UPDATE: New working links are provided and deadlines have recently been changed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Follow the links below for where to send your written comment. Need more background on proposed Delta barriers? Read our article by our policy analyst, Jane Wagner-Tyack or this Sacramento Bee article. ■ Submit comments to...Read More
“Tyranny is Tyranny, let it come from whom it may.” – Howard Zinn Articles What did they know? And When did they know it? Old news worth another look And independent scientists say…. And environmental groups across the board agree… What did they know? And When did they know it? In retrospect, state and federal...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, April 7, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Restore the Delta, Experts: Gov. Brown’s Tunnels Force Byron Relocation; Sen. Feinstein’s Pumping Bill “Reckless” Listen to audio from our teleconference: STOCKTON, CA – Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s plan to...Read More
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Monday, April 7, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Restore the Delta, Experts: Governor Brown's Tunnels Would Force Relocation of Byron residents; Permanently Degrade Groundwater; Senator Feinstein’s Pumping Bill “Reckless” Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s plan to build...Read More
INTRODUCING THE TOP 1% WATER TAKERS: Water subsidies, cotton subsidies, and the corporate agribusiness elite 1% Starrh & Starrh Cotton Growers: $10 million in Taxpayer Subsidies Behind the Tears We all pay for cotton and almonds planted in the desert, Legal water purchases and crop subsidies form a broken system Corporate agribusiness tycoons take taxpayer-subsidized...Read More
Delta smelt: 9th Circuit decision protects people as much as fish By Trip Van Noppen and Barbara Barrigan-Parilla Special to the Mercury News Californians who care about a sustainable water future got a big court victory in March that upholds protections for a much-maligned little animal: the delta smelt. The ruling handed down by the...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, March 28, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Delta Tunnel Opponents: Senator Feinstein, U.S. Reps. Thrust Political Pressure into Drought Response Stop Political Interference with Federal Scientists, Offer Better Solutions to Water Challenge Stockton, CA- Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov....Read More
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Thursday, March 27, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Restore the Delta Water Policy Expert to Tell Delta Protection Commission: Gov. Brown’s Tunnels Would “Force Byron residents to Move,” “Permanently Degrade Groundwater” Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s plan to build...Read More
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Restore the Delta to Call for Drought Relief for Delta Farmers & Businesses: Slam Congressional Committee for Harmful Rhetoric Fresno, CA – Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s plan to build Peripheral...Read More
Restore the Delta will be at these following public events. We encourage supporters in the area to attend. Congressional Field Hearing on California Water Crisis and Its Impacts on March 19, Wednesday, in Fresno at 10:00 a.m on 2600 Fresno Street (Fresno City Hall). Restore the Delta will be attending with other activists to make...Read More
