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CSPA Protests Weakening Bay-Delta Flow and Water Quality Requirements
On May 6, 2015, CSPA, joined by CWIN, and AquAlliance, submitted a Protest, Objection and Petition for Reconsideration to the State Water Resources Control Board’s Temporary Urgency Change Order (TUCO) issued on April 6th. In the order the SWRCB continues to illegally fail to enforce water quality standards during the present drought. This Protest follows CSPA’s February 13th Protest of
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CSPA and very diverse partners working on salmon reintroduction to North Yuba River
The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, Trout Unlimited and American Rivers, along with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, National Marine Fisheries Service, and Yuba County Water Agency, released a framework on May 7, 2015, that will guide negotiations whose primary goal would be to reintroduce spring-run Chinook salmon (and possibly steelhead) into the North
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The News is Spreading: California cannot continue to ‘save water’ by depleting flows to endangered fisheries
On the heels of mandatory urban water conservation requirements, the news is spreading that reduced delta inflows are not enough to support endangered delta fish populations. The articles below take a look at how California’s limited water supply is being shared, and begs the question: who are we conserving water for? On April 20, 2015
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Epidemic of Comprehension: Outbreak of articles on break-up of BDCP
Following news that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will not issue 50-year environmental permits for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) an epidemic of comprehension has spread, resulting in an outbreak of articles on the break-up of BDCP. On April 11, 2015 the San Jose Mercury News published Delta tunnels: Major changes to environmental restoration
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Five-Year Water Board Process Comes Up Short For Rivers during Historic Drought
On April 8, 2015, the State Water Resources Control Board rejected an urgent appeal of a coalition of conservation, tribal and fishing groups to formally recognize Northern California Rivers and Steads as “impaired” under the Clean Water Act. CSPA has been working with the group for years to get these waterways 303(d) listed under the Clean
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