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Great blue heron fishing an east shore wetland.
Photo courtesy of Rob Carson |
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Welcome from the Council!
Tomales Bay Watershed Council (TBWC) News is published monthly and includes announcements of Council meetings and other happenings in the watershed.
We welcome your comments on our newsletter or on any of the Council's Activities. We also welcome contributed articles, links to relevant websites, and photographs. Contact us at info@tomalesbaywatershed.org.
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Tomales Bay Watershed Council Meeting
No scheduled meeting in September.
Next Council meeting will be the Annual Meeting
on October 18th, Location to be announced.
In advance of the meeting we will distribute the slate for Officers, Executive Committee and Foundation Board members.
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California Coastal Cleanup Day
Saturday, Sept. 17th
Drake's Beach 10am-1pm
The annual California Coastal Cleanup Day is this weekend!
More than 80% of the trash entering the ocean from California comes from sources on land. Please help save our coast and marine life.
Join volunteers and National Park Service staff at the Kenneth C. Patrick Visitor's Center at Drakes Beach on Sauturday, September 17th from 10am to 1pm.
For more opportunities to participate, visit www.coastforyou.org or
call 800-COAST 4U.
Download a copy of the flyer here.
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TBWC 2010 Annual Water Quality Report Available
The Tomales Bay Watershed Council's third annual water quality program report is available on our website. It provides basic analysis of our long-term water quality monito ring program data for the 2008, 2009 and 2010 water years. Also included as an appendix is the year 2 technical water quality report from the Giacomini wetland restoration program.
The report highlights some important improvement efforts, and some continuing water quality issues. In addition to conducting our own comprehensive water quality monitoring, we continue to compile water quality data from past and present monitoring by outside agencies and groups in order to analyze long-term water quality trends in the creeks and bay of our watershed. The monitoring program has been collecting consistent, sound and valuable water quality data throughout the watershed for almost four years!
You can access the reports page of our website here.
If you want to download a copy of the report, without the appendices, click here. (5MB PDF); To download a copy of Appendix A - Year 2 Giacomini Wetland WQ report, click here. (2.5 MB PDF)
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Triennial Sanitary Survey Update Report for Tomales Bay Available for Review
The California Department of Public Health announced that the Triennial Sanitary Survey Update Report for Tomales Bay, California is available for review and comment (see links below).
The purposes of the triennial survey are to analyze bacteriological sampling results, reevaluate existing pollution sources, evaluate any newly identified actual or potential pollution sources, and to determine if the current sanitary survey data and the resulting classification are correct.
There is a 30-day review and comment period, which will conclude on October 3. Please submit any comments to:
Eric Trevena
California Department of Public Health,
P.O. Box997377, MS 7404
Sacramento, CA, 95899-7377
or by fax to (916) 449-5665
or by email at eric.trevena@cdph.ca.gov.
If you have any questions or require more information on this subject, please call (916) 449-5695.
Download a copy of the report here.
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Fall 2011 Bulletin Available Electronically on TBWC Website
The Tomales Bay Watershed Council's printed newsletter (our Bulletin) for Fall 2011 is available as a .pdf file on our website. The printed newsletter was distributed to all box-holders in the watershed in July. 
Please download a copy for easy searching and reading, and to send to people you know who might be interested.
The bulletin highlights some of the research and information about the watershed that was presented at the 6th State of the Bay Conference last October. The newsletter includes links to the presentations (including video) from the conference.
We hope the bulletin provides an interesting entry-point to the fantastic research and work, past, present and future that concerns the Tomales Bay watershed and those who love it.
Download a copy of the 2011 TBWC Bulletin here. If you would like a stack of printed newsletters to distribute, please contact our staff at: info@tomalesbaywatershed.org and let us know how many you need.
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Landowner Assistance Program
Fall Workshop
"Landscape Practices for Property Owners"
San Geronimo Valley Community Center
8:30 a.m - 3 p.m., October 15, 2011
This workshop is intended for those with an interest in owning or managing forest or streamside properties in Marin County's San Geronimo Valley.
This workshop will provide homeowners with practical tools and resources to foster stream health and manage their forested parcels. We will introduce avenues for technical and financial assistance for homeowners. The workshop includes a field trip to sites demonstrating stream management. Participants will be encouraged to exchange experiences and ask questions.
Enrollment at each workshop is limited to the first 50 participants, so register now. The deadline for enrollment is September 30, 2011.
Download a copy of the workshop flyer, here.
For content or logistical questions, contact: Steven Swain at (415) 499-4226 or svswain@ucdavis.edu
For registration questions, contact: Vicki Jimenez at (415) 499-4204 or
vjimenez@co.marin.ca.us
Landowner Assistance Program for the San Geronimo Valley
Workshop Organizers:
San Geronimo Valley Planning Group
California Department of Fish and Game
Marin County Department of Public Works
Prunuske Chatham, Incorporated
University of California Cooperative Extension
Marin County Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program
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