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CSPA, CWIN and AquAlliance comment on DFG’s draft flow criteria for the Delta and Tributaries
By Bill Jennings, CSPA Executive Director The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, California Water Impact Network and AquAlliance have submitted comments on the draft flow report issued by the California Department of Fish and Game. In November 2009, the California Legislature passed the Delta Reform Act, which established and requires the Delta Stewardship to develop, adopt…
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CSPA and Others Attempt to Stop the Hijacking of Delta Water at ‘Closed Door’ Meeting…
Delta and Fishing Activists Disrupt Secret Delta Meetings For Immediate Release — September 30, 2010 Bill Jennings – 209-464-5067 Dan Bacher – 916-685-2245, ext. 224 Brett Baker – 916-719-6586 A Thursday morning meeting of Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) principals was disrupted by a fisherman, two environmentalists, and a Delta farmer protesting the closed process.…
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CSPA Comments on PEIR for Irrigated Agriculture
By Bill Jennings, CSPA Executive Director The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) has submitted extensive comments on the draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) for the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board’s (Regional Board) irrigated lands project that regulates waste discharges from some eight million acres of farmland to surface and groundwater. The PIER…
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CSPA, CWIN and AquAlliance submit Comments to State Water Board Regarding Grassland Bypass Project and Basin Plan Amendment
By Bill Jennings, CSPA Executive Director The Regional Board adopted the plan that essentially suspends compliance with selenium water quality standards for another ten years. Selenium levels in the San Joaquin River continue to exceed levels that are lethal to salmonids.(More…)
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CSPA, CWIN, AquAlliance Sue DWR & State Water Board Over Public Trust
By Bill Jennings, CSPA Executive Director September 7, 2010 — On 3 September 2010, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA), California Water Impact Network (CWIN) and AquAlliance have filed a lawsuit in Sacramento Superior Court against the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) for multiple violations of…
