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On April 10, the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) voted unanimously for a complete closure of recreational and commercial salmon seasons on the California Coast for the second year in a row, based on a CDFW recommendation. The closure is due...
by Dan Bacher
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on Wed Apr 10, 2024 at 05:05 PM PDT
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Media Advisory From the Governor’s Office For immediate release April 1, 2024 Today Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency for the ecosystem of the San Francisco Bay estuary and its Central Valley watershed, and vowed to provide relief in...
by Dan Bacher
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on Mon Apr 01, 2024 at 10:33 AM PDT
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Sacramento, CA - Salmon populations are in deep trouble in California and a large coalition wants to stop the current march to extinction. On the International Day of Action for Rivers on March 14, a big coalition of California’s Tribal organizations,...
by Dan Bacher
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on Fri Mar 15, 2024 at 09:17 AM PDT
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This is epic.. a significant step forward to addressing the issue of salmon loss on the Snake and Columbia River systems.. an issue I worked on with others for the four years I lived in Idaho in the early 90s before moving to Haines in the winter of...
by akmk
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on Mon Feb 26, 2024 at 11:55 AM PST
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For the sixth year in a row, no Delta Smelt were collected in the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Fall Midwater Trawl (FMWT) Survey in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta from September through December 2023. Once the most abundant...
by Dan Bacher
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on Sat Feb 17, 2024 at 10:30 AM PST
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Today’s Press Release from the Department of Interior: Funding from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda will support critical restoration work, drought resilience efforts in Klamath Basin WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior today...
by Dan Bacher
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on Wed Feb 14, 2024 at 07:04 PM PST
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SACRAMENTO - As the Delta Smelt has become virtually extinct in the wild and spring-run, winter-run and fall-run Chinook populations on the Sacramento River collapse, the Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition (DTEC) filed an administrative comment with...
by Dan Bacher
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on Sat Jan 20, 2024 at 05:02 PM PST
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Press Release from the California Water Impact Network: Agency’s CEQA Analysis Provides No Clear Plan for Restoring and Protecting California’s Greatest Aquatic Resource The State Water Resources Control Board’s long-awaited environmental assessment of...
by Dan Bacher
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on Thu Jan 18, 2024 at 06:04 PM PST
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On January 16, a Sacramento court ruled that the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) lacks the authority to issue revenue bonds to finance the embattled Delta Tunnel, AKA Delta Conveyance Project. Kenneth C. Mennemeier, Jr., Judge for the...
by Dan Bacher
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on Wed Jan 17, 2024 at 02:36 PM PST
with 66 Recommends
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Just in time for the Christmas Holidays and the Winter Solstice, the Gavin Newsom administration on December 21 officially approved the embattled Delta Tunnel project and published the project’s Notice of Determination (NOD), drawing outrage from...
by Dan Bacher
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on Thu Dec 21, 2023 at 01:37 PM PST
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Tonight’s science-y nature news includes
wolf updates�from California and Colorado,
more�“surprise” that non-human animals are complex emotional beings,
major federal funding for ...
by Besame
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on Sat Dec 23, 2023 at 08:56 PM PST
with 61 Recommends
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Once upon a time, people had what seemed like a good idea... Building four dams on the Lower Snake River �would serve several purposes: provide hydro power, make the river navigable for barge ...
by xaxnar
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on Tue Dec 19, 2023 at 02:44 PM PST
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Decolonizing Wealth Project, Liberated Capital Award Over $1.7 million to Indigenous Led Initiatives For Immediate Release: Over 25 organizations will benefit through Liberated Capital, a fund of Decolonizing Wealth Project, helping Native Californians engage with the California Truth and Healing Council and uplift Indigenous efforts across the U.S....
by Dan Bacher
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on Thu Dec 14, 2023 at 12:07 PM PST
with 11 Recommends
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Sacramento, CA – Consumer Watchdog released a new video today to counter a disinformation campaign by the state’s oil refiners lobby, led by the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA), as it seeks to discredit the price gouging penalty being...
by Dan Bacher
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on Tue Nov 28, 2023 at 11:53 AM PST
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This is the last of my three part series covering several natural areas I recently visited in the Bay Area; South Bay as it were, southern San Francisco Bay.
Part I —�Don Edwards San Francisco ...
by BrownsBay
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on Thu Nov 30, 2023 at 06:00 AM PST
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Northern California’s Trinity County, emerging victorious from a California Appeals Court ruling after a four-year battle against an attempted water grab by the politically powerful Westlands Water District, has asked Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to...
by Dan Bacher
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on Tue Nov 21, 2023 at 09:37 AM PST
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SACRAMENTO, CA – Regulatory capture — the capture of the regulators by the regulated — by Big Ag and Big Water is a sad fact of life in the “green” and “progressive” state of California. That’s why the California Department of Water Resources (DWR)...
by Dan Bacher
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on Fri Nov 17, 2023 at 06:09 PM PST
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Clements — A possible record run of fall-run Chinook salmon is now returning to the Mokelumne River Fish Hatchery. In contrast, the Coleman National Fish Hatchery on Battle Creek, a tributary of the Sacramento, is reporting the second lowest return of...
by Dan Bacher
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on Wed Nov 08, 2023 at 09:25 AM PST
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Westlands Water District, the largest agricultural water district in the country, is asking the California Supreme Court to overrule four State Court decisions in its most recent effort to evade payment of at least $100 million in environmental...
by Dan Bacher
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on Tue Oct 17, 2023 at 05:22 PM PDT
with 32 Recommends
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Sacramento, CA – The California State Water Resources Control Board today released its controversial Draft Staff Report for the Phase II Update of the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan (“Bay-Delta Plan”), including a proposal that a coalition of...
by Dan Bacher
5 comments
on Thu Sep 28, 2023 at 07:12 PM PDT
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