Shallow Water: Solving Mysteries of Delta Islands Purchase by Tim Stroshane, Policy Analyst, Restore the Delta The headline for Water Deeply’s interview this week with Public Policy Institute of California scholar-celebrity Jeff Mount, “The Mysteries of Delta Islands Sale” about the recent Delta islands purchase by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, took us...Read More
Dear friends, Metropolitan Water District voted to move forward with the Delta Islands purchase, despite our petition drive and astute comments made to their board by Restore the Delta Board President Joan Buchanan and Board Member Larry Ruhstaller. Restore the Delta President Joan Buchanan explained to the MET Board that their annual payments for the loan...Read More
MEDIA ADVISORY for Tuesday, May 10, 2016, 12 noon Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org TODAY 10,000+ Californians Oppose Delta Islands Purchase Letters to be presented at Met So Cal Water District board meeting WHO: Restore the Delta Board Members WHAT: Presenting more than 10K letters and making statements WHERE: Metropolitan Water District...Read More
For immediate release: May 9, 2016 Contact: Christian Burkin (Eggman)(916) 319-2013, Melissa Jones (Wolk) (916) 651-4003 SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Susan Talamantes Eggman and Senator Lois Wolk announced on Monday that they will request a state audit of California Water Fix, the new name for a very old project to divert water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin...Read More
For Immediate Release: May 9, 2016 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Executive Director, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053 Tim Stroshane, Policy Analyst, Restore the Delta, 510-847-7556 Federal and State Taxes to Fund the Delta Tunnels: Restore the Delta seeks a full accounting of financial plan and state audit Stockton, CA — Citing a lack of state or federal...Read More
Dear friends, Below are important media alerts that deserve a wide readership! In case you missed it, media alerts: Westlands water deal is all wet 4/30/16 San Francisco Chronicle editorial Full article: When the public is railing about the unfairness of Big Bank bailouts and corporate welfare, why is the Obama administration pursuing a deal that...Read More
For Immediate Release April 30, 2016 Contact: Brian P. Smith, Restore the Delta (415) 320-9384, brian@bpspr.com Linda Sheehan, Earth Law Center (510) 219-7730, lsheehan@earthlaw.org Shannon Biggs, Movement Rights (415) 841-2998, shannon@movementrights.org Antioch, CA – Today, the Bay Area Rights of Nature Alliance, Restore the Delta, and Move to Amend held a “Rights of Nature Tribunal”...Read More
For Immediate Release: April 29, 2016 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053 Carolee Krieger, California Water Impact Network, 805-969-0824 Conner Everts, Southern CA Watershed Alliance & EWC, 310-804-6615 Tim Sloane, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, 415-561-5080 U.S. Taxpayers Paying Lion’s Share for Delta Tunnels Not Federal Water Contractors Letter from U.S. BuRec confirms...Read More
Happy Earth Day! Here’s our first page preview of our draft 5 page coloring book “Finding Primo: The Delta Smelt.” We will be giving these out this weekend at Stockton Earth Day, Stockton Ports Delta Awareness Night game, & the Bay Area Rights of Nature Tribunal on April 30th! RSVP for the Tribunal here: http://therightsofnature.org/what-would-the-delta-say/Read More
