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North Fork Feather River Salmon Reintroduction Feasibility Study
Since dam construction in the early 1900s, Central Valley Chinook salmon have been cut off from their historical spawning and rearing habitat in the upper Feather River watershed. Spring-run Chinook salmon in particular historically utilized the upper river watersheds like the North Fork Feather River. In wake of population declines, especially of spring-run salmon, the…
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Protestants press their case against the proposed tunnel under the Delta: DCP Update August 2025
In July 2025, 34 parties who protested issuing water rights for the proposed tunnel under California’s Bay-Delta estuary filed testimony in opposition to the project. The filing of the protestants’ “cases-in-chief” follows two months of testimony by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) in support of the Delta Conveyance Project (DCP). CSPA filed three…
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Celebrating the First Descent of the Undammed Klamath River
On July 11, 2025, after a month floating the free-flowing Klamath River 310 miles, a group of indigenous youth arrived at the river’s mouth. Theirs was the first expedition to boat the river from source to sea since the removal of the fourth dam on the Klamath River in September 2024. The boaters included young…
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State Water Board Sells out San Francisco Bay, its Estuary, and its Watershed
On July 24, 2025, State Water Board staff released an “updated” version of a proposed Bay-Delta Plan. The updated Plan is very clear: it is going to give the water users and the Newsom administration every single thing they have asked for in terms of managing water that goes into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and…
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Ways encampments affect fish habitats
Homelessness encampments affect fish populations in three primary ways: Trash from an encampment off Hamilton Avenue in San Jose. Credit: South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition For pollution, actions of concern include: For physical modification, actions of concern include: A barrier made of shopping carts and other materials off Cherry Avenue in San Jose. Credit: South…
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