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California Committee on Salmon and Steelhead Recommends No BDCP
On 26 February 2014, the California Advisory Committee on Salmon and Steelhead Trout sent California Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Charlton Bonham a letter recommending that the Department deny an incidental take permit and Natural Communities Conservation Plan (NCCP) for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP). The Advisory Committee was established by the legislature…
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CSPA Presses FERC for Tuolumne River Improvements
CSPA and allies have filed comments on major documents in the relicensing of the Don Pedro Project on the Tuolumne River. In comments on the Updated Study Report and the Draft License Application, CSPA and nine other Conservation Groups dispute scientific conclusions of the Turlock and Modesto Irrigation Districts about salmon and steelhead in the…
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CSPA Requests Urgent Actions to Protect Delta and Longfin Smelt
On 20 February 2014, in a letter to California Natural Resources Agency Secretary John Laird and Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, CSPA requested that the agencies take urgent action to protect Delta smelt and longfin smelt during the present drought crisis. Present operations of the state and federal water projects are adversely affecting the…
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CSPA, Coalition Submit Comments on Biological Objectives for Freshwater Streams and Rivers
On 21 February 2014, CSPA joined Heal the Bay, California Coastkeeper Alliance, Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman’s Associations, Californians for Alternatives to Toxics, Environment California and others in submitting comments to the State Water Resources Control Board in support of efforts to develop biological objectives for freshwater streams and rivers in California. Specifically, the groups…
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CSPA Testifies at State Water Board Drought Urgency Hearing
On 18 and 19 February 2014, CSPA testified at the State Water Resource Control Board’s workshop regarding the drought urgency petition filed by the Department of Water Resources and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the Water Board’s temporary order, issued on 31 January and revised on 6 February, that weakened water quality and fish protection…
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