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CSPA Advisory - 6.8.07Delta Smelt Plight Makes Prime Time!KPIX TV ran a Delta smelt segment that aired last night. I just finished reviewing the video on the KPIX website and it is the best coverage on the plight of the fishery to date. Tony Russomanno did a feature that included an interview with Bill Jennings. I spoke with Tony the day prior to the interview about the possible extinction of the smelt and other pelagic species. He mentioned that he gave credence to the DWR arguments that it was toxicity from Delta inflows that caused the problem. I told Tony that toxicity was an issue, but water project operations were clearly the prime culprit in this case. I mentioned we had been trying to get the Water Boards to bring "agricultural return flows" under control for years with great difficulty and next to no cooperation from the state government. I recommend that he interview CSPA's Executive Director Bill Jennings to get the insider view of what was taking place behind the smoke and mirrors crafted by the government. You can find the video at http://cbs5.com/video/?id=24009@kpix.dayport.com It is clearly the best TV media report I have seen on the subject including the coverage of the litigation we filed against DWR and won. None of these interviews got more than a minute of air time and did little to educate the public. However, Bill and Tony did a great job and this is the kind of media coverage we need to make sure the big picture information gets out to the public! If you can muster the time, copy the link below and sent it out to as many friends and allies as possible, as we need to educate as many folks as we can. It's important to consider that we have a narrow window of opportunity to impact our government. At last count, Water For Fish had 14,000 petition signatures that the Allied Fishing Groups we will be using to notify the Governor and key legislators that people care about the Delta and our fisheries. Please consider taking a few minutes to forward this email to friends and family and ask them to support our efforts to save the Delta and its fishery resources by logging on to http://www.water4fish.org/ and signing on to the petition. Thanks, John John Beuttler, Conservation Director
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