Just minutes ago, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a terse decision dismissing the environmentalists’ appeals from Judge Oliver Wanger’s injunction limiting enforcement of the Delta smelt biological opinion’s water cutbacks. The decision does not affect the many other … Continue reading
Just an hour ago, a panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2 to 1 that the Bureau of Reclamation did not violate the Endangered Species Act when it renewed 41 water contracts as part of the Central … Continue reading
Today the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued this notice of oral argument for San Luis & Delta Mendota Water Authority v. NRDC, aka The Consolidated Delta Smelt Cases. The oral argument will take place on Monday, September 10, at 9AM … Continue reading
In the continuing 9th Circuit litigation over Judge Wanger’s decision to invalidate the 2008 delta smelt biological opinion, the federal government and the Natural Resources Defense Council on Friday filed briefs in response to earlier filings made by water users and the … Continue reading
This afternoon the Natural Resources Defense Council filed this reply brief in its Ninth Circuit appeal of Judge Wanger’s decision from last year to enjoin the Fall X2 action. That should complete briefing on the injunction, and we’ll now for briefing … Continue reading
Last week, the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences issued a pre-publication edition of its Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in the California Bay-Delta. During the height of the Delta pumps crisis, the Secretaries of the Interior … Continue reading
This morning Aquafornia linked to an MSNBC story on delta smelt water restrictions. The MSNBC story reports: A court-ordered protection of the Delta smelt, an endangered sliver of a fish, has reduced the amount of water farmers may use to … Continue reading