What is the WIIN Act, and why are congressional representatives from California pushing to extend it 5 years before it expires? Friends of the Eel River’s Conservation Director Scott Greacen explores these questions and more with guests John McManus and Regina Chichizola. John is the president of the Golden Gate Salmon Association , which represents both sport and commercial fishermen in its effort to restore salmon runs in the central valley. Regina is the salmon and water policy analyst for the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations and co-director of Save California’s Salmon . Senator Diane Feinstein teamed up with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and other Republicans in supporting a rider bill attached to budget legislation which extends the expiration of the 2016 Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act from 2021 to 2028. Provisions in the WIIN act intended as emergency responses to drought run counter to California objectives to reduce
What is the WIIN Act, and why are congressional representatives from California pushing to extend it 5 years before it expires? Friends of the Eel River’s Conservation Director Scott Greacen explores these questions and more with guests John McManus and Regina Chichizola. John is the president of the Golden Gate Salmon Association , which represents both sport and commercial fishermen in its effort to restore salmon runs in the central valley. Regina is the salmon and water policy analyst for