[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Former Army Reserve Center, Rio Vista, CA

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Rio Vista trying to land federal Delta fish-breeding project

Matt Weiser
Sacramento Bee (CA)
March 11, 2010


Rio Vista, long a hub for levee building and dredging in the 
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, could find its next fortune in fish 
restoration.

The town of 4,500 along the Sacramento River is being courted by a who's 
who of state and federal agencies that see a former U.S. Army property 
on the waterfront as an ideal home for Delta research.

The latest proposal is for a federal fish-breeding project to raise 
"refuge" populations of several species in case they go extinct in the wild.

"It would be perfect for these uses," said Rio Vista Mayor Jan Vick. 
"Nobody has any money for it yet, but we're pushing because it's 
becoming more urgent so research in the Delta can proceed efficiently."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/11/2598404/rio-vista-trying-to-land-federal.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org



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