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Faultline News December 24, 2001 Volume 1, Number 11

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NOW PLAYING AT WWW.FAULTLINE.ORG -
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     =>  Guest Editorial: California Needs Infill
         by State Senator Tom Torlakson, D-Antioch
     =>  Grizzlies in San Francisco
     =>  Fox News (with real foxes)
     =>  Community Activists Win California Peace Prize
     =>  The Rock Dust Scam
     =>  Gardening with Deer
     =>  Great Basin Birding
     =>  Norton vs. Feinstein and Boxer
     =>  State Fish Caught Up in Lawsuit
     =>  Lots More Endangered Species Stuff

See "New On The Site", below editor's note

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
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"Population growth will also surge in Contra Costa, which is
expected to have 1.01 million residents in 2005. That means
Contra Costa would be only the third Bay Area county, after
Santa Clara and Alameda, with 1 million or more residents.
But jobs and population growth will be accompanied by
challenges."

George Avalos in the Contra Costa Times, 12/14/2001,
cautioning that unprecedented growth in population will have
its downside.

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NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
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Greetings and Happy Holidays to all our readers!

Since we launched Faultline (was it really only six months
ago?) the response has been quite gratifying. Seems like
we're not the only ones that felt the lack of independent
reporting on California's environmental issues. We have big
plans for 2002, and we hope you'll be pleased with some of
the things we have in store.

One of our most important plans is to increase our reporting
in that part of the environmental field relating to social
justice, without losing our cutting-edge wilderness and
endangered species coverage.

We also plan to start bringing you informative, attractive
maps to help illustrate the issue we cover, and to implement
a database to streamline the operations of our bookstore and
resources sections.

Most importantly, our main goal for 2002 is to continue to
provide as diverse a range of voices on our site as
possible. 

Thus, you can consider this issue of Faultline News a formal
request to pitch us a story. Yes, we're talking to YOU: even
if you couldn't essay your way out of a wet paper bag, you
probably have a great idea for a story we could work on! Our
writers' guidelines can be found in our newly-expanded About
Us section at:

http://www.faultline.org/aboutus/guidelines.html

or just email me at cclarke@faultline.org !

In the meantime, drive carefully (or not at all) this week,
and keep yourself safe until we talk again in 2002. And
don't forget to recycle that wrapping paper!

- - Chris Clarke

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NEW ON THE SITE
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BAY AREA GRIZZLIES
by John McManus
It may be hard to imagine, but the megalopolis by the Bay
was once prime habitat for great big bears.

READ IT AT:
http://www.faultline.org/place/2001/12/BAgrizzlies1.html

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CALIFORNIA NEEDS INFILL
by State Senator Tom Torlakson
Building sensibly in urban areas is crucial to controlling
growth. Smart Growth advocates must overcome misguided tax
structures that favor big box development, and the stray
misguided NIMBYist, says the state senator from Antioch. A
Faultline guest editorial.

READ IT AT:
http://www.faultline.org/news/2001/12/torlakson.html

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GUARDING THE FOXES?
by Joe Eaton
A vaunted agreement between enviros and agribiz to protect
the San Joaquin Kit Fox may protect the farmers more than
the foxes.

READ IT AT:
http://www.faultline.org/place/2001/12/kitfox1.html

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DUST TO DUST
by Ron Sullivan
Some folks recommend powdered granite as a panacea for
everything from hungry plants to looming glaciers. Some
folks make Ron Sullivan very nervous.

READ IT AT:
http://www.faultline.org/place/2001/12/rockdust.html

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OH, DEER
by Paul Harrar
They're lovely, graceful and wild, and they can ravage your
garden in an hour. From his Mother Lode garden, Paul urges
detente.

READ IT AT:
http://www.faultline.org/place/2001/12/deergarden.html

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BIRDS OF THE LAHONTAN VALLEY
reviewed by Joe Eaton
Just east of Lake Tahoe lies one of the Great Basin's prime
birding spots. Faultline looks at a new guide to the area
from University of Nevada Press.

READ IT AT:
http://www.faultline.org/bookstore/2001/12/lahontanbirds.html
(then click the jacket image to buy from your local
independent book seller through the Faultline Bookstore!)

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ANTI-VIOLENCE ACTIVISTS AWARDED 2001 CALIFORNIA PEACE PRIZE
$25,000 awards will further awardees' work to make
communities less violent.

READ IT AT:
http://www.faultline.org/news/2001/12/peaceprize.html

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RESPITE FOR CHANNEL ISLAND FOXES
by Joe Eaton 
It may be the friendliest predator in the state, but it's in
big trouble anyway. Our Nature Editor takes a quick look at
an animal newly proposed for listing as an endangered
species.

READ IT AT:
http://www.faultline.org/news/2001/12/islandfoxes.html

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GREEN STURGEON CLOSER TO PROTECTION
National Marine Fisheries Service moves process of listing
forward.

READ IT AT:
http://www.faultline.org/news/2001/12/sturgeon.html

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GROUP SUES FWS TO LIST STATE FISH
by Chris Clarke
Golden trout suffering due to gene-swamping, grazing, and
budget-cutting.

READ IT AT:
http://www.faultline.org/news/2001/12/goldentrout.html

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TANK TRAINING BASE TO ENCROACH ON MOJAVE
Environmental protection measures ignored in Defense
Authorization Bill.
Public meetings to take place in Riverside, LA counties in
January. Your comments welcomed.


READ IT AT:
http://www.faultline.org/news/2001/12/ftirwindec.html
Scoping meeting info:
http://www.faultline.org/news/2001/12/ftirwinscoping.html

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FEINSTEIN, BOXER, REPS OPPOSE NORTON ON GOLD MINE
California's Congressional delegation slams Interior
Secretary for U-turn on toxic project near Yuma. With map of
threatened area.

READ IT AT:
http://www.faultline.org/news/2001/12/Glamisdec.html

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BLM CLOSES ROADS IN BIGHORN HABITAT
Southern California closure comes after agreement by
enviros, ORV-ers.

READ IT AT:
http://www.faultline.org/news/2001/12/bighorn.html

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VOLUNTEER WITH FAULTLINE
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Got an article you've been wanting to write about life,
politics and the environment in California? Have a couple
extra hours a month you'd like to spend copyediting? Want to
put your web surfing to constructive use? Own a series of
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Let us know. Email editors@faultline.org and we'll put your
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We're especially interested in writing, artwork and research
on topics such as public health, regional and local issues,
environmental justice, watershed restoration, travel,
recreation, and the arts. But don't limit yourself. Pitch us!

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COMING SOON . . .
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MINERAL KING: Tom Turner describes how the Sierra Club and
its lawyers kept a disappointed Disney from Disneyfying the
southern Sierra Nevada.

CADIZ DISSES THE INDIGENOUS: Everything seems set for the
Cadiz company as it gets ready to sell age-old water from
its Mojave aquifer to the City of Los Angeles. Just one
problem remains: the company forgot to account for
indigenous rights and sentiment. How the Fort Mojave Tribe
views the newest threat to their environmental rights.

PEOPLE NEVER REALLY DID: On the heels of its merger with
Texaco, Chevron has dropped its landmark "People Do"
Campaign. Correspondent Shawn Butler casts a critical eye on
the archetypal greenwash effort.

INTERVIEW WITH GERRY HASLAM: Chris Clarke chats with the
Tulare Basin's poet laureate about writing, urban sprawl,
the politics of race and what it was like to go to high
school with Merle Haggard.

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Copyright 2001 Faultline Magazine
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-- 
Chris Clarke             | Editor, Faultline
http://www.faultline.org | California's Environmental Magazine