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Delta smelt regulations being appealed

Posted by: Maven on January 25, 2010 at 8:15 am

From Fresno’s Channel 30 KFSN:

” … On Monday, Pacific Legal Foundation, a firm representing farmers like Ferguson, will file an appeal to the ninth circuit court, challenging federal Delta Smelt regulations.

The announcement was made at a press conference Sunday on the UC-Davis campus, where the National Academy of Sciences panel is meeting this week to discuss the scientific basis behind those regulations.

“We are going to be asking in our appeal to the ninth circuit that these restrictions be eliminated because they are not just bad, they are not just inhumane, but they’re unconstitutional.”

While Ferguson and others on the West Side remain hopeful, environmentalists say a new law suit won’t change rules that are already in place.

“This side that’s filing the lawsuit, you know they just don’t want to recognize that the delta estuary and its fish are important. They want to take every last drop if they could.” … “

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January 25, 2010 · Filed Under Wildlife & Endangered Species

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