From the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN): A coalition of environmental groups – the California Water Impact Network, the California Sportfishing...
A federal judge said the court’s solution is the only one available to protect threatened fish since no one can explain why the Sacramento River’s fish mortality was high in 2022. By Natalie Hanson, Courthouse News Service A judge has...
Press release from the Hoopa Valley Tribe: [Friday], the Hoopa Valley Tribe asked a California federal court for an injunction against the Interior Department agency responsible for restoring Hoopa’s fishery on California’s Trinity River. The Bureau of Reclamation plans to...
From the Delta Stewardship Council: For the second time since the Delta Stewardship Council’s establishment in 2010, its regulatory authority has been upheld by California’s judicial branch, clearing the way for the Council to continue to apply its expertise and...
Written by Robert Shibatani Water rights, depending on jurisdiction, possess various levels of seeming indemnity and security, typically demonstrated through...
In a split decision the appellate panel ruled that the government agencies aren’t precluded from using water from the dam to support the endangered trout population. By Edvard Pettersson, Courthouse News Service The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with...
The judge also found a proper review hadn’t been done when the permit was issued. By Edvard Pettersson, Courthouse News Service A judge vacated a permit to use a former natural gas pipeline to pump water from an underground reservoir...