The Biden administration has adopted new rules for operating California’s main water delivery systems in the Central Valley, endorsing a plan backed by state officials that aims to strike a balance between ensuring protections for imperiled fish species and providing a reliable water supply for farms and cities…
Jon Rosenfield, science director for the group San Francisco Baykeeper, said the federal rules fail to improve conditions for seven fish species that are rapidly declining toward extinction. He said he expects the Trump administration will try to further weaken “this very weak set of protections.”
Source: Los Angeles Times