General Fisheries and Environmental News

December 2009

USDA Data Dispels Myth that West Side Growers 'Feed the Nation'
by Dan Bacher
December 31, 2009 -- (Continued)
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DFG Reminds Anglers to Purchase 2010 Fishing Licenses
December 31, 2009 --
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Mike Chrisman Denies Extension for North Coast MLPA Proposal
by Dan Bacher
December 31, 2009 -- (Continued)
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EPA sets guidelines to clean up SanJoaquin River Water supply
December 31, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Chico News and Review)
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Obama calls for delay in 2-Gates project
by Ruth Roberts
December 30, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at ThePress.Net)
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Mother Jones Article Promotes Corporate Agribusiness Astroturfing
by Dan Bacher
December 30, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Making Way for Salmon
Fish passage barriers removed from streams
By Eileen Ecklund
December 30, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at California Coast and Ocean)
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Sierra snow below average, despite Calif. Storms
By Samantha Young (Associated Press
December 30, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Oakland Tribune)
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Sierra snow below average, despite Calif. Storms
By Samantha Young (Associated Press
December 30, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Oakland Tribune)
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New year brings return of fishing on the American River
By George deVilbiss
December 29, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Roseville Press-Tribune)
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Carnegie to remain open
Protesters on Monday will no doubt be happy with a state effort to keep the park open.
Glenn Moore/Tracy Press
December 29, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Tracy Press)
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Delta Intertie gets environmental approval
December 29, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Alameda Times-Star)
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New threats and a new attitude in 2010
By Cameron Scott
December 29, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the San Francisco Chronicle)
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State denies extension for MLPA proposal
By John Driscoll
December 29, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Eureka Times-Standard)
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New boat inspection programs starts New Year's Day
By Terry Knight
December 29, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Ukiah Daily Journal)
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League of Women Voters: Delta Water Forum Update
December 29, 2009 -- (Continued)
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We Expected Better of the Network That Gave Us Edward R. Murrow
by Jane Wagner-Tyack
December 29, 2009 -- (continued)
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Decision pending on toxic runoff being dumped into San Joaquin River from Merced County Westside farms
By Jonah Owen Lamb
December 29, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Merced Sun-Star)
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Scientists say most salmon runs rise this year
By Michael Kay
December 28, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Sonora Union Democrat)
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Prominent Biologist Challenges MLPA Science Panel Assumptions and Data
by Dan Bacher
December 24, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Another "poor" farmer sells his water for 14.3 million!
Another Westside farmer sells water rights
By Seth Nidever
December 24, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Hanford Sentinel)
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Merced Irrigation District must redo some of its environmental impact studies
By Danielle E. Gaines
December 23, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Merced Sun-Star)
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Marine Mammal Care Center seeing record numbers of distressed animals
By Sandy Mazza
December 23, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Torrance Daily Breeze)
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Feds release new plan to revive California delta
By GARANCE BURKE (AP) – December 23, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at Google.com)
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Feds sign agreement for San Luis Drain
December 21, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Debunking California's Water Myths
by: Rick Cabral
December 21, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at Truthout)
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Water fight ready to burst in 2010
By Thomas D. Elias
December 21, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Marysville Appeal Democrat)
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222 Miles of Sacramento River Habitat Opens to New Voluntary Restoration
Proposed Safe Harbor Agreement Will Protect Landowners Who Help Imperiled Species
 By: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Dec. 21, 2009 - (Continued on-line at YubaNet)
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PPIC Myths and Surveys
by Jane Wagner-Tyack
December 21, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Organic Capital Event Honors 2009 Environmental Heroes
by Dan Bacher
December 20, 2009 -- (Continued)
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The Whalegate Scandal: State Lands Commission Finds MLPA Habitat Data Acquired Illegally
by Dan Bacher
December 20, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Lower Merced Hydropower Relicensing
by Cindy Charles, NCCFFF
December 20, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Lower Tuolumne Hearing
by Cindy Charles, NCCFFF
December 20, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Huber to reintroduce bill requiring canal vote
December 20, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Stockton Record)
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Fishing stamp funds not used for fish
Tom Stienstra
Sunday, December 20, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the San Francisco Chronicle)
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Sacramento Delta farmers, families fret over potential canal
By Stephen Magagnini smagagnini@sacbee.com 
Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009 - (Continued on-line at the Sacramento Bee)
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Smith’s Chinook numbers are the highest in decades
By Kurt Madar
December 19, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Crescent City Triplicate)
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LOIS HENRY: Shocking groundwater drop raises eyebrows and concerns
Saturday, Dec 19 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Bakersfield Californian)
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Rain aids West Marin salmon spawn
By Peter Fimrite
December 19, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the San Francisco Chronicle)
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National science group to study delta water
David Perlman, Chronicle Science Editor
Saturday, December 19, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the San Francisco Chronicle)
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Notice of Informational Proceeding and Pre-proceeding Conference - Delta Flow Criteria
December 19, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Caution Recommended at Ice-Covered Echo, Silver, and Caples Lakes
December 18, 2009 -- (Continued)
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The Resnick touch
December 17, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at Chance of Rain)
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Anglers Advised to Avoid Endangered Coho Salmon
Dec. 17, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at DFG)
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NASA Report Highlights Need to Retire Drainage Impaired Land
by Dan Bacher
December 17, 2009 -- (Continued)
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News from the Alameda Creek Alliance on Calaveras Dam and Alameda Creek
By Jeff Miller
December 17, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Stamp of disapproval: Sports fishermen say Department of Fish and Game misusing San Francisco Bay and Delta fishing fees
By Alastair Bland
December 17, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at NewsReview.Com)
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Stimulus funds drill wells as Calif water vanishes
By Garance Burke (Associated Press December 16, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the San Francisco Chronicle)
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Letter Opposing S. 1759:
December 16, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Groups push alternative to Klamath deals
December 16, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Eureka Times-Standard)
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Salmon Water Now Video Exposes Corruption in California Water Politics
by Dan Bacher
December 15, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Calif. blocks four delta growers from taking water
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 -- Stockton, Calif. (AP) -- (Continued on-line at the San Francisco Chronicle)
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Clock ticking on Klamath dam deal signing
By John Driscoll
December 15, 2009 -- (Continued on line at the Eureka Times Standard)
__________________________________________ L.A. water ranks 83rd in nation
By Dana Bartholomew
December 14, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the L.A. Daily News)
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NASA Data Reveal Major Groundwater Loss in California
December 14, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Jet Propulsion Labratory)
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Senator Feinstein needs to balance interests
December 14, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Sacramento Bee)
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New water quality rules for farmers may include groundwater monitoring
By Heather Hacking
December 14, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Chico Enterprise Record)
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Disco Bay residents to oppose Two Gates Project
by Roger Mammon
December 14, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Dispelling California's water myths
By Ellen Hanak, Jay Lund, Brian Gray
December 14, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the San Francisco Chronicle)
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New fish ladder to cost $3 to $4 million
By Bob Norberg
December 14, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
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Grape growers face restrictions on stream-water use
By Robert Digitale
 December 13, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
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Water myths
December 12, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Riverside Press Enterprise)
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Judge rules against landmark 2003 state water pact
By Bettina Boxall
 December 12, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Los Angeles Times)
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How Reliable is CLCV's 2009 California Environmental Scorecard?
by Dan Bacher
December 12, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Mokelumne Fish Hatchery works to rebuild battered salmon population
By Jordan Guinn
December 12, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Lodi News Sentinel)
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Delta canal price tag going up, tunneling option looking better
By Mike Taugher
December 11, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Contra Costa Times)
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How can state salmon populations be saved?
By Jordan Guinn
December 11, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Lodi News Sentinel)
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Marin Voice: Huffman's disappointing water effort
By Lynn Axelrod
 December 11, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Marin Independent Journal)
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In Birthplace of Local Food, Fish Imports Take Over the Menu
By KATHERINE ELLISON
December 11, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the New York Times)
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Putah Creek: Thank You . . . Thank You . . . Thank You . . .
by Bob Langbein, Putah Creek Trout
 December 11, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Editorial: Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright
by Kathryn Gray
December 11, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Just a reminder that the last public hearing on the Calaveras Dam Project will be held next Monday, December 14 in Sunol
By Jeff Miller
December 11, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Organic Capital Event Will Honor 2009 Environmental Heroes: CSPA's Bill Jennings one of the award recipients
December 10, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Sound, Air and Light Barrier Keeps Chinook Out of Old River
December 10, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at Science News)
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Exchequer Dam relicensing: FERC panel backs changes to scope of Merced River study
By Jonah Owen Lamb
December 9, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Merced Sun-Star)
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Enlarged marine sanctuaries lack funding for enforcement
By Mike Lee
December 9, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the San Diego Union-Tribune)
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Central Valley Water Woes
By Amy Vanderwarker
December 8, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Hope for steelhead recovery
By Sam Davidson
December 8, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Monterey County Herald)
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Group Says California Water Myths Distort Policy Debate
By Ed Joyce
December 7, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at KPBS)
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The ghost of Tulare
by Judith Lewis
December 7, 2009 -- (From the December 07, 2009 issue of High Country News)
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Study: Finger-pointing won't solve water woes
By Kelly Zito
December 7, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the San Francisco Chronicle)__________________________________________
Feinstein heeded donor, sought Delta study
By Lance Williams
December 7, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Sacramento Bee)
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Central Valley water cutbacks a hot topic in election year
By Michael Doyle
December 7, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Sacramento Bee)
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Funding challenges still loom for California's landmark water compromise
By Denis C. Theriault
December 7, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the San Jose Mercury News)
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Court order allows Department of Fish Game to continue the Fish Stocking Program thru January
December 5, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the San Francisco Examiner)
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$20 million plan to aid salmon in lower Yuba
December 5, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Marysville Appeal-Democrat)
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Bechtel Funds PPIC Report on 'California Water Myths'
by Dan Bacher
December 5, 2009 -- (Continued)
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California’s sinking delta
By Douglas Fox
December 2, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Christian Science Monitor)
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Napolitano vows LA hearing on state's water crisis
By Rebecca Kimitch
December 2, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Whittier Daily News)
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Alameda Creek Alliance asks: Please Attend the Sunol Hearing on Calaveras Dam December 14
by Jeff Miller
December 2, 2009 -- (Continued)
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McCloud flows under consideration at FERC hearings
by Anne-Marie Bakker, President, NCCFFF"
December 2, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Surprise: Schwarzenegger Uses 'Drought' Announcement to Promote Canal, Dams
by Dan Bacher
December 2, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Schwarzenegger's MLPA: Marine Life Guardians or Corporate Privateers?
by Dan Bacher
December 2, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Law and order of Delta water policy in panel's hands
By Alex Breitler
December 1, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Stockton Record)
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November 2009

River's rebirth: Efforts to restore lower Mokelumne paying off
By Alex Breitler
November 30, 2009 -- ...(Continued on-line at the Stockton Record)
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Sink the pork-laden water bond
By Jeff Miller
November 28, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Riverside Press-Enterprise)
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Farmers' group says it paid for ad
November 28, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Stockton Record)
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Rep. Miller talks on water, war and politics
By Lisa Vorderbrueggen
November 28, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Contra Costa Times)
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Steelhead runs may return to Calaveras
By Alex Breitler
November 28, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Stockton Record)
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EBMUD Pardee Dam proposal draws lawsuit
By Roger Phelps
November 27, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Amador Ledger Dispatch)
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Standing Up to Big Waters Astroturf Groups
By Dan Bacher
November 27, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Delta Coalition Calls on "Astroturf" Group to Stop Using Its Materials
by Dan Bacher
November 26, 2009 -- (Continued)
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State water bond splits lawmakers
By Bill Silverfarb
November 25, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the San Mateo Daily Journal)
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Delta residents vow to plug Delta damming plans
November 24, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Central Valley Business Times)
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Delta Described as "Toilet Bowl" in Ad
November 23, 2009 -- (continued on-line at KXTV)
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Friends of the Delta: Astroturfing Group Launches In-Delta Media Campaign   
November 23, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Organizations Join Legal Battle to Protect Blue Whale As Whale Deaths Increase
by Dan Bacher
November 23, 2009 -- (Continued)
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First flows from San Joaquin River restoration stop below Mendota Dam
November 22, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Fresno Bee)
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California Tribes Slam Water Legislation, Peripheral Canal at Summit
by Dan Bacher
November 20, 2009 -- (Continued)
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How Limousine Liberals, Water Oligarchs and Even Sean Hannity Are Hijacking Our Water Supply
By Yasha Levine, AlterNet.
 November 19, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at AlterNet)
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Water deal is a disaster for Delta counties
By Alyson Huber
November 18, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Sacramento  Bee)
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Proposed water bond is laden with sweeteners for lawmakers
By Patrick McGreevy
November 18, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the L.A. Times)
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Only One Local Appointed to Schwarzenegger's MLPA North Coast Panel
by Dan Bacher
November 18, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Schwarzenegger Greenwashes Way Across Europe As Salmon Face Extinction
by Dan Bacher
November 18, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Lawsuit Imminent Over Water Diversions Killing Salmon and Steelhead in Russian and Gualala Rivers
November 17, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Blue Ribbon Task Force Named For MLPA North Coast Study Region
November 16, 2009 --(Continued on-line at DFG)
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National Congress of American Indians Demands Protection of Rights Under MLPA
by Dan Bacher
November 16, 2009 -- (Continued) 
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Schwarzenegger Signs The Delta's Death Warrant
by Dan Bacher
November 16, 2009 -- (Continued)
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California's deficit of common sense
By Rebecca Solnit
November 15, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Oakland Tribune)
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Water bond offers nearly $2 billion in 'pork'
By Wyatt Buchanan
November 15, 2009 -- T(Continued on-line at the San Francisco Chronicle)
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Water package lacks clout to reverse Delta's decline
By Matt Weiser
November 15, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Sacramento Bee)
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Alameda Creek Alliance teams with Audubon Society for bird count, volunteers needed
November 15, 2009 -- (Continued)
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CSPA Files Complaint against Regional Water Board Vice Chair
by Dan Bacher
November 14, 2009 -- (Continued)
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El Dorado water district willing to talk with critics
By Cathy Locke clocke@sacbee.com
November 12, 2009 -- (Continued)
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MLPA Task Force Chair Appointed President of Western States Petroleum Association
by Dan Bacher
November 12, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Lower Numbers of Fall Chinook Salmon Returning to Battle Creek
by Dan Bacher
November 12, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Capitol’s water must contain stupidity germ
By Dan Walters
November 11, 2009 --- (Continued on-line at the Sacramento Bee)
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Current legislation will NOT protect the Delta
by Linda Robertson
November 10, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Governor Signs Water Bond Bill at Friant Pork Festival
by Dan Bacher
November 10, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Contra Costa County Calls on Federal Bureau of Reclamation and State Department of Water Resources to Extend Public Comment Period for
2-Gates Project in the Delta
 November 10, 2009 - (Continued)
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Water bond full of waste
November 9, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Merced Sun-Star)
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Popping out baby fish: Marine reserves can restock waters, say scientists
By Marissa Cevallos
November 9 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the San Jose Mercury News)
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Public Wins Round Two in Calaveras Dam Project Review
November 9, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Bay-Delta Sport Fishing Enhancement Stamp Repealed
November 9, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at DFG)
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Steinberg's water deal betrays his constituents
By Mark Wilson
November 8, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Sacramento Bee)
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S. J. officials must put up dukes to battle political maneuvering
By Michael Fitzgerald
November 8, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Stockton Record)
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Are gill nets decimating Klamath and Trinity salmon runs?
By Dylan Darling
November 8, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Redding Record Searchlight)
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Winners and losers in water deal
By Mike Taugher Contra Costa Times
November 8, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Contra Costa Times)
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Westlands Water District is a powerhouse for Valley farmers
By Mark Grossi
November 7, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Fresno Bee)
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Water funds by the bucket
By Matt Weiser mweiser@sacbee.com
November 7, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Sacramento Bee)
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Group vows to fight 2-Gates project
by Ruth Roberts
November 6, 2009 -- (continued on-line at NoDeltaGates.Com)
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Governor drops 'bomb' on Delta...He angers local officials by declaring state clear to build peripheral canal
By Alex Breitler
November 5, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Stockton Record)
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Billions in earmarks helps ease passage of water deal
By Anthony York and John Howard
November 5, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at Capitol Weekly)
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What Others Are Saying... About the Water Package... And the Bond
November 5, 2009 -- (Continued)
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California lawmakers pass historic water package
By Steve Wiegand
November 5, 2009 - (Continued on-line at the Sacramento Bee)
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Schwarzenegger Applauds Passage of Peripheral Canal/Dams Water Package
by Dan Bacher
November 4, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Show the Amador County Board of Supervisors you support National Wild and Scenic River designation for the Mokelumne River – and learn more about what the designation will and won’t do
November 4, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Restore the Delta Blasts Legislature for Boondoggle Water Deal
November 4, 2009 -- (continued)
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Rep. Costa Co-Sponsors Bill To Demand Accounting Of All Factors Affecting Delta Smelt and Salmon
November 3, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Politics of Water Splits Environmental Organizations
November 2, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at California Greening)
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Public Scoping Meetings Held to Receive Comments on Suction Dredge Permitting Program
Nov. 2, 2009 -- ...(Continued on-line at DFG)
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Sierra Club California Urges Legislators to Vote No on the Water Package
by Dan Bacher
November 2, 2009 -- (Continued)
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CLCV Joins the Dark Side - Supports Steinberg's Road Map to the Canal
by Dan Bacher
November 2, 2009 -- (Continued)
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California's deficit of common sense
By Rebecca Solnit
November 1, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the L.A. Times)
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October 2009

Steinberg defends proposed water legislation
By Matt Weiser
October 31, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Sacramento Bee)
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Don't let scary zombie bills like these make the West Coast's largest estuary into "Delta of the Dead."
by Dan Bacher
October 31, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Call Your Assembly Member and State Senator Today
October 30, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Enviro groups oppose current Steinberg legislation
October 30, 2009 -- The full letter.
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Environmental Groups Around State Oppose Legislative Water Package
by Dan Bacher
October 30, 2009 -- (Continued)
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The Legislature Hard at Work: 14 Water Bills and Counting
by Dan Bacher
October 30, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Lawmakers on wrong track for water deal
October 29, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the San Jose Mercury News)
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California water legislation at a standstill
By Bettina Boxall
October 28, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the L.A. Times)
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'Clear path' proposed for Delta
By Alex Breitler
October 28, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Stockton Record)
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Updated: Assembly Republicans introduce own water bill
October 27, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at Capitol Weekly)
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Sacramento City Council to discuss controversial Nestle Bottling Plant Tuesday; at issue is how residents are told to conserve, and firm has ‘unlimited' use of water
 October 27, 2009 -- (Continued)
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Two Gates pump plan gets mixed reaction
 By Robert Rodriguez
October 26, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Fresno Bee)

Water bill boosts enforcement powers
By John Howard
October 24, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at Capitol Weekly)

Enviros, Fishermen Force Governor to Extend MLPA North Coast Process
by Dan Bacher
October 24, 2009 -- (Continued)

NOAA Contract Boat Kills Blue Whale Off Fort Bragg, Fishermen, Enviros Call for Suspension of MLPA Process By Dan Bacher
October 23, 2009 -- (Continued)

Language For Water Package Circulates at Capitol: Delta Representatives/Community Leaders Barred From Preview by Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, campaign director of Restore the Delta
October 23, 2009 -- ...(Continued)

Delta legislators hardening against water plan By Malcolm Maclachlan
October 22, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at Capitol Weekly)

Delta smelt still close to extinction, surveys show By Matt Weiser
October 22, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Sacramento Bee)

Coalition Challenges States Licenses to Kill Salmon on Key Klamath River Streams
October 22, 2009 -- (Continued)

The governor's water plan is all wet By Federal Glover
October 21, 2009 -- (Continued on-line at the Contra Costa Times)

FLW Outdoors will be featured on the "Today" Show Thursday
 MINNEAPOLIS (Oct. 21, 2009) – (Continued)

Today's Joint Hearing Has Been Postponed
by Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla
October 21, 2009 -- (Continued)

Department of Fish and Game Director Resigns by Dan Bacher
October 21, 2009 -- (Continued)

October 10-EBMUD to vote on water supply, Pardee Reservoir from the San Francisco Chronicle

October 10-Arnold Astroturfs His Way to Environmental Destruction

October 9-Judge Wanger rules in favor of Delta Smelt

October 9-Klamath controversy continues from the Sacramento News and Review

October 8-Delta Groups to Unveil Sensible Water Policy Proposals Friday

October 8-Governor Holds State Hostage to Peripheral Canal Water Bond

October 8-Feds say restoring north state salmon and steelhead could cost billions from the Redding Record Searchlight

October 8-Governor presided over birth of Latino Water Coalition from Capitol Weekly

October 8-Governor: Give me Delta deal first, then I'll sign bills from the San Jose Mercury News

October 7-Why is the Governor pushing for this water package? - Why are legislative leaders following his lead? from Restore The Delta

October 7-Congressmen Costa and Cardoza Introduce Bill to Ease Drought For Central Valley Farmers -- Costa/Cardoza Press Release

October 7-Senators Feinstein and Boxer Introduce Measure to Allow New Water Transfers in California’s Drought-Stricken Central Valley -- Feinstein/Boxer Press Release

October 7-San Francisco releases flawed draft EIR for Calaveras Dam replacement project on Alameda Creek

October 7-Feds Seek Public Comment on Steelhead and Salmon Recovery Plan

October 6-Environmentalists unhappy over what they consider over-relaxed water permits from the Stockton Record

October 6-Wolk Welcomes Federal Delta Plan As Arnold Holds State Hostage

October 6-Governor sits on bills, seeks a water deal from the Sacramento Bee

October 5-Water solution must work for all from the Vallejo Times Herald

October 5-Take a day -- just one day -- to help save the Mokelumne River

October 5-My View: Farm, fishing industries can't remain foes in water debate from the Sacramento Bee

October 5-Large new dam construction steaming ahead in Santa Clara and Alameda County from the San Jose Mercury News

October 5-Truckee River Day Signup Deadline October 9th

October 5-Fishermen Protest Schwarzenegger’s Green Hypocrisy at Global Climate Summit

October 4-Editorial: EBMUD's long-term water supply program faces opposition from the Contra Costa Times

October 4-NCCFFF Festival of Fly Fishing returns to Lodi, October 23-24

October 3-Controversy still part of Pardee plan from the Stockton Record

October 3-Assemblyman Bill Berryhill aims to preserve Delta, avoid peripheral canal from the Lodi News Sentinel

October 2-Delta Residents Respond to the BDCP Conservation Meetings

October 1-The Coast That Sean Hannity Forgot

October 1-Restoration project begins on California river from the AP

October 1-Court water victory for S.J.:Feds liable for supplies not delivered, ruling says after 16-year legal fight from the Stockton Record

October 1-Feinstein planning major delta legislation from the San Francisco Chronicle

October 1-Special session on water just won't wash from the Woodland Daily Democrat

October 1-Eight Year delay in Klamath Dam removal a gift to PacifiCorp from KlamBlog

October 1-‘Grassroots’ Latino Water Coalition registered to ag industry lobbyist from Capitol Weekly

September 2009

September 30-Secretary Salazar Announces Draft Agreement on Klamath Dam Removal Proposal

September 30-Merced River Hydropower Relicensing Update

September 30-Lower Tuolumne River-Special Order for Interim Measures to Protect Fish from Extinction

September 29-DWR puts its support for the ESA in writing

September 29-South state water agency hopes auction will fetch $30 million from the Contra Costa Times

September 29-Carnegie on trail to oblivion? Off-road park told to get permit or close up shop from the Stockton Record

September 29-"Take A Stand" Event Against MLPA A Big Success by Dan Bacher

September 29-NCCFFF to appeal DFG's "Do Not Accept" for council recommended changes for SF watersheds

September 29-We don't need Congress to produce any more sneak-attack water bills in California from the Oakland Tribune

September 29-Water interests argue new state dam proposals from the San Francisco Chronicle

September 28-Sac-Sierra Chapter of TU looks for volunteers for restoration project on Little Truckee

September 28-From the makers of Chasing Silver: Bass The Movie, premiers in Hollywood

September 28-Pulse flows scheduled for Mokelumne River

September 27-S.J. River will soon flow again, But reintroduction of Chinook salmon is still years away

September 27-Dam! This will be a sight for sore eyes

September 27-For San Joaquin River, a historic reawakening

September 26-Concerns pool over salmon

September 26-Delta Groups Protest BDCP Meeting, Call Water Meetings A Sham

September 26-Help save the Mokelumne: Stop the Pardee Reservoir Expansion

September 26-Why Feinstein seeks review of delta findings

September 25-State scrambles to keep Carnegie open

September 25-Schwarzenegger Celebrates 'Green' Policies As He Wages War On Salmon

September 25-Mike McGowan Represents Delta counties in D.C.

September 25-Editorial: State's focus should be on fixing delta levee system

September 25-Mokelumne dams and salmon don't mix, feds say

September  24-Delta restoration plans are on town hall agenda

September 24-Fish kill conditions brewing on Shasta River: Record low flows and strong fall Chinook salmon run could spell disaster on Klamath tributary

September 24-NCCFFF backs  catch-and-release for Nacimiento River, closure of Alameda Creek

September 24-DFG Invites Comment on Draft EIR/EIS on Hatchery and Stocking Program

September 23-S.F., East Bay fear water rationing in future

September 23-Shopping at the science store

September 23-Feinstein's unnecessary opinion

September 23-Delta plan has other risks: Peripheral canal not the only controversial strategy in mind

September 23-When it comes to Valley ag, Sean Hannity is all wet

September 22-Senator introduces amendment to restore Valley water deliveries

September 22-Hannity's Central Valley -- the Facts That Hannity Forgot

September 22-Reality Check: California's water crisis

September 22-PCFFA responds to e-mail traffic generated by the Hannity circus

September 21-MLPA Initiative Hosts Workshop on North Coast Marine Protected Area Planning: Workshop to include review of north coast MPA planning process, Marine Map training

September 21-Rally Before Stockton BDCP Workshop from Restore the Delta

September 21-Sean Hannity Steals From Hollywood In His Mockumentary, "The Valley Hope Forgot" from OpEdNews.Com

September 21-DOI Hayes responds to NCCFFF letter asking that Central Valley water fisheries decisions be science based

September 20-Opinion: Keeping our water supply flowing from the Modesto Bee

September 20-OpEd: Is this really happening in America? from YubaNet

September 20-Editorial: Water reform package is worth saving from the Sacramento Bee

September 20-Key dates in California water history from the Sacramento Bee

September 19-California Finds a Silver Lining at the 25th Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day from YubaNet

September 19-Farm baron gets high-level help from the Contra Costa Times

September 19-Sean Hannity Spreads Dangerous Misinformation about California Water

September 19-Stalled water measures spur veto threat: Governor wants package passed, on his desk soon from the San Diego Union Tribune

September 19-Delta Activists Protest Sham Bay-Delta Conservation Plan Water Meeting

September 18-Hannity demagogues about San Joaquin farmers' woes, but is happy to let fishermen go down the tubes from Crooks and Liars

September 17-Fish protection group sues over wastewater plant from the Sacramento Bee

September 17-Desalination: Often overlooked in California’s water debate from the Capitol Weekly

September 16-Restore the Delta recommendations for legislative water solutions

September 16-Stockton may feel pinch from salt water ruling  from the Stockton Record

September 16-New Northwest salmon plan modifies Bush approach from the Los Angeles Times

September 15-Legislators come up dry at water talks from the Chico Enterprise Record

September 14-Fight Schwarzenegger's Fast Track MLPA Process: Take a Stand September 26 by Dan Bacher

September 13-Delta counties united in opposition to plan from the Vallejo Times Herald

September 13-Delta conservation plan isn't the jewel it is painted to be from the Sacramento Bee

September 13-Unfinished business likely to bring California Legislature back to Capitol from the Sacramento Bee

September 13-U.S. launches satellite survey to measure extent of San Joaquin Valley sinking from the Los Angeles Times

September 12-Nestle's Leaving McCloud from Cal Trout

September 12-Steinberg's Water Bill Package Defeated by Dan Bacher

September 11-They're hopping on the Klamath from the Crescent City Triplicate

September 11-EPA puts limits on 3 pesticides to protect salmon from the Merced Sun-Star

September 11-Water management plan stalls in Legislature from the San Jose Mercury News

September 11-Editorial: Don't rush water package into law from the Sacramento Bee

September 10-El Niño expected to strengthen and last through the Northern Hemisphere winter 2009-2010

September 9-Wolk withdraws authorship of Delta Conservancy  bill

September 9-Central Valley Water: Nor Any Drop for Plants to Drink

September 9-Protests Against Steinberg Continue as Water Committee Fails to Reach Deal

September 9-Republicans Disappointed Conference Committee Actions Block Progress on Comprehensive Water Solution

September 9-Legislators' vote on water bills delayed

September 8-Dams, Water Conservation at Issue in Water Reform

September 8-Democratic lawmakers push California water plan

September 8-Protests Against Peripheral Canal Continue at Steinberg's Office Today

September 8-California's water reform legislation is all wet

September 8-Delta plans must include Delta people

September 8-Engineers: Enough with doom, gloom: Delta levees could remain intact for a low cost of $1B, experts say

September 8-Piranha caught in Pittsburg

September 7-Partial water package looms before conference committee

September 7-Water Agencies, Enviros and Tribes Unite to Delay Water Bills

September 6-Drought-stricken streams threaten California salmon

September 5-San Francisco Bay's last commercial fishery closes

September 5-Steinberg’s Push for Canal Ignites Grassroots Uprising

September 5-Feds to Schwarzenegger: Water woes not caused by environmental rules from the Contra Costa Times

September 3-Feds: Calif. water crisis isn't Washington's fault from the Fresno Bee

September 3-Demonstrators wanted at Steinberg's Office Against Fast Track Water Bill Package

September 3-Big doings today at the Capitol: Conference Committee agenda and time of meeting announced

September 3-Delta Legislation Enabling Construction of Peripheral Canal Spells Disaster for Region's Already Struggling Fisheries: Conservation and Fishing Groups Oppose Bill from the Center for Biological Diversity

September 3-Tragedy of the Delta Commons by Felix Smith

September 2-Steinberg, Bass Pick Conference Committee to Push Peripheral Canal

September 2-Center For Biological Diversity opposes Delta Bill Package

September 1-Legislators try to hammer out water plan from the Fresno Bee

September 1-Steinberg Appoints Politically Stacked Water Bill Conference Committee from Indybay.org

September 1-Farmworkers union has $1-million war chest to fight water bonds from the Los Angeles Times

September 1-Parched state on track for bumper tomato crop from the Sacramento Bee

September 1-Steinberg Announcing Conferees, Schedule for Conference Committee on Water

August 2009

August 31-Debt delusions from the Riverside Press Enterprise

August 31-Water negotiations moving ahead in Capitol from Capitol Weekly

August 31-Coalition vows to continuously defend the 2009 Central Valley BiOp

August 31-Law Professor and Former State Water Board Member Rips Delta Water Bill Package

August 31-Economic Value of Striped Bass Survey to be taken, anglers wanted!

August 30-Peripheral Canal Would Cost $23 to $53.8 Billion! by Dan Bacher

August 29-Saving water could save Sonoma County $1 billion continued on-line at the San Francisco Chronicle

August 28-Second Thoughts: Worries abound as the Delta nears collapse from the Tracy Press

August 28-San Joaquin Valley Water Users File Suit Over Water Restrictions: Federal Actions To Protect Salmon Based On Flawed Science continued at The Coalition to "Destroy" the Delta

August 28-Caballero gets behind $11.7B water bond, funds to fix Delta from the Hollister Free Lance

August 27-Limited fishing opportunity offered at Camp Roberts on hunting days Andy Harrison's Blog

August 27-The Farmer and The Fisherman by Bruce Tokars

August 27-Water Privateering on the Westside San Joaquin Valley

August 27-Will California Legislature Help People Resist MLPAI Fisheries Fascism?

August 26-Westside farmer sells water for $77 million from the Hanford Sentinel

August 26-Agriculture Secretary assesses California water problems from the San Diego Union Tribune

August 25-Fixing Delta comes with high price tag, Costs could total $54 billion from the Contra Costa Times

August 25-Plan to divide Delta must give more thought to residents from the Tracy Press

August 25-What it's all about! This video says it all!

August 25-Battle Lines Are Drawn Over Peripheral Canal by Dan Bacher

August 24-A letter to the legislature from Felix Smith on the Public Trust and our loss in the  Delta Bill Package by Felix Smith

August 24-California Fishing Communities, Tribes and Conservation Groups Defend Salmon, Steelhead, Green Sturgeon and Killer Whales from Industry Attack,
Intervention papers filed in federal court from CommonDreams.Org

August 24-DFG Announces Public Meeting on Potential Sacramento River Sturgeon Fishery Closure from DFG

August 24-A Burston-Marsteller Greenwash: Westlands Hoards Surplus Water While Farmers Suffer from CounterPunch

August 23-Governor's Delta plan hits bumpy patch from the Contra Costa Times

August 23-Houseboaters rally to resolve issues at Bidwell Marina from the Chico Enterprise-Record

August 22-Schwarzenegger Pushes Canal As Salmon Rivers Are Sucked Dry/Urgent Action Alert by Dan Bacher

August 21-Fresno County jobless rate drops in July: Seasonal growth in farm work, food industry cited from the Fresno Bee

August 21-Governor wants canal, legislators want to cut deal from Restore the Delta

August 20-Ten-Day Recreational Ocean Salmon Season to Open in Northern California Aug. 29 a DFG News Release

August 20-Two Northern California Salmon Rivers Go Dry As Spawning Season Begins

August 20-Water Resources, the Public Trust doctrine and Racanelli

August 20-'Water buffaloes' got it all wrong

August 20-Westlands Hoards Surplus Water While Farmworkers Suffer by Dan Bacher

August 20-Join the Sac-Sierra TU club for some "rockrolling" on Willow Creek, Folsom, this Saturday

August 20-Obsession with dams overshadows Delta water hearing from the Environmental Defense Fund

August 19-Protect Endangered Fish, Save the Fishermen

August 19-Asian clams pose Tahoe threat from the Sacramento Bee

August 19-TOXIC ALGAE BLOOMS RETURN TO KLAMATH RIVER: Water Quality Agencies Warn Against Recreational Contact with River

August 19-Central Valley continues marathon fight for clean drinking water from the Sacramento Bee

August 18-Gov. demands water bond for dams from the Fresno Bee

August 18-Bass crowd joins fight to save Delta, sends boats to Million Boat Float and supporters to Capitol Rally

August 18-Coalition Unveils California Water Solutions Report at Capitol Press Conference

August 18-Major water action vowed, but all sides are skeptical from the Sacramento Bee

August 18-Satan Leaves the Delta! Too much competition!

August 17-Million Boat Float arrives before Delta bill hearing by Dan Bacher

August 16-Dan Walters: A new shot at settling Delta water war  from the Sacramento Bee

August 15-Obama makes good on Montana fly-fishing promise from the Sacramento Bee

August 14-Economic Data Supports Efforts to Recover California’s Salmon Fisheries: Reestablishing Chinook salmon represents one of the best economic and food production opportunities in the nation

August 14-Big Agriculture's Big Lies!

August 13-Lawsuit Filed Challenging Improper Bush-era Removal of Endangered Species Protection for Sacramento Splittail

August 13-Salmon monitoring projects abandoned by USFWS due to bond freeze

August 13-Atlantic Salmon return to Seine from Google News

August 13-California Water Forum Excludes Delta Communities by Dan Bacher

August 13-Lloyd Carter rips the Sean Hannity Show into soundbites of misinformation, falsehoods and just plain lies!

August 12-Salmon count worries linger from the Red Bluff Daily News

August 12-Million Boat Float Will Arrive Before Delta Bill Hearing by Dan  Bacher

August 11-Are you going to any of the week's events? Please take this survey!

August 11-AB 39, the Delta Plan's contradiction: coequal goals of water for people, agriculture and the ecosystem

August 11-A food fight over water: Such a big problem, so little time from the San Diego Union-Tribune

August 10-More on the Million Boat Float

August 10-Restore the Delta is asking you to take special action on behalf of protecting the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

August 8-More details on Million Boat Float, August 16-17: Join Us!

August 8-Facts and Myths: The Truth About California’s Water, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, and the Proposed Peripheral Canal

August 8-Delta gates may be part of solution from the Stockton Record

August 7-Cost Estimates Missing From Contentious Delta Bill Package from the California Progress Report

August 7-Calif. Adds 'Delta Tunnel' to List of Possible Water Supply Solutions from the New York Times

August 7-Commission Bans Indians, Seaweed Harvesters From Traditional Areas: Racism and elitism prevails over science and environmental justice

August 6-Deputy Interior Secretary Hayes, CA Water Resources Director Lester Snow to Hold Public Meeting on California’s Water Challenges

August 5-Opinion: Beware new Peripheral Canal around delta

August 5-State commission approves sweeping restrictions on coastal fishing from the Contra Costa Times

August 5-Delta group details irk community: One member to represent S.J. interests out of panel of seven from the Stockton Record

August 4-Delta Community and Environment Groups Respond to Delta Legislative Water Package

August 4-More Pike Minnow cross diversion dam than salmon, count almost two to one, pose major threat to salmon's spawning

August 4-Stealth Legislation Unveiled: A Road Map to the Peripheral Canal by Dan Bacher

August 4-Disco Bay to be cut off from much of delta by Two Gates

August 4-Vital Central Valley water sensors at risk from budget cuts from the Sacramento  Bee

August 4-A letter from Felix Smith supporting the Salmon BiOp

August 4-Steelhead strategy roils local waters: Fisheries plan would cut into supplies for people

August 2-Landmark Study Counters Pseudo Science Behind MLPA Process

July 2009

July 30-Huffman Legislation does not support Peripheral Canal -- Assembly Press Release

July 30-Legislation Calling for a Water Council to be Released Friday by Dan Bacher

July 30-Legislature will authorize council, try to bypass public input for construction of Canal from Restore The Delta

July 30-Water politics ripple through Capitol from Capitol Weekly

July 29-Drought Most Important Environmental Issue for Nearly 1 out of 5 Californians, New Poll Shows from the Environmental Defense Fund

July 29-Two Gates Project: the Gateway to Extinction?

July 29-Mercury rising: Inactive mines have left a mess behind from The New York Times

July 29-A road trip down I-5, the "heart" of the "drought"

July 28-Smaller Delta canal could work nearly as well as massive one in the works from the Contra Costa Times

July 28-Pacific Institute releases report: California agriculture can flourish despite diminishing water supply

July 28-Court directs California Fish and Game to stop issuing permits for dredge mining until tax payer lawsuit is resolved

July 28-Peripheral Canal Issue Emerges As Crucial in Post-Budget California from the California Progress Report

July 27-Steelhead trout's comeback will be upstream battle; Recovery could take decades, cost millions from the Ventura County Star

July 27-'Million boat' protest planned over Delta canal from the Sacramento Bee

July 27-Will Peripheral Canal Be Considered After the August Recess? from the California Progress Report

July 27-RBOC concerned, Two Gates project will block delta boating

July 26-Mike Eaton: To save Delta: Ditch the groundwater myth from the Sacramento Bee

July 26-San Joaquin River plan gets hearings this week from the Fresno Bee

July 26-Schwarzenegger regime plans to start drilling for peripheral canal

July 25-Mendota: a town scraping bottom from the San Francisco Chronicle

July 25-NMFS seeks public comment on draft plan to recover Endangered Steelhead Trout in southern California

July 25--NOAA Administrator Lubchenco announces grand ocean challenge to the nation

July 24-New Potential World Record Largemouth Caught In Japanese Lake by Dan Bacher

July 24-Striper Signals: If you care about fishing along the Atlantic coast for striped bass, be afraid—very afraid from Fly Rod & Reel

July 24-Schwarzenegger's Peripheral Canal Proposal to "Save the Delta": Has common sense been thrown out the window?

July 24-Warming, pollution, development threaten bay, a San Francisco Chronicle Editorial

July 23-Independent Review of the 2 Gates Fish Protection     Demonstration Project -- August 6, 2009, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

July 23-Any water deal must give Delta protections the top priority from Capitol Weekly

July 23-Will gold dredging be banned? from the Redding Searchlight

July 22-Million Boat Float to Stop Arnold’s Panama Canal North

July 22-Farmers told how to save huge amounts of water from the San Francisco Chronicle

July 22-Unusual process sends state water bills to committee

July 21-The Million Boat Float to the capitol, August 16, 17

July 21-Vallejo Times-Herald: Dry time for a solution by Senator Patricia Wiggins

July 20-Major New Effort Launched to Restore Klamath Coho Salmon: State and federal agencies announce first round of projects to receive funding under new program established by PacifiCorp

July 20-Water woes could impact LNAS from the Hanford Sentinel

July 20-How can we prevent an underwater San Francisco? from the Oakland Tribune

July 19-Are we adding to the demise of the Delta? from the Sacramento Bee

July 18-House passes bill that could help Westside farmers from the Hanford Sentinel

July 18-Schwarzenegger Administration Will Begin Drilling for Peripheral Canal by Dan Bacher

July 17-Stop the suction dredging of state's rivers from the San Francisco Chronicle

July 17-Assemblymember Jared Huffman replies to editorial on YubaNet.Com

July 17-California Game Wardens Association Asks for Delay in Corrupt MLPA Process by Dan Bacher

July 16-Irrigation district picks firm to design Folsom Lake pump from the Sacramento Bee

July 16-Op-Ed|State Legislators Simitian and Huffman's Peripheral Canal: Will it Destroy the Delta? from YubaNet.Com

July 16-Opinion: Delta is the concern of all from the Stockton Record

July 16-MLPA Initiative Begins Planning Process in California's North Coast Region

July 15-The Humboldt squid strikes once again from the L.A. Daily News

July 15- Peripheral Canal drilling could start next month from the Stockton Record

July 14-Valley lawmakers clash over water from the Fresno Bee

July 14-Another group files suit over Delta smelt order from the Business Journal

July 14-Assemblyman Wesley Chesbro: Show Me the Science behind the MLPA Process by Dan Bacher

July 14-Oregon governor spearheads largest river restoration effort in US history

July 14-Sacramento area is Delta's top pesticide source, study finds from the Sacramento Bee

July 14-Sen. Sam Aanestad rips mining ban from the Red Bluff Daily News

July 14-Strapped California to receive nearly $25 million in coastal grants from the
Orange County Register

July 13-The governor's fishy business from the Eureka Times-Standard

July 13-CA Op-Ed: Kathryn Gray: The Stealth Canal from Yuba.Net

July 13-Feds document shrinking San Joaquin Valley aquifer from the Sacramento Bee

July 13-Crops, ponds destroyed in quest for food safety from the San Francisco Chronicle

July 12-Fishermen feeling pinch of water policy from the San Diego Union Tribune

July 12-Cross-current smoothing out from the Eureka Times-Standard

July 11-Tulare Lake Restoration – Fiction or Fact from Indybay.Org

July 9-Suction Dredge bill passes CA State Assembly 59 to 7 from Yuba.Net

July 9-Delta Groups Rally Against The Panama Canal North by Dan Bacher

July 9-Napa seeks better tap for Delta water, Local cities teaming up to pursue new water canal from the Napa Valley Register

July 9-Peripheral Canal, crux of state water wars, draws fire from Capital Weekly

July 9-San Joaquin Valley farm employment up 0.4% while rest of state suffers 2% drop, crops set output record: Valley awash in surplus crops, especially almonds by Lowell Ashbaugh

July 8-Plan to restore rare trout sparks protests from USA Today

July 8-House panel rejects Nunes protest of water diversions from the Fresno  Bee

July 8-Coalition wants role in Delta's future from the Daily Democrat

July 8-Waste water permit tested: Regulators order revision, but pollution study needed from the Stockton Record

July 8-Farmworkers demand clean water from the Desert Sun

July 8-We might need salmon czar too from the Sacramento Bee

July 7-Merced River has a vital role: Re-licensing of Merced Irrigation District's dams could have far-reaching consequences from the Merced Sun-Star

July 7-Delta canal plan protested from the Sacramento Bee

July 7-Capitol rally protests delta canal plan from the Fresno Bee

July 7-Delta supporters rally at Capitol's door from the Stockton Record

July 7-Wastewater application before state water board from the Lodi News Sentinel

July 6-Will we empty the oceans? from the  Christian Science Monitor

July 6-California Water Wars Renewed in Salmon Run from the Courthouse News

July 6-New website features 12 minute video expose on Canal falsehoods

July 6-Delta gates proposal builds support, but environmental impact remains murky from the Sacramento Bee

July 6-Enviros: Worst SCOTUS session Ever! from the San Francisco Chronicle

July 5-The Budget-Busting Peripheral Canal and The Three Big Lies by Dan Bacher, editor of the Fishsniffer

July 5-Warning on trout hatcheries could force changes from the San Francisco Chronicle

July 5-California water plan aims to save Puget Sound orcas from the McClatchy News Service

July 5-Water officials fear Calif. Aqueduct could sink from the San Francisco Chronicle

July 5-Water use must change whether fish live or die from the San Francisco Chronicle

July 5-Take a good look at costly water bills - the ones in Sacramento from the San Francisco Chronicle

July 5-Limit agribusiness - for salmon's sake from the San Francisco Chronicle

July 5-VANISHING HABITAT: As the delta goes, so go our salmon from the San Francisco Chronicle

July 4-Needed: A Flow Management Standard For the Lower American River

July 3--How it works: The Bay Delta Conservation Plan from the Contra Costa Times

July 3-Divisive Delta canal now on the fast track: Fears loom that moving water south could devastate, contaminate supply from the Contra Costa Times

July 3-Delta advocates plan Capitol rally from the Stockton Record

July 3-Let Your Voices Be Heard - Rally For The Delta: July 7, 2009 from Restore the Delta

July 3-The Seaweed Rebellion: North Coast Enviros Battle Schwarzenegger and Big Green Over MLPA

July 3-State budget crisis scuttles Delta levee hazard detection, repair from the Sacramento Bee

July 3-Hunt for food sending young sea lions ashore in Marin from the Marin Independent Journal

July 2-Thousands rally to protest water cuts in Fresno from the San Francisco Chronicle

July 2-DFG Enforcement Chief honored as Wildlife Officer of the Year (DFG News Release)

July 2-Caples Lake fills, fish restocking commences from the El Dorado Irrigation District

July 1-Peripheral Canal: Panama Canal North? Proposed government boondoggle would be 500 to 700 feet wide, with 1,300 foot right-of-way by Dan Bacher

July 1-Restore the Delta is asking you to take special action on behalf of protecting the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

July 1-Farmers heading to downtown Fresno for water rally from the Oakland Tribune

July 1-Klamath restoration negotiations delayed from the Eureka Times-Standard

July 1-Otter population falls as humans pollute ocean from the San Francisco Chronicle

June 2009

June 30-Feds threaten to seize Angel Island, Mt. Tam from the San Jose Mercury News

June 30-Stranded Chinook Salmon Successfully Rescued from Butte Creek from DFG

June 30-Salazar: Klamath Basin Agreement “Within Reach”: Sets September Deadline for Final Deal on Potential Dam Removal from DOI

June 30-Water activists to rally in Fresno: Hundreds, perhaps thousands, expected from the Fresno Bee

June 30-Truth drought: California's real shortfall by Peter Glick, President of the Pacific Institute

June 29-The Public Relations firm from Hell by Lloyd G. Carter

June 29-Salazar Announces Aid to Valley Agribusiness, Doesn't Endorse Canal by Dan Bacher

June 29-Farming and Subsidies on the Westside

06/28/2009 Secretary Salazar, Senior Administration and Congressional Officials Hold Town Hall Meeting on California Water Shortage DOI Press Release

June 27-Our Ocean Backyard: Do sick sea lions signal a new El Nino? from the Santa Cruze Sentinel

June 27-California coastal herring fishery to close from the Sacramento  Bee

June 27-Fishermen to Interior Secretary: Don’t Make Fish the Scapegoat For Valley Unemployment and Water Woes

June 26-Valley lawmakers can't block water legislation from the Fresno Bee

June 26-State declares longfin smelt a threatened species from the Sacramento Bee

June 26-Secretary Salazar to Speak at Town Meeting on Drought in Fresno by Dan Bacher

June 25-Trophy fish released into Caples Lake from El Dorado Irrigation District

June 24-El Nino could signal drought's end; But scientists, water officials caution against getting hopes up from the North Country Times

June 24-Congressmen Costa and Cardoza lure Secretary Salazar to Fresno over disaster claims

June 24-California Proposes Logging Rules That Would Exterminate Coho Salmon: Inadequate Regulations Proposed in Critical Watersheds as Coho Salmon Spiral Toward Extinction from the Center for Biological Diversity

June 24-Valley Unemployment problem because of a "minnow"? The facts tell otherwise! by Dr. C. Mark Rockwell, D.C.

June 24-Return of blue-green algae nothing new at Clear Lake from the Ukiah Daily Journal

June 23-Drought disaster declaration may be a tough sell from the Fresno Bee

June 23-Schwarzenegger wants even more water for desert agribusiness, ignores out of work commercial fishing families

June 23-Our View: Lawmakers block water reform: Constituents' growing anger making it harder for politicians to hide from the Merced Sun-Star

June 23-Call Representative Costa to Support HR 2454 from the Environmental Defense Fund

June 23-Judge refuses to limit fine for bay oil spill from the San Francisco Chronicle

June 22-Human-bear conflicts eased by wet weather in the Sierras from the Tahoe Daily Tribune

June 22-Help Keep Strong Protections for California Salmon from the Center for Biological Diversity

June 22-Huge hurdles ahead for effort to restore fisheries above Folsom, Shasta dams from the Sacramento Bee

June 22-Alameda Creek Alliance calls for letter campaign to Congressman McNerney regarding his "Aye" vote on the Nunes Amendment

June 21-Congress Narrowly Defeats Nunes Salmon Extinction Amendment

June 18-Tightening the tap: Feds order 5-7 percent reduction in delta water exports to save salmon, smelt and whales by Dan Bacher

June 18-Dredge Mining Ban Bill headed for floor vote in Assembly after Appropriations Committee, needs 2/3 vote! by Dan Bacher

June 18-Scientists forecast a large dead zone in Gulf from the Contra Costa Times

June 18-Local ocean lovers oppose new state protection plan from the Ukiah Daily Journal

June 17-TRADITIONAL SALMON BAKE HOSTED BY KLAMATH RIVER TRIBES KICKS OFF SALMONAID 2009

June 16-Russian River monitoring to bolster steelhead population from the Santa Rosa Press Democrat

June 16-Lake Red Bluff back once more from the Red Bluff Daily News

June 16-Trinity Projects Wrapping Up from the Eureka Times Standard

June 16-SalmonAid 2009 Festival Saturday and Sunday

June 16-Federal Agency wants to block white water on Pit River from the Redding Record Searchlight

June 15-Oregon House backs Klamath dam removal bill from the Siskiyou Daily News

June 15-California Receives $2.8 Million in Economic Recovery Funds to Improve Water Quality, Create Jobs from YubaNet

June 15-Farmers protest along I-5 from the Hanford News Sentinel

June 15-Three Generations of Poachers Brought to Justice in Colusa County DFG Press Release

June 15-Westlands Sues Feds Over Salmon Biological Opinion by Dan Bacher

June 15-POLITICAL MANIPULATION OF SCIENCE RIFE DURING NOMINEE’S TENURE — Fish & Wildlife Service Southeast Region Employees Saw Interference and Reprisal from Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility

June 15-Mammal center to unveil $32 million building from the Oakland Tribune

June 14-Agribusiness puts subsidized crops ahead of people from the Sacramento Bee

June 14-Rules could curtail water: Year-round flows for Stanislaus River fish would cut into storage for San Joaquin districts from the Stockton Record

June 14-San Joaquin soon will begin flowing year-round: Filling, restoration of river due to begin in October from the Fresno  Bee

June 14-Ex-river guide among many who fought dam from the Stockton Record

June 13-Hatchery Fish May Hurt Efforts To Sustain Wild Salmon Runs from Science Daily

June 13-Officials angle for west-side water from the Fresno  Bee

June 12-Point Arena MLPA Showdown: Grassroots Enviros Versus Schwarzenegger and Big Green by Dan Bacher

June 11- Water Managers: Federal fish plan flawed from the Capital Ag Press

June 11-Stimulus-funded work under way at Iron Mountain Mine from the Redding Record

June 10-Do exports of water-intensive crops hurt drought-prone California? from Miller McCune Online

June  10-Desalination a key to coastal water strategy from the San Diego Union Tribune

June 10-Request for support for State water conservation legislation (AB 49) from the fishing community from the NRDC

June 10-The Big Lie Unravels: Westlands Will Receive 86% of Average Water Supply from Dan Bacher

June 10-Gold on the river Bottom: Karuk Tribe files lawsuit against California from Indian Country Today

June 9-Pollution experts: Save fish from drugs in water from the San Francisco Chronicle

June 9-State needs a full water plan from the Visalia Times

June 9-Army Corps orders thousands of trees chopped down from the Sacramento Bee

June 9-Sustainable Fisheries Reality Tour!

June 9-Raft the Mokelumne River to benefit the efforts of Foothill Conservancy

June 8-Water supply improvements in the San Joaquin Valley from the Environmental Defense Fund

June 8-Mussel prevention assessment from the Ukiah Daily Journal

June 8-Butte Creek Spring Salmon Run: The Central Valley Exception by Dan  Bacher

June 7-Valley farmers at pivotal point in search for more efficient ways to use water from the Fresno Bee

June 7-Salton Sea Project Undone - From the Imperial Valley Press

June 6-Ag and Water: Making Do with Less from KQED

June 5-The NMFS Salmon BiOp drew headlines throughout the state (A compilation of newspaper articles on the BiOp)

June 5-500,000 salmon start life in strait from the Vallejo Times-Herald

June 4-Federal Scientists Announce New Requirements that will Improve Long-term Survival of Salmon Populations

 June 4-NOAA Releases New Biological Opinion on Salmon: Recommends Alternatives

June 4-Schwarzenegger Attacks Federal Plan to Restore Salmon and Killer Whales

June 4-DWR Responds to New Biological Opinion to Protect Salmon

June 4-Agencies sued over Delta species

June 4-State Completes Release of 12.7 Million Salmon Into San Pablo Bay

June 4-Kansas weather hits Humboldt

June 3-Senate approves Wiggins' salmon bill

June 3-Alameda Creek Alliance Announces Apperson Quarry Conservation Plan

June 2-State’s largest ‘safe harbor’ land deal signed

June 2, 2009-Big changes may be in store for Clear Lake

June 2-Judge Wanger Issues Injunction Against Federal Delta Smelt Plan by Dan Bacher

June 2-Gov. Schwarzenegger Issues Statement on Judge Wanger Decision from News Blaze

June 2-Fisheries groups sponsor Point Arena Sustainable Fisheries Reality Tour

June 1-Utility fined for spilling chemicals into Polhemus Creek, killing steelhead trout from the San Mateo County Times

June 1-Task force sees little progress toward solving Delta's woes from the Sacramento Bee

May 2009

May 29-Schwarzenegger Would Close 220 State Parks To Cut Deficit from the Huffington Post

May 29-Environmentalists sue to protect sea turtles off US coasts from the Associated Press

May 29-Ocean, interrupted from the Chico News & Review

May 28-Riverside County symposium focuses on water law, strategies from the Riverside Press-Enterprise

May 28-Delta showdown: State seeks reversal of federal decision protecting Delta smelt

May 28-Catch and Release Salmon Fishing No Longer Allowed in the Central Valley Basin

May 28-Smelt operations a hedge against extinction from the Redding Record-Searchlight

May 28-Investigation of Fish & Game Commission Member Begins over MPLA Votes by Dan Bacher

May 28-Start Your Summer With Music, Dance, Food and Fun! Saturday May 30 - 2pm until 6pm on the Shores of the Tuolumne River at Legion Park a natural park on the Tuolumne river located in the City of Modesto

May 27-America's Waterways Need Help - and, Yes, You Can Help from the Huffington Post

May 27-High levels of mercury in Lake Piru bass, study shows from the Ventura County Star

May 27-Board fires away at canal supporter: S.J. supervisors also oppose bill they say would hurt farming from the Stockton Record

May 27-SalmonAid 2009 Festival Announced: Unlikely coalition puts on 2-day festival in support of rivers, estuaries, and the beleaguered fishing and tribal communities that rely on wild Pacific salmon

May 27-Suction Dredge Mining Bill Breezes Through State Senate by Dan Bacher

May 27-California toxic waste regulators target automobile recycling 'fluff' from the Los Angeles Times

May 26-Fair Political Practices Commission opens investigation of Fish and Game Commissioner Mike Sutton

May 26-Opinion: Time for the governor to wade into the delta from the San Francisco Chronicle

May 27-Sport Fishing Licenses now Available Online from DFG

May 26-Toxic fish in Inland lakes  from the Riverside Press-Enterprise

May 26-Gaming the water system from the Tri-Valley Herald

May 26-Pacific Legal Foundation Launches New Attack on Delta Smelt by Dan Bacher

May 25-Studies chart humans' huge effect on sea life from the San Diego Union Tribune

May 24-Pumping water and cash from Delta from the Silicon Valley Mercury News

May 24-The Resnicks: farming's power couple from the Contra Costa Times

May 23-Humans must also be considered says judge in Delta water ruling from the Central Valley Business Times

May 23-Water ownership murky, complicated from the San Jose Mercury News

May 22-Students share Salton Sea research from the Cathedral City Sun

May 22-Federal dollars flow to state water projects from the San Francisco Chronicle

May 21-NOAA Seeks Public Comment on Proposal to Protect Threatened Green Sturgeon

May 21-New suit filed in delta smelt dispute from the Fresno Bee

May 21-Historic Conservation Agreement Signed for Apperson and Sunol Quarries With Center for Biological Diversity and Alameda Creek Alliance from the Alameda Creek Alliance

May 21-CSPA Slams Board, Governor for Water Project Consolidation by Dan  Bacher

May 21-Say No to Suction Dredge Mining Destroying Rivers from Friends of the River

May 21-Fifty-Three Sierra Organizations Pledge to Adapt to Climate Change from YubaNet.com

May 20-State water deliveries up from the Los Angeles Times

May 20-Drought is the cause of economic suffering from the Sacramento Bee

May 20-Judge doesn't rule out breaching Snake River dams to save salmon from the Los Angeles Times

May 20-AB 1253 bill analysis out, cost estimated at $50,000 with no mention of pumping study

May 19-The latest on Paddle to the Sea from Tuolumne River Trust

May 19-Calif. officials approve first water transfers from the Sacramento Bee

May 18-New Salmon Barrier Is No Substitute for Real Delta Protections by Dan Bacher

May 18-Annual Fundraising Dinner in Shenandoah Valley to Benefit Foothill Conservancy Sunday, June 14, 2009,  at Terre Rouge Winery from the Foothill Conservancy

May 17, 2009-California's broken system for water delivery from the San Jose Mercury News

May 16-“What are they afraid of, the fish can’t vote!” from Hot Air

May 15-Jim Kellogg Asks Commission to Put MLPA Process on Hold by Dan Bacher

May 15-Ground broken on state's largest ultraviolet water plant from the Stockton Record

May 14-Study Halves Prediction of Rising Seas from the New York Times

May 14-FLW tournament anglers hit Lake Oroville from the Oroville Mercury Register

May 14-DFG Announces Changes to List of Water Bodies To Be Stocked

May 13-Media Given Look at Non-Physical “Bubble Curtain” Barrier Designed to Protect Migrating Salmon, Preliminary Results Show Promise from DWR

May 13-Rising Calls to Regulate California Groundwater from the New York Times

May 13-Letters of support needed for SB 670, the bill to halt suction dredging from the Environmental Justice Coalition for Water

May 13-Water Allocations Making Some Rich In Midst Of Drought from KTVU TV

May 13-California Fish and Game Commission supports Salmon Stronghold Act from the NCCFFF

May 13-State Urges Feds to Relax Delta Smelt Protections by Dan Bacher

May 13-Researchers study earthquakes' effect on delta from the San Francisco Chronicle

May 12-Scientists Urge Global Action to Preserve Water Supplies for Billions Worldwide from YubaNet.com

May 12-Water agencies might get more flexibility from the Woodland Daily Democrat

May 12-State official: Local residents will have say in new Bay-Delta plan from the Lodi News Sentinel

May 12-Badly needed California water transfers blocked by economic, environmental hurdles from the Sacramento Bee

May 12-S.F. Bay herring population looks in trouble from the Sacramento Bee

May 11-Restocking of Caples Lake will begin in May before Memorial Day weekend from the El Dorado Irrigation District

May 10-New plan aims to help Mt. Tam coho salmon from the Marin Independent Journal

May 7-Delta landowners say no to peripheral canal survey from the Sacramento Bee

May 6-Marine Protection as Empire Expansion from Truthout

May 6-Op-Ed: SYRCL: A Victory for the South Yuba on Donner Summit from YubaNet.com

May 6-State holds fast on Russian River water conservation orders from the Santa Rosa Press Democrat

May 5-New York City has Central Park and Sacramento has the American River Parkway from Friends of the River

May 5-Study: Most key fishing spots in state polluted from the San Francisco Chronicle

May 5-What a May! 2009 predicted as "Dry" year after late season rains from the Department of Water Resources

May 4-The Big Lie of Schwarzenegger and Corporate Agribusiness: Fish Vs. Jobs by Dan Bacher

May 4-Delta landowners heading to court from the Stockton Record

May 3-Don't blame fish for drought from the Chico Enterprise-Record

April 29-Sierra Water Grab: East Bay MUD wants to build a new dam and ruin a scenic stretch of the Mokelumne River because it is not willing to make its suburban customers conserve water

May 2-Commerce Secretary Releases $53.1 Million in Salmon Disaster Relief  by Dan Bacher

May 1-Plant genetics could yield crops that need less water from the San Diego Union Tribune

May 1-Opinion: Water won't wash away Valley's recession from the Sacramento Bee

May 1-Low snow, reservoir levels force rationing from the San Francisco Chronicle

May 1-Amador County joins Pardee Reservoir expansion opponents from YubaNet.com

May 1-California to get $46.4 million to help salmon fishermen from the Los Angeles Times

May 1-Klamath Dam Removal Advocates Call on Buffett’s Company To Close the Deal, Remove Klamath Dams