The Coalition for a Sustainable Delta (which is actually an agribusiness coalition for unsustainable levels of water exports) is urging the California Fish and Game Commission to approve proposed changed to striped bass fishing regulations at its meeting on February 2. They call non-native striped bass a “key stressor impacting endangered salmon and smelt populations...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Restore the Delta 10100 Trinity Pkwy, Suite 120 Stockton, CA 95219 Email: Barbara@restorethedelta.org Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla Phone:209-479-2053 January 11, 2012 RESTORE THE DELTA CALLS OUT WEAKNESSES IN PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE’S REPORT ON THE DELTA’S ECONOMIC FUTURE Stockton, California – Restore the Delta is challenging the accuracy and value of the Public Policy...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Restore the Delta 10100 Trinity Pkwy, Suite 120 Stockton, CA 95219               Email: Barbara@restorethedelta.org       Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla                            Phone:209-479-2053 January 10, 2012 ED BEGELEY JR. NARRATES RESTORE THE DELTA’S DOCUMENTARY: OVER TROUBLED WATERS   Stockton, California – Renowned actor and environmental advocate Ed Begley Jr. is slated to narrate Restore the Delta’s...Read More

Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Delta Plan are due by February 2.  A common observation among those commenting is that the Delta Plan doesn’t provide a clear and specific project for which the environmental impact can be evaluated. And if it is a programmatic EIR, what are the measurable standards...Read More

In November, the news was full of the name Paterno – Joe Paterno, the Penn State football coach who was fired after the arrest of one of his long-time assistant coaches on child sexual abuse charges. For people who follow water issues in the Central Valley, the name Paterno has another association – the 2003...Read More

Restore the Delta has heard that BDCP planners think the state has no obligation to do a cost/benefit analysis of building conveyance in the Delta.  If you want to know about costs and benefits, we can listen in on board meetings for the Metropolitan Water District and Westlands.  They’re the ones who will be paying...Read More

In December, in a truly sneaky move, U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, quietly and at the last minute, inserted into a 1,221-page year-end spending bill a couple of sentences that lifted restrictions designed to prevent water speculation in California. Westlands Water District and the Kern Water Bank benefit.  They can now get more from irrigation districts...Read More

Dear Restore the Delta supporters, Assemblymember Alyson Huber is sponsoring AB550 — a bill that would require the legislature to vote on the merits of a peripheral canal after a full cost analysis. We believe that Assemblymember Huber’s bill is one of the most important pieces of proposed legislation for Californians.  Can California tax payers...Read More