Three of the West Coast’s major river systems – the Columbia, Klamath and Central Valley (Sacramento, San Joaquin) are under threat. In 1992, Congress recognized the shortage to the Bay and Delta and voted in the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA) to provide the Federal share of that amount by allocating an additional 800,000 acre-feet of yield from the Central Valley Project for fish and wildlife. Unfortunately, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, charged with implementing the CVPIA, subscribes to a culture that worships dams and views water diversions as a holy sacrament. Read More - 1 | 2 | 3

Meanwhile, in the northeastern corner of California, the beautiful, majestic South Fork of the Pit River located in Modoc County, is endangered due to California's grab for land and the water rights that go along with it. Many ranchers have sold out and large corporate ranching operations have purchased the small ranches, including Alturas Ranches, owned by multimillionaire Silicon Valley Land Developer, Barry Swenson, members of his family, various partners of his and the Green Valley Corporation. As a result, they hold an almost sixty percent control of the South Fork Irrigation District (SFID) a public entity, and a controlling share of the water rights of the South Fork of the Pit River. Read More - 1 | 2

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