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Barbara Boxer
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'Stealth' Water Bill Fumbled As Ag Interests Attempt End-Run Around Democracy
Post date:Central Valley Republicans attempt to rewrite California water law to benefit large farms without the public noticing.
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Report: Retiring Toxic Farmland Would Save Money, Water, Delta Wildlife
Post date:Retiring contaminated farmland in the Central Valley would keep selenium out of the Delta and save water.
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Bay Delta
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Bay Delta Fish You've Never Heard Of: Sacramento Splittail
Post date:The splittail was once abundant. Now its numbers are dwindling. But it isn't protected by either the state or feds.
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Bay Delta
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A Look at the Delta's Tastiest Invasive Species
Post date:Scientists differ over the degree of harm this fish might causing native wildlife, many Californians are happy to have a chance to see it. Especially steamed with ginger and lemongrass.
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Bay Delta
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The Delta Smelt: Keystone Species, Political Flashpoint, Possibly Already Extinct
Post date:It used to be so common that trawlers caught it to send to markets. Now, it will likely be extinct in a few years... if it isn't already.
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Bay Delta
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Bay Delta Salmon, Part 2: Making Rivers Flow Uphill
Post date:The Central Valley's Chinook salmon face an uphill battle if they're going to survive into the 22nd Century. Good thing salmon are really good at uphill battles.
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Second Year of No Water for Some Central Valley Irrigators
Post date:Think those December rains fixed the state's drought? Think again.
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biological opinion
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Feds Quietly Double Allowable Kill of Endangered Delta Fish
Post date:Just days after the California Department of Fish and Wildlife reported the worst season in history for the federally Endangered delta smelt, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service quietly gave permission in early January for Central Valley water projects.
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central valley project
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Melting Antarctic Glaciers Mean Big Changes for California
Post date:Glaciers and ice sheets in western Antarctica are melting, there's nothing we can do to stop it, and the result will be a 10-foot rise in sea level within the next century or two. That's according to new reports by NASA scientists scheduled for publica...
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central valley project
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Irrigation Districts are Pumping Groundwater, Making Money, and Undercutting Their Future
Post date:Water may flow uphill to money but what happens when the water runs out?
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fish
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Delta Smelt Wins Victory in Federal Court
Post date:In a ruling long-awaited by wildlife advocates and Central Valley water users alike, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today struck down most of a 2010 lower court ruling on federal protections for a small fish.
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SoCal Needs to Plan for Drought, Even After Big Storms
Post date:Will the current drought bring welcome change to Califonia's water policies? Let's hope so.
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Wildlife Refuges To Get 40 Percent of Usual Water
Post date:The Federal agency that operates one of the largest waterworks in California announced Friday how it plans to parcel out the meager supplies of water it controls in drought-stricken California -- and the Central Valley's wildlife refuges are going to t...
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department of fish and wildlife
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Do Republicans Care About State Rights? Not With California's Drought.
Post date:Like California's depleted reservoirs, Republicans' water politics keep coming up empty.
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commentary
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Representative Devin Nunes Versus the 'Stupid' Delta Smelt
Post date:The "Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Emergency Water Delivery Act," would take water from endangered fish and give it to San Joaquin Valley irrigators at bargain prices. And Representative Devin Nunes supported it by calling the threatened delta smelt a ...