Category Archives: Fisheries

CSPA, Coalition Requests Moratorium and Review on Trinity River Restoration Program: Wastes Money, Degrades Environment

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On 23, January 2014, CSPA, California Water Impact Network, Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman’s Associations, AquAlliance and Environmental Protection Information Center asked the Trinity River Restoration Program (TRRP) to put all channel rehabilitation projects on hold pending a thorough review.  … 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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CSPA, Coalition Comment on Trinity River Restoration Projects

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Bill Jennings

CSPA and a coalition of environmental and fishing interests submitted comments on the draft Environmental Assessment/Initial Study for the Bucktail and Lower Junction City rehabilitation projects on the Trinity River.  Despite predictions of a banner year for fall salmon, the … 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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CSPA, Coalition Submit Comments on Proposed Water Transfer

Posted on December 24, 2013 by Bill Jennings

On 21 December 2013, CSPA and a coalition of fishing, environmental and tribal groups submitted comments on the draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) for the proposed water transfer/exchange program from Arvin-Edison Water Storage District to Metropolitan Water District (MET).  The project … 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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CSPA, CWIN Submit Comments of Westside San Joaquin River Waste Discharge Requirements for Agricultural Discharges

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Bill Jennings

On 2 December 2013, CSPA submitted extensive comments to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board regarding the proposed waste discharge requirements (WDRs) for pollutant discharges from the Westside San Joaquin River Irrigated Lands Coalition.  The WDRs will replace the … Continue reading →

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CSPA, Coalition Sue State over Agricultural Pollution

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Bill Jennings

On 27 November 2013, CSPA joined with Santa Barbara Channelkeeper, PCFFA, Otter Project, Environmental Justice Coalition for Water and an elderly woman on a fixed income who cannot drink water from her tap because it is contaminated with agricultural waste … 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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CSPA Joins in Comments Opposing BDCP

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Bill Jennings

On 7 October 2013, the Environmental Water Caucus (EWC), an organization of 34 environmental, fishing and tribal groups addressing water issues in California, including CSPA, issued a letter formally opposing the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP).  The letter was sent … Continue reading →

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CSPA Analysis Reveals Water Project Operations Butchered Delta Smelt in the Summer of 2013

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Bill Jennings

Operation of the state and federal export projects led to a massive kill of endangered Delta smelt in early July 2013.  CSPA has released a report, prepared by its consultant Thomas Cannon, chronicling this needless massacre of Delta smelt. The … Continue reading →

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Fish Predation Final Report Released: Cannot Identify Predators as Cause of Salmon Decline

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Bill Jennings

For years, water contractors have been attempting to deflect attention from the massive fish carnage at the state and federal export pumping facilities by blaming striped bass and predators for the demise of salmon and Delta smelt fisheries.  In 2008, … Continue reading →

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