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• Myths and Facts about California's Bay-Delta Estuary (February 6, 2012)
• PPIC Studies Assume Peripheral Canal Doesn't Increase Water Exports (January 17, 2012)
• Independent Scientific Review Vindicates DOI Scientists (January 6, 2012)
• 2011 in Review: Bay-Delta Fisheries & Water Supplies (January 3, 2012)
• BDCP Independent Science Review: Still Not Passing Muster (December 7, 2011)
• An Additional 391 Billion Gallons of Water from the Delta Isn't "More Water"? (November 21, 2011)
• Delta fish populations rebound, vindicating DOI scientists (October 12, 2011)
• San Joaquin River Restoration Program Receives 2011 Partners in Conservation Award from Interior (September 26, 2011)
• Record Bay-Delta Water Exports = 80% of Maximum Contract Allocations (July 19, 2011)
• Why We Work to Protect California's Bay-Delta Estuary (July 7, 2011)
• Congressman Nunes Skips Congressional Hearing on His Own Bill (HR 1837) (June 13, 2011)
• Bipartisan Opposition to H.R. 1837 Continues to Grow (June 10, 2011)
• HR 1837: Preempting State Water Law to Prioritize Junior Water Rights? (June 1, 2011)
• Happy Earth Day - Have you Thanked a Scientist Today? (April 22, 2011)
• Important Facts for Today's Congressional Hearing on California Water Supply (April 11, 2011)
• California Making Progress Restoring Salmon and Salmon Fishing (April 6, 2011)
• Water Users Turn off the Delta Pumps, and Smelt Protections Require No Water (This is Not an April Fools' Joke) (April 1, 2011)
• Settlement Maintains Scientific Protections for Delta Smelt and Bay-Delta Estuary (February 24, 2011)
• Allocations Show a Better Water Year for California (January 26, 2011)
• New Year's Hopes and Resolutions for California Water Policy (December 30, 2010)
• An Outsider's Perspective on the Past Four Years, and the Next Few Years, of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) Process (November 18, 2010)
• Mythbusters: the Truth about Farming and Fishing Jobs in California (September 30, 2010)
• Come Celebrate California's Salmon Heritage at SalmonAid (August 20, 2010)
• Cautious Optimism that Delta Smelt Numbers Are Slowly Improving (August 16, 2010)
• State Water Board Adopts Historic Bay-Delta Flow Recommendations (August 4, 2010)
• SWRCB's Delta Flow Recommendations Aren't a Surprise (July 28, 2010)
• SWRCB's Flow Recommendations Signal the Way to a Healthy Bay-Delta Estuary (July 21, 2010)
• California's Salmon Fishermen & Central Valley Agribusinesses: What About Co-Equal Goals? (July 1, 2010)
• California's Subprime Water Problem (June 22, 2010)
• California (Illegally?) Weakens State Law Protections for Endangered Salmon (May 27, 2010)
• Court Decision Could Push California Salmon to the Brink? (May 18, 2010)
• Happy Earth Day (and Thank You) to the Scientists Working for the Federal Government (April 22, 2010)
• What the National Academy of Sciences’ Report Means for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (March 26, 2010)
• National Academy of Sciences Confirms that Protections for Endangered Salmon and Other Species are “Scientifically Justified” (March 19, 2010)
• National Research Council Concludes Bay-Delta Protections Are "Scientifically Justified"? (March 18, 2010)
• Protect the Delta, Protect Fishing Jobs (February 12, 2010)
• A bit of good news for California's salmon fishermen (February 10, 2010)
• Westlands’ Legal Strategy Causes Less Water for Farming, More Dead Fish? (February 8, 2010)
• A Fair and Balanced Look at California Water (no, really) (January 13, 2010)
• The Future of California’s Salmon Fishery in Doubt? (January 4, 2010)
• 2009: California Water In Review (and Hopes for 2010) (December 30, 2009)
• Nonpartisan Report from Congressional Research Service Busts California Water Myths (December 17, 2009)
• Congratulations to Los Angeles for Saving Water (December 4, 2009)
• As California's Drought Continues, so does the Need to Conserve Water (December 1, 2009)
• California's Co-Equal Goals for the Delta (November 12, 2009)
• California Takes a Big Step Forward in Improving Water Efficiency (November 11, 2009)
• Hannity's Central Valley - the Facts that Hannity Forgot (September 18, 2009)
• Red Herrings and Delta Smelt (September 2, 2009)
• Protecting Water for Fishermen, Farmers, and all Californians (August 20, 2009)
• The Fallacy of “Fish versus People” (July 8, 2009)
• California’s salmon (and salmon fishermen) catch a break today (June 18, 2009)
• Hopefully, Thursday Will Bring Good News for California's Fishermen, Tribes, Environmentalists, and Everyone who Loves to Eat Fresh, Wild Salmon (June 3, 2009)
• California determines delta smelt is endangered - and then seeks to reduce its protections? (May 8, 2009)
• Some Good News for California's Water Supply and Environment (April 16, 2009)
• California's Salmon Fishery Closed Again (April 9, 2009)
• How much water will farmers in California get this year? The answer may surprise you. (April 8, 2009)
• We Don’t Need to Sacrifice Endangered Fish to Provide Water for Californians (February 18, 2009)
• California Waiving Water Quality Standards in the Delta? (February 5, 2009)
• California's Water Problems Weren't Caused By a Fish: We Need a 21st Century Water Policy for Fish and People (January 28, 2009)
• Protecting delta smelt - Will Water Still Come Out of the Tap? (December 15, 2008)
• Debunking the myth of having to choose between water for people vs water for fish (December 2, 2008)
• California's 2009 Water Supply Announcement Demonstrates Need to Tap Into the "Virtual River" (October 30, 2008)
• Report from Los Angeles Business Group Suggests that Southern California Will Meet its Water Needs Through the "Virtual River", Not New Dams and Reservoirs (July 29, 2008)
• Water management in California threatens the future of California's salmon fishery (July 24, 2008)
• “Waiter, there’s a dead delta smelt in my drinking water!”: why your drinking water might taste like cucumbers, if certain legislators get their way (June 19, 2008)
• The D-Word(s): Drought and the Disaster for Salmon, and Salmon Fishermen (June 16, 2008)

• 2009: California Water In Review (and Hopes for 2010) (December 30, 2009)
• 2011 in Review: Bay-Delta Fisheries & Water Supplies (January 3, 2012)
• A Fair and Balanced Look at California Water (no, really) (January 13, 2010)
• A bit of good news for California's salmon fishermen (February 10, 2010)
• Allocations Show a Better Water Year for California (January 26, 2011)
• An Additional 391 Billion Gallons of Water from the Delta Isn't "More Water"? (November 21, 2011)
• An Outsider's Perspective on the Past Four Years, and the Next Few Years, of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) Process (November 18, 2010)
• As California's Drought Continues, so does the Need to Conserve Water (December 1, 2009)
• BDCP Independent Science Review: Still Not Passing Muster (December 7, 2011)
• Bipartisan Opposition to H.R. 1837 Continues to Grow (June 10, 2011)
• California (Illegally?) Weakens State Law Protections for Endangered Salmon (May 27, 2010)
• California Making Progress Restoring Salmon and Salmon Fishing (April 6, 2011)
• California Takes a Big Step Forward in Improving Water Efficiency (November 11, 2009)
• California Waiving Water Quality Standards in the Delta? (February 5, 2009)
• California determines delta smelt is endangered - and then seeks to reduce its protections? (May 8, 2009)
• California's 2009 Water Supply Announcement Demonstrates Need to Tap Into the "Virtual River" (October 30, 2008)
• California's Co-Equal Goals for the Delta (November 12, 2009)
• California's Salmon Fishermen & Central Valley Agribusinesses: What About Co-Equal Goals? (July 1, 2010)
• California's Salmon Fishery Closed Again (April 9, 2009)
• California's Subprime Water Problem (June 22, 2010)
• California's Water Problems Weren't Caused By a Fish: We Need a 21st Century Water Policy for Fish and People (January 28, 2009)
• California’s salmon (and salmon fishermen) catch a break today (June 18, 2009)
• Cautious Optimism that Delta Smelt Numbers Are Slowly Improving (August 16, 2010)
• Come Celebrate California's Salmon Heritage at SalmonAid (August 20, 2010)
• Congratulations to Los Angeles for Saving Water (December 4, 2009)
• Congressman Nunes Skips Congressional Hearing on His Own Bill (HR 1837) (June 13, 2011)
• Court Decision Could Push California Salmon to the Brink? (May 18, 2010)
• Debunking the myth of having to choose between water for people vs water for fish (December 2, 2008)
• Delta fish populations rebound, vindicating DOI scientists (October 12, 2011)
• HR 1837: Preempting State Water Law to Prioritize Junior Water Rights? (June 1, 2011)
• Hannity's Central Valley - the Facts that Hannity Forgot (September 18, 2009)
• Happy Earth Day (and Thank You) to the Scientists Working for the Federal Government (April 22, 2010)
• Happy Earth Day - Have you Thanked a Scientist Today? (April 22, 2011)
• Hopefully, Thursday Will Bring Good News for California's Fishermen, Tribes, Environmentalists, and Everyone who Loves to Eat Fresh, Wild Salmon (June 3, 2009)
• How much water will farmers in California get this year? The answer may surprise you. (April 8, 2009)
• Important Facts for Today's Congressional Hearing on California Water Supply (April 11, 2011)
• Independent Scientific Review Vindicates DOI Scientists (January 6, 2012)
• Mythbusters: the Truth about Farming and Fishing Jobs in California (September 30, 2010)
• Myths and Facts about California's Bay-Delta Estuary (February 6, 2012)
• National Academy of Sciences Confirms that Protections for Endangered Salmon and Other Species are “Scientifically Justified” (March 19, 2010)
• National Research Council Concludes Bay-Delta Protections Are "Scientifically Justified"? (March 18, 2010)
• New Year's Hopes and Resolutions for California Water Policy (December 30, 2010)
• Nonpartisan Report from Congressional Research Service Busts California Water Myths (December 17, 2009)
• PPIC Studies Assume Peripheral Canal Doesn't Increase Water Exports (January 17, 2012)
• Protect the Delta, Protect Fishing Jobs (February 12, 2010)
• Protecting Water for Fishermen, Farmers, and all Californians (August 20, 2009)
• Protecting delta smelt - Will Water Still Come Out of the Tap? (December 15, 2008)
• Record Bay-Delta Water Exports = 80% of Maximum Contract Allocations (July 19, 2011)
• Red Herrings and Delta Smelt (September 2, 2009)
• Report from Los Angeles Business Group Suggests that Southern California Will Meet its Water Needs Through the "Virtual River", Not New Dams and Reservoirs (July 29, 2008)
• SWRCB's Delta Flow Recommendations Aren't a Surprise (July 28, 2010)
• SWRCB's Flow Recommendations Signal the Way to a Healthy Bay-Delta Estuary (July 21, 2010)
• San Joaquin River Restoration Program Receives 2011 Partners in Conservation Award from Interior (September 26, 2011)
• Settlement Maintains Scientific Protections for Delta Smelt and Bay-Delta Estuary (February 24, 2011)
• Some Good News for California's Water Supply and Environment (April 16, 2009)
• State Water Board Adopts Historic Bay-Delta Flow Recommendations (August 4, 2010)
• The D-Word(s): Drought and the Disaster for Salmon, and Salmon Fishermen (June 16, 2008)
• The Fallacy of “Fish versus People” (July 8, 2009)
• The Future of California’s Salmon Fishery in Doubt? (January 4, 2010)
• Water Users Turn off the Delta Pumps, and Smelt Protections Require No Water (This is Not an April Fools' Joke) (April 1, 2011)
• Water management in California threatens the future of California's salmon fishery (July 24, 2008)
• We Don’t Need to Sacrifice Endangered Fish to Provide Water for Californians (February 18, 2009)
• Westlands’ Legal Strategy Causes Less Water for Farming, More Dead Fish? (February 8, 2010)
• What the National Academy of Sciences’ Report Means for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (March 26, 2010)
• Why We Work to Protect California's Bay-Delta Estuary (July 7, 2011)
• “Waiter, there’s a dead delta smelt in my drinking water!”: why your drinking water might taste like cucumbers, if certain legislators get their way (June 19, 2008)

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