Felix Smith Responds to US BOR and CA DWR.
Felix Smith is the Kesterson whistleblower who filed a petition with the State Water Resources Control Board to halt the irrigation of high selenium soils on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley....
View ArticleUS Bureau of Reclamation announces request for proposals.
The Bureau of Reclamation's Klamath Basin Area Office (KBAO), working in partnership with other Federal and Oregon State agencies, announces the availability of $2 million in Reclamation funds for the...
View ArticleGlaser named BOR Mid-Pacific regional director
Donald R. Glaser has been named the new Mid-Pacific regional director of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. READ MORE »
View ArticleUse Westlands’ Irrigation Water to Restore Rivers and Delta, Salmon Fisheries
Congress considers continuing irrigation of contaminated lands; C-WIN proposes ambitious plan to end water waste READ MORE »
View ArticleUSGS critiques feds' water deal with farmers
Is another selenium-poisoned wildlife disaster like that which occurred at the Kesterson National Wildlife Refuge in Merced County in the 1980s going to occur again? READ AN ARTICLE HERE about the...
View ArticleDianne Feinstein Questions US B of Reclamation
U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who is brokering a deal to solve the drainage crisis in the Westlands Water District, has written the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation asking some questions about a recent U.S....
View ArticleC-WIN and CSPA Praise Senator Feinstein for USGS Selenium Report
Thank you, Senator Dianne Feinstein, for releasing a damning report of selenium treatment technology strategies, and for your leadership on the difficult drainage issues in the San Joaquin Valley, but...
View ArticleHow the West(lands) Was Won, a two-part series - Part One
By Lloyd G. CarterEditor’s note: Part one of this series addresses the merits of Westlands Water District’s breach of contract claim in the U.S. Claims Court in Washington, D.C. Part Two addresses the...
View ArticleSEC issues final judgment in an insider trading scam involving the son of a...
On May 5, I blogged about the powerful Denver, Colorado law firm Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber and Schreck with long-time ties to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. You can read that story...
View ArticlePatricia Schifferle responds to selenium polluters on San Joaquin River
Patricia Schifferle responds to selenium polluters on San Joaquin River. READ MORE »
View ArticleFederal Judge gives Westlands and Reclamation six more months to pursue...
Federal Judge Lawrence O’Neill in Fresno has signed an order allowing the Westlands Water District and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation another 6 months to pursue settlement talks without any further...
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