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CSPA and Coalition Press Forest Service on Middle and South Yuba Rivers
CSPA and fellow members of the Foothills Water Network coalition have pressed the Forest Service to protect cold water fisheries in the Middle and South Yuba rivers. In a filing with the Forest Service for the Yuba-Bear hydroelectric project and a separate filing for the connected Drum-Spaulding Project, the Network proposed alternative conditions to those…
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CSPA and Coalition Seek Cold Water in Middle and South Yuba Rivers
CSPA and fellow members of the Foothills Water Network coalition have called for more summer flow in the South Yuba and Middle Yuba rivers to support cold water fisheries. In Comments and Recommendations for the coordinated relicensing of the Yuba-Bear and Drum-Spaulding hydroelectric projects, the Network proposes measures for real-time water temperature management in the…
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Study of Summer Whitewater Releases and Macroinvertebrates Finds Little Effect
A just-completed study that included two seasons of field sampling on the North Fork Feather River and two years of analysis shows no ecosystem-level effect of limited summer whitewater boating releases on aquatic macroinvertebrates (insects). The study was designed by top experts on aquatic insects. It was commissioned by the Rock Creek – Cresta Ecological…
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CSPA ALERT! ACTION NEEDED NOW! WRITE A LETTER TO THE FISH AND GAME COMMISSION ABOUT STRIPED BASS REGULATION PROPOSAL TO BE HEARD AT FEBRUARY 2, 2012 MEETING
It is time to write that letter to the California State Fish and Game Commission. Why is this important? If we don’t turn back this cynical and spiteful effort by San Joaquin Valley agribusiness, we stand to lose an outstanding striped bass fishery and its Delta protecting constituency. Furthermore, leading fisheries biologists believe that the…
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Major Victory for CSPA: East Bay MUD Abandons Plan To Raise Pardee Dam
The East Bay Municipal Utilities District has thrown in the towel and will no longer pursue a plan to raise Pardee Dam. Pardee Dam, which backs up the Mokelumne River in Amador and Calaveras counties, creates Pardee Reservoir, EBMUD’s largest storage reservoir. EBMUD’s decision removes a threat to drown another two or more miles of…
