• CSPA, Coalition Submits Multiple Comments on Stewardship Council’s Revision of the Delta Plan

    The Delta Stewardship Council is in the process of revising the Delta Plan and related environmental documents following the successful litigation by CSPA and others in vacating the previous Plan. Unfortunately, the Council is again ignoring the strict requirements for a Delta Plan mandated by the State Legislature in the 2009 Delta Reform Act. For…

  • CSPA Joins With Others in Protesting Westland’s Lobbyist Appointment as Deputy Secretary of Interior

    The Trump Administration has appointed David Bernhardt as Deputy Secretary of the Department of Interior. Mr. Bernhardt was a former Interior Solicitor and has been a lobbyist for Westlands Water District. He is a registered lobbyist for Westlands and a partner in the Washington law firm of Brownstein-Bernhardt, which received more than 1.7 million dollars…

  • Broad Coalition Says Hit the Brakes on Centennial Dam

    CSPA has joined a broad coalition in recommending that the Army Corps of Engineers delay work on an Environmental Impact Statement for Centennial Dam, proposed for construction by Nevada Irrigation District on the Bear River near Colfax.  A Comment Letter submitted on April 10, 2017 under the banner of the Foothills Water Network is also…

  • CSPA Submits Rebuttal Testimony in Part I of WaterFix Hearing

    The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance et al. (CSPA, CWIN and AquAlliance) joined the County of San Joaquin and Local Agencies of the North Delta in submitting rebuttal testimony in Part I of the State Water Resource Control Board’s (SWRCB) evidentiary hearing on the California Waterfix project proposed by the Department of Water Resources (DWR) and…

  • Chris Shutes Named “Restorationist of the Year”

    The Salmonid Restoration Federation (https://www.calsalmon.org/) named Chris Shutes – me – “Restorationist of the Year” on the concluding day of its 2017 annual conference in Davis.  It is recognition that I did not expect and that I value very greatly. The awards banquet was held last Saturday, April 1, 2017.  The award was not an…