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Custom-designed and screen-printed by students of Canyon Springs High School's Academy of Creative Technologies, our t-shirts are super cool! To get into your very own shirt, become an IEWK member with a tax-deductible donation of $10 or more!
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Money is tight for fledgling non-profits! We are looking for generous corporate sponsors and private donations to fund our crucial mission. Donations can be made on our website and you will be given a receipt for your tax-deductible gift. Corporate sponsors will be recognized our web page and through printed materials. |
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Interested in becoming an advisor for the projects and efforts of IEWK?
We are currently developing our Board of Advisors, and only with the involvement of local professionals and interested individuals will we succeed.
Please contact Waterkeeper,
Lee Reeder at (951) 689-6842.
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| Tips Needed! |
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If you see polluted runoff exiting a construction site, industrial or commercial facility this Winter, please send us a tip at (951
689-6842
or info@iewaterkeeper.org! Pictures and/or exact addresses are appreciated. The key is identifying where the runoff from the site enters a stormdrain and thus our waterways. Nothing except "Rain in the Drain" is allowed! | |
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Please enjoy our 4th e-newsletter! Inland Empire Waterkeeper (IEWK) is a grassroots nonprofit water quality organization dedicated to enhancing and protecting the Upper Santa Ana River Watershed through advocacy, education, restoration and enforcement. We look forward to working with concerned citizens like you to fulfill our mission. |
| Waterfall Rediscovered in Riverside! |
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 Have you ever heard of Arlington Falls, once called "Angel Falls" in one of the canyons on the north face of Arlington Mountain? Shown here is a recent photo of the "falls," which we believe to be a natural artesian condition. Surrounding rocks are covered with graffiti and trash lines the banks of the stream, but water continues to flow, apparently year-round. Development threatens the falls from above. IEWK is pleased to spearhead an effort to protect the falls and restore the area for all to enjoy. Obtaining the land from the current owner and removing graffiti from rocks is a large order to fill but we're excited to develop a program around this beautiful 45-foot waterfall. What can you do? Send us your stories about the Falls (info@iewaterkeeper.org), located off Indiana Avenue, between McKinley and Buchanan in Riverside.
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| Results of World Water Monitoring Day |
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 IEWK was lucky enough to join the Riverside-Corona Resource Conservation District at their annual Santa Ana River clean-up on October 6, this time at Market Street in Riverside, to perform water sampling with children. On the hour, every hour, from 8am to noon IEWK led a small group of children to the river to sample for turbidity, dissolved oxygen, temperature and pH. We estimate a total of 50 kids were involved. Children were completely fascinated with the idea of testing water and we hope we started many scientific careers that day. Many thanks to everyone who joined us to perform this important activity. Results taken under the 60-freeway bridge are as follows (using color comparators for pH, turbidity and dissolved oxygen):
temperature: 21.5 to 21.9°C (70.7 to 71.4°F) (normal)
pH: 7 to 8 (normal)
turbidity: 0 JTU (clear)
dissolved oxygen: 4 ppm (low)
We approximated the percent saturation of oxygen at 45%. Water sampling kits for children can be purchased at www.worldwatermonitoringday.com. |
| Forest Canyon Profile: Main Street |
| Here is a photo of volunteers and IEWK staff monitoring the ephemeral Main Street Canyon creek in Corona. Main Street canyon is aptly named as it follows Main Street from the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains through Corona to the Santa Ana River. At its hydrologic apex (where it exits the mountain canyon and spreads out in the *valley*) the canyon is relatively large, indicating that flow rates of water can be high. Creek bottom is scoured and indicates recent flow.
Next Month: Leach Canyon with volunteers Steve and Shelley! |
| L.E.A.P.S Update |
A petition against the L.E.A.P.S. project has been circulating in the Elsinore Valley lately including five template letters of opposition to the U.S. Forest Service, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, California Energy Commission, California Public Utilities Commission and Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District thanks to many volunteers, (all available on our Web site). Copies of all signatures will be sent to these agencies.
Remember, the next deadline of importance is the California Energy Commission's approval of the 5-year strategy plan for transmission projects on November 7, 2007. The plan (Publication No. CEC-700-2007-018-CTD) lists L.E.A.P.S as a priority project. Please send letters of opposition to the Commission TODAY.
We have also learned that the project Environmental Impact Report prepared pursuant to CEQA will not be available to at least December 2008. Mark your calendars to voice your feelings in December 2008!
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
READ ABOUT THE PROJECT AT www.StopLEAPS.info and www.evmwd.com.
WRITE LETTERS OF OPPOSITION to the California Public Utilities Commission, Attn: Sean Gallagher, Director, Energy Division at 505 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102.
WRITE LETTERS OF OPPOSITION to the California Energy Commission, Attn: John Geezman at 1516 Ninth Street, MS-31, Sacramento, CA 95814.
WRITE LETTERS OF OPPOSITION to the U.S. Forest Service, Trabuco Ranger District, Cleveland National Forest, Attn: Virgil Mink at 1147 East 6th Street, Corona, CA 92879.
WRITE LETTERS OF OPPOSITION to the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District Board of Directors, Attn: W. Ben Wicke at 31315 Chaney Street, Lake Elsinore, CA 92531
WRITE LETTERS OF OPPOSITION to the FERC, Office of Energy Projects, Attn: James Fargo at 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20426
MAKE A DONATION to Inland Empire Waterkeeper to continue our mission HERE. | |
