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A pump that sends water to millions of Southern Californians and thousands of acres of cropland could be shut down, after a judge’s ruling that it violates the Endangered Species Act, by killing endangered fish.
Living on Earth host Steve Curwood talks with Tom Philps, an editorial writer for the Sacramento Bee, about a court battle that pits environmentalists and sports fishermen against the California Department of Water Resources. The dispute is over how to save struggling smelt and Chinook salmon populations while meeting massive human demands on the drinking water from the San Joaquin River.