Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla to Oppose Peripheral Tunnels at Senate Water Hearing Why the Governor’s Peripheral Tunnels are the Wrong Answers to Fair Water Policy Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, executive director of Restore the Delta, a 10,000-member grassroots organization committed to making the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta fishable, swimmable, drinkable, and farmable benefiting all of California, will oppose the governor’s...Read More

Restore the Delta’s Response to Congressman Jim Costa’s call to restrict the Endangered Species Act By Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Executive Director of Restore the Delta “Congressman Jim Costa’s call to restrict the Endangered Species Act gets to the heart of the problem with current management of the Delta, as well as Governor Brown’s Bay Delta Conservation Plan. ...Read More

Sacramento, CA – Opponents of Gov. Jerry Brown’s rush to build Peripheral Tunnels that would drain the Delta and doom salmon and other Pacific fisheries today noted new criticism of the proposed tunnels for ignoring science and better alternatives. “Restore the Delta is encouraged that independent experts are coming to see the Peripheral Tunnels as...Read More

Restore the Delta Responds to Peripheral Tunnels Update Restore the Delta responded to today’s statements by Brown Administration officials at a legislative informational hearing regarding the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP), the administration’s peripheral tunnels plan. Delta exports vs. Regional self-sufficiency: “DWR head Mark Cowin has it wrong.  If we invest in regional water projects...Read More

In case you missed it… The Los Angeles Times Congressional Democrats demand resignation of Brown appointee By Anthony York, April 25, 2013 SACRAMENTO — Five Congressional Democrats have demanded the resignation of a top official in Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration for comments the official allegedly made about the future of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta....Read More

Has Brown Administration Cancelled Cost-Benefit Analysis of Peripheral Tunnels? No Cost-Benefit Analysis of No-Tunnels Alternative; Hiding the Cost so Taxpayers Won’t Know What They’ll Pay, What They’ll Get in Return SACRAMENTO, CA – Restore the Delta (RTD), a coalition opposed to the Brown Administration’s rush to construct massive Peripheral Tunnels to take millions of acre-feet...Read More

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) have released new “red flag” documents in response to the administrative draft of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP). These documents identify issues with BDCP that would make the fisheries agencies unwilling to issue the necessary “take” permits for a habitat...Read More

While speaking with a representative from the California Water Impact Network at a recent meeting with Northern California’s Native American Tribes, Jerry Meral said, “BDCP is not about, and has never been about saving the Delta. The Delta cannot be saved.” Now if Governor Brown and State officials would just stop pretending it’s a habitat...Read More

The salmon that BDCP is supposed to protect are increasingly dependent on Trinity River flows.  The Trinity is the only out-of-basin water supply diverted into the Central Valley. It is the largest tributary to the Klamath River, and it flows though the Hoopa Valley Reservation and Humboldt County.  In 1964, the Bureau of Reclamation began...Read More

Former Brown Administration Resources Secretary Huey Johnson, president of the Resource Renewal Institute (RRI), has unveiled the first-ever public “California Water Rights Atlas.”  This online tool will enable citizens, policymakers, media and others to view thousands of current California water rights claims. Here’s a link to the atlas.  Right up front, you learn that California...Read More