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<p><span>On Dec. 15, Secretary of the Interior Debra Haaland executed a
memorandum that ensures statutory funding to protect fish and wildlife
as required under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA). </span></p>
<p><span>The memo reverses a Trump administration action to defund environmental mitigation and restoration, as required under the CVPIA.</span></p>
<p>The CVPIA, signed into law in 1992 by then President George H. W.
Bush, made fish and wildlife a purpose of the Bureau of Reclamation’s
Central Valley Project for the first time. The law has been constantly
attacked and undermined by the Westlands Water District and other
agribusiness interests ever since. </p>
<p><span><span>“The action by Secretary Haaland means that CVP water
contractors will resume payment for projects to create and improve
floodplain and other habitat for salmon, waterfowl, and other fish and
wildlife,” according to a press statement from the
California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) and the Pacific Coast
Federation of Fishermen’s Assocations (PCFFA). “The payments are
required by the CVPIA, passed in 1992 to require the CVP to put fish
and wildlife protection on an equal footing with water supply.” </span></span></p>
<p><span>Fishing advocates praised the action, but urged Haaland to void “<span><span><span><span>unlawful permanent CVP contracts” that </span></span></span></span>were
not supposed to be renewed until the CVP contractors fully paid off
their original debt for the construction of the CVP dams and canals that
supply them with water. </span></p>
<p><span>Secretary’s Haaland’s Memorandum “voids the Orwellian
declaration by the Trump Administration that restoration of fish and
wildlife harmed by the federal Central Valley Project (CVP) was complete
and summarily defunded,” according to the two groups.</span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Haaland’s <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flink.zixcentral.com%2Fu%2Fc2349294%2FmuhiFbGM7RGqFQMHh3soMg%3Fu%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcalsport.org%252Fnews%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252FSecretary-Memo-Withdrawal-of-CVPIA-Memos-signed-121522.pdf&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cc34ff1a1dc7c4d7a21f108daef225b89%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638085228094354148%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=F8YixjLB4yR8f0VSglNy6XcUaWFh7Lo07OewgmCWGFA%3D&reserved=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dec. 15 memorandum</a>, </span>obtained
by the two organizations, declared that the Trump administration policy
ending payment requirements for the CVPIA "has no further force or
effect.” </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p><em><strong><span>“The legal analysis supporting that memorandum was
withdrawn on June 11, 2021. To clarify that Secretary Bernhardt’s
concurrence memorandum has no further force or effect, this memorandum
withdraws the Bernhardt memorandum, its associated directives, and any
supporting documents,” said Haaland.</span></strong></em></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>“The CVPIA gives
Reclamation the tools necessary to do the important work of restoring
the fish and wildlife resources of the Trinity River and the Central
Valley,” noted Haaland. “I am therefore rescinding any advice or
direction that may fall short of expressing the Department of the
Interior’s commitment to the protection of the fish, wildlife, and
habitat affected by CVP operations.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>On the final day of the
Trump administration in 2021, then Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, a
former Westlands Water District and Big Oil lobbyist, </span></span></span></span></span></span>declared the end of restoration funding obligations for CVP contractors. He claimed that <span><span><span><span><span><span>mitigation and restoration requirements under the CVPIA had been "completed" (<a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flink.zixcentral.com%2Fu%2F4db5a0c8%2F9gRjFbGM7RGpRAMHh3soMg%3Fu%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fsubscriber.politicopro.com%252Farticle%252Feenews%252F2021%252F07%252F01%252Fbiden-admin-set-to-ditch-trumps-calif-irrigation-policy-000194&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cc34ff1a1dc7c4d7a21f108daef225b89%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638085228094354148%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=WjWDh09nn8YdlimWkaq7JU7v3tWpTqnMvXwoIjhSVJ4%3D&reserved=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="enhancr_card_3646253819"><em><span>Greenwire</span></em></a>, July 1, 2021). </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div><br></div><div id="ydp606406baenhancr_card_3646253819" class="ydp606406bayahoo-link-enhancr-card ydp606406bayahoo-link-enhancr-not-allow-cover ydp606406baymail-preserve-class ydp606406baymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:YahooSans, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" data-url="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flink.zixcentral.com%2Fu%2F4db5a0c8%2F9gRjFbGM7RGpRAMHh3soMg%3Fu%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fsubscriber.politicopro.com%252Farticle%252Feenews%252F2021%252F07%252F01%252Fbiden-admin-set-to-ditch-trumps-calif-irrigation-policy-000194&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cc34ff1a1dc7c4d7a21f108daef225b89%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638085228094354148%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=WjWDh09nn8YdlimWkaq7JU7v3tWpTqnMvXwoIjhSVJ4%3D&reserved=0" data-type="YENHANCER" data-size="MEDIUM" contenteditable="false"><a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flink.zixcentral.com%2Fu%2F4db5a0c8%2F9gRjFbGM7RGpRAMHh3soMg%3Fu%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fsubscriber.politicopro.com%252Farticle%252Feenews%252F2021%252F07%252F01%252Fbiden-admin-set-to-ditch-trumps-calif-irrigation-policy-000194&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cc34ff1a1dc7c4d7a21f108daef225b89%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638085228094354148%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=WjWDh09nn8YdlimWkaq7JU7v3tWpTqnMvXwoIjhSVJ4%3D&reserved=0" style="text-decoration-line: none !important; text-decoration-style: solid !important; text-decoration-color: currentcolor !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;" class="ydp606406bayahoo-enhancr-cardlink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><table class="ydp606406bacard-wrapper ydp606406bayahoo-ignore-table" style="max-width:400px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="400"><table class="ydp606406bacard ydp606406bayahoo-ignore-table" style="max-width:400px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224, 228, 233);border-radius:2px" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="ydp606406bacard-info ydp606406bayahoo-ignore-table" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-size: auto; position: relative; z-index: 2; width: 100%; max-width: 400px; border-radius: 0px 0px 2px 2px; border-top: 1px solid rgb(224, 228, 233);" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:16px 0 16px 12px;vertical-align:top;border-radius:0 0 0 2px"></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:12px 24px 16px 12px;width:99%;font-family:YahooSans, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;border-radius:0 0 2px 0"><h2 class="ydp606406bacard-title" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; font-family: YahooSans, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 34, 40); max-width: 314px;">Checking link...</h2><p class="ydp606406bacard-description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(151, 158, 168);"></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><p></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>“The
action by Secretary Haaland means that CVP water contractors will
resume payment for projects to create and improve floodplain and other
habitat for salmon, waterfowl, and other fish and wildlife. The payments
are required by the CVPIA, passed in 1992 to require the CVP to put
fish and wildlife protection on an equal footing with water supply,” the
groups said. </span></p>
<p><span>The largest single beneficiary of this parting give-</span><span>away was Mr. Bernhardt’s former law </span><span>client, Westlands Water District.</span></p>
<p><span>“Politicians like Mr. Bernhardt solve problems by abolishing
their official existence,” said Chris Shutes, Acting Executive Director
of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance. ”We applaud
Secretary Haaland’s blunt rejection of Mr. Bernhardt’s deception and </span><span>his sneak attack on </span><span>California’s salmon and ducks.” </span></p>
<p><span>At the same time that Bernhardt was canceling the debt of CVP
contractors to fish and wildlife, Shutes said he also canceled their
debt to repay the money they owed the federal government for CVP capital
obligations. </span></p>
<p><span>“This came in the form of issuing new permanent contracts for
CVP water contractors,” said Shutes. “These CVP contracts were not
supposed to be renewed until the CVP contractors fully paid off their
original debt for the construction of the CVP dams and canals that
supply them with water. But Mr. Bernhardt waived these obligations as
well and oversaw the issuance of multiple new permanent CVP contracts in
the waning days of the Trump Administration.”</span></p>
<p><span>Glen Spain, Acting Executive Director of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s </span><span>Association, said</span><span>: “</span><span>The legal basis for the prior a</span><span>dministration’s new permanent CVP contracts </span><span>was
as fabricated as the basis for ending mitigation and restoration
funding. These contracts cheat the taxpaying public out of hundreds of
millions of dollars. We implore Secretary Haaland to finish the job and
void the prior a</span><span>dministration’s new permanent CVP contracts.” </span></p>
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<p><span>Regarding the new permanent contracts, Shutes </span><span>emphasized: “The Central Valley </span><span>and Trinity River</span><span>’s </span><span>fisheries
are hemorrhaging. This condition is devastating California communities
in the Delta. It is devastating tribes along the Trinity and Klamath
Rivers.”</span></p>
<p><span>“It is devastating fishing communities up and down the West
Coast, from Central California to the state of Washington. That is why
fishing organizations have filed </span><span>suit </span><span>to
overturn the new permanent CVP contracts. We hope that Secretary Haaland
will decide the issue herself in a follow-up action that invalidates
Mr.</span><span>Bernhardt’s </span><span>illegal contracts,” Shutes concluded.</span></p>
<p><em><span>Background:</span></em></p>
<p><span>The fishing groups initiated a letter writing campaign opposing
CVPIA mitigation defunding and the new CVP contracts in February 2021; </span><span>see </span><span>2021 02 16 PCFFA & CSPA Haaland Water Contracts & CVPIA BERNHARDT_RESCISSION_REQUEST</span><span>. </span></p>
<p><span>On May 3, 2021, fishing groups, tribes, and environmental
groups followed up with a detailed letter to Congress member Katie
Porter see
https://calsport.org/news/wp-content/uploads/Fixing-the-Water-Scandal-05-3-2021-PCL-
PCFFA-Tribal-Groups-Request-Oversight-date-corrected.pdf</span><span>; </span></p>
<p><span>Congress members Jared Huffman and Katie Porter urged secretarial action on May 7, 2021; </span><span>see </span><span>https://calsport.org/news/wp- content/uploads/5-7-21-Huffman_-Porter-_CVPIA-Letter.pdf</span><span>. <br></span></p></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>