-
CSPA, Coalition Requests Moratorium and Review on Trinity River Restoration Program: Wastes Money, Degrades Environment
On 23, January 2014, CSPA, California Water Impact Network, Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman’s Associations, AquAlliance and Environmental Protection Information Center asked the Trinity River Restoration Program (TRRP) to put all channel rehabilitation projects on hold pending a thorough review. The groups noted that the projects are causing rather than mitigating environmental harm. A draft…
-
CSPA, Coalition Submits Comments on Westlands’ Contract Renewals
On 14 January 2014, CSPA and a coalition of environmental and fishing organizations submitted comments on six interim contract renewals for the delivery of 1,192,948 million acre feet of Central Valley Project (CVP) water to Westlands Water District. The comments pointed out numerous inadequacies in the Environmental Assessment (EA) and call for a full Environmental…
-
Press Conference: Can California Tunnel its Way Out of Drought?
On Monday, 13 January 2013, Bill Jennings, CSPA’s Executive Director, joined Jonas Minton, Planning and Conservation League; John Herrick, South Delta Water Agency; Dr. Jeffrey Michael, University of the Pacific; Tom Stokely, California Water Impact Network and Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta on a press conference to discuss the BDCP’s peripheral tunnels as a flawed…
-
CSPA, Coalition Comment on Trinity River Restoration Projects
CSPA and a coalition of environmental and fishing interests submitted comments on the draft Environmental Assessment/Initial Study for the Bucktail and Lower Junction City rehabilitation projects on the Trinity River. Despite predictions of a banner year for fall salmon, the Trinity River had some of the lowest recorded numbers of natural spawners, as well as…
-
Delta Fish Hammered Yet Again: Fall Midwater Trawl Results Reveal Continued Biological Collapse
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) has released the results of the 2013 Fall Midwater Trawl (FMWT), which reconfirms the continuing biological collapse that is occurring in the Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta Estuary. The FMWT conducts monthly surveys from September through December at 100 index stations in the Delta. The results reveal…
