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CSPA, Friends of the River, and Allies Protest Water Rights for Proposed Sites Reservoir
The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) and Friends of the River (FOR) led a coalition of environmental groups and the Winnemem Wintu Tribe in a protest of the water right application for the proposed Sites Reservoir. CSPA filed the protest with the State Water Resources Control Board on August 31, 2023. In addition to CSPA,…
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The Merry-Go-Round of Denial Must Stop – Transfer of Public Trust Water to Agriculture Is On Repeat
The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance and allies AquAlliance and California Water Impact Network (CWIN), filed an objection on January 7, 2022 to yet another petition to weaken flow and salinity standards that protect the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The objection urges California’s State Water Board to reject the Temporary Urgency Change Petition (TUCP) submitted by the…
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Success in Stopping A Very Bad Westlands Water Deal
CSPA, along with other environmental groups and fishing organizations, tribes, water agencies and counties, has prevailed in a lawsuit to stop the Westlands Water District from obtaining a permanent water contract with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. On October 27th, a Fresno County judge declined to validate a contract granting permanent access to water from…
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Reckless Water Transfer Would Further Jeopardize Fisheries in 2021 & 2022
The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, California Water Impact Network, and AquAlliance filed comments to the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) on July 16, 2021 in opposition to the proposed water transfer of up to 100,000 acre-feet of water from New Melones Reservoir. The transfer is requested by South San Joaquin Irrigation District…
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CSPA Protests State Water Board’s Protection of Irrigated Agriculture at the Expense of Fisheries and the Environment
The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) and allies have vigorously protested two recent actions by the State Water Resources Control Board that virtually ensure a repeat of the last drought, when the Board’s disastrous decisions decimated multiple year classes of salmon and drove pelagic species in the Delta to the brink of extinction. Fisheries have…
