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Salmon Water Now Exposes Westlands’ Poisonous Legacy 3-4-10
Latest Release, “Bad Dirt, Bad Water, Bad Farms” Comes as Westlands Water District Seeks to Pump Potentially Tainted Groundwater into California’s Water Supply
Salmon Water Now Exposes Agribusiness Manipulating Delta Water Policy for Private Profit 1-26-10
“The Water Pirates” Comes as Federal Proceedings Marginalize Pro-Salmon, Pro-Delta Voices to Benefit Corporate Water Brokers
New Video Series Brings Fishing Community Perspectives to California Water Debate 1-12-10
“Science, Politics, and Salmon” Calls on Senator Feinstein to Stop Playing Politics With Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay-Delta
Commercial Fishermen Comment on Water Legislation 11-2-09
Water packages deal blow to imperiled fishing industry, others that rely on healthy Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
Recent News Coverage
Stuart Leavenworth: Feinstein says she’s no Westlands ’shill,’ but…; Sacramento Bee Editorial 3-7-10
…as a U.S. senator who wants a long-term fix to the Delta’s problems, Feinstein needs to be careful about playing favorites. Numerous water groups have an interest in the Delta. All are legitimate. All would like to get the same attention Feinstein reserves for Westlands.
Westlands wins, but at what cost?; Sacramento Bee Editorial 2-27-10
Over the past year, the Westlands Water District and other irrigation districts in the San Joaquin Valley have engaged in a dangerous campaign of misinformation.
Rep. George Miller: Feinstein amendment is a water grab; San Francisco Chronicle Op-Ed 2-26-10
Beware of the latest attempt at an old-fashioned water grab – the last gasp of an outdated approach to California’s complex water problems.
Delta environmental review begins amid skepticism; Sacramento Bee 1-25-10
Review starts under a cloud of doubt following media reports that the panel’s formation can be attributed to the influence of farmers grown wealthy on water exported from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
New Calif. water policy aims to save state’s key estuary, but critics say it falls short; Associated Press 1-19-10
The perilously low populations of salmon and native fish are symptoms of a crashing ecosystem in the West Coast’s largest estuary. Lawmakers have devoted billions of dollars to restoring the delta and improving water transfers over the years with little to show, and the current bond measure may just continue the trend.
