Bureau of Reclamation releases draft environmental documents for San Joaquin...
From the Bureau of Reclamation: “The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review a Draft Environmental Assessment and Initial Study on an agreement to provide two years of continued...
View ArticleSalmon comes at a cost: San Joaquin River plans mean less fishing, more poaching
From the Fresno Bee: “Few people, if any, know the San Joaquin River as well as Louis Moosios. The 36-year-old fishing guide, whose family owns 400 acres on the Madera County side, has been fishing,...
View ArticleNRDC Switchboard: It is time to restore salmon to the San Joaquin River
From Monty Schmitt at the NRDC Switchboard blog: “Last year marked the fifth year of the San Joaquin River Restoration Program and the two year anniversary of renewed river flows – the first since the...
View ArticleContentious bill would reshape the restoration of San Joaquin River
From the Fresno Bee: “The San Joaquin River’s meandering course through central California would get steered in yet another direction under a far-reaching bill set for House approval this week. Salmon...
View ArticleSan Joaquin restoration: $70m goes down the river
From the Fresno Bee: “A new federal analysis reveals $70 million has been invested in the San Joaquin River restoration since 2007, but no major projects have been completed. And as a Dec. 31 deadline...
View ArticleDoug Obegi: House votes to undo part of settlement to restore the San Joaquin...
From Doug Obegi at the NRDC Switchboard blog: “Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed Congressman Denham’s amendment to undo part of the court approved settlement to restore the San Joaquin...
View ArticleHouse approves Denham amendment to prohibit reintroduction of salmon into...
From the website of Congressman Jeff Denham: “The House passed an amendment by U.S. Representative Jeff Denham (R-Turlock) to H.R. 5325, the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies...
View ArticleCal Watchdog blog: Restoring the San Joaquin River for non-endangered red...
From the Cal Watchdog blog: “Should we save the endangered red herring fish in California’s San Joaquin River? The question is meant to fool you. Herring is a saltwater fish not found off the coast of...
View ArticleFresno Bee News Blog: Full salmon restoration could be 3 years away
From the Fresno Bee News Blog: “There’s a new timetable brewing for the full restoration of San Joaquin River salmon runs, and the deadline is far from Dec. 31 of this year. Now we’re talking about...
View ArticleSupport San Joaquin River restoration, says commentary
From the Modesto Bee, this commentary by Salvatore Salerno, president of the Stanislaus Audubon Society: “There is a historic event unfolding in the San Joaquin Valley: The restoration of 60 miles of...
View ArticleSan Joaquin River restoration will cost $900m; Timeline is being pushed back...
From the Fresno Bee: “On the flat west-Valley prairie, the San Joaquin River looks like any other irrigation ditch amid tomato, garlic and onion fields — except that this ditch has a $900 million...
View ArticleSan Joaquin River Restoration costs rise; Further study will also delay project
From the Stockton Record: “The long-awaited and costly restoration of the San Joaquin River will take longer – and cost more -than expected. Under a 2006 legal settlement between farmers,...
View ArticleSan Joaquin River Restoration Program final environmental document available
From the Bureau of Reclamation: “The Bureau of Reclamation and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) have prepared the Final Program Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact...
View ArticleSunday’s top of the scroll: Climate change spawns salmon dilemma for San...
From the Fresno Bee: “Skeptical farmers often ask a big key question about the $2 billion revival of the San Joaquin River and salmon runs: How can cold-water salmon possibly survive here as the...
View ArticleSan Joaquin restoration will create 11,000 jobs
From the Fresno Bee News Blog: “The restoration of the San Joaquin River will create 11,000 Valley jobs — mostly short-term jobs in construction, says a new study from the University of California at...
View ArticleSan Joaquin River: drinking water, irrigation, energy
From the Western Farm Press: “People talk about climate change all the time. But researchers at the University of California, Merced, are working to find out exactly how it will affect the millions of...
View ArticleSan Joaquin River’s return may generate 11,000 jobs
From the Stockton Record: “Bringing the San Joaquin River back to life will create more than 11,000 jobs – the kind of economic “jolt” that the Valley desperately needs, according to a new study. Most...
View ArticleStockon Record editorial: The value of a river: Restoring the San Joaquin...
From the Stockton Record, this editorial: “Some of the biggest critics of restoring the often dry San Joaquin River are in the south Valley. And some of the biggest beneficiaries of that restoration...
View ArticleUC professor: San Joaquin River Restoration project could create 11K jobs
From the Patterson Irrigator: “Restoring the San Joaquin River could employ thousands of people in the San Joaquin Valley, including some near Patterson, according to a study released last month,...
View ArticleValley Citizen blog: Restore the San Joaquin River for jobs, farms, and fish
From the Valley Citizen blog: “Mike Wade, Executive Director of the Farm Water Coalition, is an outstanding advocate for farmers. He always has a good command of facts and is ever-vigilant for threats...
View ArticleSan Joaquin River could spawn jobs, but how many?
From the Fresno Bee: “The $2 billion price of creating a living San Joaquin River will buy more than a beautiful view — it will boost the economy of places like Fresno, the second-poorest metropolitan...
View ArticleLocal impacts of San Joaquin River Restoration unclear
From the Patterson Irrigator: “While a recent study by UC Merced professor Shawn Kantor mentions recreation benefits within the scope of the 153-mile San Joaquin River Restoration project area, the...
View ArticleReclamation and California Department of Water Resources issue decision...
From the Bureau of Reclamation: “The Bureau of Reclamation and the California Department of Water Resources have signed decision documents selecting the preferred alternative from the Final Program...
View ArticleDan Bacher: Feds and state sign Joaquin River Restoration Program documents
From Dan Bacher at IndyBay.org: “In coming years, chinook salmon will be once again able to spawn in the San Joaquin River as they did for thousands of years, thanks to the signing of a historic Record...
View ArticleCal Watchdog blog: Feinstein’s ‘Bandit River’ project brings back redevelopment
From the Cal Watchdog blog: “The San Joaquin River wasn’t named after Joaquin Murrieta, the infamous bandit of the 1850’s Gold Rush in California. But it might as well have been called “Bandit River”...
View ArticleSan Joaquin River restoration program moves forward
From the Appeal-Democrat: “The San Joaquin River below Friant Dam northeast of Fresno, a sparkling tail water fishery that winds its way through park and farm land before being diverted in the Gravelly...
View ArticleSan Joaquin River milestone; Release of salmon part of complex, $800M...
From Stockton Record: “California’s second-longest river once teemed with salmon that swam from San Francisco Bay to spawn near Fresno. But that was before the Friant Dam diverted the San Joaquin River...
View ArticleEarth Log: Media love a fish story
From the Fresno Bee’s Earth Log: “It was compelling to see adult salmon being put into the San Joaquin River last week to spawn near Fresno. They were among the first salmon to spawn this close to...
View ArticleSunday’s top of the scroll: Sinking farmland snags San Joaquin River project
From the Fresno Bee: “The San Joaquin River restoration has hit a strange snag — a vast area of swiftly sinking farmland. It means the much-heralded return of salmon runs to the state’s second-longest...
View ArticleCal Watchdog blog: Green water grab sinks farmland, blocks salmon runs
From the Cal Watchdog blog: “An Indian proverb says, “A bird thinks it a favor to give a fish a lift in the air.” In a similar way, politicians think it is a favor to help lift salmon upstream to feed...
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