Author: Po Chi Fung

Watershed Council News: January 31, 2013

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Feb. 7 Watershed Council (Flood Focused) Meeting Agenda 1969 Flood, Live Oak Acres.     Photo courtesy of Ventura County Star We're going to talk about floods at next week's Watershed Council meeting. Please plan to come and share your ideas and concerns. The meeting will be held from 8:30 to 11:30 am...Read More

Watershed Council News: January 8, 2013

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Jan. 15 Climate Change Subcommittee Meeting A Climate Change Subcommittee meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 15, 2013, from 10:00 am - noon in the Topping Room of the EP Foster Library, 651 E. Main Street. At this meeting we will continue work on an assessment of our specific vulnerabilities to...Read More

Ventura River Watershed News: December 21, 2012

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Cheese! Algae! Notch It! Ventura River Watershed Council members, December 13, 2012 Photo: Lisa Brenneis Jan. 15, 2013 Climate Change Subcommittee Meeting Planned At the December 13, 2012 Council meeting, the group thought that the effort to characterize our watershed's vulnerability to climate change needed more attention, so a climate change subcommittee meeting...Read More

Watershed Council News: December 14, 2012

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Approved Goals & Objectives At yesterday's (December 13) Watershed Council meeting, a set of goals and objectives were approved, along with an amendment to our guiding values, that will serve as the framework for our watershed management plan. Thanks again to all who contributed to this important work! Here is a link...Read More

Ventura River Watershed News – December 10, 2012

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Recommended Objectives  Below is a link to the recommended objectives for our watershed management plan, which we will be discussing and possibly approving at our Watershed Council meeting this Thursday, December 13. The meeting will be held in the Topping Room of the EP Foster Library, 651 E. Main Street, Ventura, and will run...Read More

Ventura River Watershed News – December 5, 2012

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Dec. 13 Watershed Council Meeting Agenda Below are links to the meeting agenda and related materials for our December 13 Watershed Council meeting. We will reviewing, and hopefully approving, the final recommendations for our watershed management plan's goals and objectives. We'll refine an assessment of our watershed's vulnerabilities to climate change. The UCSB...Read More

Ventura River Watershed News – November 27, 2012

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Oct. 3, 2012 Public Scoping Meeting Summary Here is a summary of our October 3, 2012 Public Scoping Meeting. This summary includes the “biggest concerns” and “best ideas” of the meeting attendees with regard to our watershed. We received some great input, which should be used to inform our thinking about our watershed management...Read More

Ventura River Watershed News – November 20, 2012

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Technical Advisory Committees Meetings to Work on Watershed Management Plan Objectives Five different Technical Advisory Committees (TAC) will meet next week to work on development/refinement of objectives for our Ventura River Watershed Management Plan (WMP). This is obviously a very important part of our planning process, as the projects/programs and their priority...Read More

Ventura River Watershed News – Oct. 23, 2012

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Nov. 7 Watershed Council Meeting Cancelled; Goals/Objectives Subcommittee Meeting to Take its Place The November 7 meeting of the Watershed Council has been cancelled due to the need to dive into the work of developing a watershed management plan. Since the room is reserved and the meeting is on people's calendar's, I've...Read More