BLOG: Does Water Bill Override Biops? Sure Looks Like It.

There was much talk Friday night on the floor of the U.S. Senate about whether the controversial California drought legislation now awaiting the president’s signature overrides the biological opinions that protect Delta fish or, by extension, the Endangered Species Act itself. Depending on which senator was doing the talking, it definitely does or it definitely doesn’t. I haven’t had the opportunity yet to speak with ESA experts on the very specific and technical language in the bill.