The purpose of the California Biodiversity News is to provide news and information about the biological diversity of California, programs and policies affecting our natural resources, and business and activities of the Biodiversity Council. As of the year 2000, it will be published semiannually, and will be available in both printed and online editions.

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• Spring/Summer 2007:
  • California State Parks: Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Division
  • Hollister Hills State Vehicular Recreation Area
  • A review of the Biodiversity Along the Border meeting in Coronado, CA
  • An update on the Biodiversity Along the Border committee
  • A variety of other exciting articles will fill you in on OHV and recreation issues facing California.
  • Standing Newsletter Features: Eyes & Ears (new media related to biodiversity) and Upcoming Events (calendar items).
    

• Fall/Winter 2006:
  • Las Californias Binational Conservation Initiative: A vision for habitat conservation in California - Baja California borderlands.
  • Read an update on the Great Places Program, a GIS Public-Private Partnership.
  • A variety of other exciting articles will fill you in on existing and upcoming binational conservation projects happening in the San Diego and Tijuana areas.
  • Standing Newsletter Features: Eyes & Ears (new media related to biodiversity) and Upcoming Events (calendar items).
    

• Spring/Summer 2006:
  • Cooperative Conservation in the Central Valley: The Biodiversity Council is preparing for its upcoming Cooperative Conservation in the Central Valley meeting in Merced, California.
  • Read about the production of the Great Valley Center's Environmental Indicators report which will be available at the Merced meeting.
  • A variety of other exciting articles will fill you in on existing and upcoming cooperative conservation projects happening in the Cental Valley.
  • Standing Newsletter Features: Eyes & Ears (new media related to biodiversity) and Upcoming Events (calendar items).
    

• Spring/Summer 2005:
  • Ocean Economics: The Biodiversity Council is preparing for its upcoming California Ocean and Coastal Economic Summit in Long Beach, CA later this month.
  • Read reviews on the CBC's recent Great Valley Center project as well as last year's fuels management pilot project.
  • Standing Newsletter Features: Eyes & Ears (new media related to biodiversity) and Upcoming Events (calendar items).
    

• Fall/Winter 2003: Watershed Management: The Biodiversity Council has spent its recent time and efforts studying ways to more effectively coordinate watershed management and other water programs in California. Read our Member Spotlight to find out more about the National Marine Fisheries Service Read reviews on the recent Environmental Justice meeting and the Legacy Project's last workshops. More! Erin Klaesius, the Biodiversity Council's three-year Communications Coordinator, is moving on. Read about the special award she recieved, accompanied by kind words from Secretary Mary Nichols. Standing Newsletter Features: Eyes & Ears (new media related to biodiversity) and Upcoming Events (calendar items).
• Spring/Summer 2003: Environmental Justice Conference; Member Spotlight: San Diego Association of Governments; USGS Urban Earth initiative; the California CESU; the CBC's trip to the Modoc Plateau and meeting with the California State Association of Counties (CSAC); 100th Anniversary of the National Wildlife Refuges.
• Fall/Winter 2002: Alturas and Pasadena Meeting Previews; Southwest Strategy Follow-up; Member Spotlight: Califronia Conservation Corps; E.O. Wilson interview; California Legacy Project; New CA CRMP Director; California and the World Ocean '02; Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary 10th Anniversary.
• Spring/Summer 2002: Yuma, Arizona meeting preview; Fish Camp and Modesto meeting follow-up; 10th Anniversary Celebration photo gallery; Member Spotlight: California Conservation Corps; Joint Task Force on California Watershed Management; California Legacy Project
  
• Fall/Winter 2001 : Joint Meeting with Santa Ana River Watershed Group; Fish Camp and Modesto meeting previews; 10th Anniversary Celebration in Yosemite; Chico and Los Angeles Meeting Follow-up; WWG Update; Member Spotlight: Southern California Association of Governments
  
• Spring/Summer 2001 : CBC Chico Regional Meeting Preview; Follow-up from Rohnert Park and Santa Barbara; CalTrans Environmental Partnering Program; New memeber on the Council: NAHC; New CBC Work Plan; WWG and CCRISP Updates; Member Spotlight: Department of Conservation
  
• Fall/Winter 2000 : CBC travels to Palm Springs and Camp Pendleton; Rohnert Park Preview; CBC in the News; CCRISP, WWG, and SCC updates; Member Spotlight: Bureau of Reclamation; Full-time CBC Coordinator
  
• Spring/Summer 2000 : CBC meeting news previewing April 2000 and summarizing October 1999; Colorado Desert Close-up, conservation and rapid urbanization in the Coachella Valley; WWG and CCRISP updates; Member Spotlight: RCRC; Bioregional Briefs
  
• Spring/Summer 1999 : Remote Sensing Center; CBC Meeting held on North Coast; New CBC Assistant; One-stop permits for Farmers; Success for the Modoc Land Use Commission; Landslides and Biodiversity; Unifying Watershed Assesssment; Conservation Planning on National Wildlife Refuges
  
• Fall 1998 : Council presents first Biodiversity Conservation Award; conservation in rural California; riparian habitat joint venture; Sacramento and San Joaquin river basin planning; habitat and prosperity; detecting vegetation changes; Clean Water Action Plan report; Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program; Public Lands Day in Ukiah
  
• Summer 1998 : articles on San Diego's new refuge; Napa River flood management; Tahoe basin developments; the importance of biomass; legislation for the Carrizo Plain National Conservation Area; wetlands restoration in Southern California; Natural Resources Project Inventory
  
• Spring 1998 : improving California's environmental infrastructure; the "Year of Water"; Ahern at the Coastal Conservancy; Kobetich retires; healing the Salton Sea; sharing the wealth of science; first statewide NCCP guidelines; what's new online
  
• Fall 1997 : cooperative efforts to save coastal salmon habitat; protective flood plains; wildlife in the Batiquitos Lagoon; council database; Lake Tahoe's environmental challenges; wildlife "corridors"; LUPIN; governmental personnel updates
  
• Summer 1997 : Cosumnes River habitat and flood control; wetlands task force; watersheds and WITS; protecting vernal pools; shrinking farmland in the Central Valley; wildflower photo collection; the Council and regional leadership
  
• Spring 1997 : HCPs; preserving oceanic biodiversity; watershed information on WITS; Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project; halting Pitch Pine Canker; natural resources budget; Council restructures meetings
  
• Winter 1997 : Council expands local outreach; Proposition 204: water bonds; Pitch Pine Canker; Lake Tahoe license plates; the "Jewel of Oxnard"; LUPIN: computer-based land use planning
  
• Fall 1996 : SNEP; fire risk in the Sierra Nevada; Harley Grieman; BLM and land stewardship; riparian conservation programs; "banking" wildlife; California's biodiversity programs rated
  
• Summer 1996 : debates on conservation of vernal pools; technology to aid decision-making; NCCPs in Southern California; CERES: biodiversity online; interaction of land and ocean resources
  
• Spring 1996 : saving farmland; collaborative preservation of wetlands; Central Valley's historic fishery; cooperative planning in the Mojave Desert; natural resources fellowships; unclogging the South Fork; how ocean links with land; NCCPs in Southern California
  
• Winter 1996 : California's growing wildfire threat; regional forum; King Range NCA celebrates anniversary; preventive burning; the Council and local groups; interview with the Smithsonian's Thomas E. Lovejoy
  
• Fall 1995 : conserving the Coho; ocean resources council proposed; Yolo Bypass; farmers promoting biodiversity; trees in urban areas; state parks and the National Park Service
  
• Summer 1995 : gold mining company to reclaim biodiversity; Huichica Creek vineyard; State Coastal Conservancy; conservation banking; Lester Snow and the Bay-Delta plan
  
• Spring 1995 : Bay-Delta pact; CERES and flood emergency; Council expands; Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy; interview with NCCP scientist Dennis Murphy; CDF personnel changes
  
• Winter 1995 : NCCPs and the Southern California gnatcatcher; preserving coastal lagoons; interview with Edmund O. Wilson; Bay-Delta standards; San Joaquin River plan; lawmakers and restoration plans
  
• Summer 1994 : salmon and the Mattole River; CERES on the information highway; funding for Northern communities; hands-on environmental education; gnatcatchers and the NCCP; parks agreement to improve coordination; state acquires wetlands; leadership awards
  
• Winter 1994 : preserving the "Jewel of the Sierra"; West Mojave conservation strategy; resources protection legislation; Russians visit Lake Tahoe; Quincy Library Group; the Forestry Board and new timber harvest rules