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Uncommon Sense By The Dumbplumber, December 30, 2008
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Shingletown -- No One Knows How Much Water We HaveCan Shingletown Afford To Lose 288,000 Gallons a Day? By Dick Rullman
Airport Area Neighborhood Watch Coordinator
Shingletown -- Based on an educated guess, one Shingletown resident who owns property in the Hidden Meadows/Crook Springs area of Shingletown is prepared to haul 288,000 gallons of water down the hill each day. This resident is asking the Shasta County Planning Commission to approve his request for a permit to extract this vast amount of water and use 48 tanker trucks (96 round trips) a day to deliver it for sale elsewhere as bottled water. But resistance is brewing... Full Story |
Gulp! There goes another 105.1 Million Gallons of WaterResistance is brewing to the taking of 288,000 gallons of water day from beneath the Shingletown Ridge for sale to bottled water drinkers. But no one knows how much water there is...or hat impact this extraction will mean to nearby residents, downhill users, streams, fish or wildlife -- now or in the future. Full Story |
USFWS “Walking Wetlands” Is Win-Win-Win (Updated 10-07-08)By Dave Mauser, Wildlife Biologist, USFWS, Tulelake Tomlinson is right. The USFWS and the farmers are doing the right thing. The Walking Wetlands program will benefit all: The waterfowl and other wildlife including the fish, the farmers, the rural economy in this region, the food humans need to survive and the very soil from which it springs. Please read Mauser’s description, attached. Some maps & photos to be added ASAP.--FG Full Story |










