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Battle over San Joaquin River water heats up
Dec 6, 2006
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San Joaquin River
turbulence continues, complicating efforts to resolve a long-running conflict
pitting fish against farmers.
Several lawmakers are introducing an ambitious bill today to
restore the river. Another maneuvered aggressively Tuesday with a competing
plan. No one can predict how the...
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River plan pleases all sides
Sep 28, 2006
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Exhausted Capitol Hill negotiators agreed Wednesday on
legislation to revive the San Joaquin
River below Friant Dam.
They established a new "experimental population"
of salmon, while still protecting operations on local dams and water projects.
They calmed the fears of farmers and water distric...
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Negotiators work on river plan
Sep 22, 2006
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Negotiators are still refining an ambitious San Joaquin River restoration plan, with a tentative agreement this week to classify as "experimental" the salmon that will reclaim the river as its home.
The "experimental" label would mean the Merced and Modesto irrigation districts have less to fear fr...
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A river shall run through it
Sep 14, 2006
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A marathon legal battle over the fate of the San
Joaquin River
inched closer to a settlement Wednesday, when the details of the deal were
presented to the federal judge who now presides over the 18-year-old case. If
the deal is finally done, over time it will change the face of the Valley --
an...
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River's renewal a step closer
Sep 13, 2006
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More water should start flowing down the San
Joaquin River by
around 2009 under a long-awaited settlement scheduled to be filed in Sacramento
today.
By around 2013, salmon should be reintroduced to the river,
which once teemed with them. Hundreds of millions of dollars would be spent on
channe...
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