May 1, 2015 | Environmental law, News
By Craig A. Tristao On April 30, 2015 the State Water Resources Control Board declared that (1) water being released from state and federal water projects is being released in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Watershed (Delta Watershed) and (2) the Delta is in...
Feb 4, 2015 | Environmental law, News
Today the State Water Resources Control Board (“Board”)issued an “Order for Additional Information In the Matter of Diversion of Water from Sacrament and San Joaquin Watershed and Delta”. The order follows a May 2014 curtailment order to...
Dec 22, 2014 | Environmental law, News
By Craig A. Tristao The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today issued its decision in San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority v. Locke. The decision reverses and remands a previous district court decision that found NMFS’ 2009 biological opinion (BiOp)...