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  • Legal victory by fishing groups could ‘pull rug out’ from Delta Tunnels plan

    https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/08/02/18789794.php by Dan Bacher Tuesday Aug 2nd, 2016 6:37 PM Two fishing groups won a major legal victory last week against the federal government and agribusiness interests when the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Delta water contracts with the Westlands Water District and other irrigators. The ruling by the three-judge panel could throw a…

  • Plan to Save Delta Smelt Faces Tough Road

    https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2016/07/20/plan-to-save-delta-smelt-faces-tough-road California agencies released a three-year plan to bring delta smelt back from the brink of extinction, but some of the goals and the overall feasibility of the plan have been questioned. WRITTEN BY Michael Levitin Jul. 20, 2016 WHEN A COALITION of California and federal agencies announced a new Delta Smelt Resiliency Strategy last…

  • Groups Expose The Big Lie: “There’s No Plan B to Delta Tunnels”

    http://fishsniffer.com/index.php/2016/06/29/groups-expose-the-big-lie-theres-no-plan-b-to-delta-tunnels/ By Dan Bacher June 29, 2016 On June 27, a coalition of conservation, fishing and environmental justice organizations submitted a letter to the Santa Clara Valley Water District exposing the “Big Lie” that there is no Plan B to Governor Jerry Brown’s Delta Tunnels, now renamed the California WaterFix. In their letter, Restore the…

  • Delta management plan tossed by judge

    http://www.eastbaytimes.com/breaking-news/ci_30054452/delta-management-plan-tossed-by-judge By Denis Cuff, POSTED: 06/25/2016 04:10:51 PM PDT SACRAMENTO — A long-sought plan to restore the Delta’s ailing environment and bolster the reliability of its water supplies was declared invalid by a judge Friday, possibly throwing another wrench in the governor’s plan for water tunnels through the region. Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael P.…

  • Judge invalidates long-fought Delta management plan

    http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/water-and-drought/delta/article85824647.html JUNE 24, 2016 1:19 PM BY RYAN SABALOW In a decision that could delay or complicate Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to build two huge tunnels in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, a Superior Court judge ruled Friday that a comprehensive management plan for the estuary is no longer valid. Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael P.…