Commentary: Court Decision on Trinity River Water Could Determine If Salmon Live or Die
From The Sacramento Bee:
“A massive tug of war for water on the Trinity River needed to keep a bumper crop of salmon alive is playing out in a Fresno federal court this week. Officials expect more than 271,000 adult salmon to return to the Klamath and Trinity River within days. In many stretches of the rivers, warm water temperatures lethal to spawning salmon await their return. The Bureau of Reclamation, not wanting a massive fish kill on its hands again, planned to release at least 62,000 acre-feet of cold water from Trinity Lake to cool the rivers. But San Joaquin Valley growers, led by Westlands Irrigation District, said no, that they should be given that water – and they sued to get it.”
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