During preparations for the CEQA lawsuit filed against the Tesoro Viejo development project Revive the San Joaquin discovered documents that contradicted the water rights nature and thus the assurance of water supply Tesoro claimed. The Tesoro FEIR relied on a USBR holding contract as the basis for their water right and assurance of water supply. Tesoro asserted that United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) held title to the water right requiring delivery of 5,000 a.f.

Tuesday, Apr. 07, 2009
By GARANCE BURKE - Associated Press Writer

FRESNO, Calif. -- California's two longest rivers have been named the country's most endangered waterways because of outdated water management and poor flood planning, according to an environmental advocacy group.

San Francisco Chronicle – 3/26/09
By Kelly Zito

In one of the boldest river restorations in the Western United States, a 63-mile stretch of the San Joaquin River will be transformed from a dusty ditch into a fish-friendly waterway under legislation approved Wednesday that ends a decades-long dispute between farmers and environmentalists.

On December 8^th the County of Madera approved two large-scale developments in Eastern Madera County near the San Joaquin River. Revive the San Joaquin has filed suit against the approvals of the Tesoro Viejo and the Northshore at Millerton Specific Plans.  Revive the San Joaquin joined a coalition with the Dumna Tribal Council and the Madera Oversight Coalition (www.moc1.org) to enforce compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and other state, federal, and local regulations.

"The Mississippi, the Columbia, the Colorado, and the Missouri rivers: few natural features of this planet have dominated people's lives like its rivers.  Rivers form the larger arteries of life, sustaining every living thing with the miracle of water. Indeed, rivers are life itself."

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