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  • CDFW closes fishing on some rivers due to low flows

    https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/01/29/18749984.php State and feds drained northern California reservoirs to export water south by Dan Bacher The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) on January 29 announced that it has closed some waters, including Central Coast streams and a number of North Coast rivers, to fishing in order to protect native salmon and steelhead from…

  • Fishing Groups Ask for Emergency Steps to Save Salmon

    https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/01/28/18749904.php By Dan Bacher Four fishery conservation groups have asked state and federal fishery and water officials to convene an urgent meeting to save California Central Valley Chinook salmon runs from the drought. “We have a potentially dire situation in which a large percentage of 2013 Central Valley salmon may be lost if no action…

  • Viewpoints: Better solutions for managing California’s water

    http://www.sacbee.com/2014/01/26/6097073/viewpoints-better-solutions-for.html By Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla Published: Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014 – 12:00 am During the current drought, the public will hear a lot about water management in California. Unfortunately, Californians are being presented with a false dichotomy – that California’s water problems are about fish vs. people. It’s what large corporate agribusinesses from theWestlands Water District and Kern County Water…

  • Steelhead and salmon threatened by low water conditions on American River

    http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/22/1271687/-Steelhead-and-salmon-threatened-by-low-water-conditions-on-American-River BY DAN BACHER ON WED JAN 22, 2014 AT 10:25 AM PST. Steelhead opener was tough Regardless of how tough conditions are on a lake, stream, bay or section of ocean, there always seems to at least one angler who reports having a great day of fishing against all odds. That was the case on opening…

  • Jerry Brown declares California drought emergency, urges 20 percent cut in water use

    http://www.sacbee.com/2014/01/17/6082127/jerry-brown-declares-california.html By David Siders, Phillip Reese and Matt Weiser, dsiders@sacbee.com Published: Friday, Jan. 17, 2014 – 10:54 pm SAN FRANCISCO — Gov. Jerry Brown announced a state of emergency Friday that has been all but official for weeks: California is in a drought. Brown urged Californians to reduce water use by 20 percent, saying “we’re facing perhaps the worst drought…