** Trump administration backs down on plan to pump more California water
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Thursday, October 3, 2019
California's Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Photo credit: IBM Research ([link removed])
The Bureau of Reclamation is backing off a plan ([link removed]) to pump more water south from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in order to deliver more water to farmers in California's Central Valley. The State of California had warned ([link removed]) that additional pumping would decrease water levels in the delta overall and increase salinity, potentially harming the ecosystem and threatening wildlife, including the endangered delta smelt fish.
Reclamation's decision to reverse course marks an unexpected turn of events in an otherwise contentious relationship between the State of California and the Trump administration. However, the decision only applies to enhanced water deliveries this fall while a larger fight ([link removed]) still looms over pumping water from the delta over the long run.
Quick hits
** Environmental groups sue Forest Service over revisions to sage-grouse plans
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E&E News ([link removed])
** Legal protection sought for a lizard that shares its habitat with oil and gas development in the Permian Basin
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Associated Press ([link removed]) | HPPR ([link removed]) | Carlsbad Current-Argus ([link removed]) | Kallanish Energy ([link removed])
** Trump administration retreats on plan to pump more California water
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Sacramento Bee ([link removed]) | E&E News ([link removed])
** Western lawmakers urge Trump administration to develop domestic uranium
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Reuters ([link removed])
** Colorado oil and gas producers downplay impact of statewide reforms, despite raising objections to the law
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Colorado Public Radio ([link removed])
** Yellowstone National Park welcomes first ever female chief ranger
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CNN ([link removed])
** Lesser known national monuments that are worth visiting
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Outside ([link removed])
** Opinion: Our state needs a fully funded Land and Water Conservation Fund
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Steamboat Pilot & Today ([link removed])
Quote of the day
Over five decades, the LWCF has invested approximately $278.6 million in Colorado, protecting some of the state’s most special places and helping to ensure recreational access for hunting, fishing and other outdoor activities. On the federal level, these places include Rocky Mountain National Park and the White River National Forest.”
—Colorado state representative, Dylan Roberts ([link removed])
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** Fall foliage in Colorado's Indian Peaks Wilderness.
Photo credit: Tyler McIntosh, Center for Western Priorities
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