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CSPA Strong after 40 Years: We Will Not Surrender this Delta!
The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance celebrated its fortieth birthday in 2023. CSPA’s year of birth, 1983, was one year after California voters voted down the “peripheral canal” to divert water around the Delta. CSPA’s mission to protect fisheries, habitat, and water quality is a good idea that lives on. Unfortunately, the Department of Water Resources’…
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CSPA is hiring an Administrative Assistant and Advocate Trainee!
The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) is looking for an administrative assistant and advocate trainee. This is a part-time contract position starting at about 20 hours per week. Work will be remote at the contractor’s home. CSPA’s main place of business in is in Berkeley. CSPA, a 40-year-old non-profit organization, is a recognized leader in…
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CSPA Fall 2023 Newsletter: Save the Date Memorial for Bill Jennings, CSPA Sues the State Water Board over Agricultural Pollution & Lead-Lined Cable in Lake Tahoe Go on Trial
The Fall 2023 Edition of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance Newsletter is out now. Below is the introduction to the newsletter by Chris Shutes, CSPA’s Executive Director. From the Desk of Chris Shutes: It’s been a very busy year at CSPA. Our hydropower program remains a national leader. We are in the midst of four…
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Chris Shutes – Recipient of 2023 Mark Dubois Award from Friends of the River
Chris Shutes, Executive Director of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, was a recipient of the 2023 Mark Dubois Award at the California River Awards held on April 21, 2023 at the City Club in San Francisco. Friends of the River holds this annual event to honor an extraordinary person or group of persons whose contributions…
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Legendary California Fishery and Water Quality Activist Bill Jennings Dies at Age 79
The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance and the fish of California lost Bill Jennings on December 27, 2022. Above all, Bill was a relentless activist. For over 40 years, he used the law, meticulously documented data, an irascible wit, and a stinging pen to defend and protect his beloved Bay-Delta Estuary and all the rivers that…
