#baydeltaplan — Public Fediverse posts

Native fish populations, including Chinook Salmon, Central Valley Steelhead, and Green and White Sturgeon are declining at an alarming rate—meanwhile, state regulators have failed to act.

So we're taking legal action to hold the State Water Board accountable: https://baykeeper.org/press_release/baykeeper-pursues-appeal-against-water-board-amid-extinction-crisis/

#fish #baydelta #baydeltaplan #endangeredSpecies #cawater #californiadelta

"The voluntary agreements are an extinction plan," as our lead scientist
@jarosenfield describes the state's new Bay Delta Plan.

Endangered species will continue to plummet, more fisheries will shutter, and Tribes & Delta communities will continue to suffer with worse water quality.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/bay-delta-water-21325171.php

#cawater #californiawater #baydelta #baydeltaplan #endangeredSpecies #endangeredspeciesact #cadelta #californiadelta #fish #extinction

"In the abstract, this ruling should mean full steam ahead for the water board updating its water quality standards," said Baykeeper science director @jarosenfield, of the new ruling. "In the real world, we have a governor actively resisting new standards because he favors a voluntary approach negotiated with water users in a back room, and is forcing the water board to consider if not adopt it."
https://www.aol.com/court-upholds-california-rules-protect-120000873.html #cawater #californiawater #californiarivers #fish #fish #californiafish #baydelta #baydeltaplan #worldwaterday

"Fish, wildlife, water quality and communities are suffering while the state dawdles on addressing major problems in its crown-jewel aquatic ecosystem," Baykeeper science director Jon Rosenfield said to Cal Matters of the state's new plans for the collapsing Bay-Delta ecosystem.

"Habitat restoration is definitely necessary for some of these fish, but there is no solution to what ails the San Francisco Bay & its watershed that does not involve significant increases in flow,” he continued, “Flow controls all of the habitat conditions."

https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/09/california-delta-bay-plan/ #sanfranciscobay #sfbay #bayarea #water #waterislife #baydelta #baydeltaplan