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  • State’s call for more water for fish turns to northern rivers next

    By Heather Hacking, Chico Enterprise-Record POSTED: 09/16/16, 7:32 PM PDT Sacramento >> Watching water regulations unfold for the San Joaquin River has local agricultural water users on edge. The proposed flow objectives call for more water from the San Joaquin’s main waterways to the delta, to improve conditions for dwindling fish populations. People in Northern…

  • Karuk Tribe Happy With California Supreme Court Decision to Uphold Moratorium on Suction Dredge Mining for Gold

    http://nativenewsonline.net/currents/karuk-tribe-happy-california-supreme-court-decision-uphold-moratorium-suction-dredge-mining-gold/ BY NATIVE NEWS ONLINE STAFF Published August 22, 2016 SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court today upheld a statewide moratorium on recreational suction dredge mining for gold and said regulations protecting water supplies, fisheries, wildlife and cultural resources from the practice are valid. Suction dredge miners had asked the court to prevent the…

  • Trout population plummets in lower Stanislaus

    http://www.calaverasenterprise.com/news/article_9173226c-659c-11e6-8bfe-4b787c68bce4.html By Dana M. Nichols dana@calaverasenterprise.com Aug 18, 2016 The population of rainbow trout in the lower Stanislaus River plummeted to its lowest level in six years in 2015 and will likely decline further this year, according to a study released this week by Fishbio. The Fishbio report blames overly warm water temperatures for the…

  • Call for new Delta Tunnels EIR

    http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=31094 SACRAMENTO August 18, 2016 11:29am Environmental groups say current draft violates federal and state laws “We are supposed to have a government of laws not of rulers” The draft environmental impact report for the governor’s tunnels fails to disclose and analyze adverse environmental impacts, says a coalition of ten environmental groups.The draft also fails…

  • Groups Request New Environmental Review of Jerry Brown’s Delta Tunnels Fiasco

    http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/8/18/1561535/-Groups-Request-New-Environmental-Review-of-Jerry-Brown-s-Delta-Tunnels-Fiasco By Dan Bacher 2016/08/18 · 11:51 In the latest salvo in the California water wars, a broad coalition of fishing, conservation, environmental justice and public interest organizations today sent a letter to the state and federal governments requesting a new and complete environmental analysis of Governor Brown’s controversial Delta Tunnels plan, the “California WaterFix.”…