Category Archives: California Delta

CSPA, EWC Oppose HR 3964

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Bill Jennings

CSPA and the thirty-plus members of the Environmental Water Caucus submitted a letter opposing HR 3964 to the Speaker and Minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives.  The proposed legislation, authored by Representative David Valadao of Hanford and described … Continue reading →

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CSPA Opposes Contract Extension for Bay-Delta Plan Consultant

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Bill Jennings

CSPA has requested that a proposed contract extension for ICF Jones & Stokes  (ICF) be removed from the State Water Board’s 4 February 2014 consent calendar and rescheduled for a subsequent State Board meeting.  ICF is a huge international consulting … Continue reading →

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CSPA, Coalition Submit Comments on State Water Project Contract Extension

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On 29 January 2014, CSPA joined PCL, Sierra Club, Environmental Water Caucus, PCFFA, C-WIN, Southern California Watershed Alliance and CA Save Our Streams Council in submitting comments on the extension of the State Water Project water supply contracts.  The comments … Continue reading →

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CSPA Submits Comments on Proposed WDRs for San Joaquin County and Delta Agricultural Waste Discharges

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On 17 January 2014, CSPA submitted extensive comments to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board regarding proposed waste discharge requirements (WDRs) for discharges of waste from farmers within San Joaquin County and Delta area.  The WDRs will replace … Continue reading →

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CSPA, Coalition Submits Comments on Westlands’ Contract Renewals

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On 14 January 2014, CSPA and a coalition of environmental and fishing organizations submitted comments on six interim contract renewals for the delivery of 1,192,948 million acre feet of Central Valley Project (CVP) water to Westlands Water District.  The comments … Continue reading →

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Press Conference: Can California Tunnel its Way Out of Drought?

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On Monday, 13 January 2013, Bill Jennings, CSPA’s Executive Director, joined Jonas Minton, Planning and Conservation League; John Herrick, South Delta Water Agency; Dr. Jeffrey Michael, University of the Pacific; Tom Stokely, California Water Impact Network and Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore … Continue reading →

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Delta Fish Hammered Yet Again: Fall Midwater Trawl Results Reveal Continued Biological Collapse

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Bill Jennings

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) has released the results of the 2013 Fall Midwater Trawl (FMWT), which reconfirms the continuing biological collapse that is occurring in the Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta Estuary.  The FMWT conducts monthly … Continue reading →

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Broad Coalition Vows to Stop BDCP

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Bill Jennings

On Friday, 13 December 2013, some 500 people attended a rally at the State Capitol protesting the Bay Delta Conservation Plan as the comment period for the BDCP and environmental documents began.  Californians for a Fair Water Policy, a statewide … Continue reading →

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Opponents to Rally Against Governor’s Water Export Tunnels as Public Comment Period Begins

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Bill Jennings

On Friday, 13 December 2013, at 12:00 p.m., CSPA and Californians for a Fair Water Policy, a statewide coalition opposing Gov. Brown’s water export tunnels, will conduct a rally at the North steps of the State Capitol as the Brown … Continue reading →

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Campaign Against the Tunnels Launched

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Bill Jennings

On Monday 9 December 2013, CSPA and a broad statewide coalition, operating upper the banner of Californians for a Fair Water Policy, launched a campaign opposing Governor Brown’s water export tunnels.  In a press conference on the steps of the … Continue reading →

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CSPA Action Alert

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Bill Jennings

State and Federal Water Contractors Launch Great Water Grab JOIN US FOR A RALLY TO SAVE THE DELTA AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA RIVERS  FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2013 at NOON  WEST STEPS OF THE STATE CAPITOL, SACRAMENTO (CAPITOL MALL AND 10TH between … Continue reading →

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Fisheries Plummet, Standards are Violated, Regulators Refuse to Enforce the Law

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Bill Jennings

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) has released the 2013 September-October Fall Mid Water Trawl (FMWT) abundance indices of Delta fish.  Fisheries continue to collapse.  Delta smelt, striped bass, longfin smelt, American shad and threadfin shad populations in … Continue reading →

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CSPA, Coalition Submit Comments on FONSI and Draft EA For Tracy Interim CVP Contract Renewal

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Bill Jennings

On 4 November 2013, CSPA and a coalition of eleven other fishing, environmental and tribal organizations submitted comments on the Find of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and the draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Central Valley Project’s water service interim … Continue reading →

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CSPA, Coalition Submit Comments on Central Valley Project Interim Renewal Contracts

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Bill Jennings

On 1 November 2013, CSPA and a coalition of nine other organizations submitted comments to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation regarding the proposed interim renewal contracts for water delivery from the Central Valley Protect to Westlands Water District (incl. Widren, … Continue reading →

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CSPA Report: The Loss of VAMP’s Export Limitations

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Bill Jennings

CSPA has released a report detailing the impacts to delta smelt and salmon from the demise of the mid-April – mid-May limits on Delta exports.  The export restrictions were part of the Vernalis Adaptive Management Program (VAMP) and served to … Continue reading →

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A Compilation of Fish Salvage & Water Exports

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Bill Jennings

To provide a perspective on the interrelationship between fish salvage and water exports from the state and federal project export facilities in the South Delta, CSPA has assembled the graphs of salvage/exports between January & October for the years 1993 … Continue reading →

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USBR, USFWS Gives Away 451,000 Acre Feet of Fish Water to San Joaquin Valley Farmers

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Bill Jennings

San Joaquin Valley farmers who received a gift of many thousands of acre-feet of water necessary to support fisheries and meet water quality standards, have sued and secured a temporary injunction preventing the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation from releasing water … Continue reading →

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CSPA Rips Economic Analysis at BDCP Finance Meeting

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Bill Jennings

CSPA assailed the Bay Delta Conservation Program’s statewide economic assessment prepared by the Brattle Group at the BDCP Finance Committee’s 8 August 2013 meeting in West Sacramento.  The study claimed that construction of twin tunnels to divert the Sacramento River … Continue reading →

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CSPA Assails Deceptive BDCP Impact Study

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Bill Jennings

Today, CSPA, CWIN and AquAlliance issued a press release assailing the deceptive BDCP economic impact study released by the Brown Administration.  BDCP’s tunnel scheme will saddle ratepayers with more than $50 billion in debt and imperil the Delta estuary and … Continue reading →

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Massive Loss of Endangered Winter Run Salmon

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Bill Jennings

During April, May and early June, perhaps half of this years spawning population of endangered winter-run Chinook salmon were drawn into the irrigation channels of the Yolo Bypass and Colusa Basin and stranded.  Approximately 300 fish were rescued and returned … Continue reading →

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