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Delta Exports a Key Factor in Salmon and Killer Whale Declines 
Massive water exports out of the California Delta and other freshwater habitat problems not only threaten the survival of Central Valley chinook salmon populations, but could lead to the extinction of the southern resident population of orcas....
Posted: Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:41pm PST
State and Federal Water Agencies Seek to Kill the Delta by a Thousand Little Cuts 
Restore the Delta is joining with fishing and environmental groups, as well as Delta water agencies, in attending a public hearing in Sacramento on February 17, 2009. The hearing will review a proposal by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to relax freshwater flow standards on the California Delta in February....
Posted: Sat, Feb 14, 2009 11:07am PST
Pirates of the Capitol: Tentative Budget Deal Will Weaken Environmental, Labor Protections 
A temporary deal that will weaken environmental and labor protections has been reached in the state budget standoff between Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Legislature. "The budget stalemate was a direct result of unreasonable demands made by both the Republican leadership and the Governor to roll back public health and environmental protections and weaken labor standards," according to this week's PCL Insider.
This is the same Governor that is trying to "borrow" $30 million of d...
Posted: Fri, Feb 13, 2009 4:03pm PST
Hearing on Suspension of Delta Protections Set for Feb. 17 
The Department of Water Resources and Bureau of Reclamation are attempting to undermine water standards that protect imperiled Delta smelt, longfin smelt and other species....
Posted: Wed, Feb 11, 2009 5:44pm PST
Alameda Creek Alliance Update February 11 
Here is the latest Alameda Creek Update, courtesy of Jeff Miller of the Alameda Creek Alliance. The update features lots of news about steelhead and salmon restoration, habitat protection for imperiled wildlife within the Alameda Creek watershed, and statewide salmon protection and river restoration....
Posted: Wed, Feb 11, 2009 2:32pm PST
Restore the Delta Action Alert: Radanovich Calls ESA 'Economic Terrorism! 
Congressman George Radanovich (R-Mariposa) on February 4 introduced the California Drought Alleviation Act (CDAA), H.R. 856, to temporarily suspend the Endangered Species Act (ESA) as it applies to the California pumping facilities during Gubernatorial declared times of drought emergencies until such conditions are alleviated.
Radanovich claimed that the ESA amounts to a form of "economic terrorism" against agribusiness, failing to note the thousands of commercial and recreational fishing...
Posted: Tue, Feb 10, 2009 2:37pm PST
Environmental Group Apologizes for Remarks by Former Board Member Carolee Krieger, President of the environmental group C-WIN, today issued an apology for disparaging remarks about immigrant farm workers made by now former Board member Lloyd Carter....
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2009 5:32pm PST
Schwarzenegger, Feinstein and Nature Conservancy Capture Cold, Dead Fish Awards In spite of fierce competition among opponents of fish restoration, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Senator Dianne Feinstein and the Nature Conservancy managed to capture the annual Cold, Dead Fish Awards....
Posted: Fri, Feb 6, 2009 5:04pm PST
Representatives Miller and McNerney will be keynote speakers at Delta Symposium 
Restore the Delta has just announced the keynote speakers for the February 28, 2009 Symposium, "A Bold Direction: The People's Vision for the Delta." Launching the morning session will be Keynote Speaker Congressman George Miller (D-Martinez), the author of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA) and numerous other environmental bills.
The event is being held when Central Valley chinook salmon and California Delta pelagic (open water) fish populations are in their greatest cris...
Posted: Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:19pm PST
Name Change Won't Alter Resources Agency's Dark Mission 
Changing the name of the California Resources Agency will do nothing to stop the extinction of Central Valley chinook salmon, Delta smelt, longfin smelt, Sacramento splittail, green sturgeon and other imperiled fish species that need a healthy California Delta to thrive.
The California "Natural" Resources Agency has presided over the Prospect Island Fish Kill of 2007 and numerous other environmental disasters. Photo by Dan Bacher....
Posted: Wed, Feb 4, 2009 10:01am PST
Documentary film on GITMO: "Inside the Wire" to open Feb. 2 on Press TV 
Journalist Yvonne Ridley discusses new documentary film on Guantanamo prison: “Guantanamo: Inside the Wire”...
Posted: Sun, Feb 1, 2009 11:03am PST
SF events 1.30 Sat 6pm Oakland protest BART killer cops. A mass demonstration is called for Saturday at 6:00pm in front of the Oakland City Hall.
BART Officer Who Shot Oscar Grant Has Bail Set At $3 Million...
Posted: Fri, Jan 30, 2009 7:35pm PST
Schwarzenegger Uses Snow Survey as Opportunity to Push Peripheral Canal 
Arnold Schwarzenegger, who continually portrays himself as the "Green Governor" in press conferences, is using the results of the latest DWR snow survey to push the peripheral canal and more dams....
Posted: Fri, Jan 30, 2009 11:38am PST
New Reports Show Dam Removal Will Benefit Klamath River Salmon 
The California Coastal Conservancy has funded three reports confirming that dam removal on the Klamath River will be beneficial for salmon and water quality without incurring any increased flood risk to downstream residents.
Iron Gate Dam looking downstream. Iron Gate Hatchery is just below the dam. Photo from ODFW...
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2009 11:16am PST
"A Bold Direction: The People's Vision for the Delta" Symposium 
Restore the Delta will present "A Bold Direction: The People's Vision for the Delta," A Symposium on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta," on February 28, 2009 from 8 a.m to 4:15 p.m. at the Wine and Roses Hotel in Lodi, California.
The event will take place as the Delta is under siege by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his allies, Senator Diane Feinstein and the Nature Conservancy, who are campaigning to build a peripheral canal. The canal is designed to suck even more water out of the ...
Posted: Tue, Jan 27, 2009 3:15pm PST
Scenes from Gaza via Al Jazeera End all US government "aid" to Israel. Boycott Israel internationally....
Posted: Tue, Jan 27, 2009 3:26am PST
Arnold Applauds Clean Air Waiver as He Continues War on Fish! 
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, in a cynical move to distract attention from his war on California's fish populations and his failure to reach an accord with the Legislature over the state budget, held a press conference today in Sacramento to applaud President Obama's announcement directing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to consider granting a waiver to California for its clean car law.
Schwarzenegger holds yet another tiresome press conference touting his "green credentials" a...
Posted: Mon, Jan 26, 2009 4:14pm PST
Salmon And Steelhead Panel: Act Now Or Lose Our Fisheries! 
“The next five years are critical for the survival of our fisheries,” said Michael Jackson, attorney for the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, before a packed crowd of anglers at the International Sportsmen’s Expo at Cal Expo in Sacramento on January 17. “We either restore these fish on your watch or they will be gone forever."
Photo of Butte Creek spring run Chinooks in June 2008, courtesy of Friends of Butte Creek....
Posted: Fri, Jan 23, 2009 1:15pm PST
Panel will debate Central Valley and Delta water issues Feb. 4 at Fresno State 
What promises to be an exciting debate on water policy in California and the Central Valley will be moderated by U.S. District Judge Oliver Wanger at 7 p.m. Feb. 4, at California State University, Fresno. Agricultural and environmental advocates will face off on the issues. Bill Jennings and Mike Jackson from the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance and Lloyd Carter of the California Impact Network will represent the environmental and fishing communities. This panel will debate a numbe...
Posted: Thu, Jan 22, 2009 3:34pm PST
Leaping Steelhead Conservation Awards For 2008 
Last year was one of the most challenging ones ever for fish and the environment in California and the West, due to the continual attacks on our fisheries by the Bush and Schwarzenegger administrations and their corporate allies. However, a diverse group of people fought back against these attacks - and for their efforts they receive the "Leaping Steelhead" Awards for 2008.
Photo: Klamath River defenders hold a banner over a busy overpass in Omaha, Nebraska in May 2008 during an historic p...
Posted: Tue, Jan 20, 2009 5:15pm PST