"The EPA strongly supports the proposal in the draft plan to designate tribal cultural uses throughout the Bay Delta watershed. This proposal recognizes the centrality of vital fish populations to many California tribes."
"A century of dams and water diversions has led native fish in California to experience sharp and prolonged declines, according to regulators. Among the threatened and endangered fish are the winter-run chinook salmon and tiny Delta smelt."
"A coalition of environmental groups and tribes filed a civil rights complaint with the EPA. Inadequate water quality standards have allowed the region to deteriorate, they allege, primarily burdening Native Californians who depend on fish for food and cultural preservation."
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