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Press Release: Victory June 4, 2009

Fisheries Service Announces Measure to Protect Imperiled California Salmon

Fishermen, tribes, and conservationists hail decision to protect fish, jobs, and local communities

Press Release: Victory December 15, 2008

New Biological Opinion Will Protect San Francisco Bay-Delta

State and federal water projects operators must protect native fish from extinction

Press Release: Victory May 25, 2007

Federal Judge Throws Out Biological Opinion for Threatened Delta Smelt

Ruling means state and federal water projects may be required to reduce pumping to protect fish from extinction

Article December 15, 2010

Restoring The Smelt And The Bay-Delta Ecosystem

Court orders revisions to federal plan to protect the smelt

Earthjustice is representing Restore the Delta to oppose a massive diversion of fresh water from California’s Delta for Governor Jerry Brown's proposed “Twin Tunnels” project.
(California Department of Water Resources)
Press Release September 2, 2016

Impacts of Delta Tunnels Proposal

Delta community submits testimony to State Water Board hearing

Press Release March 13, 2014

Court Upholds Protections of California Bay Delta Fish Species on the Brink of Extinction

Three-judge panel maintains water management plan that aids delta smelt

Earthjustice está representando legalmente al grupo Restore the Delta, el cual se opone a un desvío masivo de agua dulce del Delta de California como lo contempla el proyecto “Túneles Gemelos” propuesto por el Gobernador Jerry Brown.
(California Department of Water Resources)
Press Release September 2, 2016

Impactos de la Propuesta para Túneles en el Delta

Comunidades del Delta brindan testimonio en audiencia pública ante la Junta Estatal del Agua

Press Release February 15, 2005

Conservation Groups Challenge Decision Allowing More Delta Water Exports

Federal plan to increase water diversions from San Francisco Bay-Delta will harm imperiled native fish, water quality

Press Release: Victory April 16, 2008

Judge Tosses Biological Opinion for Salmon and Steelhead in California

Groups say delta water project operations must protect water supply for fish and people

A fisherman unloads Chinook salmon from fishing boats in Ft. Bragg, California. The 2013 spring-run of salmon had been very strong due to good ocean conditions and great river situation for juvenile fish.
(Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
case February 25, 2005

Defending the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta & Biological Opinion

Large San Joaquin Valley agricultural interests and southern California water users compete for water flowing through the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers that is also needed by endangered salmon, steelhead and other species. These water users filed lawsuits challenging the opinion’s call for reductions in water exports from the Delta during critical times for young…

Press Release July 21, 2010

State Water Officials Recommend More Water to Save Delta

State water officials recommend more water to save Delta; heavy water withdrawals have caused Delta, salmon runs to collapse

Earthjustice litigation has protected the smelt under the Endangered Species Act, aiding not only smelt, but salmon and rivers as a whole. Delta smelt are an indicator of the health of the Bay-Delta ecosystem, and are representative of a much larger decline in Delta fisheries, including striped bass, longfin smelt, threadfin shad and others.
(Brad Zweerink for Earthjustice)
case February 15, 2005

Preserving and Restoring the Sacramento Delta

In 2008, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared that water operations in California must be altered to protect the delta smelt from extinction. The Service issued a biological opinion about the effects that the federal and state water projects’ pumping of massive quantities of water from the Delta would have on this threatened species,…

Press Release January 19, 2012

California Groups Appeal Reduction of Salmon Protections

Weakening of science-based plan threatens salmon in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and Delta

Press Release December 14, 2007

Court Finalizes Order to Protect Bay-Delta, Smelt and Water Supply for Millions of Californians

Plaintiffs hope it’s not too late to restore ailing estuary, as biologists see record collapse in fishery numbers

Press Release March 4, 2003

Conservation Groups Seek Intervention to Protect Delta Smelt

Industry and water district lawsuits seek delisting of protected species

Press Release January 11, 2002

Delta Water Export Pumps Killing Two Protected Fish Species

Environmentalists, Sport and Commercial Fishermen File Notice of Intent to Sue for Enforcement of Endangered Species Act in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

Earthjustice is representing Restore the Delta to oppose a massive diversion of fresh water from California’s Delta for Governor Jerry Brown's proposed “Twin Tunnels” project.
(California Department of Water Resources)
Article August 22, 2016

Two Tunnels Too Many

Earthjustice is representing Restore the Delta to oppose a massive diversion of fresh water from California’s Delta for Governor Jerry Brown's proposed “Twin Tunnels” project.

Press Release April 16, 2014

Judges Overturn Long-Term Central Valley Water Contracts Citing Endangered Species Protection

Court unanimously throws out earlier rulings that failed to consider imperiled delta smelt