Humboldt Bay Tidelands and the Public Trust Doctrine Wildland Water Quality December 11‚ 2009 Table of Contents Setting 1 Historical Setting 4 Legal Setting 5 Impairments & Beneficial Uses 6 Extent of Severity 9 Causes of Impairment 10 Reasons for the Impairment 10 Solutions 12 Summary 12 References Cited 13 List of Figures and Tables Figure 1: Historical extent of land entrusted to the public around Humboldt Bay 2 Figure 2: Six watersheds feed Humboldt Bay Source
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29 April 2011 The Hilo Bay: Tsunami Magnet of Hawaii On the afternoon of 22 May 1960 the Valdivia Earthquake struck the country of Chile with devastating repercussions for the Chilean people and people around the world. The Earthquake rated a 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale and is‚ to date‚ the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. It occurred at roughly 1911 GMT‚ 1411 local time‚ and generated a massive tsunami that struck Hawaii approximately fifteen hours later. The tsunami caused little
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Hudson’s Bay (formerly and still commonly known as The Bay) is a chain of 90 department stores that operate across parts of Canada. Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC)‚ founded in 1670‚ is North America’s longest continually operated company. It has its headquarters in the SimpsonTower in Toronto. In French‚ the chain is known as laBaied’Hudson (formerly la Baie)‚ short for "Compagnie de la Baied’Hudson". Today it offers an unparalleled range of retailing categories and shopping experiences internationally
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The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement on the east coast of North America (Massachusetts Bay) in the 17th century‚ in New England‚ situated around the present-day cities of Salem and Boston. The territory administered by the colony included much of present-day central New England‚ including portions of the U.S. states of Massachusetts‚ Maine‚ New Hampshire‚ Rhode Island‚ and Connecticut. Territory claimed but never administered by the colonial government extended as far west as the
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The Jiquilisco Bay is a 150 mile stretch of land located on the Southeast Pacific coast of El Salvador that acts as one of the last primary nesting habitats for the endangered Hawksbill Sea Turtle. The location was established as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 2005 and is currently under the protection of the Ministry of Natural Resources‚ which works to preserve the ecosystem. The bay itself is the largest mangrove in the country‚ which a critical aspect in the ultimate survival of the Hawksbill
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Battle of Milne Bay As the Japanese worked towards domination of the South Pacific‚ the only major remaining defence to conquer was that of Port Moseby‚ Papua New Guinea. Gaining control of Port Moseby would have provided the Japanese a strategically located base close to the shores of Australia. This would have escalated the vulnerability of Northern Australia with Japan lurking to invade. The battle of Milne Bay began on the 25th of August‚ 1942 and was not concluded until the 7th of December
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San Francisco Weather Center The San Francisco Bay Area‚ also known as the Bay Area‚ is a vastly populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California‚ United States (wiki). The region hosts the major cities and metropolitan areas of San Francisco‚ Oakland‚ and San Jose‚ along with smaller urban and rural areas The San Francisco Bay Area offers a significant variety of microclimates because the hills‚ mountains‚ and large bodies of water produce such
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The Battle of Manila Bay Megan Howard On April 30‚ 1898‚ six American warships and three support vessels (the American Asiatic Squadron) entered Manila Bay in the Spanish Philippines. This would become the first major battle of the Spanish-American War. Leading the pack was Commodore George Dewey who was aboard the USS Olympia. The ships were made of steel and powered by coal-fired steam engines; also on board were electrical generators which ridding the need for lanterns to light the lower decks
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The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement in North America in the early 1600’s. It was formed by Puritan settlers fleeing religious persecution in England. The lands which became the Massachusetts Bay Colony had previously been inhabited by Native Indians. The Company of Massachusetts Bay received a charter to start a settlement in the New World in 1629. The charter granted the company the right to establish a settlement. The passengers of the “Arbella” who left England in 1630 with
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There is a time before and after the events on 9/11. And that events were the reason why the Guantanamo Bay prison was established in January 2002And after the events the United States of America started the ’’War on Terror’’ by hunting down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts‚" . The goverment tried to make illegal things legal. They ignore the fact that there is a given treatment to prisoner of war. The US government tried to justify torture. Alberto R. Gonzales who was the
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