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Tuesday’s top of the scroll: Westlands sues over salmon plan

Posted by: Maven on June 16, 2009 at 8:19 am

From the Fresno Business Journal:

The Westlands Water District announced today it is joining 29 other public water agencies in a lawsuit against the federal government over its latest plan to curb water deliveries.

The plan released June 4 by the National Marine Fisheries Service recommends a list of actions it estimates would cut current state and federal water exports south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta by 5-7 percent, or 330,000 acre-feet, a year.

This cut is in addition to a curtailment made last year to protect the Delta smelt. Agricultural water users south of the Delta currently receive about 10 percent of their average deliveries.

The suit argues fisheries service should have prepared an environmental impact statement before adopting the salmon recovery plan.

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June 16, 2009 · Filed Under Wildlife & Endangered Species

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