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CSPA & Allies File Lawsuits on Groundwater Management in Butte, Colusa & Vina Subbasins
By Cindy Charles The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA), along with AquAlliance and the California Water Impact Network, filed three separate lawsuits in February 2022 against the Butte, Colusa, and Vina subbasins’ Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs). The lawsuits argue that all three GSPs will continue to threaten groundwater users and the environment by accepting domestic…
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SF Estuary/Delta Needs Long Overdue Protections from Ballast Water Discharges
By Cindy Charles CSPA, along with over a dozen other environmental organizations, recently signed on to a comment letter supporting limits on the discharge of ships’ ballast water into the Bay-Delta Estuary. The letter was sent to the San Francisco Estuary Partnership (SFEP) for consideration in the 2022-2027 San Francisco Estuary Blueprint. The comment letter…
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Bill Jennings Elected to California Outdoors Hall of Fame 2022
CSPA is pleased to announce that CSPA’s Executive Director Bill Jennings has been elected to the California Outdoor Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2022. Fighting to protect fisheries and water quality for over 25 years, Bill has chaired CSPA since 1988. He is a Board Member of the California Water Impact…
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The Merry-Go-Round of Denial Must Stop – Transfer of Public Trust Water to Agriculture Is On Repeat
The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance and allies AquAlliance and California Water Impact Network (CWIN), filed an objection on January 7, 2022 to yet another petition to weaken flow and salinity standards that protect the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The objection urges California’s State Water Board to reject the Temporary Urgency Change Petition (TUCP) submitted by the…
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CSPA and Allies Support Increased Tuolumne River Flows – Again
CSPA and ten allied conservation groups filed comments on January 7, 2022 in overall support of the Water Quality Certification (WQC) for the relicensing of the Don Pedro and La Grange hydroelectric projects on the Tuolumne River. The State Water Resources Control Board (Board) issued the WQC in January 2021. As it stands today, the…
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