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Earthjustice: Kill the fall-run salmon, argue corporate attorneys

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on February 4, 2010 at 8:50 am

From Unearthed, the blog of Earthjustice:

“Yesterday (Feb. 2), Westlands Water District – California’s largest and most politically powerful agribusiness group – asked a federal judge to block a federal salmon restoration plan that protects salmon and other fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Earthjustice attorneys, who won a court order in 2008 putting the restoration plan in place, were there to defend it. Westland’s move could put the survival of the river’s salmon – and California and Oregon’s multi-billion dollar commercial and recreational salmon fishing industry – on the line. The judge will announce his decision next
week.

Westlands wants to end restrictions on the operation of huge delta water pumps and canals from February through May, when baby salmon migrate from the Sacramento River to the ocean. … “

Read more from Unearthed by clicking here.

February 4, 2010 · Filed Under Salmon

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