The Northern California Fly Fishing Board

California Sportfishing Protection Alliance ~ CSPA “Conserving California’s fisheries”

Weekly e-mail update for the week of July 19-25, 2008

Have you written your letters of support for AB 1806 yet?

If not PLEASE go to the CSPA Action Alert 7-21-08,
http://www...ort.org/cspa7-21-08.htm,

Read why your support and letters are so critical and then write three letters, one to the Appropriations Committee Chair, one to the vice chair and to the senator who’s district you reside in.

It will mean $MILLIONS$ of dollars for fish!

CSPA plans for the week ahead:
Water Resources Regional Board Thursday, 31 July 08. Rio Vista waste discharge permit
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These articles ran on the CSPA website, www.Calsport.Org, last week. If you missed reading any of these stories just click on the underlined link.
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July 25-CSPA News: Big Victory in Striper Trial, Plaintiffs have "No standing"
http://www.calsport.org/7-25-08d.htm
July 25-CSPA News: A win for CSPA! City of Davis wastewater treatment plant must re-evaluate its discharges for chronic toxicity By Bill Jennings, Chairman and Executive Director http://www.calsport.org/7-25-08c.htm
• CSPA Petiton for review of City of Davis Waste Water Treatment Facilities http://www.calsport.org/wq7-21-08a.pdf

July 25-CSPA News: CSPA sues Waste Management of Alameda County for massive discharges of oil & grease, aluminum, copper, iron, zinc, lead and other pollutants By Bill Jennings, Chairman and Executive Director, CSPA http://www.calsport.org/7-25-08b.htm
July 25-CSPA News: CSPA Testifies at Hearing to Revoke Auburn Water Rights: Millions of acre-feet of water at stake by Bill Jennings, Chairman, Executive Director CSPA http://www.calsport.org/7-25-08.htm
July 25-CSPA/C-WIN News : Agribusinesses “save” West Side wetlands while irrigation drainage impairs the San Joaquin River, Delta Estuary http://www.calsport.org/7-24-08c.pdf
• July 23-CSPA/C-WIN letter to Senator Feinstein
http://www.calsport.org/wq7-23-08.pdf
July 24-Positive Moves for Salmon Recovery By thingy Pool http://www.calsport.org/7-24-08.htm
July 23-Worth a dam? Tribe and enviros call back the salmon on Yuba River By Dan Bacher, editor of the Fish Sniffer http://www.calsport.org/7-23-08b.htm
July 23-New Report Says Providing Water for Fish is the Surest Way to Create Water Supply Reliability for California Farms and Cities http://www.calsport.org/7-23-08a.htm
July 23-California Water Operations Threaten Survival of Iconic Salmon Fishery: Fishermen, Seafood Restaurant, and Conservationists to Hold Press Conference at Scoma’s Restaurant at Pier 47 in San Francisco http://www.calsport.org/7-23-08.htm
July 21-The Public Policy Institute's New Report: An Elaborate, Yet Incomplete Sales Brochure For the Peripheral Canal by Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta http://www.calsport.org/7-21-08c.htm
July 21-The view from L.A.: Dry times revive an old debate By Peter H. King, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer http://www...008jul21,0,2400567.story
July 21-CSPA ACTION ALERT: AB 1806 Under Assault from water contractors, needs immediate support http://www.calsport.org/7-21-08b.htm
• CSPA Action Alert 7.21.08 http://www...port.org/CSPA7-21-08.htm
July 21-U.S. F&WS Region 8 Press Release; Funding Agreements Reached for Phase 1A of the Battle Creek Project to Restore 42 Miles of Premium Salmon and Steelhead Habitat http://www.calsport.org/7-21-08a.htm
July 20-Owner of one of world's largest construction firms funds report backing Peripheral Canal by Dan Bacher, editor of the Fish Sniffer http://www.calsport.org/7-20-08.htm
July 19-Stephen Bechtel Jr. Funds Peripheral Canal Report! by Dan Bacher http://www.calsport.org/7-19-08.htm
July 18-Judge Rules Water Projects Imperil Central Valley Salmon and Steelhead http://www.calsport.org/7-19-08a.htm
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Please forward this summary to any friends who care about the state of our waterways and fisheries and don’t know about CSPA. They can follow the latest news on California’s water and fishery issues at our website, http://www.calsport.org

Thanks for your continuing support!

The CSPA Board of Directors

Click http://www.calsport.org/membership.htm to become a CSPA member
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