News Release: CDFW Director Makes Statement on Legal Victory
California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW):
“California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Director Charlton H. Bonham made the following statement after Judge William Orrick of the U.S District Court, Northern District dismissed a case regarding CDFW’s fish stocking program:
“’In an era in which some prefer to litigate instead of pursue decision-making through the public process, I’m encouraged by this legal victory.’ …
“The court found that CDFW’s practice of stocking fish into lakes in California does not amount to adding a pollutant to the water in violation of the Clean Water Act, as alleged by two nongovernmental organizations, one from Montana and one from Oregon.”
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