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Governor’s new salmon strategy ignores existing biological goals

Picture of a Chinook salmon leaping
~ Deirdre Des Jardins ~ 1 Comment

Governor Newsom's new salmon strategy breathlessly commits to the following: By 2025, begin to use biological indicators, referred to as biological goals, to inform decision making during implementation of the updated Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan. (SWRCB). But biological goals for salmon have been part of the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan since the 1995 … Continue reading Governor’s new salmon strategy ignores existing biological goals

The disappearance of the CALFED environmental water budget

~ Deirdre Des Jardins ~ 2 Comments

The 1.18 million acre-feet of water dedicated to environment in the CALFED Record of Decision has basically vanished.  Its disappearance is one of the reasons that pelagic fish populations in the Delta have collapsed.