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The meeting will feature the outlook for this year's sport and commercial ocean salmon fisheries, in addition to a review of last year's salmon fisheries and spawning escapement.
The meeting will be held Thursday, Feb. 27, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Sonoma County Water Agency, 404 Aviation Blvd. in Santa Rosa.
Stakeholders are encouraged to provide input on potential fishing seasons to a panel of California salmon scientists, managers and representatives who will be directly involved in the upcoming Pacific Fishery Management Council, or PFMC, meetings in March and April.
The 2020 Salmon Information Meeting marks the beginning of a two-month-long public process used to develop annual sport and commercial ocean salmon fishing recommendations.
The process involves collaborative negotiations with west coast states, federal and tribal agencies, and stakeholders interested in salmon fishery management and conservation.
Public input will help California representatives develop a range of recommended season alternatives during the March 3 to 9 PFMC meeting in Rohnert Park.
The PFMC will finalize the recommended season dates at its April 4 to 10 meeting in Vancouver, Wash.
A list of additional meetings and other opportunities for public engagement in the season-setting process is available on CDFW's ocean salmon web page, www.wildlife.ca.gov/oceansalmon/preseason.
The meeting agenda and handouts, including presentations, will be posted online as soon as they become available.
Persons with disabilities needing reasonable accommodation to participate in the public meetings or other CDFW activities are invited to contact the Accessibility Coordinator at 916-653-9089 or send an email request to
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Loans will range from $2,500 to $7,500 with consideration for larger loans based on the situation. The interest rate will be fixed at 2 percent. Repayment is due within three years.
The funds may be used to purchase equipment to alleviate impacts of fires and public safety power shutoff events (generators), inventory, working capital, debt consolidation and/or construction.
“We are excited to have arranged this low-interest loan program to immediately assist our local small businesses utilizing a portion of the funds from the $200,000 economic development grant awarded to the Cobb Area Council by the Federal Home Loan Bank late last year,” said Jessica Pyska, Cobb Area Council Economic Development Committee chair.
Interested businesses wishing to apply should contact Jeff Lucas of Community Development Services, which will be administering the program at 3895 Main Street, Kelseyville, CA 95451, telephone 707-279-1540 or via email at
For further information contact Jessica Pyska, chair, Economic Development Committee, Cobb Area Council, P.O. Box 1442, Cobb, CA 95426.
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“Rural landowners play a huge role in conservation and are critical to the economic vitality of our state,” Sen. Dodd said. “This bill would encourage farmers and ranchers to continue their stewardship, boosting the land’s resiliency and production. It’s an important step that will allow people and the environment to reap the benefits.”
California agriculture is a $54 billion industry with 76,000 farms and ranches statewide. It generates at least $100 billion in related economic activity. Benefits include preservation of open space and wildlife habitat and recreational opportunities.
In recent years, especially around droughts, conservation practices have declined, in part because of rising agricultural production costs, including water and energy costs.
Senate Bill 1028 would revitalize conservation, providing assistance to agricultural producers who want to voluntarily make wildlife-friendly improvements on their land.
The program would provide financial and technical assistance to create fish and wildlife habitat. It would provide added environmental benefits such as improved water quality, erosion control and conserved groundwater. Eligible land would include cropland, rangeland, pastureland and other farm or ranch lands.
SB 1028, which is similar to a measure introduced last year by Sen. Dodd (SB 253), is supported by The Nature Conservancy and the California Association of Resource Conservation Districts.
“Working landscapes provided by California’s farmers and ranchers provide an essential element of the habitat conditions that migratory birds, fish and wildlife rely on,” said Jay Ziegler of The Nature Conservancy. “Scientific analysis shows that the on-farm practices necessary to meet wildlife needs have declined substantially both during and after our recent drought. The legislation Sen. Dodd has introduced is designed to provide incentives for farmers to provide wildlife habitat consistent with their farming and ranching operations. This is a critical step forward in helping to protect wildlife habitat across California.”
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“The revised tariffs are a huge win for our American wine community. While I disagree with the current 25 percent rate, I applaud the ambassador for not instituting additional levels,” Thompson said Friday.
“Ensuring that wine tariffs do not increase from the current status is something I have been fighting for since December as such an increase would harm our American wine community, putting jobs and local economies at risk. I wrote to the ambassador asking him to take this important step and I am glad to see it put into place today. This is a win for our wine community. It will benefit everyone from consumers to vineyard workers. I will continue to fight to keep wine off the next list of potential tariff increases,” Thompson said.
In January, Thompson and 107 other members of the Congressional Wine Caucus wrote to United States Trade Representative Robert E. Lighthizer, asking him to refrain from including wine in potential retaliatory tariffs in response to the European Union’s illegal Airbus subsidies.
The letter’s signers highlighted the potential harmful effects on the American wine community, which has a year impact of $220 billion on our economy.
Thompson is proud to represent California’s Fifth Congressional District, which includes all or part of Contra Costa, Lake, Napa, Solano and Sonoma counties.
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