San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority v. Locke

ELR Citation: 44 ELR 20276
No(s). 12-15144 et al (9th Cir. Dec 22, 2014)

The Ninth Circuit upheld the National Marine Fisheries Service's (NMFS') biological opinion regarding the impact of continuing water extraction in the California Central Valley on certain threatened and endangered salmonid species. In its biological opinion, NMFS determined that the Bureau of Reclam...