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Newsom “Strategy” Condemns Central Valley Salmon to “Hotter, Drier Future”
The “California Salmon Strategy” announced January 30, 2024 by the Newsom Administration is a tour de force of avoidance and deflection. It blows right past the single largest issue facing California’s salmon: inadequate flows into and through the Bay-Delta Estuary....![Good News for Fish: Clean Water Act Holds for PG&E Hydropower Projects on Yuba and Bear Rivers](https://hydroreform.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CSPA-Logo-e1591864982561.jpg)
Good News for Fish: Clean Water Act Holds for PG&E Hydropower Projects on Yuba and Bear Rivers
The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) is pleased to report that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an Order on September 5, 2023 that upholds the California State Water Board’s authority to require a “water quality certification” for new hydropower licenses for the Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, and Deer Creek hydroelectric projects.
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The View from under the Bus: Newsom Administration and Fish Agencies Sell Out Yuba River Flow for Fish Passage
With nary a mention that the center of the prospective deal is no flow increases on the Yuba River, two fish agencies, a water agency, and the Newsom Administration used glowing words to announce on May 16, 2023 “a restoration plan” for the Yuba River. The rollout at...![Good News for Fish: Clean Water Act Holds for PG&E Hydropower Projects on Yuba and Bear Rivers](https://hydroreform.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CSPA-Logo-e1591864982561.jpg)