ACTIVISTS REVIEW LEGAL GROUNDS TO CHALLENGE NOAA CALFED DECISION

October 29, 2004
Environmental attorneys have labeled as "political science" the findings of a federal fisheries agency that maintains several planned CALFED projects will not harm salmon runs. Environmentalists and sportfishing groups are analyzing these findings to determine whether they have grounds for legal action to postpone the projects. The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) "biological opinion" asserts that CALFED's Operating Criteria & Plan (OCAP) will not jeopardize five species of spawning salmon. It gives an apparent green...


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