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BEC tackles general plan - News - Local Stories - June 28, 2012 - Chico News & Review - 0 views

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BEC chico General Plan habitat

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  • advocacy consultant Nani Teves
  • Butte County General Plan, new zoning ordinances and their environmental impacts.
  • county representatives: Tim Snellings, director of development services, and Dan Breedon, principal planner.
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  • Butte Habitat Conservation Plan
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Delta tunnel plan expected today; opposition already mounted - Chico Enterprise Record - 1 views

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delta tunnel peripheral canal

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  • the cost-to-benefit ratio of the proposed tunnels makes no sense.
  • AquAlliance
  • The Butte Environmental Council of Chico has joined other groups to call for more science-based "policy before plumbing," explained Carol Perkins, BEC water policy advocate. More water conservation should take place, and better policies to put "beneficial use for people, farmers, fish and aquatic habitat before the economic benefits of the 1 percent," Perkins said.
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  • Too much is unknown at this point, said Thad Bettner, manager of Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District.
  • The Bay Delta Plan is only one of five very important, and different, plans being worked on for state water, including the Delta Stewardship Council's Delta Plan, an upcoming biological opinion, state water flow decisions, etc.
  • "If they are going to build some conveyance," said Ted Trimble, manager of Western Canal Water District, "upstream storage should be part of the concept," preferably Sites Reservoir. That would decrease pressure on north-state water.
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PG&E uses site tour to demonstrate need for pipeline tree removals - 0 views

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BEC chico tree removals pipeline

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  • Nestled underground, below a mix of trees and brush, lies a 10-inch natural gas pipeline, installed in 1954. Little has been done to maintain it in recent decades, but Pacific Gas & Electric is trying to remedy that with an aggressive plan to remove trees and vegetation around the line and others throughout the state, said spokesperson Shaun Maccoun.
  • “You look at this little valley oak right now and it doesn’t look like much, but it’s very ominous,” said Joey Perez, senior land consultant. “And it’s going to get bigger ... When I consider the safety risk, these trees were doomed from the start.”
  • Robyn Difalco, executive director of Butte Environmental Council, said being able to see the actual project gave her perspective and context, and she retains hope for saving some of the larger trees.
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  • “It’s a really beautiful area with thriving oaks of all ages and I was left with a sense that this is a place that can continue to thrive, but it’s a shame for so many oaks to be affected,” she said. “I also felt that PG&E seems willing to work with the community and put together some decent plans to remediate and mitigate for the impact that their project will have.”
  • PG&E doubts most people will be affected by the removed vegetation and it will be replanting in other appropriate areas, with one or perhaps two new trees for every one removed, Perez said.
  • PG&E’s focus on the visual impact of the trees is not enough, DiFalco said. Carbon sequestration, habitat and other factors are also critical, especially in an area where oaks are naturally regenerating.“It’s not surprising that PG&E as a corporation doesn’t entirely recognize the full ecological value of these trees,” she said. “That is what concerns us.”
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City of Chico, Butte Environmental Council to partner on weed eradication grant - 1 views

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BEC chico city council arundo Little Chico Creek watershed

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  • Butte Environmental Council representative Mark Stemen shows areas of invasive Arundo donax growth along Little Chico Creek near Humboldt Park in October. Stemen, along with other citizens and city officials, are championing a plan for removal because of major fire danger risk and environmental damage.
  • Chico >> The city of Chico is rallying with Butte Environmental Council to eradicate an invasive weed clogging Little Chico Creek.On Tuesday, the Chico City Council will be asked to approve a joint application for a $1 million Urban Streams Restoration grant to eradicate arundo donax in the creek.
  • “We believe that when the city has to take a step back, the community can take a step forward,” said Mark Stemen of Butte Environmental Council, which will help spearhead the eradication effort. “We pointed out the problem. We also wanted to be part of the solution.”A class of his students at Chico State University mapped Little Chico Creek last fall, noting every location of arundo, invasive species and habitat that will need to be preserved.
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