https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/04/21/18754608.php by Dan Bacher Monday Apr 21st, 2014 7:06 PM Governor Jerry Brown issued a proclamation on April 21 celebrating “John Muir Day” – at the same time he is fast-tracking the construction of the environmentally-destructive peripheral tunnels under the Sacramento -San Joaquin River Delta and promoting the expansion of fracking in California. “John Muir…

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/21/1293545/-Bureau-to-release-fish-pulse-flows-on-American-River# Dan Bacher MON APR 21, 2014 AT 09:50 AM PDT (Sacramento) The Bureau of Reclamation will release “fish pulse” flows, designed to get juvenile salmon downriver to the ocean, from Nimbus Dam from April 21 through April 25. The increased flows were made at the request of the state and federal fish agencies, according…

http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140418/A_NEWS/404180322 By Dana M. Nichols April 18, 2014 12:00 AM STOCKTON – For the first time in more than 60 years, spring run salmon fingerlings are gliding through the waters of the San Joaquin River. The release of 54,000 chinook salmon Thursday and today is part of one of the largest river restoration efforts in…

http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140417/A_NEWS/404170321 By Dana M. Nichols April 17, 2014 12:00 AM YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK – Wilderness anglers beware. Some of the fish in Mildred Lake in Yosemite National Park have high enough concentrations of mercury in their tissues to be a danger to your health. A study announced Wednesday by the U.S. Geological Survey and the…

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/16/1292467/-Phil-Isenberg-Joins-PPIC-Board# Dan Bacher WED APR 16, 2014 AT 08:37 AM PDT Phil Isenberg, then Chair of the Delta Stewardship Council, on September 11, 2013 joined the Board of Directors of the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), a self-described “nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank” that exerts considerable influence over public policy in the state. Isenberg has…