The CSPA Weekly Email Newsletter February 20, 2009
| The CSPA website home page has a new look! | ||
| CSPA's old website front page was becoming unmanageable and difficult to read. Left over HTML code was causing a nightmare and the increasingly popular Firefox and Google browsers were displaying the page with numerous text and formatting problems. Last month, CSPA purchased new software to increase the website's capabilities and future capabilities of reader interaction. The new software will eventually result in an easily navigated expanded site with even more news for the daily reader and a larger and more organized data base for the researcher. If you haven't checked out the new format, take a look. I think you'll like it! CSPA's new home page | ||
| CSPA only fishing organization to testify at State Board hearing on valley flow schedules... | ||
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| CSPA's Bill Jennings to be honored at Restore the Delta conference... | ||
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| Meetings scheduled for 2009 season take for valley salmon fisheries | ||
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| A must read! The Delta: A National Treasure in trouble by Bill Jennings | ||
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| More News... | ||
Today's News February 19-DWR schedules state wide scoping meetings regarding Bay Delta Conservation Plan February 19-Long term uses of dredging materials to be discussed March 12th, April 21st February 19-The Delta Protection Commission Management Planning Advisory Team to meet March 5th February 19-California Department of Agriculture to take on invasive species February 18-Less water now... More water later? February 18-Central Valley Salmon Run Reaches a Record Low February 17-Peripheral canal — What would it do to Thornton? February 15-Delta Pumping A Key Factor Behind Salmon and Killer Whale Declines February 14-CSPA settles suit vs. Waste Management, Alameda County, requires compliance, monitoring, and mitigation
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Please forward this summary to any friends who care about the state of our waterways and fisheries and don’t know about CSPA. They can follow the latest news on California’s water and fishery issues at our website, http://www.calsport.org. Suggest they sign up for this Weekly News Letter and other Advisories. Thanks for your continuing support! The CSPA Board of Directors Become a CSPA member by printing and mailing the membership form or join on-line. |
Restore the Delta, a Delta-based coalition including Delta farmers, environmentalists, everyday citizens, fishermen, business leaders, the faith community, and recreation enthusiasts, is holding a symposium entitled "A Bold Direction: The People's Vision for the Delta" on February 28, 2009. The event will be held at Wine and Roses Hotel in Lodi, California from 8:15 am to 4:45 pm..
February 18, 2009 -- Preliminary 2008 salmon data released today indicates a continued and significant reduction in the return size of Sacramento River fall Chinook stock. The California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) estimates that 66,200 Sacramento River fall Chinook adults returned in 2008 – the lowest recorded return since comprehensive monitoring of Central Valley hatchery and natural escapement began in the 1970s. An estimated 73 percent of these spawners returned to natural areas...
February 14, 2009 -- Waters from north of Redding to south of Fresno gather in the Delta Estuary. More than 750 species of plants and animals, 130 of them fish species, inhabit this 600-mile labyrinth of islands, sloughs, canals and channels that comprise once was once one of the richest and most diverse estuarine ecosystems in the world....
