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  • Fresno Judge Rejects Westlands Water District’s Proposed Permanent Water Contract

    https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/10/28/2060830/-Fresno-Judge-Rejects-Westlands-Water-District-s-Proposed-Permanent-Water-Contract Dan Bacher Thursday October 28, 2021 · 6:04 PM PDT San Francisco, CA – On October 27, Fresno Superior Court Judge D. Tyler Tharpe tossed out the Westlands Water District’s proposed permanent federal water contract from the Central Valley Project (CVP) that would have allocated roughly double the amount of water that Los Angeles…

  • Edge of Extinction: ZERO Delta smelt found in Sept 2021 during CDFW Fall Midwater Trawl Survey

    http://redgreenandblue.org/2021/10/09/edge-extinction-zero-delta-smelt-found-sept-2021-cdfw-fall-midwater-trawl-survey/ By Dan Bacher Published on October 9th, 2021 The Delta smelt population has plummeted over the decades since the State Water Project began exporting Delta water to San Joaquin Valley grower sin 1967. While there are several factors that scientists pinpoint for the ecosystem collapse, including toxic chemicals, decreasing water quality and invasive species,…

  • California Drought: Groups sue Bureau of Reclamation against extra groundwater pumping plans In North Valley

    http://redgreenandblue.org/2021/09/07/california-drought-groups-sue-bureau-reclamation-extra-groundwater-pumping-plans-north-valley/ Published on September 7th, 2021 By Dan Bacher Reclamation seeks to pay the extra groundwater pumpers for their energy costs based on the analysis found in the Environmental Assessment for Groundwater Actions to Offset Surface Water Diversions from the Sacramento River in Response to Drought in 2021.   The named participants in the Extra Groundwater…

  • California Salmon Suffer In Drought

    https://pacificsun.com/california-salmon-suffer-in-drought/ By Alastair Bland Jul 21, 2021 So many salmon once spawned each year in the Central Valley that humans all but lived on them, and chemical traces of the fish are still detectable in the soil, where the scavenged carcasses fertilized riparian vegetation. “It was a salmon-based ecosystem,” said Peter Drekmeier, the policy director…

  • Devastating: Officials say ‘nearly all’ young Sacramento River winter Chinook salmon could perish this year

    https://sacramento.newsreview.com/2021/07/15/devasting-officials-say-nearly-all-young-sacramento-river-winter-chinook-salmon-could-perish-this-year/ July 15, 2021 By Dan Bacher On July 6, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife published an update on the status of federally and state-protected Sacramento River winter-run Chinook salmon, which warns “it is possible that nearly all in-river juveniles will not survive this season.” This is because the cold water pool in…