Yosemite National Park Superintendent Don Neubacher announces that the Invasive Plant Management Plan Update Environmental Assessment (IPMP Update) Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) is available for public review. The decision of the National Park Service (NPS) to adopt a plan for protecting park natural and cultural resources from non-native …
Read More »Yosemite National Park Announces the Release of the Restoration of the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias Draft Environmental Impact Statement Available for Public Review
Yosemite National Park releases the Restoration of the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Mariposa Grove DEIS) for public review and comment. The public comment period for the Mariposa Grove DEIS is open today through Tuesday, May 7, 2013. The document is available for public review on …
Read More »Yosemite National Park and Stanislaus National Forest Announce Release of the Ackerson Meadow Restoration Environmental Assessment for Public Review
Yosemite National Park and the Stanislaus National Forest announce the release of the inter-agency Ackerson Meadow Restoration Project Environmental Assessment for public review through July 8, 2021. The Ackerson Meadow complex spans from Yosemite into the Stanislaus National Forest and it is the largest mid-elevation meadow in Yosemite. The meadow …
Read More »Valley Air District’s Emissions Bank Likely To Change Following Damaging State Review
Later this month, the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District is set to release a report detailing how well its clean air programs are meeting federal requirements for reducing emissions. It’s called an equivalency demonstration, and it’s released annually every November. This year’s equivalency demonstration, however, will be a …
Read More »Donald Munro Celebrates A Year Of Independent Arts Reporting On “The Munro Review”
Donald Munro is kind of a legend among arts lovers in Fresno. For 16 years, he covered theater, visual art, dance, classical music and more for the Fresno Bee. Now, he’s keeping his arts reporting alive with a member-supported website called The Munro Review . It’s kind of like public …
Read More »Group Asks Supreme Court To Review Challenge To Madera Casino
A case challenging plans by a Madera County Native American tribe to build a casino and hotel resort has been appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The case, known as Stand Up California versus the federal Department of the Interior, questions the government’s ability to bring land into to trust …
Read More »After backlash, Trump says he will put plan to allow elephant trophy imports ‘on hold’ for more review
In a surprise move, the Trump administration will suspend its recent decision to allow hunters to bring elephant trophies back to the U.S. from parts of southern Africa, President Donald … Click to Continue »
Read More »Bands compete at Central California Band Review in Merced
Check what went on at the 58th annual Central California Band Review honoring Veterans Day Nov. 11, 2017, at Golden Valley High School. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Monuments review spurs call to overhaul Antiquities Act
The Interior Department’s conclusion of a contentious review of national monuments might give Congress some impetus to revisit the Antiquities Act of 1906, which presidents of both parties have used … Click to Continue »
Read More »Protesters push Merced for law enforcement citizen review board, police training
UC Merced students and members of the Merced community called Monday for the City Council to set up citizen review boards, pay for bias training and made other demands in … Click to Continue »
Read More »Protesters call for review board, training for Merced police
About two dozen speakers told the Merced City Council to institute a citizen review board for police and add training related to bias, among other demands, during a meeting on Monday, July 17, 2017. Several recounted the events from arrests at a Hookah Lounge on July 9. … Click to …
Read More »First Draft of the Economic Vitality Strategy Update Available for Review
Small towns and rural communities across the United States are struggling because they were built largely on a single economic sector such as agriculture, logging, or mining.
Read More »#ICYMI Merced County’s Week in Review
This past week, a teacher and an 8-year-old student were gunned down by the teacher’s estranged husband in San Bernardino; United Airlines was criticized fiercely after video surfaced of a … Click to Continue »
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