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CSPA Protests Attempt to Roll Back 1998 Water Rights Agreement
In 1992, CSPA protested a water rights application by the June Lakes Public Utilities District in Mono County. In 1998, June Lakes PUD agreed to incorporate a minimum streamflow requirement of 200 gallons per minute at its diversion on Fern Creek, tributary to Rush Creek and ultimately to Mono Lake. This agreement was incorporated into…
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CSPA and Coalition Comment on Draft Yuba River Application
CSPA and allied conservation groups in the Foothills Water Network have filed comments in the relicensing of the Yuba River Development Project. Yuba County Water Agency’s (YCWA) project is currently in the relicensing process with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The Network asks licensee YCWA to expand the analysis in its Draft License Application to…
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CSPA Presses FERC for Tuolumne River Improvements
CSPA and allies have filed comments on major documents in the relicensing of the Don Pedro Project on the Tuolumne River. In comments on the Updated Study Report and the Draft License Application, CSPA and nine other Conservation Groups dispute scientific conclusions of the Turlock and Modesto Irrigation Districts about salmon and steelhead in the…
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Irrigation Districts begin FERC licensing of La Grange Dam
In a significant victory for CSPA and conservation allies, Turlock Irrigation District (TID) and Modesto Irrigation District (MID) have begun the process to get a hydropower license for TID’s powerhouse at La Grange Dam. This process may require a study of fish passage on the Tuolumne River. In the ongoing relicensing of the Districts’ Don…
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CSPA Opposes Delay in Licensing La Grange
CSPA and eight allied conservation groups have opposed a requested delay in the licensing of the unlicensed La Grange Powerhouse and Dam on the Tuolumne River. On December 20, owners of the dam, Modesto Irrigation District and Turlock Irrigation District, applied to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a second six-month delay in the licensing…
