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CSPA Releases 14-Point Analysis/Opposition to Water Bond
On 3 September 2014, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) released a 14-Point Analysis and Statement of Opposition to the Proposition 1 Water Bond that is on the 4 November 2014 ballot. The $7.5 billion Bond includes $2.7 billion for new dams and is a serious threat to the Delta and Central Valley rivers and
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CSPA, Coalition Request Extension of Review Period for Statewide Pest EIR
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 Environmental Impact Report. The letter pointed out that the minimum 45-day review period was insufficient
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EPA Comments put BDCP on Life Support; Prognosis Poor
The controversial Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) that proposes to construct two 35-mile long tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to divert Sacramento River water to agricultural plantations in the deserts of southern California was placed on life support following the USEPA’s scathing 43-page comment letter on the BDCP’s draft EIR/EIS. DWR announced that a
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CSPA Opposes Dam Building Water Bond
CSPA has carefully reviewed the provisions of Assembly Bill 1471, Water Quality, Supply and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014, which is on the 4 November 2014 ballot as Proposition 1, Water Bond, and concludes that it represents a grave and insidious threat to core environmental values and principles buttressing protection for fisheries and the environment. Furthermore,
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CSPA Settles Stanislaus County Well Drilling Permit Lawsuit Against Certain Parties
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 suit will continue against parties who have not settled. The second lawsuit against Stanislaus County
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