The Fish Sniffer

Delta Protection Commission Opposes Peripheral Tunnels!

The Delta Protection Commission voted 9-2 on May 24 to oppose the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) to build the peripheral tunnels as currently drafted. This is a huge victory for Delta advocates, fish, the environment and the people of California. 

The construction of the twin tunnels...

Why should Californians pay for $50 billion tunnel boondoggle?

As opposition to Governor Jerry Brown's plan to build two massive tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta increases every day, Brown administration officials continue to mount a full court press for the project's completion. 

Dr. Jerry Meral, Brown’s point man for the Bay Delta...

Fishing Groups Oppose Final Delta Plan

Representatives of fishing groups united with family farmers, environmentalists and elected officials on May 16 to oppose the Final Delta Plan adopted by the Delta Stewardship Council because of the big threat the plan poses to Central Valley Chinook salmon and Delta fish populations.

In...

Delta Stewardship Council Adopts Plan Amidst Massive Opposition

In spite of overwhelming opposition from environmentalists, fishermen, family farmers, elected officials and the majority of Californians, the Delta Stewardship Council (DSC) on Thursday, May 16 unanimously adopted what it described as a "comprehensive management plan" for the Delta.

The...

Three fracking moratorium bills pass key Assembly Committee

Despite intense political pressure by the oil industry, the Assembly Natural Resources Committee on April 29 approved three bills proposing to halt fracking (hydraulic fracturing), a controversial method of oil and natural gas extraction, in California. 

Fracking opponents fear that...

Costa introduces legislation to strip ESA protections for Delta fish

Congressman Jim Costa has introduced legislation to exempt the Central Valley and State Water projects from Delta pumping restrictions required under the Endangered Species Act to protect Central Valley salmon and Delta smelt.

Costa claimed the “More Water and Security for Californians...

Sierra Club California Condemns Governor’s Delta Policy

The campaign by Delta advocates to stop the construction of twin peripheral tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta received a big boost today when Sierra Club California called on Governor Jerry Brown to abandon his "out-of-step position" on the largest estuary on the West...

Coastside Fishing Club Will Release 420,000 Salmon From Pen Project

The Coastside Fishing Club will raise 420,000 Chinook salmon smolts from the Department of Fish and Wildlife's Feather River Fish Hatchery in its pen acclimation project for 10 to 12 days in the Pillar Point Harbor before release into the ocean.

This is the second year the program, a...

Congressional Democrats Call for Brown Administration Official’s Resignation

On April 25, five Congressional Democrats called for a top Brown Administration official’s immediate resignation after Natural Resources Deputy Director Jerry Meral made a controversial statement that the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) to build the peripheral tunnels is not about...

Brown administration official claims ‘Delta can’t be saved’

Recreational anglers, commercial fishermen, Indian tribal leaders, family farmers, environmentalists, Delta residents and many elected officials strongly oppose the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) to build the peripheral tunnels because they say it will lead to the extinction of Central...