San Francisco Baykeeper reposted this
Governor Newsom has repackaged existing projects to protect CA salmon and hard-fought victories won by tribes, fishing groups, and environmental non-profits into a “salmon strategy”. Newsom is taking credit for the work of others as a ploy to burnish his image after he: -waived water quality requirements in the Delta that protect salmon for 3 consecutive years, -brokered backroom deals with major water suppliers that would deny relief to salmon & other native fish, -promoted the Delta tunnel project, which the state’s environmental assessment warned could put salmon at risk, and -supported Sites Reservoir, which would take yet more water out of the Sacramento River. The Governor’s newfound concern for salmon belies 5 years of actions that have nearly destroyed the Central Valley’s populations. https://lnkd.in/d92vp4SQ
It has been making me so mad that people have been talking to me about Newsome and his actions to support salmon. He's the worst environmental gov we've had in ages (or at least as bad). Schwarzenegger was better than Newsome, for crap's sake.
Osha Meserve
8mo
Save our CA salmon! 🐟
Michael Frost
8mo
Greenwashing. Disgusting.
Danielle Katz
8mo
Well said Jon!
First Vice President at CBRE, Palo Alto
8moSalmon are not a political football. Migratory fish are essential to a livable west coast (they bring the oceans bounty inland and fertilize the trees). We (humans) cannot survive in an environment without salmon (and other wild, native fish).