Wednesday April 1, 2026
Courthouse News Service —
The federal government has complied with the Endangered Species Act in its activities at two dams on California’s Yuba River, a judge ruled Tuesday in a decade-old case.
However, U.S. District Judge Daniel Calabretta had one carveout in his decision. He determined the National Marine Fisheries Service and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers improperly excluded the Brophy Diversion from an analysis. He remanded that aspect of the case to the service for reassessment.