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Five California Congress Members ask for accountability by NOAA and U.S. Fish and Wildlife regarding their participation and input to the Bay-Delta Conservation PlanJune 24, 2008. In a strongly worded letter citing the failure of NOAA and USF&W to "restore, recover and protect," the delta fisheries over the last 16 years, five California Members of Congress have asked NOAA and USF&W to respond to a series of seven questions regarding their agencies efforts in dealing with the Bay-Delta Conservation Plan, restoring healthy fisheries and scientific monitoring Stating that much of the Bay-Delta Conservation Plan seems to be driven by those interested in water exports rather than the health of the delta and sustainable delta fisheries, the members pointed out that NOAA and USF&W have totally failed in their mission to double fish populations in a ten year period and are, in fact, six years past the deadline as required by the Central Valley Project Improvement Act passed by Congress 16 years ago! The members also recognized the need for credible scientific judgment to be made in the amount and timing of flows to the delta and that this decision should NOT be left to the some of the largest water agencies in California, whose main function is to export some 6 million acre feet of water out of the delta. The Congress members have asked the two agencies to respond to their requests by August 1st.
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