Category Archives: Fisheries

CSPA Joins in Comments on Shasta Dam Raise EIS

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Bill Jennings

On 30 September 2013, CSPA and the Environmental Water Caucus submitted voluminous comments on the major inadequacies of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed raising of Shasta Dam.  Shasta Dam captures water from the Upper Sacramento, McCloud and … Continue reading →

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CSPA Submits Comments on MAST Report

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Bill Jennings

CSPA has provided extensive comments on the draft Interagency Ecological Program’s (IEP) MAST (Management, Analysis and Synthesis Team) report.   The MAST report is an updated conceptual model for Delta smelt and is intended to synthesize the latest scientific data and … Continue reading →

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Summer Townet Delta Smelt and Striped Bass Indices Plunge Again

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Bill Jennings

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has released the 2013 Summer Townet Surveys for Delta Smelt and Striped Bass.  The abundance index for Delta smelt is 0.7 and down from indices of the previous two years and similar to … Continue reading →

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CSPA Comments on Bureau’s CVP Cross Valley Contracts

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Bill Jennings

On 26 September 2013, CSPA and a coalition of environmental and fishing organizations submitted extensive comments on the Draft Environmental Assessment for the Cross-Valley Contractors Interim Renewal Contracts and the Draft FONSI (Finding of No Significant Impact) for the Cross-Valley … Continue reading →

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CSPA Submits Comments on Port of Stockton Dredging Permit

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Bill Jennings

ON 23 September 2013, CSPA and the Sierra Club submitted comments on the Port of Stockton’s application for a dredging permit under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act.  The comments … Continue reading →

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Injunction Denied, Trinity Water Releases to Resume

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Bill Jennings

Today, 22 August 2013, Fresno Federal District Court Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill lifted his TRO and denied the request for a preliminary injunction by Westlands Water District and San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority.  As a result, the U.S. Bureau … 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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Coalition Requests Emergency Action on Scott River

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Bill Jennings

CSPA joined with the Karuk Tribe, California Coastkeeper Alliance, Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman’s Associations, Earth Law Center and Klamath Riverkeeper in requesting that the State Water Resources Control Board and California Department of Fish and Wildlife take emergency action … 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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CSPA and Allies Warn of Looming Salmon Apocalypse in California

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Denise Zitnik

CSPA, AquAlliance and the California Water Impact Network is calling attention to poor government policy that could doom salmon runs in a press release. Currently the Sacramento River is providing exports south of the Delta, draining reservoirs of cold water … Continue reading →

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EWC, CSPA Release Updated Solution to California Water Crisis

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Bill Jennings

CSPA worked closely with the Environmental Water Caucus to develop and update the EWC California Water Solutions Now report that establishes both a path and goal for restoring devastated Bay-Delta fisheries while meeting the water supply needs of California.  The … Continue reading →

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CSPA Testifies at Delta Plan Adoption Hearing

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Bill Jennings

CSPA’s Executive Director Bill Jennings testified at the 16 May 2013 adoption hearing of the Delta Stewardship Council’s hearing on the final Delta Plan and Environmental Impact Report.  Jennings told the Council that it had squandered a marvelous and unique … Continue reading →

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CSPA Submits Comments on State Board SED for San Joaquin River Update

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Bill Jennings

CSPA joined the California Water Impact Network, AquAlliance, Friends of the River and Restore the Delta in submitting extensive comments on the State Water Resource Control Boards Substitute Environmental Document for Phase I of the update of Water Quality Control … Continue reading →

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Fact Sheet: BDCP and Fish Losses at the Pumps

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Bill Jennings

CSPA has prepared a short fact sheet on fish losses at the State and Federal Project water export facilities in the South Delta.  Proponents of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) and its peripheral tunnels suggest that only by diverting … Continue reading →

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CSPA Submits Comments on Delta Plan EIR

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Bill Jennings

CSPA joined with the California Water Impact Network and AquAlliance in filing extensive comments on the Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta Plan and Revised Draft Delta Plan Program Environmental Impact Report. The highly critical comments said that the environmental document failed … Continue reading →

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CSPA Submits Comments on Sixth Draft of the Delta Plan

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Bill Jennings

On 13 June 2012, CSPA submitted comments on the sixth draft of the Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta Plan.  The letter criticized the Council for failing to define the “coequal goals” or provide defensible and quantifiable goals, yardsticks and mileposts for … Continue reading →

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EWC, Including CSPA, Submit Comments on Delta Plan EIR

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Bill Jennings

The Environmental Water Caucus and 48 environmental, fishing and tribal organizations, including CSPA, submitted detailed comments on the deficiencies of the Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta Plan and Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The Draft EIR and proposed Delta Plan perpetuate the … Continue reading →

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PCFFA and CSPA Submit Comments on Delta Plan EIR

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Bill Jennings

Michael Lozeau, of Lozeau/Drury LLP, submitted detailed comments on the failure of the Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta Plan and Environmental Impact Report (EIR) to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Public Trust Doctrine and the Delta Reform Act … Continue reading →

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