Posted by Doug Obegi in Living Sustainably
Today, California's Governor is signing into law SB 7X 1, part of the legislative package to reform water policy in the state. The bill being signed today builds the foundation for a sustainable 21st century water policy, which is built on two interrelated principles:...continued→
Posted by Doug Obegi in Living Sustainably
Never mind that drought, not endangered fish species, is what is driving low water allocations for some farmers in the Central Valley, as both the state and federal governments have recognized numerous times. Never mind that the State's Senior Meteorologist says...continued→
Posted by Doug Obegi in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
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...continued→
Posted by Doug Obegi in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
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...continued→
Posted by Doug Obegi in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
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...continued→
Posted by Doug Obegi in Living Sustainably
Yesterday, the Pacific Fishery Management Council voted to close the salmon fishing season throughout California in 2009. This will be only the second time in the State's history (last year was the first) that the fishery will be completely shut down. ...continued→
Posted by Doug Obegi in Living Sustainably
As just about everyone has heard by now, the Governor has declared that California is in a drought, and as a result, he subsequently declared a state of emergency in the Central Valley. Drought may be the worst ‘bad...continued→
