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Ducks Unlimited Receives More Than $10 Million From California Conservation Agencies

SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 2, 2010 – Thanks to the support of two California conservation grants agencies and numerous partners, Ducks Unlimited can mark May 27, 2010, as one of the largest single-day fundraising successes in its 73-year history, totaling $10.2 million in funds awarded.

Dr. Rudy Rosen, director of DU’s Western Regional Office in Sacramento, Calif., expressed his excitement over the grants. “This is another historic day in DU’s fundraising in the west, in particular given the dire state of the economy in California. Such generous and sizeable grants will go a very long way as DU works to protect, conserve and restore wildlife habitat. We are very grateful to both the Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) and the State Coastal Conservancy (SCC) for their support.” [More]

June is Adopt-a-Cat Month: Adoption Fees Waived for Adult Cats at Placer SPCA

Roseville, CA – You have heard of the dog days of summer… well, welcome to the cat days of spring. June is nationally recognized as Adopt-a-Cat Month, and at Placer SPCA that means all adult cats one year and older are free to great homes. Placer SPCA is waiving adoption fees in order to make room for kittens and bring attention to loving adult cats, who are often the better choice for families seeking a mellow companion animal with an established personality. [More]

Placer County Water Agency Update

Auburn - The Placer County Water Agency Board of Directors are continuing to explore ways in which more raw and treated water may be made available to areas served by the agency.

Updates on efforts to do so in portions of PCWA Zone 1 and Zone 3 service areas were reported by staff at Thursday’s (June 17) meeting of the agency Board of Directors. [More]

Supervisors approve proposed budget

Auburn - On Tues., June 8, 2010, the Placer County Board of Supervisors approved a proposed budget for the 2010-11 fiscal year. It will serve as an interim spending plan until the Board adopts a final budget in September.

The proposed $739 million budget is 5.7 percent smaller than the 2009-10 Final Budget of $783 million. [More]

Placer County Library Summer Reading Program

Auburn - Bored? Hot? Summer reading fun for all ages has begun and runs through August 15. Please join the staff of the Placer County Library as they offer their annual Summer Reading Program. The theme this year is “Make a Splash-READ! [More]

Handicapped-Accessible Apartments?

DEVELOPER and CONTRACTOR ALERT!

In its role as enforcer of the Fair Housing Act (FHA), the U.S. Department of Justice sued the developer of, and architects for, two apartment complexes. The government won an injunction against any further construction and occupancy of the apartment buildings. [More]

PCWA Financial Audit

AUBURN -- The 2009 annual audit of the Placer County Water Agency has shown that the agency's financial records are being kept in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and accurately express the agency's financial position. The independent audit, completed by Maze and Associates Accountancy Corp. of Pleasant Hill, was presented Thursday (June 3) by the engagement partner Cory Biggs. [More]

Placer Valley Tourism Selects Ripken Design to Head Feasibility Study for Sports Tourism Center

Study to be Completed within 90 Days

(Rocklin, CA – June 17 2010) -- Placer Valley, the three-city region of Roseville, Rocklin and Lincoln, Calif., has long been known for its active, healthy lifestyle and high percentage of residents being heavily involved in various sports leagues, both municipal and competitive, and is viewed as an ideal place to develop a sports complex designed to generate additional tourism revenue for the region. Placer Valley Tourism, the tourism entity serving the Placer Valley, today announced that Ripken Design was chosen to conduct a feasibility study to determine the need, economic impacts and mix of facilities within the Placer Valley for such a sports tourism center. Ripken Design is an industry leader with extensive experience in feasibility studies, planning, designing, building and operating youth sports complexes, and was chosen via an RFP process to conduct the study over the next 90 days.[More]

Sierra Nevada Conservancy Governing Board to Consider Forest and Community Resolution to Create Jobs, Protect Ecosystems, and Reduce Fire Risk

Quarterly Board Meeting in Alpine County June 2-3

Auburn— A resolution to guide the Sierra Nevada Conservancy’s (SNC) efforts to create healthier, safer Sierra forests while revitalizing local communities will be before the SNC Governing Board when it holds its quarterly meeting in Markleeville (Alpine Co.) June 2-3. The “Sierra Nevada Forest and Community Initiative” strives to reduce fire risk, protect habitat, water supply and the environment, and create economic opportunities in the Sierra. [More]

Agencies Map Extent of Diesel Spill in Preparation of Removal Plan

Doner Summit Spill Update: June 1, 2010

Responders began mapping soil contamination to craft a soil removal plan following a tanker truck diesel spill that occurred above Donner Lake on May 26. Responders expect to submit a soil removal plan to CalTrans later this week for an emergency permit to begin soil removal.

“With the snow gone, we can gain access to all of the areas where the diesel could have flowed to assess and map clean up needs,” said Hector Orozco, incident commander for the Department of Fish and Game (DFG). [More]

Sierra College publishes The Illuminated Landscape: A Sierra Nevada Anthology and schedules book events for June 2010

Sierra College has published an anthology on the Sierra Nevada entitled The Illuminated Landscape: A Sierra Nevada Anthology. It is available in bookstores and online. It is the first trade publication of the Sierra College Press, which was founded in 2002 to publish Standing Guard: Telling Our Stories, the award-winning examination of Japanese American internment during World War II. [More]