Restore the Delta will be at these following public events. We encourage supporters in the area to attend. Bay Delta Tunnel Project Proposal Forum on February 20, Thursday, in Castro Valley at 6:00 p.m on 3600 Norbridge Avenue. Speaking in favor of the tunnels will be Paul Helliker, Deputy Director, California Department of Water Resources,...Read More
Two articles of interest regarding Westlands, the drought and the tunnels–articles that Restore the Delta helped work on. California’s Thirsty Almonds How the water-intensive crop is helping drive the governor’s $25 billion plan to ship water to the desert. By Joaquin Palomino @JoaquinPalomino East Bay Express 2/5/14 …But many environmentalists have little sympathy for the...Read More
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, February 4, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Dangerous legislation by Rep. Valadao uses drought as excuse to play politics with California’s water management challenges Sacramento, CA- Restore the Delta (RTD) today blasted HR 3964 (Valadao) as “dangerous legislation being put forward...Read More
Tell your congressional representatives to oppose HR3964, dangerous legislation being put forward by southern San Joaquin Valley congressmen using the drought as an excuse to play politics with California’s water management challenges. This bill by Representative David Valadao of Hanford is being described as an “Emergency Water Delivery Act,” ignoring the fact that there is...Read More
For Immediate Release: January 31, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053; barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Gov. Brown Sings from Mega-Growers’ Hymnal, Tries to Bully Federal Scientists into Approving Tunnels, State Mismanagement of Water Helped Cause Shortage Sacramento, CA- Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s rush to build Peripheral...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, January 30, 2014Contact: 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 Bakersfield Californian Tuesday, Jan 28 2014 10:00 PM LOIS HENRY: While D.C. plays politics, real water issues await By Lois Henry There are real issues to be discussed involving...Read More
“The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.” – Milan Kundera Taking advantage of a crisis Most people except some overwrought San Joaquin Valley congressmen and the Speaker of the US House of Representatives realize by now that there’s no water for farming right now because THERE’S NO WATER. Even...Read More
CONTACTS: Bob Wright, Senior Counsel, Friends of the River BWright@friendsoftheriver.org 916- 442-3155 X207 Osha Meserve, Local Agencies of the North Delta osha@semlawyers.com 916-455-7300 Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta barbara@restorethedelta.org 209-479-2053 Nick Di Croce, Environmental Water Caucus troutnk@aol.com 805-350-8898 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES SUPPRESS PUBLIC COMMENT ON PERIPHERAL TUNNELS:...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, January 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 In case you missed it… By The Bakersfield Californian Don’t use ‘drought emergency’ to divide us Saturday, Jan 25 2014 11:06 PM The terrifying consequences of California’s “drought emergency” cannot be denied: acres of...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, January 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 In case you missed it… The Sacramento Bee Viewpoints: Better solutions for managing California’s water By Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla Special to The Bee Published: Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014 – 12:00 am During the current drought,...Read More
