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Red Herrings and Delta Smelt

September 2, 2009

Posted by Doug Obegi in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
california, delta, deltasmelt, endangered, fishing, salmon, water, waterprogram

Today's editorial in the Wall Street Journal tries to blame all of the Central Valley's woes on the tiny delta smelt, and on a lawsuit by NRDC, in order to perpetuate myths about the impacts of protecting endangered species in...

California’s salmon (and salmon fishermen) catch a break today

June 18, 2009

Posted by Doug Obegi in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
california, conservation, endangered, fish, fishing, salmon, salmonfishing, water, waterprogram

Over the past 8 years of the Bush Administration, politics trumped science to enable water exports to reach unprecedented levels in California, reaping a host of consequences.  One of the consequences was that the state's native fish, particularly salmon, were...

Hopefully, Thursday Will Bring Good News for California's Fishermen, Tribes, Environmentalists, and Everyone who Loves to Eat Fresh, Wild Salmon

June 3, 2009

Posted by Doug Obegi in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
california, delta, endangered, fish, fishing, salmon, virtualriver, water, waterprogram

On Thursday, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is expected to release its biological opinion (BO) on the effects of the state and federal water projects on threatened and endangered runs of salmon, steelhead, green sturgeon, and killer whales.  The...

California determines delta smelt is endangered - and then seeks to reduce its protections?

May 8, 2009

Posted by Doug Obegi in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
baydelta, deltasmelt, drought, endangeredspecies, farming, fish, NRDC, smelt, water, waterprogram

 The tiny endangered delta smelt has become a popular target for anger over low water allocations this year.  It's not a charismatic species - not many people love a three inch long fish that smells like cucumber and lives only...

Protecting delta smelt - Will Water Still Come Out of the Tap?

December 15, 2008

Posted by Doug Obegi in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
baydelta, california, delta, deltasmelt, deltavision, endangered, salmon, water, watersupply

Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued its long-awaited biological opinion on delta smelt. The opinion concludes that we must restrict water exports from the Delta to prevent the extinction of the delta smelt. While this tiny fish is...

Doug Obegi
Doug Obegi
Staff Attorney, Western Water Project
San Francisco
I grew up in Orange County, California, a place bounded on one side by beautiful...
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