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Afternoon update: Judge says feds must consider impacts of smelt plan

Posted by: Maven on November 16, 2009 at 4:51 pm

From the Silicon Valley Mercury News:

“FRESNO, Calif.—A federal judge says the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation should have considered the environmental impacts before moving forward with a plan to protect a threatened California fish species.

The Fish and Wildlife Service rewrote its rules governing the management of the delta smelt last year. The plan caused cutbacks in the amount of freshwater that could be pumped to farms and cities south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. … “

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November 16, 2009 · Filed Under Delta Issues, Wildlife & Endangered Species

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