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Score one for science, says SF Chronicle editorial on NAS findings

Posted by: Maven on March 20, 2010 at 6:45 am

From the San Francisco Chronicle, this editorial:

“Score one for science. A national panel waded into California’s water wars and sided with salmon and smelt in a politically loaded showdown with Central Valley farmers.

The report sprinkled “scientifically justified” throughout its 64 pages, which backed up water curbs denounced by valley water agencies and farmers. The findings came with important caveats and a call for more research on the state’s sickly water system. But the message is clear: It’s time to negotiate water use and not look for a political knockout punch.

After three years of drought, the federal and state water pumps in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta were dialed down to nearly zero, turning fertile Central Valley acreage into dust bowls in the nation’s biggest farming state. Adding to the restrictions were decisions by two federal agencies to withhold water for declining stocks of salmon, sturgeon and smelt. … “

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March 20, 2010 · Filed Under Delta Issues

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