Posted on 01/19/2025 1:05:27 PM PST by grundle
September 11, 2024
"The California we know today is really only possible because we move water around—moving water from areas of abundance to areas of need, literally causing the desert to bloom," says Geoff Vanden Heuvel, Director of Regulatory and Economic Affairs at Milk Producers Council.
Siyamak sits down with Geoff Vanden Heuvel, who will explain why this water release may have little impact on the Delta smelt and what it means for the rest of California.
"We really cannot afford to waste water in the state. We have to make sure that when we dedicate water to the environment, it does good and protects the environment. We absolutely want to do that and have an obligation to do so, but we must maximize the amount of water we store in wet years so we have it in the dry years," says Vanden Heuvel.
Sounds like teenagers with 22’s and SSS on a small scale would have worked too! The bat trees mentioned are specifically protected in the original timber harvest plan that was written around thirty years ago. My dad thought they should be untouched. Then they became a weapon used against me.
Is there credible census fish counts showing the San Francisco Bay Delta smelt is present, stillb”struggling to be endangered”, dying out, or extinct despite the freshwater dumps?
One second-hand reference recently said it has not been found in two years. Did the excessive freshwater releases dilute the previously saline tidewater to kill it faster?
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