Click here to view online. Some critics are once again blasting the proposed multi-billion dollar peripheral canal project. Members of the group Restore the Delta say the canal around the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is too costly and will only support big agribusiness in the San Joaquin Valley. Another group called Food and Water Watch says...Read More
Media Release for Monday, May 14, 2012 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com Twitter: @shopcraft Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; @RestoretheDelta Restore the Delta Responds to Delta Stewardship Council’s Release of Plan: “The Fix is in for a New ‘Conveyance’” Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla Executive Director of Restore the Delta (RTD) today responded to the release of the Delta...Read More
Opinion-Editorial Co-Authored by Restore the Delta Click here to read a recent opinion-editorial piece that appeared in the Sacramento Bee, co-authored by Restore the Delta.Read More
Experts Find Bay Delta Conservation Plan Too Costly, Based on “Surplus” Water that Does Not Exist Would be Death Knell of Salmon, Billions in Water Rate Hikes On Friday a panel of experts on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta hosted a conference call with reporters to explain the numerous flaws with the Bay Delta Conservation...Read More
Media Advisory for Friday, May 11, 2012 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com Twitter: @shopcraft Experts to Provide Bay Delta Conservation Plan Briefing Impacts on Water, Environment, Fish, Farming & Ratepayers Get answers to questions: What does the delay in BDCP mean? Is BDCP on life support? Is there “surplus” water to take? Whom does the...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, May 10, 2012 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546 steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta In case you missed it… Delta water plan’s full impact needs close examination By: SF Examiner Editorial | 05/03/12 10:35 Pm Click here to read online. The state is moving forward with a grand...Read More
Barbara Barrigan-Parilla on KALW’s “A Peripheral Canal for the Delta?” tonight at Monday May 7, 7:00 pm, KALW 91.7 FM San Francisco During the show, call KALW with your questions and comments at (415) 841-4134. You can email your questions in advance, or during the the show at feedback@cityvisionsradio.com, or post a comment at www.kalw.org or visit us on Facebook anytime....Read More
Resources Secretary John Laird announced last week that, as expected, the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) won’t meet its June deadline for producing a draft plan and environmental documents. State and federal fish agencies and environmental groups keep saying that BDCP won’t do what a habitat conservation plan is supposed to do: in this case,...Read More
Among the scientists who have been scrutinizing the BDCP is a panel of Independent Science Advisors reporting to the Delta Stewardship Council. This panel met over two days last week on whether BDCP is meeting the best available science standard in analyzing the effects of the planned project on species. The half-dozen scientists on the...Read More
The Delta Stewardship Council (DSC) met week before last, completing their business in one day instead of two and with all commissioners and staff present (although some commissioners stepped out for significant periods). Discussion items included the normal legislative update; continued science program funding; and an update on the Little Hoover Commission’s consideration of the...Read More
