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Goodmorning,thanksforsubscribing» Elma Marsh CATTLEWOMEN Beefkabobs with Parmesan orzo recipe Community » A3 KIWANIS Central Tehama girls hoops Lifestyles » A5 FORECAST High:68 Low: 50 » B8 FollowtheDailyNews on Twitter to keep pace with breaking news and events @REDBLUFFNEWS FOLLOWUS ONTWITTER By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter RED BLUFF » TheTehamaCounty Board of Supervisors authorized a letter signed by Chairman Burt Bundy Tuesday opposing the list- ing of the West Coast fisher as threatened species under the En- gendered Species Act. The West Coast fisher is a mem- ber of the weasel family. They are about the size of a large house cat. Fishers reside in coniferous for- ests throughout Canada and the northern and western portions of the United States. The West Coast Distinct Popu- lation Segment includes the states of Washington, Oregon and Cal- ifornia. The animal is present in Tehama County. There are estimated to be 300 or fewer fishers in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains and be- tween a few hundred to 4,000 in the Klamath Mountains, accord- ENDANGERED SPECIES Supervisors oppose listing of fisher species The Resource Conservation District of Tehama County will host a Tembo Preserve Forum for resource managers regarding the proposed elephant preserve on the former Diamond Ranch property, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Tues- day, Feb. 10 at the USDA Confer- ence Center, 2 Sutter St. in Red Bluff. A response is requested by Friday, Feb. 6. Dr. Joel Parrott will be pre- senting the scope of the proposed project and information about pachyderms. An avid conserva- tionist and naturalist, Parrott is president and CEO of the Oakland Zoo as well as a Ndovo Founda- tion partner. Parrott is particularly inter- ested in project insight from lo- cal resource managers and will be answering questions throughout the forum. Tovey Giezentanner will be joining Parrot to add to the dis- cussion. The duo will present to the Board of Supervisors earlier in the day. This is an ideal opportunity to ELEPHANT PRESERVE Conservation district to hold forum for Tembo The Associated Press SACRAMENTO » Thanks to a rainy December, California's drought- suffering residents met Gov. Jerry Brown's call to slash water con- sumption by 20 percent for the first time in December, using 22 percent less water than in Decem- ber 2013. But water officials are only cau- tiously optimistic, noting that in an otherwise dismal year for wa- ter, last month's rains made wa- tering lawns less necessary. Cali- fornia's overall precipitation was 6 inches, compared to 0.5 inches in December 2013. The city of Red Bluff received 7.18 inches of precipitation in De- cember, according to numbers re- ported by the Red Bluff Munici- pal Airport. In January, however, the airport reported .03 inches of precipitation. "It reinforces what we thought all along, that the extent of out- door water use is a huge driver of water conservation and water use," said Felicia Marcus, chair- woman of the State Water Re- sources Control Board. The governor called on Califor- nians to use 20 percent less wa- ter when he declared a drought emergency last year. The closest they came before to reaching that goal was in August, when water use dropped 11.6 percent. The new data show some Cali- fornians may be getting the mes- sage. While seasonal rains are a major factor, per-capita water use has been cut in half in the last six months, with Californians using an average of 67 gallons a day per person in December, com- pared with 140 gallons per per- son in June. Water board officials lauded large water providers that man- aged to meet the target, such as the city of San Diego, where De- cember water use fell by 24 per- cent, and the city's nearly 1.3 mil- lion residents cut their average daily water use to 46 gallons per person a day. "San Diego has really stepped up. They were the largest" among the agencies that exceeded the standard, water board staffer Eric Oppenheimer told the meeting. DROUGHT Stateuses22percentlesswater Meetsgovernor'sgoalinDecember By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter RED BLUFF » The ribbon was cut and the doors opened Tuesday to the new Tehama County Ag- ricultural Center at 1834 Wal- nut St. The building will house the Agriculture Department and the Air Pollution Control District Of- fices. "This is a far cry from where they were previously," Chief Administrator Bill Goodwin said. The project cost $1.96 million to complete and came about as a result of the Administrate Of- fice of the Courts purchasing the land where the department's previous offices sat. The building includes a large meeting room, which may be utilized by the county and other organizations in much the same ways the former Wetter Hall was used the past. The first meeting in the build- ing came Tuesday afternoon when Chairman Burt Bundy gavelled in the Board of Supervi- sors to open the building's ded- ication. Representatives for U.S. Con- gressman Doug LaMalfa, State Senator Jim Nielsen and Assem- blyman James Gallagher were in attendance along with numer- ous county staff members and past employees. Agricultural Commissioner Rick Gurrola said the build- ing was long overdue and said it would serve Tehama County for many years to come. Air Pollution Control Officer Alan Abbs said for the first time his department will be able to track and troubleshoot the coun- ty's air monitors from a central- ized location. The new center was designed by Nichols, Melburg & Rosetto and was constructed by Donald F. Gallino, Inc. Construction be- gan March 31, 2014. It was funded through a 2014 Certificate of Participa- tion county bond financing is- suance. The two departments will be moving into the building over the course of this week. TEHAMA COUNTY NEW AG CENTER MARKS OPENING DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY RICH GREENE The new Tehama County Agricultural Center had its ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday at 1834Walnut St. A meeting to discuss the week of Red Bluff Round-Up events is scheduled 10a.m. today at the Farm Bureau. PAGE A4 BUSINESS Round-Up events planning meeting A free clinic discussing changes in recent immigration law will be held in Los Molinos on Feb. 28. PAGE A3 COMMUNITY Free immigration clinic scheduled for Feb. 28 Britain moved Tuesday toward allowing scientists to create humans from the DNA of three people. PAGE B5 DNA OF 3 PEOPLE UK moves toward new way of making babies Islamic State militants killed a Jordanian pilot by burning him alive, according to a video the group released. PAGE B5 ISLAMIC STATE Video shows Jordanian fighter pilot burned alive Community.....A3 Opinion............A6 Business .........A4 Sports.............. B1 Lifestyles........A5 Food.................B4 INDEX DROUGHT » PAGE 7 New centralized location offers convenience for the Agriculture Department and Air Pollution Control District TEMBO » PAGE 7 FISHER » PAGE 7 » redbluffdailynews.com Wednesday, February 4, 2015 50CENTS AN EDITION OF THE CHICO ENTERPRISE-RECORD 7 58551 69001 9 Volume130,issue54