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September 25, 2015 CapitalPress.com Subscribe to our weekly California email newsletter at CapitalPress.com/newsletters 9 California Sierra Pacific will argue spotted owl protection By TIM HEARDEN Capital Press ANDERSON, Calif. — Timber giant Sierra Pacific In- dustries asserts that proposed federal endangered-species protections for the California spotted owl are unnecessary. The company has set up monitoring sites to observe the owl, whose listing is being considered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and found that their numbers are plentiful, spokesman Mark Pawlicki said. The number of owls per square mile on SPI lands is comparable to densities in Yo- semite National Park and Se- quoia-Kings Canyon National Parks, while the U.S. Forest Service’s study areas are less densely populated, Pawlicki contends. “We don’t believe listing is warranted,” he told the Cap- ital Press in an email. “The conditions for the species are nearly identical as they were in 2006 when the service studied this species and decided that the listing was not warranted and prophetically said the true threat to this species is the fuel loading and fire risk in the Si- erra Nevada forests. They urged the USFS to move forward on its proposed strategy to treat fuels.” Fish and Wildlife is consid- ering a petition for listing the Courtesy of Sheila Whitmore/SNAMP The California spotted owl has been proposed for listing under the federal Endangered Species Act. John Muir Project and Wild Na- ture Institute filed late last year, arguing that the logging of for- est trees that have been burned in wildfires is driving the owls to extinction. Chad Hanson of the John Muir Project told The Asso- ciated Press there’s evidence that these forests make prime habitat for the spotted owl. He estimates 1,200 pairs of the owls are nesting in California, according to the wire service. The spotted owl’s consid- eration was among 25 findings that Fish and Wildlife issued Sept. 17 on petitions to list, delist or reclassify animals or plants under the Endangered Species Act. “In considering what factors might constitute threats, we must look beyond the exposure Water diversions resumed after California storm By TIM HEARDEN Capital Press SACRAMENTO — After the season’s first significant storm showered much of Cali- fornia last week, the state water board began rescinding stop-di- version orders for some senior right holders. The board on Sept. 18 no- tified pre-1914 water right holders in the Sacramento and Feather river watersheds and in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta that there is now water available to meet their demands. In all, the notices went out to 88 individuals or entities hold- ing 238 water rights, said Tim Moran, a State Water Resourc- es Control Board spokesman. Reduced monthly demand was the primary reason for allowing the diversions, Moran said in an email. “The State Water Board will continue to monitor weather forecasts and stream gaug- es and notify diverters of the availability or unavailability of water,” he said. Water shortage notices are still in effect for pre-1914 right Tim Hearden/Capital Press The Sacramento River rushes through Redding, Calif., on Sept. 18 after the season’s first major rainstorm. The state’s water board has begun allowing some senior water right holders along the river to resume diversions. holders in the Yuba, American and San Joaquin river water- sheds as well as all post-1914 rights in the Sacramento and San Joaquin river watersheds and Delta, the board advises. The measures come after a Sept. 15 storm broke rainfall records in some regions of Cal- ifornia. The storm grew after a low-pressure system from the northwest part of the state combined with the remnants of Hurricane Linda, which formed Sept. 6 in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico and later dissipated off Baja California, according to The Associated Press. The storm dumped about a half-inch of rain in the northern San Francisco Bay area wine country Sept. 14-16 and about a half-inch in the northern Sac- ramento Valley, according to the National Weather Service. Fresno recorded 0.12 inches during that period, the agency Statewide grazing rules no longer considered By TIM HEARDEN Capital Press SACRAMENTO — The state’s water board has agreed to discontinue developing blanket regulations affecting grazing near streams — at least for now. Employees recommend- ed the State Water Resources Control Board stop preparing the Grazing Regulatory Action Project, or GRAP, after receiv- ing testimony from ranchers and others and visiting several ranches earlier this year. The board voted to do so, 4-0 with Chairwoman Felicia Marcus absent, on Sept. 16 but left the door open to further state involvement in a year to 16 months if they’re not satis- fied with regional and volun- tary efforts to control water pollution from grazing. “I would not want to say that GRAP is over,” Vice Chairwoman Frances Spivy-Weber said. “We will be engaged.” Board member Steven Moore agreed. “It’s something like 40 reported. The storm could be a down payment on what is expected to be a wet winter in southern and central California, brought on by strong El Nino ocean condi- tions that are expected to persist until next spring. The water board’s latest action offers a ray of hope for farmers after a dry spring and summer in which shutoff orders were issued to more than 300 senior right holders and more than 8,000 junior right holders throughout California. Water attorneys and experts have been advising landown- ers to keep detailed records of their water rights handy in case they’re challenged or curtailed by state officials. The advice follows a Sacramento County judge’s siding with an irrigation district that challenged previous curtailment notices on the basis that the water board denied its right of due process. The water board is urging landowners to keep records of diversions, warning that di- verting water when there isn’t enough to support their priority of right could bring enforce- ment actions. of the species to a factor to eval- uate whether the species may respond to a factor in a way that causes actual impacts to the species,” the agency explained in its notice of findings. “If there is exposure to a factor and the species responds negatively, the factor may be a threat and, during the subsequent status re- view, we attempt to determine how significant a threat it is.” Timber industry insiders say salvage logging operations after a wildfire create a healthy for- est, which benefits owls. They worry a listing could further harm the industry, which was sent reeling after the northern spotted owl was listed as threat- ened in 1990. Water district eyes building huge sewage recycling plant LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California’s largest water provider said it’s looking into partnering with sanitation districts to create what officials say could be one of the world’s largest systems for recycling sewage water. Tentative plans for creat- ing what could be a $1 billion system to purify and reuse as much as 168,000 acre-feet of water a year were presented at a committee meeting of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. On average, an acre-foot of water, or 326,000 gallons, is enough to serve two house- holds for a year. Creating such a system would require that MWD build a treatment plant and facilities that would meet various envi- ronmental regulations, the Los Angeles Times reported Tues- day. The proposal comes in the fourth year of one of the worst droughts on record in Califor- nia and during a time when the state’s cities are under orders to reduce water consumption by 25 percent. If implemented, it million acres in California that are grazed,” he said. “It’s definitely a footprint on our landscape, and when there’s a footprint there’s definitely an impact on water. The state water board is not discontin- uing looking at grazing, but (is considering) collabora- tion, third-party expertise and non-regulatory components. There’s a non-regulatory com- ponent to virtually everything we do.” As it is, the board’s reso- lution encourages the state’s nine Regional Water Quality Control Boards to consider imposing best management practices and monitoring their use. The decision came during the board’s regular meeting at the California Environmental Protection Agency headquar- ters in Sacramento, which was streamed online. Board member Tam Doduc requested that officials come back with a report in 12 to 16 months, at which point the state body could reconsid- er its role. 39-2/#18 0.9% for 5 years! 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If the California owl is listed, such a move could lead to re- strictions on activities like har- vesting near known owl sites, restrictions on what months of the year loggers could harvest trees and increases in the time it takes to obtain state permits, Pawlicki said. Already that waiting time is about two years, he said. “The listing process takes some time, and we anticipate the Service will be making de- cisions about the federal listing sometime in 2017,” Pawlicki said. “In the meantime, we will continue to collect informa- tion on the owls on or near SPI lands, and provide the data to federal decision-makers.” All financing on approved credit. Financing special applies only to select pieces of equipment. See dealer for details and qualifying units. 39-2/#5