Two fire department boats were searching in the waters of the American River on Friday, attempting to recover a body, said a spokesman for the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District.The boats were located near the ramp at Negro Bar State Park.No additional details were released about the investigation or the body.
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Nonprofit conservation groups have preserved tens of thousands of acres of land in California – wild places where both hikers and animals roam. Now, some of them say the economic slump could force them to scale back.
Others say lean budgets make it harder for them to scrutinize land use proposals for environmental effects – a key role such groups play in the state’s push-pull development process.
Most groups don’t like to talk about their financial difficulties, but one, the American River Conservancy, recently took the unusual step of going public. In an email to members and supporters, the group confessed that “times are hard” and it needs to raise $250,000 by year-end or it will be forced to cut programs in 2012.
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The building could be built on the American River next to the Nimbus Fish Hatchery.The federal and state government is studying three different locations for a new flood operation center that would house three state and federal agencies, the Department of Water Resources, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the National Weather Service.
The proposed site is the Nimbus Fish Hatchery and two alternative sites are Mather Airport and near the intersection of Sunrise and Killgore in Rancho Cordova.
The size of the proposed center is 200,000 square feet.
Hundreds of concerned residents are angry the government would even consider building such a large structure so close to the river and the bike trail.
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The Labor Day weekend was busy on the American River Parkway, but with the exception of visitors who sought to circumvent the holiday alcohol ban, crowds along the parkway were generally well-behaved, said John Havicon, ranger supervisor with Sacramento County Regional Parks.
“A lot of alcohol was poured out,” Havicon said.
He said 20 tickets were issued to people for violating the alcohol ban.
Havicon said rangers this year have found more people trying to bring in hard liquor, often in water bottles, for mixed drinks.
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A Labor Day weekend kayaking accident on the American River killed a Davis woman and devastated the Solano County high school where she taught art.
Joyce Tusan-Dalton, 57, died after her kayak reportedly flipped over and left her pinned underwater Sunday evening.
Her daughter Sarah Vogt said it was just her mother’s second try at kayaking.
Four people were badly injured after a boat flipped over in the American River Sunday around 1 p.m.
The boat was traveling down the river at 50 mph when it hit a something and flipped over, Sacramento City Fire Capt. John Burgess said.
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The American River Parkway will be “dry” and Sacramento County’s regional park fees will be higher over the Labor Day weekend.
The holiday ban on alcohol along the parkway – on shore and on the river – will be in effect from Saturday through Monday. Consumption of alcohol and possession of open containers will be prohibited within the parkway between Watt and Hazel avenues. The ordinance will be strictly enforced, and violations of the alcohol ban may result in a citation or arrest, according to a Sacramento County Regional Parks news release.
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Fire crews have recovered a person found floating facedown in the American River Friday afternoon.
The person was taken out of the water a mile and a half downriver from the Sunrise Boulevard bridge, according to the Sacramento Metro Fire District.
The victim was not wearing a life vest and not floatation devices were seen in the area, crews said.
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The body of a missing Sacramento-area fisherman was recovered from the American River late Friday afternoon, just a few hours after another man was found unresponsive further upstream.
Search crews found the body in the river near the Harrington Way river access, downstream of Riverbend Park, where park rangers found the fisherman’s truck parked Thursday night.
Assistant Chief Scott Cockrum of the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District said a fire district helicopter and boat crew were assisting law enforcement in the search and recovered the body.
The name of the 54-year-old fisherman was not released pending notification of family.
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A local man who left home Wednesday afternoon to fish on the American River by River Bend Park hasn’t been seen since.
The man’s wife reported him missing to authorities on Thursday.
The 54-year-old man’s truck with fishing equipment inside was located by Sacramento County rangers about 10 Thursday night, said Deputy Jason Ramos with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department.
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