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Crawfish

2014-11-19 03:03:17

Hello Folks,

news out of California is that Sen. Feinstein may try to move her

anti-salmon drought legislation in the Senate as early as tomorrow and

is pushing hard to get Oregon's Senators to back it.

Please call Merkley and Wyden today ask them to say no for the sake of

Oregon's salmon fishing communities that cannot afford another salmon

shutdown.

Sen. Wyden

(202) 224-5244

Sen. Merkley

(202) 224-3753

For more information, click on the link below to an alert by Restore the

Delta, a coalition of farmers and fishermen in the Sacramento-San

Joaquin Delta. Their alert has a list of key Senators to call outside

Oregon.

Regards,

Jim

Begin forwarded message:

*BREAKING NEWS*— the long awaited so-called “drought relief”

legislation that has been lingering for months in Congress is

suddenly about to move at breakneck speed in the dark of night;

early reports indicate it is bad for fish, bad for the Delta, bad

for the environment; but good for Westlands Water District, whose

General Manager canceled a long standing commitment at the last

minute and is in DC at this moment trying to help shepherd the bill

through the Senate;it is expected that Sen. Feinstein will attempt

to move this bad piece of legislation in the Senate as early as

tomorrow; here is an action alert from RTD on what you can do to

help stop the train wreck; *PLEASE DO SO* -

http://us3.campaign-archive2.com/?u=068 ... 1f00516bcf

This was forwarded to me please call or write if you can.

Crawfish

Crawfish

2014-11-19 03:15:03

More info ,

Dear GGSA member

There's a bill making its way through Congress that would lead to a shutdown of salmon fishing. Your help is needed now to tell elected members of the House and Senate to keep current salmon protections in place - protections that protect fishing communities.

The bill would take even more salmon water out of the Sacramento River and Bay Delta and pump it to large growers and others south of the Delta. There won't be enough water left to keep salmon alive.

The bill is driven by the same water brokers that caused the shutdown of our ocean salmon fishing in 2008 and 2009. Our salmon runs collapsed then because of massive diversions and pumping of Sacramento River water south, away from the Delta and San Francisco Bay estuary. During the early 2000's, millions of baby salmon were sucked towards the pumps and killed. Since 2009, when pumping restrictions went into effect protecting our salmon, the other side has been working nonstop to get rid of them. Now they're taking advantage of the drought to ram through legislation that allows a return to the massive pumping that collapsed our salmon runs the last time.

Salmon aren't the only thing in the crosshairs. Striped bass and other fish are too, as well as every other creature that needs a healthy Delta ecosystem. Indeed, the 1992 law that sounded the alarm about damage to our salmon runs and took the first steps to address them is also being targeted.

South of Delta water users spent over $1.5 million last year to win support from certain politicians to change the rules so they can seize more water needed by salmon. It's paying off for them but we can stop it if you join other salmon fishermen and GGSA in speaking out.

Crawfish

2014-11-26 15:29:05

Update:

WASHINGTON (AP) - Farmers and communities in California's Central Valley better hope for more rain because they won't be getting any drought relief from Congress this year.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Thursday that attempts to forge compromise legislation have ended, even as she vowed to try again next year.

She was one of the key players trying to bridge major differences between separate House and Senate bills. In her statement, she said it was clear an agreement would not be reached before Congress adjourns for the year.

Democratic lawmakers from Northern California applauded Feinstein for stepping away from what they said was deeply flawed legislation designed to benefit a few water exporters.