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  • The Magic of the Mokelumne: How such a small river produces so many salmon

    https://mavensnotebook.com/2023/03/28/feature-the-magic-of-the-mokelumne-how-such-a-small-river-produces-so-many-salmon/ Robin Meadows March 28, 2023 The Mokelumne River is on the modest side, running 95 miles from the Sierra Nevada and accounting for less than 3% of flows into the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. But the river’s impact on salmon is outsized and the latest figures really made a splash. The California Department of…

  • There’s less to NID’s Supreme Court Appeal than meets the eye

    https://yubanet.com/regional/op-ed-california-sportfishing-protection-alliance-theres-less-to-nids-supreme-court-appeal-than-meets-the-eye/ by Chris Shutes, Executive Director, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance In a February 8, 2023 op-ed, the president of the Board of Directors of Nevada Irrigation District (NID) writes that an appeal to the US Supreme Court by NID could have “severe impacts” to NID and the community it serves. The op-ed omits the key…

  • As Delta Tunnel moves forward, Delta Smelt – base of the Delta food chain – faces extinction

    http://redgreenandblue.org/2023/01/25/delta-tunnel-moves-forward-delta-smelt-base-delta-food-chain-faces-extinction/ Published on January 25th, 2023 By Dan Bacher The results of the survey were summed up and analyzed in a memorandum from James White, environmental scientist for the CDFW’s Bay Delta Region, to Erin Chappell, Regional Manager Bay Delta Region, on Dec. 29, 2022: Memorandum: 2022 FMWT Annual Fish Abundance and Distribution, California Department…

  • Interior Secretary Haaland’s Memo Reverses Trump Policy Defunding CVPIA Environmental Restoration

    https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/1/10/2145555/-Interior-Secretary-Haaland-s-Memo-Reverses-Trump-Policy-Defunding-CVPIA-Environmental-Restoration Dan Bacher Tuesday January 10, 2023 · 4:17 PM PST On Dec. 15, Secretary of the Interior Debra Haaland sent a memorandum to Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz and Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Tanya Trujillo that reverses a Trump administration action to defund environmental mitigation and restoration in the Central Valley. The…

  • Eulogy for a Deltakeeper

    https://stocktonia.org/2023/01/04/eulogy-for-an-deltakeeper/ Inspired and inspiring, Bill Jennings fought to save the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. by Michael Fitzgerald January 4th, 2023 Bill Jennings, a virtuoso environmentalist—a David who gave shiners to many a water-grabbing Goliath in his almost 40-year fight to save the Delta and other rivers—died Dec. 27. He was 79. Jennings was admitted to Dameron…