Endangered Species Law & Policy

Following the release of an incomplete draft of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP), numerous stakeholders issued statements outlining their perspective on the status of the planning effort.  Statements were issued by a number of public water agencies that have provided most of the funding for the planning effort to date including Westlands Water District (pdf), Kern County Water Agency (pdf), Metropolitan Water District (pdf), and the State Water Contractors (pdf).  They were also released by other interested stakeholders, such as the Bay Institute and Environmental Defense Fund.  In response to the statement by Westlands Water District, in which the agency indicates it is withdrawing support for the BDCP, the U.S. Department of the Interior issued this letter (pdf).  In light of these statements, the fate of the BDCP remains unclear.