Takings Decision Aids Farmers, Threatens Species Protection

Anyone familiar with the operation of state and federal water projects in California recognizes that the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is the heart of the state’s elaborate plumbing system. A recent federal court decision also places the Delta squarely at the heart of an intensifying debate over one of the nation’s bedrock environmental laws, potentially throwing into question the protections afforded a host of threatened and endangered species throughout the water-short West.

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