• CSPA, Coalition Sue Westlands over Contract Renewals

    CSPA, Friends of the River, North Coast River Alliance, Save the American River and the Winnemen Wintu Tribe filed a lawsuit against Westlands Water District (and its two water distribution districts) over the renewal of six interim Central Valley Project (CVP) water service contracts.  The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is named as a Real Party…

  • CSPA Joins Coalition Response Opposing H.R. 1837

    The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) joined a coalition of fishing organizations opposing Congressman Devin Nunes’ H.R. 1837, the so-called San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act. The proposed bill would devastate efforts to restore California’s degraded salmonid fisheries by gutting essential provisions of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, eliminating crucial requirements in the federal…

  • CSPA Appeals Agricultural Waiver and EIR

    The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) and California Water Impact Network (C-WIN) have appealed the extension of the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program (ILRP) Waiver and the ILRP Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR) adopted by the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board) to the State Water Resources Control Board (State Board).  The “waiver”…

  • Carnage at the Predator Pumps Continues Unabated

    The horrific counts of pelagic and anadromous fish “consumed” by the predator water export pumping facilities continue unabated.  As of 11 June 2011, 8,830,515 splittail, 246,833 striped bass, 33,822 large mouth bass, 35,435 salmon, 60,822 bluegill, 50, 634 white catfish, 17,514 channel catfish, 44,011 threadfin shad, 65,763 American shad and 1,614 steelhead had been documented…

  • CSPA joins Delta Coalition Letter Against H.R. 1837

    On 5 July 2011, CSPA, Restore the Delta, City of Stockton, County of San Joaquin, area legislators and numerous Delta organizations jointly submitted a letter to the House Subcommittee on Water and Power strongly opposing H.R. 1837.  The proposed legislation is designed to benefit a few west-side agri-businesses by subjugating California water law to federal…