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Bay Seals on the Ebb
The number of seals inhabiting coastal waters grew steadily in the 1980s and in areas like Point Reyes, it more than doubled. But the seal population that has long lived, fished and tended its pups in San Francisco Bay didn't grow at all - puzzling Dianne Kopec and Jim Harvey of Moss Landing Marine Laboratories ... »Read More

In This Issue

News Round-Up
FEDS DISH UP SUPPLY PIE: Club Fed - alias EPA, U.S. Fish & Wildlife, BurRec and the National Marine Fisheries Service - announced ... »Read More

Inside the Agencies
HONING IN ON HOT SPOTS: Environmentalists coined the term toxic hot spot in the 1980s, but the spots had no hard and fast definition until this fall ... »Read More

Plugging the Gaps
A gap in the science is an invitation to question any management decision proposed to enhance the health of the Bay-Delta ecosystem ... »Read More

Polymer Panacea?
Irrigation water flowing off a farmfield into a canal or river can be pretty murky stuff. But researchers in Stanislaus County are testing ... »Read More

Smelt Ups and Downs
It should have been a good year for both Delta and longfin smelt, what with increased freshwater inflows, an ideal entrapment zone ... »Read More

Apartments Win Runoff Rebate
Getting landlords and tenants of large apartment complexes to stop their storm drain pollution can be difficult, so the city of Richmond ... »Read More

Water Bank Gets Onceover
When Governor Pete Wilson launched a water bank in 1991, many feared it would split farming communities, steal from local economies ... »Read More

Selenium Settlement
Three oil companies didn't meet the deadline for cutting their selenium discharges to the Bay by 50 percent but state regulators ... »Read More

Wetlands Retake Bases
The environment may emerge as a surprise victor as conversion plans currently on the table for three different military sites call for wetlands ... »Read More

Costing Out Rehandling
Using sediments scooped off the Bay bottom to cover landfills, build roads or grade golf courses is more than a matter of dredge, haul and dump ... »Read More


 
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