[env-trinity] USGS critiques feds' water deal with Westlands farmers

[Tom Stokely]

The report below was authorized for release to the public today by Senator Feinstein.  It was requested from US Geological Survey and it is attached for your information.

Tom Stokely

Board Member, California Water Impact Network

http://www.c-win.org/





USGS critiques feds' water deal with farmers

Associated Press



FRESNO (AP) - A new report by the U.S. Geological Survey suggests the federal government's plans to clean up thousands of acres of polluted cropland could repeat the same environmental problem that caused the death or deformation of thousands of birds in the 1980s. 

 

Sen. Dianne Feinstein has been brokering negotiations over the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's proposal, which is intended to fix a botched federal drain project that left fields in California's San Joaquin Valley too salty to grow crops. 

 

Two weeks ago, Feinstein met in San Francisco with bureau officials and USGS scientists who wrote the internal report. 

 

A copy obtained by The Associated Press Wednesday critiques proposals previously floated by the bureau. 

Feinstein's office did not immediately comment.#

http://www.dailydemocrat.com/news/ci_9552327

 

 
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