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2008

Fishery Council Closes Salmon Fishing Off Oregon And California
Urgent Action Alert: Letters Needed by FRIDAY APRIL 11 to Support Lois Wolk's AB 2502
Lois Wolk's Bill Will Provide Fishing Access, Habitat Restoration On North Delta
Broad Coalition Proposes Solutions to the Salmon Crisis
State and Feds Impose Emergency Salmon Fishing Closure on California and Oregon Coast
Federal Fisheries Agency Blames Ocean Conditions for Central Valley Salmon Decline
Commission Votes For Increased Protection Of Longfin Smelt
Unprecedented Collapse of Central Valley Salmon Is No Surprise
Internal Memo Discloses Unprecedented Collapse of Central Valley Salmon
Schwarzenegger Easily Wins 2007 Cold, Dead Fish Award
Make Your Voice Heard Regarding Proposed American River Closure!
Leaping Steelhead, Delta Conservation Awards For 2007
Schwarzenegger the "Fish Slasher" Proposes DFG Budget Cuts, Closing Parks
Schwarzenegger Uses Address to Push for Fiscally Irresponsible Water Bond Proposal

2007

Prospect Island Fish Kill Hearing: Assemblywoman Wolk Blasts Agencies For Lack Of Coordination
Judge Issues Final Order to Protect Delta Smelt
Fall Survey: Delta Smelt And Other Fish Populations On Downward Spiral
Today's Prospect Island Survey Yields No Live Fish
Testimony at Assembly Committee Hearing on Prospect Island Fish Kill
Volunteers Save Thousands of Fish As Investigations into Prospect Island Fish Kill Proceed
Fish Rescue Begins Today at Prospect Island
Prospect Island Update: There are still live fish at Prospect Island!
Angler Coordinating Volunteer Fish Rescue Force Will Visit Prospect Island Today
Prospect Island Update: Dead Fish Removal Begins Today
Bureau of Reclamation Strands Thousands of Fish on Prospect Island
Coastside Dinner: Pure Fishing’s Jim Martin Exhorts Anglers To Get Involved
Schwarzenegger Closes Fishing as He Plans the Destruction of the Bay-Delta Estuary
California Water Wars Erupt With the “Battle of the Water Bonds"
Huge Numbers of Threadfin Shad Show at Delta Pumps
CIFFI and Kokanee Power Presidents Pledge Financial Support To DFG
PFMC Shuts Down Rockfish And Lingcod Fishing above Pigeon Point on October 1
Fish Groups and Indian Tribes Urge Governor to Sign Suction Dredging Bill
Resources Secretary Names John McCamman As Acting DFG Director
Alameda Creek Alliance Celebrates Ten Years Of Fish Restoration
Judge Orders State and Federal Governments to Reduce Pumping to Protect Delta Smelt
Conservation Groups Petition State and Federal Governments to Protect Longfin Smelt
Arnold, Tell the Truth about California Water!
Ryan Broddrick Leaving DFG to Work for Water Agency
Arnold The Fish Terminator: Schwarzenegger Campaigns For Delta Canal, More  Dams
Congress Will Hold Hearing on Dick Cheney’s Role in Klamath Fish Kill
State Appoints North Central Coast Regional MPLA Stakeholder Group
Governor Schwarzenegger Supports Peripheral Canal around Delta
Fish Group Alarmed That Increased Pumping May Result In Delta Smelt’s Extinction
A Victory for the Fish: State Stops Pumping to Protect Delta Smelt!
Warren Buffett Refuses To Meet With Klamath River Tribes And Fishermen
Urgent Action Alert: Delta Smelt on Brink of Extinction - call the Governor NOW!
Judge Affirms Delta Ruling, DWR Files Appeal
Fish and Game Commission Imposes No Fishing Zones On The Central Coast
Senator Simitian's Delta Bill: An Historic Or Forgotten Moment?
Judge Orders State To Shut Down Pumps To Save Delta Fish
Anglers Have High Hopes For Recreational Salmon Season South of Point Arena
Delta Vision Process Excludes Recreational Anglers, Indian Tribes
DFG Forecasts High Klamath, Low Sacramento Salmon Numbers This Year
Feds Deny State Permit For South Delta ‘Improvement’ Project
Water for Fish Campaign Fights for Restoration of the Bay-Delta, Klamath River
SMUD Relicensing Agreement Will Boost River Flows, Double Trout Plants
Warren Buffett, Central Valley Board Take 2006 'Cold, Dead Fish' Awards
“Leaping Steelhead” Conservation Awards for 2006

2006

Boxer and Feinstein Introduce Legislation To Implement San Joaquin Restoration
DFG Makes Big Bust Of Striper Poachers
The Mystery Of The Disappearing Salmon
SMUD, Agencies Reach Agreement In Principle On Upper American Hydroelectric Relicensing
Klamath Riverkeeper Leads 35 Groups In Battle To Clean The Watershed
Fish Group Sues DWR For Taking Threatened And Endangered Salmon
SMUD Surprises River Advocates With Mixed Message On River Restoration
Fish Groups Say No To SMUD’s Hard Line On Relicensing Upper American
Judge's Decision Paves Way For Klamath Dam Removal
Striped Bass Juvenile Index Plummets To Record Low
It's Time To Bring The Klamath Dams Down!
Commission Votes For Network Of Marine Reserves Along Central Coast
Scientists Urge Commission To Develop “Fisherman’s Package” For MPAs During Commission Meeting
The Intertie Project: New Threat Looms Over The California Delta
Fish Kill Update: Nimbus Hatchery
Warren Buffett Gives To Charity As His Dams Kill Salmon
Delta In Crisis, But Water Board Extends Ag Waivers For Five Years
High Water Spurs Massive Salmon Die Off At Nimbus Fish Hatchery
Broad Coalition Urges Water Board To Stop Agribusiness Water
Ideological Opposites Team Up On Magnuson-Stevens Reauthorization Bill
Keep The World’s Largest Salmon Barbecue Going – Join The Noyo Harbor Salmon Derby
Mike Thompson Unveils Disaster Relief Legislation At Salmon Rally
Recreational, Commercial and Tribal Fishermen Rally Against Klamath Fishery Decline
Fishermen Demand Real Solutions To Salmon Declines
Congressman George Miller Grills Agency Scientists In Delta Fish Decline Hearing
State Water Board Orders Bureau And DWR To Meet Delta Water Standards
Fly Fishers Ask Commission To Act To Stop Snagging On Smith River
Huge Crowd of Anglers Packs Vallejo DFG Meeting
DFG Salmon Fishery Information Meeting Report: No Salmon Season In 2006?
Anglers Rise Up Against Delta Exports At Stockton SDIP Hearing
Fish And Game Commission Defers Decision On Emergency Sturgeon Closure
Congressman George Miller Urges Anglers To Join The Battle To Save The Delta
DFG Survey: Delta Smelt Population Reaches Record Low
Congressman Richard Pombo Receives Cold, Dead Fish Award For 2005
"Leaping Steelhead" Conservation Awards for 2005

2005

Winnemem Wintu Tribe Joins Battle To Save The Delta
Fish Groups Stop Bill Aiming To Gut CVPIA
SMUD Relicensing A One-Time Opportunity To Restore South Fork American River
Court Rejects Bush Administration's Klamath Water Diversion Plan
Volunteers Complete Isolation Pool Project To Enhance American River Fishery
Fishermen And Farmers Protest Pombo's Assault On ESA
Bureau Finally Agrees To Flow Regime On American River
Lawsuit Challenges Federal Plan To Increase Delta Water Exports
Federal Government Slashes Fish Protection In California, Northwest
Judge Rules That Bureau of Reclamation Violated ESA On San Joaquin River
Warm Flows Imperil Feather River Salmon Run
Federal Audit Questions Integrity of Bush Water Policy
Governor Slashes Salmon and Steelhead Restoration Budget
Federal Government Puts Hatchery And Wild Salmon Under Same Umbrella
Anglers Ask DFG: Where Is The Delta Stamp Money?
Conservation Groups File Suit To Stop Fish Kills On Butte Creek
Decline In Delta Forage Species Alarms Fishery Scientists
Federal Agents Conduct Investigation of Steelhead Poisoning At Monterey Bay Hatchery
Department of Interior Backs Down On Attempted Raid Of Trinity Water
Feds Propose Threatened Listing For Sacramento River Green Sturgeon
Recreational Anglers Defeat Bill To Gut Trawl Legislation
Report Lists Klamath, Salmon Rivers Among State's Most Threatened Wild Places
Cutbacks On North Coast Salmon Seasons Result From 2002 Fish Kill
Klamath River Tribes, Fishermen Rally To Remove Dams
Governor Withdraws Nomination of Commissioner Under Pressure
Bush Administration Renews Central Valley Contracts At Expense of Fish
Klamath Basin Farmers Win Technical Victory, But Coho Listing Stays
Big Win for Salmon & Tribes: Westlands Won't Appeal Trinity River Legal Victory
Cold, Dead Fish And Shiny Steelhead Awards For 2004
Report Reveals Enormous Cost of Agricultural Water Subsidies

2004

NOAA Fisheries Abandons Salmon Restoration
Promising Steelhead Run Follows Behind American River Salmon
Wild Salmon Returns On Klamath Tributaries At Record Lows
Fish Restoration Activists Forge Ahead After the Election
NOAA Fisheries Releases Gutted Report To Justify Increased Delta Diversions
State And Federal Government Rush Plan To Increase Delta Diversions
Governor Signs Trawl Bill, Other Environmental Legislation Into Law
Bureau of Reclamation Water Management Imperils American River Fish
Coastside BOD Response To Delta Water Going South
Action Alert: Save California Salmon - Block the Contracts!
McCloud River Indians Hold Ceremonial Protest To Stop Shasta Dam Expansion
The American River's Hidden Fish Kill
Federal Judge Says: Let The San Joaquin Flow!
The American River's Hidden Fish Kill: 181,000 Salmon Die Before Spawning
Scottish Power Makes Commitment to Klamath River Tribes During Scotland Trip
AB 2280 Defeated, But Fish and Game Preservation Fund Audit Approved
Court Orders Restoration of Trinity River Flows!
Tribes, Fishermen Take Klamath River Fight To Scottish Power
NOAA Fisheries Releases Hatchery Policy In Face Of Criticism From Fish Groups
Senate Passes Bill Restricting Bottom Trawling
Last Minute Rally of River Activists Prevents Raid On Parkway Funds
Fishery Groups File Notice To Sue Feds, PG&E Over Butte Creek Fish Kills
Biologists Try to Unravel Mysteries of American River Steelhead
Sen. Alpert, Oceana and United Anglers Join To Restrict Bottom Trawling
River Advocates: Funding For Parks and Park Rangers Is Imperative
SB1319 Draws Mixed Reviews From Anglers
United Anglers Halibut Derby Set For April 24-25
UAC Plans To Raise White Seabass in S.F. Bay
ACTION ALERT! American River Parkway, April 13th Meeting
Sacramentans Rally Against Proposed Parkway Closure
Winter Run Recovery Points To Longer Salmon Season Next Year
Hoopa Valley Tribe Marches To Restore The Trinity
Ryan Broddrick's Vision For The Department of Fish And Game: Interview With The New Director
Fishery Restoration And 'Enviro-Bashing' Don't Mix
Alameda Pulls Out of Trinity River Legal Battle
Cold, Dead Fish & Shiny Steelhead Awards For 2003
Budget Cuts Threaten To Close American River Parkway
Anglers Concerned About Impact Of Nimbus Hatchery Weir Replacement Project

2003

California Ban On GloFish Ignites Debate Over 'Frankenfish'
State Budget Cuts Threatened Klamath River Salmon Recovery
Fishing In The City Program Brings Trout And Catfish To Urban Ponds
Governor Appoints Mike Chrisman As Resources Secretary
Port of Oakland Pulls Out of Trinity River Lawsuit
Senate Puts Pork Barrel Energy Bill On Hold Until January
PG&E Pleads Ignorance To Sediment Spill On Butte Creek Spawning Beds
PFMC Uses 'Best Available Garbage' To Close Rockcod and Lingcod Season
Judge Puts Hold on California Rockfish Closure
Mystery Shrouds DFG Director's Resignation
NRC Klamath Report Recommendations Include Dam Removal
SB 590 Would Guarantee Funds For Fish Hatcheries
Hoopa Tribe, Federal Government Rejects Westlands Trinity Proposal
Klamath Basin Conference Participants Discuss Solutions To Fishery Problems
Federal Government Intervenes in Butte Creek Salmon Disaster
Thousands of Klamath Fish Die After Power Company Shuts Off Water
Department of Interior Launches Probe Into Klamath Basin Decisions
Over 8,000 Threatened Salmon Die In Warm Water On Butte Creek
Bush Administration Releases Trinity Water In Wake of Iron Gate Scandal
Closed Door Napa Pact Opens Door To Increased Water Exports
UAC, UASC Join Forces to Raise White Seabass
Sanctuary Advisory Council Defers Decision On Marine Reserves
Federal Judge Rules Coho Plan Is Illegal
Water 2025 Conference A Big Sham
ACTION ALERT! Congressman Herger Tries To Censor Klamath Council
Palo Alto Follows SMUD In Withdrawing From Trinity Lawsuit!
Wild Salmon Fisheries Threatened by Genetically Engineered Fish
Trawling Legislation Made Into Two Year Bill
SMUD Board Completes Withdrawal From Trinity River Legal Battle
Proposed Trout Hatchery Cuts Draw Wrath Of Anglers
Klamath Moves To Second Place On Endangered Rivers List
Judge Orders Minimum Flows for San Joaquin River Salmon
SMUD Board Withdraws From Trinity Lawsuit!
It's Time For SMUD To Stop Blocking Trinity Restoration
Attempted Fish Rescue Points Out Need For Dam Removal On Alameda Creek
DFG, Fish Groups Blast Bureau For Fish Kill On American River
Commission Finally Shuts Down Spot Prawn Trawls!
Trout Unlimited Alarmed At NOAA Threat To Remove Steelhead Protections
Coastside Files Lawsuit Against State For Removing Anglers From The Water
Recreational Anglers To Suffer Most From Proposed DFG Budget Cuts
Cold, Dead Fish & Shiny Steelhead Awards For 2002
Calaveras King Salmon Die Before Spawning Because Of CALFED's Inaction

2002

Coastside Fishing Club Launches Lawsuit To Fight Rockfish Closures
Barriers to Salmon Migration On Marin Creek Prioritized for Repair
SMUD Has Its Fingerprints On Dead Klamath Fish
Thompson's Bill Targeting Klamath River Water Crisis Needs Anglers Support!
CSPA Charges PG&E With Killing Butte Creek Spring Chinooks
Fishermen File Lawsuit Against Klamath Ten Year Plan
Bush Administration Water Cuts Result In Massive Fish Kill On Klamath River
PFMC Imposes Further Restrictions On Recreational Rockfish Anglers
Commission Mandates Recreational Preference For Inshore Rockfish
DFG Investigation Results In Felony Conspiracy Charge Against Vocal Party Boat Captain
Yolo County Farmers Attempt To Ban Bank Fishing On Sacramento River
SMUD Board Decides To Stay In Alliance With Westlands
Stampede Water Level Keeps Dropping To Meet Fishery, Agricultural Needs
Tribes, Anglers Blast SMUD For Blocking Trinity River Restoration
Council Closes the Shelf for Rockfish and Lingcod!
PFMC Mismanagement Leads To Dramatic Rockfish Declines
Study Says Global Warming Will Have Big Impact Upon Trout & Salmon
Judge Allows Bureau of Reclamation To Strand Klamath River Salmon
NMFS To Decide On Green Sturgeon Listing In June
Tribes Get 100,000 Acre Feet More Water For Trinity River
NMFS Says No To Critical Salmon & Steelhead Habitat
Cal Trout Brings Cities, Golf Courses Together To Restore Lake Merced
Alameda Creek Alliance Pushes Steelhead Restoration Plan Forward
Restoration Efforts Increasing Abundance of Sac, Klamath Salmon
Winter Run Chinook Numbers Soar From ESA Enforcement
Support Needed For CSPA's Suisun Creek Project!
Cold, Dead Fish & Shiny Steelhead Awards For 2001:
   The Worst and Best in Fishery Conservation

2001

United Anglers Wins Big Victory In Merced River Settlement
A Virtual Declaration Of War On California's Sport Fishermen
Pacific Lumber Axes Coho Salmon Habitat In "Headwaters Hole"
Badly Flawed Western Water Bill Clears House Committee
PFMC Cuts 2 Months of Rockfishing In Central California
Thousands of Kokanee Die After Flows Cut In Taylor Creek
Mike O'Connell, Captain & Fish Sniffer Columnist, Passes Away At 60
Judge's Ruling For Alsea Valley Alliance Misinterpreted, Say Conservationists
Emergency Closure Of Offshore Rockfish And Lingcod Sport Fisheries South of Cape Mendocino Starts October 29
Low, Hot Flows Endanger Feather River Salmon & Steelhead
Woodacre Community Struggles To Build A 'Fish Friendly' Ballfield
United Anglers Begins Petition Drive To Stop Fishing Closures
DFG Recommends No Action On Bay Commercial Salmon Fishery
Anglers Critical Of Marine Protected Area Proposal
Fishing Groups Sue State Water Board Over Yuba River Decision
Feinstein, Calvert Introduce Bills to Divert More Central Valley Water
Feds Halt Striped Bass Pen Rearing Program
Congressman Doug Ose Attempts To Thwart Trinity River Restoration
Anglers Protest Proposal For Commercial Salmon Fishing In S.F. Bay
Electricity Emergency Relief Act Threatens Salmon Restoration
    May 20th Update
CSPA Files Complaint w/Water Board Over "Horrendous" Yuba R Decision
Anglers Launch Petition Drive to Stop Commercial Nearshore Fishing
Rec. Fishery Groups Press For Federal Ban On Pelagic Long Lines
Key to Restoring Cent. Val. Steelhead Is To Connect Upstream Habitat
Expedited Clean Up Needed on the East Walker River
Shiny Steelhead & Cold, Dead Fish Awards, 2000
CalTrout Files Action To Save Lake Merced
Sportsmen Should Push Bush Admin To Support Roadless Policy
DFG Suspends Aerial Plants To Protect Frogs

2000

Bruce Babbitt Issues Decision To Return Trinity River Water
EBMUD & Sacramento Officials Reach Tentative Water Accord
ACTION ALERT:YCWA Contests Water Board Draft Decision on Lower Yuba
ACTION ALERT: Trinity Basin Environmental Impact Statement
RFA Norcal Chair Questions Provisions Of 'Freedom To Fish Act'
Anglers Win Historic Victory In Defeating Proposed Rockfish Cuts
Congress Approves Congressman Miller's Bill To Expand Water Supply & Save Steelhead
RFA Blasts Resumption Of Foreign Fishing In U.S. Waters
Gray Davis is the Governor For Sale
UAC Urges Hight To Make Near Shore Gill Net Closure Permanent
A Poaching "Community"?
Rockcod Anglers Gear Up With Battle
Big Sewage Spill Puts City Of Sacramento On Hot Seat
Big Fish Kill On Weber Reservoir
United Anglers Blasts Nat'l Park Service For Merced R. Sewage Spill
WaterKeepers Sue U.C. Davis For Polluting Putah Creek
Environmentalists & Anglers Target "Perfect Storm" Fishing Fleet
CA Anglers Score Victory Defeating Anchovy Reduction Permit
NMFS 4-D Rules Could Hurt California Steelhead Restoration Efforts
New Video Spotlights Urban Stream Restoration Techniques
NOAA Proposal to Protect Marine Sanctuaries from Oil Spills Approved
Forest Service Plan Will Not Protect Sierra Fish & Wildlife
Recreational Fishing Alliance Supports Bid to Restrict Texas Shrimpers
Stop Exotics, Clean Your Boat
It's The Habitat
Recreational Fishing Alliance Support Lawsuit To Ban Drift Gillnets
Fax A Letter to Gov. Davis to Protect CA Salmon! ACTION ALERT
Big Yes Votes On Propositions 12 and 13 Bode Well For CA Fisheries
Anglers Should Attend Monterey Bay Ecosystem Forum On March 14
MTBE ACTION ALERT!
Upper Eel Watershed Forum Proposes Pike Minnow Derby

1999

Dan McCorquodale Would Be A Great Choice For DFG Director
Broken Water Gauge Causes Mistaken Closing of Van Duzen
Outcry by Anglers Saves 700,000 Coleman Hatchery Salmon
DWR Backs Down On Plan to Dewater Feather River
Marines Help Bruce Babbitt Blow Up Dams
National Marine Fisheries Service Proposes New Rules to Protect West Coast Salmon, Steelhead
Anglers Should Learn Basics of Safe Boating

1998

What's The Impact of Mitten Crabs On Bay-Delta Fisheries?
Fish Ladder on Guadalupe River Promises Hope For Salmon And Steelhead Recovery
Launch And Entry Fees At State And County Parks Offer A Dilemma During Off Season
SB 1966 Stops Logging Activities Of Companies Destroying Coho Salmon Habitat
Federal Government Lists Northern California Coho As Threatened
Peripheral Canal Looms Over Our Delta Fishery Again
Workshop Strives For Solutions To Salmonid/SeaLion Interactions
ESA Listings Won't Help Salmon Unless State and Feds Fix Habitat Problems
News & Review Article Misses Mark By Lumping Sportsmen With Developers

1997

Exotic Species Take A Toll In California Fisheries; Heftier Rewards Needed?
Sportsmen's Support Essential To Supporting ESA, Superfund Authorization
Is Bead Fishing A Legal Method Or Not?
More Enforcement Of Fish And Game Laws Needed To Stop Feather River Snagging Epidemic
Could Global Warming Affect California Fisheries?
Sierra Club Declares US Forestry A Failure

 

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