San Joaquin River Restoration: More Water For Fish, Less in Friant Reservoir, 15,000 Farmers Affected

The federal government will spend $400 million to restorea 63-mile section of the San Joaquin River to make it more salmon friendly. While the plan calls for greater water releases from the Friant Reservoir, the plan also calls for reconstructing irrigation canals and other measures that are supposed to make up water losses to more than 15,000 farms served by the system.

The San Francisco Chronicle covered this in today’s issue. 

Wine Industry Insight will present a more in-depth article on the effects on winegrape growers.