Current Issues & Resources

Current Issues

• Delta Smelt - "Judge Orders State..."
• "Fish Doomed" - Klamath River water use debate

Air Resources

• Asian Air Pollution - across the Pacific to Calif.
• Global Warming - " Underwater by 2100"

Water Resources

• "Floods Could Strike Here"
• Auburn Dam Site - scrapped in 1975
• Auburn Dam - Cons - can't extropolate past 200 yrs.
• Auburn Dam - Pro - possible extra flood protection

Land Resources

• Clover Valley - "Last of It's Kind" unique, pristine open space
  • extensive native American ruins
  • major road dissect silent valley floor
  • biologically rich habitat in limited supply
  • historic remnants of JP Whitney Ranch
    
    
• Lincoln's General Plan - more of this over 30-50 years
  
  
• Suburban Sprawl - other areas