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As Delta Smelt Plummets to Extinction, New Rules Allow Increased Kill
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/01/26/1360305/-As-Delta-Smelt-Plummets-to-Extinction-New-Rules-Allow-Increased-Kill# MON JAN 26, 2015 AT 12:08 PM PST by Dan Bacher A recent Obama Administration decision allows more than twice as many endangered Delta smelt to be killed by giant government pumps than was previously allowed, according to a joint news release from the California Water Impact Network and the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance.…
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Jerry Brown’s True “Green Legacy” – the Death of the Delta?
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/01/19/18767208.php by Dan Bacher Monday Jan 19th, 2015 10:25 AM In recent California history, it is hard to find a Governor that has overseen more destruction of California’s fish, waterways and environment than Jerry Brown, yet the mainstream media and corporate “environmental” NGOs continue to falsely portray Brown as a “green” Governor. Brown has constantly…
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California Court Threatens to Reopen Rivers to Destructive Suction Dredge Mining
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2015/dredge-mining-01-15-2015.html For Immediate Release January 13, 2015 Center for Biological Diversity Damaging Practice Would Harm Waterways, Wildlife, Cultural Resources SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.— A coalition fighting highly destructive suction dredge mining is considering further legal options after a state judge ruled that a California law banning the practice is preempted by federal law. The California Supreme…
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Delta smelt reaches new record low in fall survey
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/01/09/18766643.php by Dan Bacher Friday Jan 9th, 2015 7:47 PM The Delta smelt, an indicator species that demonstrates the health of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, reached a new record low population level in 2014, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s fall midwater trawl survey that was released today. The smelt was…
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Golden State Trouters Enjoy Great Action as Drought Buster Storms Roll In!
http://www.fishsniffer.com/reports/details/golden-state-trouters-enjoy-great-action-as-drought-buster-storms-roll-in/ Written By: Cal Kellogg, December 22, 2014 There is some great trout fishing to be had around the state and I’m going to get into that in a bit, but first I’m going to rant about storms, rainfall, our water situation and the negative propaganda coming out of the California Department of Water Resources…