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Pumping Restriction Out, Pumping Restriction In
In the last post, we focused on the 2009 biological opinion that the National Marine Fisheries Service prepared for salmonids, but a parallel process has been playing out with the delta smelt. The...
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TRO Sought Against Delta Smelt BiOp, but Will Judge Wanger Consider the Science?
The battle for the pumps is on. Quick recap: on February 5, 2010, Judge Wanger issued a 14-day temporary restraining order against one action contained in the NMFS salmonid biological opinion, which...
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Judge Wanger Denies TRO on Delta Smelt BiOp
Judge Wanger has issued a ruling denying Westlands/SLDMWA’s request for a temporary restraining order against the new pumping restrictions that went into effect on February 10 at 5:00 p.m. to protect...
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Parties to the Delta Smelt litigation propose alternative CVP and SWP...
On May 27, 2010, Judge Wanger issued his ruling on the delta smelt biological opinion, which was analogous to his earlier ruling on the salmonid biological opinion. In the Consolidated Delta Smelt...
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Should the public trust doctrine be extended to groundwater?
The public trust doctrine was extended in 1983 to protect the unique ecosystem and environment of Mono Lake. Should it be extended once again — this time to protect coho salmon on the Scott River?...
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Wanger Recap: Final judgment for delta smelt, salmon dispute cools off
Tracy Pumping Plant. Courtesy of USFWS Pacific Southwest Region. The spring season is often associated with uplifting imagery: Of nature reawakening and basking in ever-stronger sunlight, and of a new...
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Judge Frawley’s decision on South Delta salinity and Tracy discharge
My apologies for the lack of new posts here. I recently started working on a water-related project that I hope to share here in the future, but it will take some time to complete. In the meantime, I...
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Opportunity to enhance delta smelt science scrapped by Wanger compromise
The 2008 biological opinion prepared by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recommends a set of actions that should be taken to protect delta smelt while operating the federal and state projects. USFWS...
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Fall X2 and delta smelt, continued
This post is a continuation of the previous post. Given that there is a salinity range physiologically tolerable to delta smelt — and a subset salinity range that is not just tolerable, but actually...
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HORB revisited
Last week, the court approved a joint stipulation (PDF) filed by the various parties involved in the OCAP salmonid litigation. [1] The stipulation will set the plan for the coordinated operation of the...
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