Category Archives: Miscellaneous

CSPA is hiring an Administrative Assistant and Advocate Trainee!

Posted on December 15, 2023 by Denise Zitnik

The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) is looking for an administrative assistant and advocate trainee. This is a part-time contract position starting at about 20 hours per week. Work will be remote at the contractor’s home. CSPA’s main place of … Continue reading →

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CSPA Protests State Water Board’s Protection of Irrigated Agriculture at the Expense of Fisheries and the Environment

Posted on June 6, 2021 by Bill Jennings

The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) and allies have vigorously protested two recent actions by the State Water Resources Control Board that virtually ensure a repeat of the last drought, when the Board’s disastrous decisions decimated multiple year classes of … Continue reading →

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Fisheries Lost a Champion, I Lost a Friend

Posted on December 2, 2019 by Bill Jennings

Jim Crenshaw, longtime President of CSPA, suddenly and unexpectedly passed away Thursday, November 28. He had spent Thanksgiving Day with family, the evening with close friends, returned home and passed in his sleep. Jim’s death is a grievous loss to … Continue reading →

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Misc Historical Documents

Posted on September 7, 2019 by Bill Jennings

Below are misc. historical documents related to Grasslands, Westlands and Discharges into the San Joaquin River Cost Allocation Letters http://calsport.org/news/wp-content/uploads/Final-USBR-Cost-Allocation-Methodology-Cmt-Letter-6-4-2014-IFR-Coalition….pdf http://calsport.org/news/wp-content/uploads/PCL-et.-al.-Cmts-Re-Draft-CVP-Cost-Allocation-Study-April-2019.highlight….pdf http://calsport.org/news/wp-content/uploads/PCL-IFR-Coalition-CVP-Cost-Allocation-Completion-October-2019-Cmts.pdf RE_ Meeting Availability for Cost Allocation Study listening sessions – August 19-23, 2019 RE_ Meeting Availability for Cost … Continue reading →

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CSPA Et Al. Challenges Legality of WaterFix Project Financing

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Bill Jennings

On 13 September 2017, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, California Water Impact Network, AquAlliance and the California Indian Water Commission challenged the legality of proposed bonds that will be used to pay for the construction of the Department of Water … Continue reading →

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Media Advisory: Salmon Fishermen to Oppose Prop. 1

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Denise Zitnik

San Francisco – Bay Area fishermen announced today they will oppose Proposition 1, the State Water Bond, at a San Francisco Bay news conference on Friday, Oct. 3. “Prop. 1 is one more shovel of dirt on the grave of … Continue reading →

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CSPA Files Comments and Objection to June Lakes TUCP Petition and Order

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On 19 September 2014, CSPA submitted comments and a formal objection to a temporary urgency change petition and order regarding a change in required minimum flows past the June Lake Public Utility District’s (JLPUD) Fern Creek diversion facility. CSPA pointed … Continue reading →

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CSPA, Coalition Submits Amicus to Supreme Court in Scott River Case

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On 19 September 2014, CSPA, Karuk Tribe, California Coastkeeper Alliance, Northcoast Environmental Center, Friends of the Eel River and Clean Water Action submitted a Amici Curiae letter to the California Supreme Court regarding the appeal of Siskiyou County to the … Continue reading →

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CSPA, Coalition Submits Information to Regional Board on Grassland Bypass Project

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On 8 September 2014, CSPA and a Coalition of environmental and fishing groups, responding to a request by Central Valley Regional Board Chair Karl Longley, provided information on the estimated reduction in discharges of drainage, salt, selenium and boron from … Continue reading →

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CSPA, Coalition Request Extension of Review Period for Statewide Pest EIR

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On 2 September 2014, CSPA and 14 other environmental and health organizations sent a letter to the California Department of Food and Agriculture requesting a 90-day time extension of the public review period for the Statewide Plant Pest Prevention Programmatic … Continue reading →

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CSPA Settles Stanislaus County Well Drilling Permit Lawsuit Against Certain Parties

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On 27 August 2014, CSPA and Protecting Our Water and Environmental Resources (POWER) reached a settlement with nine defendants in one of two Stanislaus County lawsuits filed over drilling permits for wells without California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review. The … Continue reading →

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CSPA, Coalition Submit Comments on State Board Trash Control Amendments

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On 5 August 2014, CSPA joined a coalition on environmental organization in commenting on the State Water Resource Control Board’s proposed amendments to the Statewide Water Quality Control Plans to Control Trash. Trash impairs the health of both humans and … Continue reading →

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CSPA, Coalition Submit Comments on Cost Allocation for Central Valley Project

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On 4 June 2014, CSPA and a coalition of fishing and environmental organizations submitted comments to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) concerning the proposed cost allocation methodology for the federal Central Valley Project. The comments point out that, among … Continue reading →

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CSPA Joins Coalition in Urging Protection for Wild & Scenic Rivers

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On 16 May 2014, CSPA joined Friends of the River and 40 other environmental, fishing and whitewater organizations in expressing opposition to H.R. 3964 in separate letters to Senators Udall, Feinstein and Boxer. The Bill attempts to commandeer water from … Continue reading →

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CSPA, Delta Water Agencies, Restore the Delta Submit Comments on Proposed Bonds

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On 23 April 2014, CSPA joined Central Delta Water Agency, South Delta Water Agency, Restore the Delta and Local Agencies of the North Delta is submitting comments on three proposed Bond issues that are being considered by the state legislature. … Continue reading →

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CSPA, Coalition Submit Comments on Temperance Flat Dam Feasibility Report

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On 21 April 2014, CSPA joined NRDC, Friends of the River and The Bay Institute in submitting comments on the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Draft Feasibility Report for the Upper San Joaquin River Basin Storage Investigation – Temperance Flat Reservoir. … Continue reading →

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CSPA, Coalition Protest State Water Contract Provisions

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On 3 March 2014, CSPA and a Coalition of environmental, fishing and tribal groups wrote Mark Cowin, Director of the Department of Water Resources (DWR), asking they he deny proposed changes in the water supply contracts that would shift fish … 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, 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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My Take on The Benefit Bass Tournament

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Noel de Guzman

Before blast off, I tied up to a dock because I didn’t want the wind to ping-pong me against the other participants drifting in the slough. John Sherman and partner, Ric Rudgers soon tied up to the same dock and … Continue reading →

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