
Gavin Newsom Vetoes Bill to Protect Endangered Species Act, Other Federal Laws
Angering legislators and leaders of California Indian Tribes, fishing groups, environmental justice organizations and conservation groups, Governor Gavin Newsom on ...

Ties Exposed Between Westlands and Aurelia Skipwith, USFWS Director Nominee
SAN FRANCISCO - The President’s nominee for Director of the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) not only has worked ...

Fishing Groups Win Major Court Victory Over San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Polluters
On Friday, September 6, recreational and commercial fishermen, biologists and conservation groups won a big victory in their efforts to clean ...

Salmon Groups Blast Suppression of Federal Scientists, Call for Action by California
SAN FRANCISCO – The federal government continues to suppress scientists who disagree with the anti-science dogma promoted by Big Ag, ...

Salmon Advocates Slam Federal Rules to Slash Endangered Species Protections
The federal government on August 13 announced that it was adopting new rules to slash protections for endangered species under ...

CA Fish and Game Commission Delays Vote on Revisions to Delta Fisheries and Striped Bass Policy
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 ...

Judge Halts Westlands Water District’s Participation in Plan to Raise Shasta Dam
SACRAMENTO – On July 31, Shasta County Superior Court Judge Dennis J. Buckley granted a preliminary injunction halting Westlands Water District's participation ...

Public process to negotiate amendments to SWP contracts for a new Delta Tunnel project begins today
The Department of Water Resources on July 9 announced the beginning of the “public process” to negotiate proposed amendments to ...

Newsom Reappoints Bonham as CDFW Director, Karla Nemeth as DWR Director
Governor Gavin Newsom today reappointed three of Governor Jerry Brown's most controversial, least popular and most environmentally questionable appointees - ...

Anglers Show in Force to Oppose Commission Plan to Repeal Striped Bass Policy
At its June meeting in Redding, the California Fish and Game Commission voted to move the proposed policy on Sacramento-San ...

FERC Launches Inquiry Into Salmon Stranding on Feather River
On May 29, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) sent a letter to the California Department of Water Resources inquiring ...

A.G. Xavier Becerra, Fishing Groups Sue Westlands over Shasta Dam Raise Plan
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and a coalition of fishing and environmental groups have each filed a lawsuit to block ...