Environmental
Dec. 16, 2010
Judge Criticizes Delta Study
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the science underpinning water restrictions in the Sacramento San Joaquin River Delta aimed at protecting the imperiled delta smelt is full of holes and ordered the government to rethink its approach.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A Fresno federal judge Tuesday ordered the government to rethink its approach to protecting the imperiled delta smelt, ruling that the science underpinning water restrictions in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is full of holes.
U.S. District Court Judge Oliver Wanger found the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service did not rely on the best available science when it issued a so-called biological opinion...
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