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Salmon Back in the Upper San Joaquin River After 62 Years
Chinook salmon capture and release into spawning grounds below Friant Dam
Tesoro Viejo Planning Commission Hearing October 2nd - Please come and show support!
Madera County Planning Commission Hearing for Tesoro Viejo Round 2
Over Troubled Water Premiere in Fresno
Fresno branch of Women's International League For Peace & Freedom, in collaboration with Restore the Delta, Revive the San Joaquin, and the Sustainable Action Club of Fresno City College, will sponsor the showing of a new documentary, Over Troubled Waters, October 4, 7 PM in the auditorium of the Old Administration building at Fresno City College. The screening is free; to register go to www.restorethedelta.org. With the possibility of the building of peripheral tunnels carrying irrigation water around the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, at a cost to the taxpayer of about 30 billion dollars, the Delta, the largest estuary on the west coast of the Americas, will be devastated. 12 Northern California Lawmakers Call on Obama to delay Peripheral Canal Plans
Revive the San Joaquin and 36 other concerned organizations signed a letter recently to Secretary Salazaar of the Department of the Interior urging a second look at the upcoming ‘imminent’ decision to approve the Peripheral Canal as a part of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP). This proposed tunnel below the Delta would have the capacity to divert ALL the Sacramento River’s runoff to destinations south of the Delta.
EPA Awards Over $59,000 to Revive the San Joaquin River in Fresno
Revive the San Joaquin has received an EPA grant for over $59,000 to be used to develop a Citizen’s Water Watch program that tracks water quality along the San Joaquin River. The program will initiate a water quality monitoring and pollution prevention education program for the Fresno area. It will develop regular water quality monitoring events at locations on the San Joaquin River and educate landowners and the public about water quality impacts of contaminated stormwater.
Revive the San Joaquin Wins Court Battle!
With our legal partners the Dumna Tribal Council and Madera Oversight Coalition, Revive the San Joaquin just got word that we won our lawsuit against the poorly planned Tesoro Viejo Development along the river in Madera County. This State Appellate Court decision will reverse County approvals for a master planned community of 15,000 residents that would have dumped wastewater to the river, paved over impo
Solo Kayak Trip Report: Waters High, River Closed!
I set out on 4.19.11 for a three or four day solo trip with the Merced River confluence as the ultimate destination.
Appropriation Bill HR 1 holds Anti-Environmental Riders
Attend the Congressional Hearing on Water and
Press Conference April 11, 2011 at the Fresno City Hall
GOP trying to kill Delta restrictions meant to preserve salmon, other fish
Restrictions on Delta water supplies meant to protect salmon, Delta smelt and other fish would be eliminated by language that congressional Republicans have put into the government funding bill.
The action would increase water sent to Central Valley farmers and possibly other users.
The 359-page bill, which is expected to co