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Ninth Circuit Hands Major Victory to Senior Water Right Holders on the Sacramento River

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On May 23, 2024, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a published opinion in Natural Resources Defense Council et al. v. Debra Haaland et al. (Case No. 21-15163) (“NRDC v. Haaland”) rejecting the plaintiffs’ challenges...more

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Resource Optimization and Endangered Species Management

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On December 21, 2023, I published a post on the Center for California Water Resources Policy and Management’s DeltaCurrents blog discussing integration of resource optimization into endangered species policy to improve...more

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California Files Challenge to Federal Decisions Governing Operation of California Water Projects

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The State of California recently sent a 60-day notice of intent to sue to the Secretaries of Commerce and the Interior and concurrently filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California...more

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DWR Certifies EIR for WaterFix, Triggering 30-Day Deadline for Opponents to File Suit

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On July 21, 2017, the California Department of Water Resources (“DWR”) certified the final environmental document and issued its Notice of Determination for the California WaterFix, a significant new water infrastructure...more

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WaterFix EIR Certification and NOD Client Alert

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On Friday, July 21, 2017, the California Department of Water Resources (“DWR”) certified the Environmental Impact Report for the California WaterFix tunnels project and filed a Notice of Determination with the Governor’s...more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update - October 2016 #4

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Environmental and Policy Focus - Species may be listed as threatened based on climate change projections, court says - Los Angeles Times - Oct 24 - Federal authorities may list a species as “threatened”...more

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ESA Roundup – Legislation, Listings, and Litigation

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Whether dealing with water or with endangered species directly, there have been a numbers of recent developments that are worth keeping on your radar.  July 16, 2015 – The House of Representative, in a largely partisan...more

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Legislative Water Update

Conversations Among Federal Lawmakers May Lead to New Water Legislation - A number of conversations are occurring in the U.S. House of Representatives, and between the House and the U.S. Senate (particularly Rep. David...more

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Fish Two, Water Withdrawals Zero: The 9th Circuit Affirms Another Biological Opinion

On Monday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals dealt another blow to traditional operation of the massive water projects that supply California’s Central Valley. The Court reversed those parts of a District Court opinion that...more

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