Nov, 2003 The Public Policy Institute of California releases a non-partisan survey on Californians and the Environment. Highlights include 75% (three in four) people favor creating more marine reserves. The survey makes headlines in newspapers, including the San Jose Mercury News of Nov. 13, 2003. Read PPIC's Press Release Read the complete survey (1.6Mb PDF)
Jan 13, 2004 "State to hit pause on plan for no-fishing zones"
News item in the San Jose Mercury News.
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Jan 13, 2004 "Calif. Budget Woes Stall Marine Plan" AP story (Ran in the Monterey County Herald on Jan 14.)   Read the AP story in HTML format
Jan. 14, 2003 "State Efforts to Protect Coast Fisheries Halted" News item in The Los Angeles Times   Read the LA Times story in HTML format
Jan 14, 2004 "Marine Reserves on Hold"
News item in the San Francisco Chronicle		 Read the Chronicle website  
Jan 15, 2004 Reserve Plans Hit Choppy Waters
News item in the Santa Cruz Sentinel		 Read the
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Jan 19, 2004 "Keep marine reserve plan alive, funded"
Editorial in the Monterey Herald		 Read the
Herald website		  
Jan 20, 2004 "Enact Ocean Law Now" Letter from Renee Flower to the Santa Cruz Sentinel   View a picture
of the printed story
Jan 21, 2004 Letters from Michelle Newman and Mary Dalton to the Santa Cruz Sentinel Read on the
Sentinel website		  
Jan 22, 2004 "There's private money to save fish; hook it" 
Editorial in the San Jose Mercury News		 Read the
Mercury website		 View a picture
of the printed story
Jan 24, 2004 Letters from Michelle Newman and Harriet Mitteldorf to the Monterey County Herald   View a picture
of the printed story
Jan 25, 2004 "Don't Let Marine Life Slip Away" OpEd by Marc Shargel in the Santa Cruz Sentinel Read the
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of the printed story
Jan 25, 2004 "Put Marine Law into Action" Letter from Katie Nichols to the Santa Cruz Sentinel   View a picture
of the printed story
Jan 28, 2004 "Act on Ocean Law" Letter from Tom Kieckhefer to the Santa Cruz Sentinel   View a picture
of the printed story
Mar 24, 2004 Resources Secretary Mike Chrisman and Cal-EPA Secretary Terry Tamminen made a public commitment to restart MLPA at a legislative hearing. The Ventura County Star reported on the hearing the next day. Read the
story on the Star's website		 Read selected quotes in HTML format
May 7, 2004 "Conservation collective tries to revive marine protected areas" News story about COOL's petition drive. Read the
Sentinel website		 Read the original COOL Press Release
August 3, 2004 "California restarts effort to create network of marine reserves" News story about Gov. Schwarzenegger's announcement. Monterey County
Herald 		 
August 4, 2004 Monterey County Supervisors advise Sanctuary to make no fishing regulations.   Read the story in HTML format
       

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