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DECLARATION
Of
CONCERNED SCIENTISTS
AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS
OF SAN DIEGO
COUNTY
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A CALL FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE NATURAL
RESOURCES
OF THE SALTON SEA BASIN AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY
(Downloadable pdf
version)
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WHEREAS
the Salton Sea and its environs constitute a unique
natural resource of regional, statewide, national and
international significance and support an extraordinary
diversity of migratory and resident bird species,
including many endangered and threatened species; and are
an important recreational and economic asset for the
region;
WHEREAS
the Salton Sea ecosystem and the environmental quality of
Imperial and Coachella valleys are threatened by water
transfers proposed as part of the California 4.4 Plan to
reduce California's draw of Colorado River water to its
annual legal entitlement of 4.4 million acre feet by the
year 2015;
WHEREAS
San Diego County is recognized as a hotspot of biological
diversity of global significance, supporting over 380
rare and sensitive species, more than 40 of which are
listed as federally threatened or endangered;
WHEREAS
the principal causes of species imperilment in the San
Diego region are the direct destruction, fragmentation
and degradation of habitat caused by population growth
and sprawl development; and
WHEREAS
the population growth, sprawl, and increased input of
wastewaters into our coastal environment induced by the
proposed water transfer further threaten San Diego's
wealth of natural resources;
NOW THEREFORE, on behalf of the best
long-term interests of the citizens of San Diego and
California,
BE IT HEREBY DECLARED by the undersigned, on this
4th day of July 2002, that:
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- It has not been established that the proposed
water transfer is necessary to meet the California 4.4
Plan objectives, given the many options available to San
Diego County for water reclamation, water conservation,
desalination, and lowering its rate of population
growth;
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- A thorough analysis of all options should be
developed immediately and used as a basis for exploration
by California of other means by which it could meet its
obligations under the 4.4 Plan in better accord with
principles of sustainability;
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- If the water transfer is to occur it must be
conducted in full compliance with state and federal
environmental laws, and must fully analyze direct,
indirect and cumulative impacts in the Salton Sea Basin,
in the lower Colorado River Basin, and in San Diego
County;
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- The water transfer must not result in the
significant reduction of inflows to the Salton Sea, must
not degrade the air quality in the region surrounding the
Salton Sea, must not result in significant adverse
socioeconomic impacts, and must not undermine efforts or
preclude the opportunity to eventually restore the Salton
Sea; and finally,
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- The appropriate parties and agencies must fully
mitigate negative impacts to the bird and fishery
resources of the Salton Sea, must address growth-inducing
impacts in San Diego County by avoiding or mitigating
negative impacts to its natural environment that may
result from these transfers, and must commit to basing
all future regional planning on the principles of
sustainability.
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CONCERNED
SCIENTISTS AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS
OF SAN DIEGO
COUNTY
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Don Adams
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Colin Brauner, Ph.D.
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Paul M. Detwiler
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San Diego Field Ornithologists
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San Diego State University
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Institute for Coral Reef Studies
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Allison Alberts, Ph.D.
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Michael Breindl, Ph.D.
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Deborah M. Dexter, Ph.D.
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Zoological Society of San Diego
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San Diego State University
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San Diego State University
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Janet Anderson
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Kevin J. Burns, Ph.D.
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Edward Di Bella
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Desert Protective Council
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San Diego State University
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San Diego State University
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Todd Anderson, Ph.D.
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Cindy Burrascano
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Jay Diffendorfer, Ph.D.
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San Diego State University
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California Native Plant Society
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San Diego State University
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Camille Armstrong
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Fred Cagle
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Alan Dixson, Ph.D.
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California Wild Heritage Campaign
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San Diego Audubon Society
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Zoological Society of San Diego
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Gustaf Arrhenius, Ph.D.
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Todd Cardiff
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LeRoy M. Dorman, Ph.D.
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Scripps Institute of Oceanography
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Surfrider Foundation - San Diego Chapter
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Scripps Institute of Oceanography
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Lynne Baker
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Ted J. Case, Ph.D.
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Kevin M. Doyle
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Endangered Habitats League
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University of California San Diego
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National Wildlife Federation
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Catherine Baldridge, Ph.D.
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Pat Castillo
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Michael Dowler, Ph.D.
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San Diego State University
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Scripps Institute of Oceanography
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San Diego State University
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Stephen Barlow, Ph.D.
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Howard H. Chang, Ph.D.
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Hugh I. Ellis, Ph.D.
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San Diego State University
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San Diego State University
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University of San Diego
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Kenneth J. Bart, Ph.D.
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Mary H. Clarke
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Nick Ervin
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San Diego State University
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Friends of Hedionda Creek
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Desert Protective Council
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Douglas H. Bartlett, Ph.D.
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James L. Coatsworth, Ph. D.
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D. John Faulkner, Ph.D.
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Scripps Institute of Oceanography
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University of California San Diego
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Scripps Institute Oceanography
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Ellen Bauder, Ph.D.
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Marie F. Coe
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Meryl Faulkner
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San Diego State University
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San Diego State University
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Project Wildlife
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Michael Beck
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Jan Cortez
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Anne S. Fege, Ph.D.
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The League of Conservation Voters
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American Lung Association of
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Cleveland National Forest
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San Diego
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San Diego and Imperial Counties
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Richard F. Ford, Ph.D.
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Kathryn Beeley
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Jeffrey Crooks, Ph.D.
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San Diego State University
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San Diego Audubon Society
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Tijuana River National Estuarine
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Research Reserve
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Teruko Foster
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Annalisa Berta, Ph.D.
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San Diego Audubon Society
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San Diego State University
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Joan Dainer
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San Diego State University
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Philip S. Gallo Jr., Ph.D.
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Kathe Bertine, Ph.D.
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San Diego State University
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San Diego State University
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Ted Daub, Ph.D.
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San Diego State University
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Bonnie Gendron
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David Bittner
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Backcountry Coalition
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Wildlife Research Institute
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Roger Davis, Ph.D.
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San Diego State University
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Richard M. Gersberg, Ph.D.
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Rick Bizzoco, Ph.D.
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San Diego State University
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San Diego State University
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Paul K. Dayton, Ph.D.
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Scripps Institute of Oceanography
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Chris Glembotski, Ph.D.
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San Diego State University
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Michael Golden
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Grossmont College
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Marco A. Gonzalez, Esq.
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Charles W. Jerde
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Lee McClenaghan, Ph.D.
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Surfrider Foundation - San Diego Chapter
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San Diego Mesa College
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San Diego State University
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Richard Gonzalez, Ph.D.
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Albert W. Johnson, Ph.D.
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Duncan McFetridge
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University of San Diego
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San Diego State University
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Save Our Forests & Ranchlands
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Jeffrey B. Graham, Ph.D.
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Kenneth Johnson, Ph.D.
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Kathleen McGuire, Ph.D.
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Scripps Institute of Oceanography
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San Diego State University
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San Diego State University
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Mirat D. Gurol, Ph.D.
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Kevin Johnson, Esq.
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Karen Messer, Ph.D.
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San Diego State University
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Planning and Conservation League
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Buena Vista Audubon Society
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William E. Haas
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Craig Jones
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Suzanne M. Michel , Ph.D.
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Varanus Biological Consulting
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DDOT Planning
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Southern & Baja California
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Watershed Alliance
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Thomas Hanscom
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Michael W. Klein, Sr.
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Zoological Society of San Diego
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San Diego Audubon Society
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Virginia Moran
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Palomar College
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Jerry C. Harmon
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Neil Krekorian, Ph.D.
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Past Mayor, City of Escondido
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San Diego State University
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Tom Mullaney
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Friends of San Diego
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Wayne Harmon
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Aurie Kryzuda
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Grossmont College
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Republicans for Environmental Protection
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Diane Nygaard
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Preserve Calavera
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Alan Harper
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Boris Kuperman, Ph.D.
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Terra Peninsular, AC
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San Diego State University
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Bob R. O'Brien, Ph.D.
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San Diego State University
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Phillip A. Hastings, Ph.D.
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Rick Landavazo
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Scripps Institute of Oceanography
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Friends of Hellhole Canyon Open Space
Preserve
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Jonathan J. Olson
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San Diego Audubon Society
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Brian Hentschel, Ph.D.
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Michael Leboffe, D.A.
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San Diego State University
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San Diego City College
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Jeff Opdycke
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Zoological Society of San Diego
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Robert Hessler, Ph.D.
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Lisa A. Levin, Ph.D.
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Scripps Institute of Oceanography
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Scripps Institute of Oceanography
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Ed Parnell, Ph.D.
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Scripps Institute of Oceanography
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Mel Hinton
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Gerald Lieberman, Ph.D.
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San Diego Audubon Society
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State Education & Environment Roundtable
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Hal Pashler, Ph.D.
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University of California San Diego
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David Hogan
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Jeffrey L. Lincer, Ph.D.
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Center for Biological Diversity
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Wildlife Research Institute
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Kristeen Penrod
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South Coast Wildlands Project
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Larry Hogue
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Peter Lind
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Sierra Club - San Diego Chapter
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Sierra Club - San Diego Chapter
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James A. Peugh
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San Diego Audubon Society
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Osmund Holm-Hansen, Ph.D.
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David A. Lipson, Ph.D.
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Scripps Institute of Oceanography
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San Diego State University
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Harry Plymale, Ph.D.
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San Diego State University
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Kevin Hovel, Ph.D.
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Edgar L. Mangelsen
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San Diego State University
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Naturalism Association Inc.
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Julie Pokrandt
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La Jolla Friends of the Seals
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James Hudnall, Ph.D.
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Larry Mangelsen
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La Jolla Friends of the Seals
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San Diegans for the Salton Sea
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Robert S. Pozos, Ph.D.
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San Diego State University
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Stuart H. Hurlbert, Ph.D.
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Victoria Matey, Ph.D.
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San Diego State University
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San Diego State University
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Philip R. Pryde, Ph.D.
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Geoffrey Smith
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Robyn J. Waayers
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Republicans for Environmental Protection
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Sierra Club - San Diego Chapter
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Southwestern Community College
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Helene Radzik
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Daniel Sourbeer
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James Watts
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Iron Mountain Conservancy
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Palomar College
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San Diego State University
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Bruce Reznik, Esq.
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Mark J. Spalding, J.D.
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Kenneth Weaver
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San Diego BayKeeper
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University of California San Diego
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Palomar Audubon Society
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Diana Gauss Richardson
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Jerre Stallcup
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Terry Weiner
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San Diego State University
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Conservation Biology Institute
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Desert Protective Council
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Jim Ricker
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Brandon Swan
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Michael D. White, Ph.D.
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Desert Protective Council
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San Diego State University
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Conservation Biology Institute
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Eleanora I. Robbins, Ph.D.
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Brian D. Swanson
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Myra Wilensky
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San Diego State University
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Friends of Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve
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National Wildlife Federation
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Stephen B.W. Roeder, Ph.D.
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Mary Ann Tiffany
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Kathy S. Williams, Ph.D.
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San Diego State University
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San Diego State University
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San Diego State University
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Forest L. Rohwer, Ph.D.
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Bill Toone
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Christopher J. Wills, Ph.D.
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San Diego State University
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Zoological Society of San Diego
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University of California San Diego
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Allison Rolfe
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Constantine Tsoukas, Ph.D.
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Dawn Wilson
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San Diego Audubon Society
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San Diego State University
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Project Wildlife
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Dennis Saccuzzo, Ph.D, J.D.
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Philip Unitt
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Bruce Wingerd
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San Diego State University
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San Diego Natural History Museum
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San Diego State University
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Lori SaldaƱa
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Jan van Dierendonck
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Mala Wingerd
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Border Environment Cooperation Commission
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Ramona Grasslands Project
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San Diego State University
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Thomas R. Scott, Ph.D.
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L. "Dutch" van Dierendonck
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David S. Woodruff, Ph.D.
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San Diego State University
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Ramona Community Planning Group
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University of California San Diego
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Sedra Shapiro
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Rick Van Schoik
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David K. Younkman
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SDSU Field Station Programs
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San Diego State University
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National Wildlife Federation
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Dan Silver
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J. R. Thorngren, Ph.D.
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James O. Zimmer
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Endangered Habitats League
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San Diego State University
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San Diego Field Ornithologists
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Marie Simovich, Ph.D.
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Ingrid Vigeant
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Paul Zucker
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University of San Diego
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San Diegans for the Salton Sea
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San Diego Audubon Society
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Michael G. Simpson, Ph.D.
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George Vourlitis, Ph.D.
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San Diego State University
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California State University San Marcos
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Patrick Skahan
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Gary M. Waayers
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Students for Environmental Awareness
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Southwestern Community College
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& Protection, Ramona High School
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