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Study of Summer Whitewater Releases and Macroinvertebrates Finds Little Effect
A just-completed study that included two seasons of field sampling on the North Fork Feather River and two years of analysis shows no ecosystem-level effect of limited summer whitewater boating releases on aquatic macroinvertebrates (insects). The study was designed by top experts on aquatic insects. It was commissioned by the Rock Creek – Cresta Ecological…
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EWC, Including CSPA, Submit Comments on Delta Plan EIR
The Environmental Water Caucus and 48 environmental, fishing and tribal organizations, including CSPA, submitted detailed comments on the deficiencies of the Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta Plan and Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The Draft EIR and proposed Delta Plan perpetuate the myth that existing water exports are sustainable and suggest that “water supply reliability” is shorthand…
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Coalition Submits Comments on Delta Plan and EIR
The Law Office of Stephan C. Volker, representing CSPA, PCFFA, Friends of the River, North Coast River Alliance, Institute for Fisheries Resources and the Winnemem Wintu Tribe, submitted comments on the Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta Plan and Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The comments identified numerous inconsistencies in the Plan and EIR with CEQA, the Delta…
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PCFFA and CSPA Submit Comments on Delta Plan EIR
Michael Lozeau, of Lozeau/Drury LLP, submitted detailed comments on the failure of the Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta Plan and Environmental Impact Report (EIR) to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Public Trust Doctrine and the Delta Reform Act of 2009. The letter characterized the Draft Plan as protection of the status quo and…
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CSPA Joins with CWIN, PCFFA and AquAlliance in Commenting on Delta Plan and EIR
On 2 February 2012, the Law Offices of Michael Jackson, representing the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, California Water Impact Network, Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman’s Associations and AquAlliance submitted extensive comments on the Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta Plan and Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The 64-page comment letter detailed numerous inadequacies in both the Delta Plan…
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