2010 has been a wonderful year for Friends of the Petaluma River. We want to share the year’s stories with our supporters, highlight some of our successes and recognize a few of the many people who made this year’s achievements possible.
Help commemorate our 5th year of Celebrating and Conserving the Petaluma River
Members, volunteers and supporters are invited to join us for:
- Delectable hors d’oeuvres, fine beverages and other goodies
- Slide show and stories highlighting Friends 2010 accomplishments
- Award presentations
- Dancing and merriment with - music by the Rivereens!
Thursday – Dec. 2nd – 5:30 to 7:30PM (and beyond)
P.O.S.T. Wellness Center “Ballroom”
224 Weller St. Petaluma - (overlooking the River)
Hope you can join us!
On October 9th thru 11th Friends of the Petaluma River hosted River Heritage Days in conjunction with the visit of 3 historic boats from the San Francisco Maritime
Museum. Staff from the museum held educational programs aboard the vessels on Friday for students from Grant School and offered tours to the public on Saturday
and Sunday.
In addition they put on a display of traditional boat building Saturday by crafting a wooden “Tule Splitter” duck boat on site at Cavanaugh Landing Park. A big hit at the event was a motorized Tule Reed Boat that was created by artisan Charlie Kennard. He and his crew gave rides in it during the event. Photos of the event can be found at our Flickr page.
On another environmental front, the group No Wetlands Landfill Expansion (NWLE) won a major victory in Marin Superior Court. The presiding judge ruled in favor of NWLE’s lawsuit to negate the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for Redwood Landfill’s Expansion on the grounds that the public was not granted a proper hearing by the Marin County Board of Supervisors. The Redwood Landfill, located on tidal wetlands directly adjacent to the Petaluma Marsh. It is a regional faci
lity operated by Waste Management Inc. and currently receives all of Petaluma and Marin’s garbage as well as trash from several other cities.
This ruling means that the new permits for expanding the dump, issued by the State last year, are negated and the EIR will begin a new public review process in Marin County. This is a major victory for a dedicated group of wetland and environmental advocates who have been opposing the dumps operating procedures and expansion plans for over 6 years. More information is in the attached Press Release.
