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Ecologists say unrestricted pumping will harm fish

Posted by: Maven on February 9, 2010 at 8:57 am

From the Silicon Valley Mercury News:

“Environmentalists say a federal judge’s order to temporarily allow unrestricted pumping in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta threatens to push endangered salmon into extinction.

Last week’s decision by U.S. District Court Judge Oliver Wanger freed up irrigation supplies for farms hammered by years of drought. Farmers had complained that pumping restrictions in place to protect winter-run Chinook salmon worsened their situation. … “

More of this brief story from the AP & Silicon Valley Mercury News by clicking here.

Bad headline, says Alex Brietler on his blog:

” … “Environmentalist” and “ecologist” are not the same thing. Some ecologists may be environmentalists, and some environmentalists may have been trained as ecologists. But the first term suggests activism while the second suggests unbiased science. … “

More thoughts from Alex Brietler by clicking here.

February 9, 2010 · Filed Under Wildlife & Endangered Species

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