On Friday, September 6, recreational and commercial fishermen, biologists and conservation groups won a big victory in their efforts to clean up contaminated wastewater discharges from the San Joaquin Valley’s Grasslands Bypass Project when the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued … Continued
SAN FRANCISCO – The federal government continues to suppress scientists who disagree with the anti-science dogma promoted by Big Ag, Big Oil and other corporate interests. In the latest foray in the war on science, federal salmon biologists’ warnings about … Continued
The federal government on August 13 announced that it was adopting new rules to slash protections for endangered species under the Endangered Species Act, one of the nation’s landmark environmental laws, signed by President Richard Nixon in 1973. The new … Continued
After listening to several dozen speakers from the California Striped Bass Association, NCGASA Delta Anglers Coalition and other organizations, the California Fish and Game Commission at its meeting in Sacramento on August 7 directed staff to continue working with CDFW and stakeholders to revise a draft … Continued
SACRAMENTO – On July 31, Shasta County Superior Court Judge Dennis J. Buckley granted a preliminary injunction halting Westlands Water District’s participation in a Bureau of Reclamation project to raise Shasta Dam. The injunction enjoins Westlands from “taking any action that constitutes planning for or … Continued
The Department of Water Resources on July 9 announced the beginning of the “public process” to negotiate proposed amendments to the State Water Project water supply contracts for a new Delta Conveyance facility, AKA Delta Tunnel. The Gavin Newsom Administration, … Continued
Governor Gavin Newsom today reappointed three of Governor Jerry Brown’s most controversial, least popular and most environmentally questionable appointees – Karla Nemeth, Cindy Messer and Chuck Bonham – after in February refusing to reappoint Brown’s best appointee, Felicia Marcus, … Continued
At its June meeting in Redding, the California Fish and Game Commission voted to move the proposed policy on Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta fisheries management from the Wildlife Resources Committee to the full Commission at their August 7 meeting in Sacramento … Continued
On May 29, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) sent a letter to the California Department of Water Resources inquiring into the stranding and deaths of thousands of spring run Chinook salmon on the Feather River in April, as reported … Continued
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and a coalition of fishing and environmental groups have each filed a lawsuit to block the Westlands Water District, the largest agricultural water district in the U.S., from taking what they described as “unlawful” … Continued