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CSPA, Coalition Call for Drought Action Plan to Save Salmon Fisheries
The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, Golden Gate Salmon Association, Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman’s Association and Coastside Fishing Club have called upon the Secretaries of Interior, Commerce and California’s Natural Resource Agency to convene a joint emergency meeting to save Central Valley Chinook salmon from the drought. All four of the Central Valley salmon runs…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Opponents to Rally Against Governor’s Water Export Tunnels as Public Comment Period Begins
On Friday, 13 December 2013, at 12:00 p.m., CSPA and Californians for a Fair Water Policy, a statewide coalition opposing Gov. Brown’s water export tunnels, will conduct a rally at the North steps of the State Capitol as the Brown Administration’s proposed project is published in the Federal Register opening the public comment period on…
