Water Agencies to D.C.: Rescind Habitat Plan

Summary


Officials from more than a dozen Inland Empire water agencies and cities will meet today with a Congressional delegation in Washington D.C., to voice opposition to a critical habitat plan for a federally endangered fish.

In December, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service deemed 9,331 acres in portions of creeks and rivers in San Bernardino and Riverside counties as critical habitat for the Santa Ana Sucker - a gray fish with a silvery-white underbelly and dark blotches and stripes found in freshwater from Anaheim to the San Bernardino mountains.

See the full content of this document

Extract


Water Agencies to D.C.: Rescind Habitat Plan

But it means a loss of 125,800 acre-feet of San Bernardino mountain water each year, and will cost ratepayers more than $2.9 billion over 25 years for imported water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, water officials said.

"Our wa...

See the full content of this document

Sponsored links




ver las páginas en versión mobile | web

ver las páginas en versión mobile | web

© Copyright 2012, vLex. All Rights Reserved.

Contents in vLex United States

Explore vLex

For Professionals

For Partners

Company