Victory: Three-judge panel rejects efforts by commercial, agricultural water users to overturn federal protections

A fisherman holds a steelhead shortly before the American River is closed for recreational fishing until the spawning season ends. Brad Zweerink for Earthjustice
San Francisco —(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2014. The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruledyesterday that a “biological opinion” issued in 2009 that protects the habitat of endangered salmon in the San Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers from…






