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CSPA Files Comments on Bay Delta Conservation Plan

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on May 30, 2008 at 9:08 pm

From IndyBay.org, posted by Dan Bacher but written by Jerry Neuburger, the CSPA has filed comments on the DWR’s Bay Delta Conservation Plan:

May 30, 2008. In comments sent to Ms. Barbara McDonnell, Chief of the Division of Environmental Services Department of Water Resources, CSPA’s Bill Jennings called the Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) portion of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP), “the most ambitious and far-reaching Habitat Conversation Plan (HCP) ever envisioned coupled with a massive scheme to change the hydrology of the Central Valley.”

However, Jennings, commenting for CSPA, found numerous and fatal flaws in the plan as it is now proposed. Among those are the inconsistencies of protecting and restoring listed species and a conveyance plan involving a massive public works project that will change the hydrology of the estuary and tributary waterways. Further, the plan guarantees water delivery to the south state, a basic inconsistency with habitat preservation. The plan does not consider recent court rulings regarding the Endangered Species Act and does not conform to the governor’s Delta Vision statement. Numerous other faults were found which lead Jennings to conclude, “The plan is little more than a Bay-Delta Conveyance Plan masquerading as an HCP.”

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May 30, 2008 · Filed Under Bay Delta Conservation Plan

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