Faced with a growing number of reasonable alternatives to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (see below), and faced with growing evidence that recent doomsday scenarios about the vulnerability of Delta levees have been exaggerated, the Department of Water Resources and Jerry Meral have come up with a new reason to write off the Delta as...Read More

There are now four proposals besides Peripheral Tunnels for achieving the coequal goals of ecosystem restoration and water supply reliability while protecting the Delta itself: Restore the Delta proposes its “There’s a Better Solution” plan for managing the Delta. The Environmental Water Caucus’s plan posits a reduction in exports and increased outflows, and also calls...Read More

This week the Resources Agency announced that between Nov. 1, 2012 and Jan. 31, 2013, curtailments in pumping to protect endangered fish reduced deliveries from the State Water Project and the Central Valley Project to water districts in the Central Valley, Southern California, and San Francisco Bay Area by about 700,000 acre-feet. The Agency put...Read More

Humor can be very effective when trying to understand a complicated subject.  As evidence, take a look at this clever video produced by AquAlliance, which works on natural and human-dominated ecosystems that impact water issues in the Sacramento River Hydrologic Region.  Enjoy!  We can all use a good laugh. http://www.aqualliance.net/ground-water-issues/aqualliance-players-create-anti-tunnel-skit/Read More

Check out Restore the Delta’s video of Stockton Collegiate International Students in training for completion of the National Geographic/America’s Cup/Full Circle Fund/Restore the Delta photo camp.  Stockton and San Francisco students will be on tour starting in the Delta, through the estuary, and out to San Francisco Bay with National Geographic photography professionals, as well...Read More