“Much of this is based on engineering science rather than experience.” – Dr. Jerry Meral on the subject of earthquakes in the Delta Boring financial details The Department of Water Resources (DWR) told Westlands Water District that it would need $162 million from them over the next three years for pre-construction planning for the Bay...Read More
For Immediate Release: Friday, November 22, 2013 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Peripheral Tunnels Opponents Respond to USGS Report on Subsidence: Tunnels will do NOTHING to Address Threat to Valley; Water Takers Weren’t Supposed to Plant Permanent Crops STOCKTON, CA – Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents...Read More
November 18, 2013 Dear readers, The editorials, television clips, and articles are important items of interest. Sacramento Bee Editorial: Big Obstacle for Delta tunnel project — who will pay for it? http://www.sacbee.com/2013/11/17/5915824/editorial-big-obstacle-for-delta.html Channel 5 in SF does a special report on Kern Water Bank, the astro-turf Coalition for a Sustainable Delta, Paramount Farms, and more;...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, November 14, 2013 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft & @mrsandhillcrane Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Peripheral Tunnel Opponents Ask: “Why Would We Trust Deadbeat State Agencies to Pay Billions for Seized Farmland, Habitat When They Don’t Pay for Lands Already Bought?” Brown Administration Agencies Owe Counties Millions of...Read More
For Immediate Release: Thursday, November 7, 2013 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta In case you missed it… The Sacramento Bee Viewpoints: Why I’m still confused about the proposed tunnels in the Delta By Peter Gleick Special to The Bee November 6, 2013 I and my colleagues...Read More
The best-laid schemes o’ mice and men Gang aft a-gley. (Often go wrong.) – Robert Burns Playing favorites at the Water Board? The Central Delta Water Agency (CDWA) is calling on the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) to enforce the same water quality standards against the State and federal water projects as it would...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, November 4, 2013 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta In case you missed it… My Desert Sun: California water plan outlines broad goals By Ian James October 31, 2013 The state released a water plan Thursday laying out broad goals for alleviating a list...Read More
