Grape growing, fish protection clash in California
Friday, January 29, 2010 - 04:07
in Earth & Climate
HEALDSBURG, Calif. (AP) -- Grape growers in Northern California's cool, fertile Sonoma County wine region are stomping mad at a new plan to limit the amount of water vineyards can pump from local rivers and streams to protect crops from frost - a proposed regulation meant to safeguard coho salmon, a species on the brink of local extinction....