From gwwagner@golden.net Sat Dec 12 11:34:21 1998 Received: from mxu2.u.washington.edu (mxu2.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.9]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id LAA13604 for ; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 11:34:20 -0800 Received: from golden.net (golden.net [199.166.210.183]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.9.1+UW98.09/8.9.1+UW98.09) with ESMTP id LAA10350 for ; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 11:34:19 -0800 Received: from golden.net (AS52-22-98.cas-kit.golden.net [209.183.132.98]) by golden.net (8.8.5/8.6.12) with ESMTP id OAA16627; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 14:34:15 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <3672C50F.A7554E50@golden.net> Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 14:33:35 -0500 From: Gary Wagner X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: earlec@water.ca.gov CC: indknow@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Newspaper clipping References: <3.0.5.32.19981211101640.0080aac0@cd-eso> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Earle Cummings wrote: > Will environmental agencies next adopt a spiritual relationship with the Earth? I think this clipping is the first example I have seen in the popular press of California water quality regulatory agencies acknowledging the effectiveness of indigenous institutions. Sorry for the length of the article. Earle > > WATERSHED PROTECTION > Meeting may be watershed in war on pollution > Eliminating urban runoff group's goal > San Diego Union-Tribune - December 11, 1998 > By Steve La Rue, staff writer > > ENCINITAS -- About 50 government officials and concerned citizens made progress yesterday toward a goal many American Indian societies achieved in California about 300 years ago. > > The new-again concept is to organize government by watersheds. A watershed is a geographical basin in which all rain and runoff water drains into the same river. [ S N I P ] See also Mitchell, Bruce (ed.) (1990), "Integrated Water Management", Belhaven Press, London and New York. California is not always the trend setter after all. Gary Wagner -- Gary Wagner Helping People Turn Intentions Into Action Wagner & Associates Waterloo, Ontario, Canada .