Posted by Doug Obegi in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
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...continued→
Posted by Doug Obegi in Living Sustainably
Today, we expect that the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) will announce water pumping restrictions in the Bay-Delta to protect longfin smelt from being sucked into the export pumps of the state and federal water projects. The longfin...continued→
Posted by Doug Obegi in Living Sustainably
Last week, the San Diego Union Tribune published an editorial on water policy and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Not only did the editorial get many of the critical facts wrong, but it also perpetuated a superficial theory that California can...continued→
Posted by Doug Obegi in Living Sustainably
California’s water supply system (the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project) relies on two sets of massive pumps in the Delta to deliver water to farmers and municipalities. Unfortunately, those pumps also suck in and kill millions of...continued→
