THE IRIDEUS - NOVEMBER 2020
C
onservation onversation
With Julie Ruth Haselden
Letter from Senator Diane Feinstein Recently, Conservation Chair Julie Haselden wrote to Senator Diane Feinstein’s office regarding proposals to undermine environmental protections. Julie received this response and has shared it with us here at the Irideus. Thanks for speaking out for us Julie! I received a response from United States Senator Dianne Feinstein regarding a letter sent on behalf of GPFF. In part, the letter says: “Thank you for writing to share your environmental priorities. Your correspondence informs my work in the Senate… Many Californians have expressed their concerns to me regarding proposals… that could undermine environmental protections or direct federal agencies to ignore well-settled science.” It is gratifying that our voices and concerns have been heard.
projects on Alameda Creek. 257 Zoom attendees learned about the $80 million
developments. The Alameda Creek watershed covers an area of 633 square miles and once supported a steelhead trout fishery. In an effort to restore steelhead trout, salmon and other migratory fish to Alameda Creek, ACWD and a number of Bay Area agencies have worked for more than a decade to make the creek a more fish-friendly waterway. To improve fish passage through the Alameda Creek Flood Control Channel, ACWD’s fish passage projects at its water supply facilities include: the removal of one rubber dam; construction of fish ladders at two rubber dams; and the installation of fishscreens at off-stream diversions. The state-of-the-art fishscreens prevent even fry from being killed or damaged at water diversion and ground water recharge stations.
ACWD (Alameda County Water District) Virtual Tour of Fish Passage Improvements On 10/21/2020 ACWD offered an informative virtual tour of three fish passage improvement Alameda Creek
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