California Biodiversity Council: What's New

Some of the latest additions to the CBC website:

CCRISP Information! You can already find the first report of CCRISP to the Legislature, the Draft Conservation Priorities Methodology, on the Resources Agency Website under Hot Topics (www.resources.ca.gov). For ease, we have provided a link to the .pdf document below, but be sure to check back on the Hot Topics page for future updates.
- Methodology to Identify State Conservation Priorities

The Local Forum minutes from the Chico Regional Meeting in March are available via .pdf. Check back soon to find the full minutes including the Council sessions.

Department of Transportation Funds: Transportation enhancement activities are a means of more creatively and sensitively integrating surface transportation facilities into their surrounding communities. What distinguishes transportation enhancement activities from other worthwhile "quality-of-life" and environmental activities is their potential to create a transportation experience that is more than merely adequate. At the same time they may protect the environment and provide a more aesthetic, pleasant and improved interface between the transportation system for the communities and people adjacent to transportation facilities.
Federal Transportation Enhancement funds are to be used for transportation-related capital improvement projects that enhance quality-of-life, in or around transportation facilities. Projects must be over and above required mitigation and normal transportation projects, and the project must be directly related to the transportation system. The projects should have a quality-of-life benefit while providing the greatest benefit to the greatest number of people. Projects must be within the twelve categories. For more information see the Fact Sheet.

The Spring/Summer 2001 edition of the California Biodiversity News is now available!

The final report and other materials from the California Watershed Management Forums, sponsored by the Watershed Management Council are now available. Held at U.C. Davis between September 1999 and May 2000, these forums invited diverse participants from the private and public sectors, and from all of the state’s basins, to share ideas about opportunities and needs for a practical, collaborative, coordinated framework for watershed management in California – especially at the state and local levels.
- Full Final Report (19 pages; .pdf)
- Executive Summary (1 page; .pdf)
- 12 Steps to California's Watershed Recovery (2 pages; .pdf)
Vegetation Type Maps are now available for all ten bioregions. We are currently working on making more bioregion data available for your use. Keep an eye out for updates as we get these online.

Minutes from our two most recent meetings are now available online:
- Rohnert Park, September 2000
- Santa Barbara, November 2000

The California Biodiversity Council's Watershed Work Group (WWG) presents their paper: "Best Funding Practices for Watershed Management" ('.pdf' file - requires free Adobe reader)

Now you can sign up to receive e-mail notification when the Council's website is updated.

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You can receive a complementary copy of the CBC's video "Geographic Information Systems (GIS): Improving Local Decision Making" by sending us an e-mail with your name, organization, and mailing address.

Last updated 06/29/01