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Massive Loss of Endangered Winter Run Salmon
During April, May and early June, perhaps half of this years spawning population of endangered winter-run Chinook salmon were drawn into the irrigation channels of the Yolo Bypass and Colusa Basin and stranded. Approximately 300 fish were rescued and returned to the Sacramento River but most were lost. The majority of those rescued were in…
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CSPA and Allies Warn of Looming Salmon Apocalypse in California
CSPA, AquAlliance and the California Water Impact Network is calling attention to poor government policy that could doom salmon runs in a press release. Currently the Sacramento River is providing exports south of the Delta, draining reservoirs of cold water needed to ensure the survival of native salmon in the Central Valley. Federal and state…
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CSPA and Allies Seek Supplemental DEIS on Yuba River Hydroelectric Projects
CSPA, Trout Unlimited and American Rivers filed a motion on June 21 that asks the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to account for the reintroduction of anadromous fish in the South Yuba and Middle Yuba rivers. The motion asks FERC to issue a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the relicensing of the Yuba-Bear and…
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CSPA Sues Delta Stewardship Council over Delta Plan
On 17 June 2013, the California Sportsfishing Protection Alliance joined the California Water Impact Network, AquAlliance, Friends of the River, Center For Biological Diversity and Restore the Delta in filling a lawsuit against the Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta Plan and Environmental Impact Report. The lawsuit alleges numerous explicit violations of the statutory requirements of the…
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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Shasta Lake Marina
CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Holiday Harbor, Inc., for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Holiday Harbor operates a marina and boat repair facility on the shores of Shasta Lake. The lawsuit alleged that the facility discharged polluted stormwater into the Lake Shasta, the Sacramento River and Delta. The…
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