• Haaland reverses Trump-era California irrigation policy

    https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2023/01/04/haaland-reverses-trump-era-california-irrigation-policy-00076338 BY: JENNIFER YACHNIN 01/04/2023 01:30 PM EST GREENWIRE | Interior Secretary Deb Haaland in December quietly reversed a Trump-era decision to minimize fees that California irrigators must pay for environmental restoration, more than 18 months after the Biden administration first indicated it would do so. In a Dec. 15 memorandum obtained by California sportfishing…

  • Bill Jennings, Stockton’s legendary advocate for California fisheries, water quality, dies

    https://www.recordnet.com/story/sports/outdoors/2023/01/04/bill-jennings-california-fisheries-water-quality-advocate-dies/69777478007/ Dan Bacher, Stockton Record Correspondent Published 8:30 a.m. PT Jan. 4, 2023 Bill Jennings of Stockton, a relentless advocate for the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and California’s fish populations, passed away at age 79 on Tuesday, Dec. 27. The former DeltaKeeper and executive director of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA), Jennings was inducted…

  • Bill Jennings, legendary California fishery and water quality activist, dies at age 79

    https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/12/28/2144243/-Bill-Jennings-legendary-California-fishery-and-water-quality-activist-dies-at-age-79 Dan Bacher Wednesday December 28, 2022 · 2:02 PM PST Bill Jennings, the former DeltaKeeper and Executive Director of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance and a relentless advocate for the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and California’s fish populations, passed away on Tuesday, December 27 from post-complications of COVID. I worked closely with Bill over…

  • Edge of Extinction – As Delta Tunnel plans move forward, CDFW midwater trawl survey reports ZERO Delta smelt in November

    http://redgreenandblue.org/2022/12/09/edge-extinction-delta-tunnel-plans-move-forward-cdfw-midwater-trawl-survey-reports-zero-delta-smelt-november/ Published on December 9th, 2022 Dan Bacher For the sixth November in a row, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife has caught zero Delta smelt during its Fall Midwater Trawl Survey of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The Delta smelt, an indicator species for the broader ecological health of the estuary, is found only…

  • Napa Valley landfill faces $619,400 Water Board fine

    https://bohemian.com/clover-flat-water-board/ By Will Carruthers Dec 7, 2022 A family-owned landfill serving Napa County is facing a $619,400 fine for allegedly polluting a nearby creek in 2019. A proposed settlement agreement, announced by the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board in late November, is based on five alleged violations of Calistoga’s Clover Flat Landfill’s…