Evo-Wackos, we the people must fight!!! Anybody know where to start?

[Hefty1]

evo-wacos, we the people must fight...


State and Local Environmental Organizations in California


State and local organizations often focus on a single locality or issue, such as a particular river, a county, or a a specific plant or animal. There are many such organizations active in California, and they are valuable sources of information on their area of interest. This page is a small sampling of the many organizations in the state. It is roughly broken down into statewide organizations, and those that focus on a region, either in Northern California or Southern California.

Statewide Organizations Northern California Southern California


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Statewide Organizations.

California Wilderness Coalition is a grassroots, non-profit organization that works to protect the "wildest and most pristine areas remaining in California"

California League of Conservation Voters is a political action organization that "mobilizes California voters to support environmentally responsible candidates and issues, and serves
as a watchdog to hold elected officials accountable for their environmental votes".

California Native Plant Society seeks to increase understanding of California's native flora and to preserve its diversity. The Society works through education, conservation, and scientific research.

Friends of the River is "California's Statewide River Conservation Organization", and is very active in working to protect and restore rivers. Their quarterly Headwaters is available online. Read their Top Ten Dam Removal List.

CalTrout: If you are not familiar with this organization, but have any interest in wild trout, fish or fishing in general, or in streams and their ecosystems, you should find out more about CalTrout. This group played a very important role in helping to protect and restore Mono Lake and the ecosystem of the Mono Lake watershed, and they continue to work to maintain and restore streams throughout California.


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Organizations in Northern California:

Mono Lake Committee. Dedicated to protecting and restoring Mono Lake, in the Eastern Sierra.

Mount Diablo Interpretive Association is a volunteer organization focused on Mount Diablo State Park, with a very informative web site on the natural history of the area, including geology, plants and animals..

Sierra Nevada Forest Protection Campaign is a coalition of conservation groups and individuals that have the goal of protecting the forests and watersheds of the Sierra Nevada. They study and monitor the forests of the Sierra, and are involved in the planning process through education and legal and political activism. Here is their Blueprint for management of the Sierra Nevada.

The Mendocino Environmental Center promotes "the conservation, restoration and appropriate use of the Earth's natural resources". They have a list of environmental groups in Mendocino County, and many links to environmental resources.

South Yuba River Citizens League is dedicated to the protection and preservation of the Yuba River watershed. Here is their Fact Sheet.

Elkhorn Slough Foundation, Monterey County, works for the conservation of Elkhorn Slough, and has educational programs, as well as a website with a lot of natural history information.

The Big Sur Land Trust works to set aside land in the Big Sur coast and the Monterey Peninsula for open space and natural preserves. So far, they have arranged for the protection of 15,000 acres.

The Sierra Foothill Conservancy works to preserve open space in the Sierra foothils in Fresno and Madera Counties.

Restore Hetch Hetchy is an organization dedicated to planning for "the decommissioning of the dam, replacing water and power with downstream supplies, and restoring Hetch Hetchy Valley."


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Organizations in Southern California:

Friends of the Los Angeles River, Los Angeles County. For other information on the Los Angeles River, see this bibliography prepared by a librarian at the L.A. Public Library.

Heal the Bay, Los Angeles County, focuses on Santa Monica Bay, Los Angeles County.

Ballona Valley Preservation League is dedicated to preserving the remaining wetlands at the mouth of Ballona Creek, in Los Angeles.

San Dieguito River Park, San Diego County. If completed, the park will preserve habitats from the ocean to the mountains of the Peninsular Ranges.

San Diego Zoological Society. More than just a place to keep animals for display, modern zoos are very important in efforts to preserve endangered species, both local species and those from other parts of the world. The San Diego Zoo's Center for the Reproduction of Endangered Species is an example.

San Diego BayKeeper, San Diego County, is a non-profit environmental organization that is a coalition of local groups working to keep San Diego Bay and associated habitats clean and free of pollution, by monitoring compliance with water quality regulations and by supporting community conservation programs.

Surfrider Foundation, San Diego County, is a very active organization dedicated to protecting waves and beaches through conservation and political action. And their home page has a really beautiful photo of a wave.

San Diego Clean Water Alliance, San Diego County, is a coalition of environmental groups working to keep San Diego's beaches and bays clean.

Friends of Famosa Slough work to to protect and restore the Famosa Slough as a natural wetland preserve. The slough is located in an urbanized area near the mouth of the San Diego River. This site has photos, location and history of the wetlands, and some natural history information.

Environmental Organizations in San Die





United States
List of evo-wacos

41pounds.org
Abalone Alliance (historic)
Adirondack Mountain Club
African American Environmentalist Association
African Wild Dog Conservancy
Albatross Foundation USA
Allegheny Land Trust
Alliance for Climate Protection
Alliance to Save Energy
American Bird Conservancy
American Farmland Trust
American Wind and Wildlife Institute
Animal Protection and Rescue League (APRL)
Appalachian Voices
Arlington Coalition on Transportation (ACT)
Association of Environmental Professionals
Audubon movement
Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF)
Builders for the Bay
Center for a New American Dream
Center for International Environmental Law
Center for Biological Diversity
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Citizens Campaign for the Environment
Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow
Conservation International
Conservation Law Foundation
Defenders of Wildlife
Earthwatch
Earth First!
Earth Island Institute
Earth Policy Institute
Earth Liberation Army (ELA)
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
EarthLab
Earth's Birthday Project
Ecotrust
Energy Action Coalition
Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI)
Environment America
Environment California
Environmental Defense Fund
Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA)
Environmental Law Institute
Environmental Life Force (ELF)
Environmental Working Group
Earth Share
Forest Guardians
Global Water Policy Project
Green Zionist Alliance
GREENGUARD Environmental Institute
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER)
Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology
International Council on Nanotechnology (ICON)
Honor the Earth
Izaak Walton League
Keep America Beautiful
League of Conservation Voters
Montana Wilderness Association
National Audubon Society
National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE)
National Geographic Society
National Registry of Environmental Professionals (NREP)
National Wildlife Federation
National Wildlife Refuge Association
Native Forest Council
Natural Resources Defense Council
Nature's Classroom
NatureServe
Negative Population Growth
Neighborhood Parks Council
Nicodemus Wilderness Project
Pacific Environment
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)
Population Connection
Preserve Our Island
Rainforest Action Network
Resources for the Future (RFF)
Republicans for Environmental Protection
Rising Tide North America
Riverkeeper
Sand County Foundation
Save the Redwoods League
Science & Environmental Policy Project (SEPP)
Sea Shepherd
Sierra Club
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
Student Conservation Association
Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC)
Surfrider Foundation
Sustainable Silicon Valley (SSV)
Tellus Institute
Texas Campaign for the Environment
The Big Green Bus
The Conservation Fund
The Marine Mammal Center
The Nature Conservancy
The Ocean Conservancy
The School for Field Studies
The Wilderness Society
TreePeople
Union of Concerned Scientists
Waterkeeper Alliance
West Harlem Environmental Action (WEACT)
WILD Foundation
Worldwatch Institute
Wyoming Outdoor Council
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Worldwide
evo-wacos

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Earth System Governance Project

United States
evo-wacos

United States Environmental Protection Agency
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
United States National Park Service

Private Organizations (Environmental NGOs)

International

350.org
Anti-nuclear movement
Antinea Foundation
A Rocha
Biofuelwatch
Biosphere Expeditions
BirdLife International
Confederation of European Environmental Engineering Societies
Conservation International
Earth Charter Initiative
Forests and the European Union Resource Network (FERN)
Fauna and Flora International
Forest Stewardship Council
Friends of Nature
Friends of the Earth
Gaia Mater (the mother Earth)
Global Footprint Network
Global Witness
Great Transition Initiative
Green Actors of West Africa (GAWA)
Green Cross International
Greenpeace
Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
International Analog Forestry Network
International Network for Sustainable Energy (INFORSE)
The Mountain Institute
Mountain Wilderness
NatureServe
Plant A Tree Today Foundation (PATT)
Project AWARE
Rainforest Alliance
Sandwatch
Society for the Environment (SocEnv)
Taiga Rescue Network (TRN)
The Climate Project
The Resource Foundation
Wetlands International
Wildlife Conservation Society
Wolf Preservation Foundation (WPF)
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Worldchanging
World Conservation Union (WCN)
World Land Trust(WLT)
World Resources Institute (WRI)
World Union for Protection of Life (WUPL)
Worldwatch Institute
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Xerces Society
Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative


Regional
North America

Fund for Wild Nature
Green Zionist Alliance
International Joint Commission
North American Native Fishes Association
Rivers Without Borders
Wild Farm Alliance

 

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[Hoser John]

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[russau]

Gramps and Hoser, i agree with your statement,and this maybe the only way out of this mess given todays look at the entire mess thats been created! John, let me know when you want me to fly into Cal. for this!

 

[Gravel Hog]

TIME FOR CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE--RALLY--MOB SO BE IT--SEE WALLSTREET MOBS--definately a idea whose time has come--John

I'll have it!!!!

The weather is good. Dredging season is back for a few days so I might have me some.

 

[Gramps43]

Actually Russ I don't completely agree with John, a mob is not what we want, mobs create hate & discontent towards the people and position of those doing the mobbing. What you want is a group of people being civil with signs indicating their point of view, carrying on civil conversations with passers by and handing out papers explaining what dredging does & doesn't do to the enviroment. And when the event breaks up all trash goes with them as the miners creed says "leave it better than you found it."

Gramps

 

[russau]

Gramps, thats be tried many times,and didnt work!!!!!! groups have tried to work with the gubermint and got used and their ideas and findings got tossed in the trash dispite all the hard work! Cailifornia and the dems are going todo whaever they want to do regardless of what small scale miners want or what our Congressional rights are!

 

[Gravel Hog]

...and complainers will be complaining
church goers will be praying
voters will be voting
supporters will be supporting
politicians will be engaged in the politics
lobbyist will be lobbying
hopefuls will be hoping
quiters will be quiting
and contrarians will disagree
and so on..


...me I'm going mining as that is what miners do.

 

[Hefty1]

As well as I will be doing the same!!!

 

[Hoser John]

Raining like a mad dog right now,gonna run my blue bowl and save up for my new GB Pro--John

 

[Hefty1]

Conservation nonprofits squeezed as economy shrinks budgets
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Nonprofit conservation groups have preserved tens of thousands of acres of land in California – wild places where both hikers and animals roam. Now, some of them say the economic slump could force them to scale back.

Others say lean budgets make it harder for them to scrutinize land use proposals for environmental effects – a key role such groups play in the state's push-pull development process.

Most groups don't like to talk about their financial difficulties, but one, the American River Conservancy, recently took the unusual step of going public. In an email to members and supporters, the group confessed that "times are hard" and it needs to raise $250,000 by year-end or it will be forced to cut programs in 2012.

"What is happening to our organization is happening to a lot of organizations. We're just being honest about it," said Alan Ehrgott, the conservancy's executive director.

A major factor is the squeeze on government programs that provide money for land acquisition and education. In addition, private foundations that give grants to environmental groups have seen their endowments shrink substantially as the stock market has struggled.

"Every group really has got to focus on what they do well, what their core priorities are," said Tim Little, executive director of the Oakland-based Rose Foundation, which donates to environmental groups and is also helping coach them through tough times.

Like a number of other land groups operating in the Sacramento region, the American River Conservancy has worked on setting aside land for both recreation and wildlife habitat.

The conservancy has helped preserve 12,000 acres in the American River watershed, particularly along the south fork in the Coloma area. Among these projects was the acquisition last year of Gold Hill Ranch, site of the Wakamatsu Colony, the first Japanese settlement in North America.

It also has built more than 27 miles of public recreation trails, including the new South Fork American River Trail, which opened last year between Salmon Falls Road and Highway 49.

Lately, though, the group has been retrenching. It slashed its staff costs 27 percent – largely through voluntary actions by its 13 employees – and has tripled the number of grant applications it has in circulation.

If it can't raise $250,000, Ehrgott said, the conservancy may have to cut education programs that teach schoolchildren about the area's history and that take low-income kids into the wilderness to work on land management projects and learn about nature.

These programs have always been subsidized by grants to make them accessible to low-income participants. Ehrgott said the conservancy could continue the programs by charging participants the full cost, but that would change the experience.

"If we charge the full amount, we could probably do fewer trips, (mostly) with kids from wealthier families. But we think that's not socially responsible," he said. "We think everyone needs to learn about the outdoors and natural resource science."

A number of nonprofit groups told The Bee their paid membership ranks have remained surprisingly stable. But membership dues typically provide less than half of a conservation group's revenue. Grants provide the rest.

In the case of the California Native Plant Society, a statewide group based in Sacramento, memberships provide 40 percent of revenue, said executive director Tara Hansen.

"In terms of fundraising, it's definitely difficult," she said. "We have been working really hard to apply for grants and have not done too well this year."

Hansen declined to discuss any cost-cutting moves her group is considering.

A big task lately, she said, is scrutinizing renewable energy projects – solar, wind and geothermal – proposed throughout the state, especially in desert regions. The group does not oppose renewable energy, Hansen said, but wants to ensure that such projects are planned and built in a way that protects sensitive plants and habitats.

It is an example of the complex work, Hansen said, that the average citizen does not have time or expertise to do themselves.

"There are impacts on native vegetation all over the state, and we can't cover it all," she said. "We have to prioritize, and sometimes we have to say, 'No, we can't get involved in that.' We just simply don't have the resources."

Another watchdog feeling the financial strain is Friends of the River, a statewide organization based in Sacramento. It has long played a prominent role in monitoring state water management policy to protect rivers for recreation and habitat.

With just six employees, it currently operates without an executive director as a cost-saving move.

"Our budget is down considerably," said Ronald Stork, senior policy advocate with the group and one of the state's leading nongovernmental experts on water management and flood-control policy. "We're thin and we are struggling, but we're hanging in there."

The Rose Foundation last week hosted an event to help small nonprofits with their grantmaking pitches. Tim Little acknowledged that a "doom-and-gloom" feeling is taking hold at many nonprofits. But he said there is reason for optimism.

"Foundation endowments got whacked, there's no question about it. Donations are down for everybody," said Little, a veteran of several environmental groups. "But there's still a lot of money out there that folks can get. The challenge for every group, more than ever, is to be well organiz

 

[Gravel Hog]

GB Pro for Hoser.

and...
Conservation Non-Pros Squeezed.

Dang rain put a damper on plans but not on spirit, got some time in this morning, and tomorrows looking brighter.

 

[russau]

the list of envirowacos is only a partial list. each state has their own list of these envirowacos that claim to know whats best for us! ive run into them in the past and when they get your name, its a mass attack on you!

 

[Hoser John]

Lil' over 3 dwt. of ultra fine micron dust to add to the stash from the bowl and almost 2" a rain...yahoo no white stuff here in town. Here comes the sun and time for some fun---John

 

[russau]

Hey Hoser, leonard is headed your way and might drop in to see you if your not our reclamting something! be on the lookout for him!

 

[Hoser John]

Liquor cabinet full to the brim and lotza hot sauce too--- always great to see ol'buds--you too!!!John

 

[kuger]

It occurs to me that without those "Evo-Wackos" most of Northern California would have huge piles of tailings from monitor mining over the past 100 years. Or is your reference to a specific group, not the many you printed?

100 years ago mercury was commonly used for amalgamation of gold and silver, which were then put inside a hollowed-out potato and baked in a fire. The mercury would boil off and evaporate instantly in the flames, becoming toxic to anyone who happened to breath the smoke nearby. Were they "Evo-Wackos" too? It is believed that Ed Scheiffelin died after using this practice near his cabin in Oregon. You remember Ed don't you: found the Tombstone Lode?

Lewis Carrol certainly knew of mercury poisoning. He included a reference to it in his book "Alice Through The Looking Glass", from which came the popular term "mad as a hatter", from people using mercury to work felt hats, which were popular at the time. Working the felt with raw mercury would allow people to absorb mercury through contact with the skin. And the poor people who bought the hats also became sick from mercury absorbed through the hats themselves. Many mercury compounds are equally toxic, and remain toxic for many many years in the future. Was Lewis Carrol an "Evo-Wackos" too?

Maybe you were talking about that great environmental upstart Rachel Carlson, who wrote "Silent Spring". Wrote about the loss of songbirds and other fowl through use of DDT, which have since been banned. One of those endangered birds was the American Bald eagle. Fortunately those "evo-wackos" you mentioned worked to have the eagle come back from the brink of extinction, and it remains the emblem of the United States yet today.

You ask where to start. You might start with trying to find out why environmental regulations were imposed in the first place, and by whom. You might be surprised. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was started by Richard M. Nixon.

You just proved what a fool you are!!!

 

[Hoser John]

RETARDED