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Feinstein Sides with Big Donor and Agribusiness
Davis :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
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US Senator Dianne Feinstein intervened in California’s water fight on behalf of Stewart Resnick, a wealthy and influential donor who grows water-intensive crops in the dry southern Central Valley, according to California Watch. After receiving a letter...
Tags: Stewart Resnick, Sen. Feinstein, California Watch, Dianne Feinstein, Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, Davis, California, Resnick, Environment, Politics, Delta smelt, Irrigation, Lynda Resnick, Year of birth missing, Smelts, San Joaquin River, Central Valley of California, Gray Davis, Feinstein, POM Wonderful
State braces for fourth year of drought
Walnut Creek :: NC :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility Customers of the State Water Project, the state's largest water distribution system, were told they may get as little as 5 percent of their requested Delta water supply next year. That figure assumes very dry conditions, however, and the number is almost...
Tags: Delta, water supply, el niã, Walnut Creek, Environment, Snow, Delta smelt, Hydrides, Solvents, Hydrology, Osmeridae, Groundwater, Water
Schwarzenegger's heavy-handed threat is justified
San Luis Obispo :: CA :: USA | 13 days ago
Credibility The governor vows to kill hundreds of bills unless lawmakers deliver a measure on water. The issue justifies the tough stance. From Sacramento Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is threatening to kill hundreds of bills unless the Legislature delivers one bill...
Tags: water users, San Luis Obispo, Dam, California, Peripheral Canal, San Joaquin River, Central Valley of California, Delta smelt, Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, Sacramento River
Valley activists stage farm rally
Fresno :: TX :: USA | 16 days ago
Credibility The Farmer Relief Rally at the Fresno Fairgrounds was sponsored by the Central Valley Tea Party...Many speakers said federal policies -- such as those that protect the delta smelt -- must change so that farmers can have more water. Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Visalia,...
Tags: Fresno, American cuisine, Canadian cuisine, Smelts, Delta smelt, Fresno California, Osmeridae, Northern California, Central Valley of California, Nax, Lindsay Ontario, Queer as Folk, FedEx, FedEx Office, McDermont Field House
Judge: Feds must consider impacts of smelt plan
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 22 days ago
Credibility Bureau of Reclamation should have considered the environmental impacts before moving forward with a plan to protect a threatened California fish species. More News The Fish and Wildlife Service rewrote its rules governing the management of the delta...
Tags: San Francisco, Delta smelt, Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, Water crisis, Smelts, Osmeridae, Central Valley of California, Environmental issues, Environment
2 new lawsuits to save S.F. Bay-delta smelt
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 23 days ago
Credibility Two environmental groups sued the federal government Friday seeking greater habitat protections for two San Francisco Bay-delta fish species, one of them the delta smelt, a small but important creature in California's water wars. More Bay Area News ...
Tags: San Francisco Bay-delta, delta smelt, environmental group, San Francisco, Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, Smelts, Peripheral Canal, Longfin smelt, Central Valley of California, Osmeridae, San Francisco Bay, Environment
Species-First, People-Last Statute Destroying Millions of Acres of California Farming Land.
Once again, the ESA (Endangered Species Act) has decided to put the interests of the people below that of a threatened species – this time the Delta Smelt. The Delta Smelt a tiny fish no longer than 3”, was placed on the ESA’s list of...
Tags: Delta Smelt, Endangered Species Act, Wildlife, Environmentalist, Central Valley, California, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Fox News, Democrats
Green vampires
Wildlife Guardiens filed two petitions in one month for 681 species to be added to the endangered species list. This move took the Fish and Wildlife Service by suprise and is really making them hurry since the Endangered Species Act requires them to find...
Tags: Wildlife Guardiens, Endangered Species act, delta smelt, California
California, feds at odds over Delta smelt
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility Fish and Wildlife Service Thursday, the state Department of Water Resources argues rules should be changed because new research suggests a separate group of threatened Delta smelt has taken refuge on Liberty Island and is unaffected by water operations.
Fall fish count in Delta is dismal
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility Native Delta smelt, a threatened fish, is at its lowest point in 42 years of record-keeping. Two nonnative fish, the American shad and threadfin shad, also set record lows. The findings were in the state Department of Fish and Game's latest fall population...
Tags: San Joaquin Delta, Native Delta, record lows, delta smelt
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