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Judge’s Ruling: More Bad News For Beleaguered Fish That Are Fighting To Survive

On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Oliver Wanger temporarily lifted pumping restrictions that had been put in place to protect endangered salmon, steelhead and...

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Judicial Opinion Threatens Salmon

Last Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Oliver Wanger issued an opinion stating that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) protections for salmon in the...

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Court Affirms Seasonal Flows to Protect Endangered Salmon

On Wednesday, Judge Oliver Wanger of the Eastern District of California refused to grant the Westlands Water District and its co-plaintiffs a temporary...

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National Academy of Sciences Concludes Less Delta Pumping Saves Fish

Last week, the National Academy of Sciences’ National Research Council (NRC) released A Scientific Assessment of Alternatives for Reducing Water Management...

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Feds Crank Up Delta Pumps and (Surprise!) Fish Die

For several years scientists have shown that excessive water pumping from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta is a major cause of the collapse of...

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