The Newsom administration on May 2 shelved the plan to build twin Delta Tunnels — and announced it will start a renewed environmental review for a single Delta Tunnel. As the Delta smelt moves closer and closer to extinction in … Continued
The California Fish and Game Commission voted to approve salmon seasons and bag and possession limits on the Central Valley and Klamath/Trinity river systems at its teleconference meeting meeting in Sacramento this morning, On the American, Feather and Sacramento rivers … Continued
On May 7, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) formally rescinded the Bond Resolutions authorizing issuance of almost $9 billion of bonds to pay for the start of construction of the controversial Delta Twin Tunnels, formally called the California WaterFix. Tunnel … Continued
Rohnert Park, Ca. – As salmon fishing raged in Monterey Bay and off the San Mateo County Coast, the Pacific Fishery Management Council adopted ocean salmon season recommendations that provide recreational and commercial opportunities for most of the Pacific coast, … Continued
The U.S. Senate on April 11 voted 56-41 to confirm the President’s nominee David Bernhardt, former oil and gas corporation and Westlands Water District lobbyist David Bernhardt, to be the Secretary of the Interior. Senators Joe Manchin (W.Va.), Martin Heinrich … Continued
CHICO, California — On Saturday, April 13, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a total of 360,000 juvenile fall Chinook salmon on the Sacramento River in an three-year study aimed at increasing their survival on their long journey to the ocean. The service released 180,000 … Continued
A coalition of 27 organizations, including Indian Tribes, fishing groups and environmental organizations, sent a letter to Jim Watson of the Sites Project Authority on March 17 indicating their concerns about the detrimental impacts that water diversions from the controversial … Continued
Photo: AquaBounty’s salmon (background) has been genetically modified to grow bigger and faster than a conventional Atlantic salmon of the same age (foreground.) Photo courtesy of AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. The federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on March 8 announced … Continued
Sacramento – Conservation, fishing and tribal groups sent a letter to Senator Dianne Feinstein today seeking an investigation and public disclosure of acting interior secretary David Bernhardt’s role in granting the powerful Westlands Water District a permanent water supply contract. … Continued
Photo of Upper Mokelumne River (c) 2009, Katherine K. Evatt. Record numbers of salmon and steelhead have returned to the Mokelumne River Fish Hatchery in recent years, but the outlook is even brighter with the release of a study … Continued