Westlands spearheaded Delta restoration project. Now, it faces puzzling ‘greenlash.’
If California sees its environmental goals get met, does it really matter who contributed to the success? … [Westlands Water district] faces a skirmish with environmental advocates over an effort to strengthen and restore fish habitat within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta – including the oft-maligned Delta smelt – in support of long-term goals laid out by California regulators. Now, two years after Westlands completed the restoration, environmentalists are seeking to dispute the work and effectiveness of habitat restoration sought by state regulators and tamper with the bottom line for the water agency.