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CSPA Works to Make Delta Flow Work
The 2010 Delta Flow Criteria Report announced findings by the State Water Board that additional flow into and out of the Delta was needed to restore fisheries. The Report stated: “In order to preserve the attributes of a natural variable system to which native fish species are adapted, many of the criteria developed by the…
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CSPA Proposes High Spring Flows in Merced River
CSPA and a coalition of environmental and fishing groups filed extensive comments and recommendations on July 22 in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s relicensing of the Merced River Project on the Merced River. The filing makes recommendations for flows in the lower Merced River, fish passage, gravel augmentation, placement of large wood, stocking of fish…
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CSPA and Allies Propose Tuolumne Fish Passage Studies
CSPA and a coalition of environmental and fishing groups filed comments July 22 on scoping for the licensing of La Grange Dam and Powerhouse on the Tuolumne River. The Conservation Groups on the filing also submitted study requests asking that Turlock Irrigation District and Modesto Irrigation District be required to conduct two studies relating to…
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CSPA Asks FERC for Tuolumne Fish Passage Studies
The hydropower licensing of the La Grange Project on the Tuolumne River has begun. The licensing was ordered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) after the Conservation Groups including CSPA and the National Marine Fisheries Service submitted evidence that La Grange Powerhouse is subject to FERC’s jurisdiction. FERC held scoping meetings for the licensing…
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CSPA Questions El Dorado Plan to Permit Water in Order to Sell It
On March 13, 2014, El Dorado Water and Power Authority issued a Notice of Preparation of an Environmental Impact Report for what it now calls the “El Dorado Water Reliability Project.” The project as proposed is a second run at El Dorado’s 2008 application to use a “county of origin” water rights reservation to permit…
