The Klamath Water User Association, which represents ranchers in the area, argued that centuries-old contracts require irrigation responsibilities to be...
Court gives Sites Reservoir green light to degrade the environment Press release from Friends of the River: This week, a coalition of conservation groups, including Friends of the River (FOR), California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA), Center for Biological Diversity, California...
A single claim involving the Endangered Species Act remained intact. By Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service Three California companies pushing back against state emergency regulations and water curtailment orders saw most of their claims dismissed by a federal judge Tuesday....
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Further legal action on the Kern River was put on pause Thursday morning following an order by the 5th District Court of Appeal that stayed a local injunction mandating enough water be kept in the...
By Michael Gennaro, Courthouse News Service The Army Corps of Engineers argued for the second time Thursday that a Northern California fisheries biologist had no concrete evidence that Coyote Valley Dam harms endangered chinook and steelhead salmon. The dam guards...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water After taking a bike ride along the Kern River recently, Bakersfield resident Jonathan Vegas was dismayed by what he found the farther west he pedaled. “More of the river has dried up, and the smell...
