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Delta Fish Hammered Yet Again: Fall Midwater Trawl Results Reveal Continued Biological Collapse
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) has released the results of the 2013 Fall Midwater Trawl (FMWT), which reconfirms the continuing biological collapse that is occurring in the Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta Estuary. The FMWT conducts monthly surveys from September through December at 100 index stations in the Delta. The results reveal…
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CSPA, Coalition Submit Comments on Proposed Water Transfer
On 21 December 2013, CSPA and a coalition of fishing, environmental and tribal groups submitted comments on the draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) for the proposed water transfer/exchange program from Arvin-Edison Water Storage District to Metropolitan Water District (MET). The project would transfer up to 100,000 acre-feet of Central Valley Project water to the MET, the…
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CSPA Comments on Groundwater Workplan Concept Paper
On 18 December 2013, CSPA submitted comments on the State Water Resources Control Board’s draft Groundwater Workplan Concept Paper. While generally supporting the papers five management elements, CSPA pointed out that water quality must be measured and the results publically reported. Further, the State Board was urged to develop standards and specific conditions for water…
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Broad Coalition Vows to Stop BDCP
On Friday, 13 December 2013, some 500 people attended a rally at the State Capitol protesting the Bay Delta Conservation Plan as the comment period for the BDCP and environmental documents began. Californians for a Fair Water Policy, a statewide coalition opposing Gov. Brown’s massive water export tunnels, organized the rally. The Plan and accompanying…
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Opponents to Rally Against Governor’s Water Export Tunnels as Public Comment Period Begins
On Friday, 13 December 2013, at 12:00 p.m., CSPA and Californians for a Fair Water Policy, a statewide coalition opposing Gov. Brown’s water export tunnels, will conduct a rally at the North steps of the State Capitol as the Brown Administration’s proposed project is published in the Federal Register opening the public comment period on…
