SACRAMENTO UPDATE
LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES
AB 2087 (Levine) Advance Mitigation
CalTrout is working on legislation that would allow public agencies to adopt regional conservation plans to identify areas for priority investment in habitat and species conservation. This legislation would also allow the Department of Fish and Wildlife to grant advance mitigation credit for early investment in conservation projects or habitat enhancements.
Status: Hearing in Senate Appropriations, August 2016
AB 2480 (Bloom) Source Watershed
This bill ensures that California’s source watersheds, which capture snow and rainwater that recharge our state’s rivers and streams, can receive financing consideration on the same basis as other water collection and treatment infrastructure. This includes financing for projects like meadow restoration, stream channel restoration, and forest management.
Status: Hearing in Senate Appropriations, August 2016
AB 2243 (Wood) Remediation from Marijuana
CalTrout is supporting a tax on marijuana distributors to fund environmental remediation of damages to streams, rivers, and watersheds of illegal marijuana cultivation.
Status: Hearing in Senate Appropriations, August 2016
AB 1755 (Dodd) Water Data
This bill establishes a new publically accessible water-data platform at the Department of Fish and Wildlife for data sharing, water-rights documentation, and water-quality, waterflow, and ecological information. This will help inform better water policy in the state and ensure that our rivers and streams do not run dry.
Status: Hearing in Senate Appropriations, August 2016
Photos: Top - David Snyder, NPS Ranger, Bottom - Mike Wier