Sacramento River

The Triage Begins

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Salmon, Dams, Sacramento River, Sacramento River Chinook, Environment, Dianne Feinstein, Fishing, Salmon Run, Green News
Carl Pope

The last remaining healthy salmon run in California -- the Sacramento River chinook -- has taken a catastrophic turn for the worse. Scientists had expected at least three times as many returning fish.

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Sacramento Fisherman Arrested In Sea Lion Shooting

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Animal Cruelty, California, Larry Legans, Crime, Verona, Larry Allen Legans, Shotgun, Sea Lions, Sea Lion Shot Sacramento, Sea Lion Shot, Sacramento River, Fisherman, Fishing, Overfishing, Rio Vista, Sea Lion, Green News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Authorities arrested a Sacramento fisherman Saturday in connection to shooting a sea lion in the head. California game war...

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Federal Bailout Won't Make A Dent in Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Problems

Brooke-Sidney Gavins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Folsom Dam, Salmon, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, San-Joaquin-River, Water Recycling, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sacramento River, Red Bluff Diversion Dam, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Interior Secretary, American Rivers, Water Reuse, Ken-Salazar-Interior-Secretary, Recycling, Endangered Salmon, Environmental Defense Fund, Ken Salazar, Endangered River, Fisheries, Battle Creek Salmon Steelhead, Farming, Contra Costa, California, Contra Costa Canal, Sacramento, San Joaquin Valley, Water Scarcity, Federal Stimulus, Endangered-Fish, California's Central Valley, Ken Salazar and Interior Department, Water, Endangered Species, Endangered Species Act, Green News
Brooke-Sidney Gavins

The Delta, which provides water to nearly two-thirds of all Californians and is suffering from a three year drought, may not have a federal bailout after all.

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Nation's Most Endangered Rivers Are In California

AP | GARANCE BURKE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, San Joaquin River, Pollution, Sacramento River, California, Sacramento-California, Fresno-California, Green News

FRESNO, Calif. — California's two longest rivers have been named the country's most endangered waterways because of outdated water management an...

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