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Reps, Residents and Ranchers Worry About Water Exporters Control Over Delta Plan

California Progress Report

At an oversight hearing in Sacramento last week, Assemblymember Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael), chairman of the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee , voiced concern that water exporters will have unprecedented control over the content and focus of a plan that would steer the state’s water policies for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta for next fifty years.

The hearing on the Bay-Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) was the fifth held by Huffman, whose district stretches from the Delta, the largest wetlands estuary west of the Mississippi, to coastal communities north of the Golden Gate - many of which are dependent on commercial fishing of the endangered Delta Salmon.

Water exporters, including the monolithic Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which represents 26 thirsty communities in Southern California from Los Angeles to San Diego, will pay for the study to determine how they can restore the amount of water previously taken from the Delta – and even increase it by as much as 7 million square cubic feet annually - while still preserving the endangered species of a fragile Bay-Delta estuary.

Source: California Progress Report

Conveyancing work nets award for Harborough law firm - Business ...

A HARBOROUGH legal firm has achieved a mark of excellence for its work in residential conveyancing.

Wartnabys, based in High Street, secured membership of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme,

The scheme requires firms to undergo a strict assessment, compulsory training, self reporting, random audits and annual reviews in order to maintain CQS status.

It is open only to those who meet the demanding standards the scheme sets and has the support of the Council of Mortgage Lenders, the Building Societies Association, the Legal Ombudsman and the Association of British Insurers.

Jeremy Wakefield, a partner in the firm, said: “We are an independent and long-established firm and are pleased to have secured the Law Society Kite Mark for excellence in residential conveyancing.

“CQS status is recognition of the reliable and efficient service we provide to our residential property clients....

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Column: Conservation of rivers key to protecting wild salmon ...

by Maven

“It’s now late October and the salmon are on the spawning runs in the top four rivers of the area: Sacramento, Feather, Trinity and Klamath. ….

I guess I don’t have to highlight to anglers that this is the prime time of the year for excellent angling. Whatever technique or conveyance you use, getting out there on one of the rivers now will provide rich rewards. The angling is just part of a whole symphony of fall colors, crisp air, migrating birds, good water conditions and plenty of fish to top off those wonderful days.

I always wondered how long this thrilling quality of fishing, especially salmon, will last under the patterns of development or changes, especially on the Sacramento River. … “

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Reps, Residents and Ranchers Worry About Water Exporters Control Over Delta Plan

California Progress Report - Dec 31, 1969

Water exporters lobbied for a new state conveyance infrastructure after a 2007 endangered species-court ruling restricted Southern California's ever-increasing amount of water pumped from the Delta by the State Water Projects south Delta pumping