
Water Quality Coalition Sign-ups
Green Ribbon Report Archives
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