The Bay Delta Conservation Plan is up and running. Staff with the California Natural Resources Agency, working under the direction of Undersecretary Jerry Meral, sent out an announcement giving community and civic groups a whole four-day notice to decide which of the thirteen working groups they would like to join. Restore the Delta staff decided...Read More
Congressman Devin Nunes (Visalia) was absent from yesterday’s second hearing on his bill HR 1837, which reduced the acrimonious rhetoric that was unleashed on the California fishing community at the first hearing on the bill and later on Delta farmers on the Families Protecting the Valley website. According to Nunes, the problem with California water is:...Read More
Last week at the Sacramento River Watershed Forum, a number of important topics were discussed — too many to list here. We think, however, that our readers need to understand two salient points from the meeting. The panelists and attendees were made up of representatives from government water agencies that work on water, consultants who...Read More
Restore the Delta’s op-ed published in The Record Read Here: http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20110604%2FA_OPINION03%2F106040317%2F-1%2FA_OPINIONRead More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Restore the Delta 10100 Trinity Pkwy, Suite 120 Stockton, CA 95219 Email: Barbara@restorethedelta.org Contact: Jane Wagner-Tyack Phone:209-642-5105 Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla Phone:209-479-2053 Deirdre Des Jardins Phone: 831-423-6857 NEW PAPER BY CALIFORNIA WATER RESEARCH ASSOCIATES AND RESTORE THE DELTA SHOWS THAT SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY LAND FALLOWING AND JOB LOSSES ARE TIED TO SOIL...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brett Baker: 916-719-6586, Jane Wagner-Tyack: 209-642-5105 Restore the Delta 10100 Trinity Pkwy, Suite 120 Stockton, CA 95219 Email: Jane@restorethedelta.org RESTORE THE DELTA SAYS H.R. 1837 BENEFITS WESTSIDE VALLEY WATER USERS AT THE EXPENSE OF CALIFORNIA’S CITIZENS AND THE ENVIRONMENT Stockton, California — Recent massive fish kills at the water project pumps...Read More
Last week, after Deputy Secretary of the Department of Interior David Hayes, California Natural Resources Agency Secretary John Laird, and Ca Resources Under Secretary Jerry Meral made a show of listening to non-exporter perspectives at a public meeting on the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (see our 4/27 Special Edition), they had a REAL meeting with...Read More
We’re used to MWD and Westlands being dismissive of Delta communities. For another example of regional chauvinism, let us turn our attention in a direction we usually don’t consider: west, toward the Santa Clara Valley Water District, which was a member of the BDCP steering committee. On May 10, the SCVWD’s board will get its...Read More
Fifty-eight export contractors, water districts, utilities, business organizations, and farming representatives from outside the Delta have signed on to a letter to Delta Stewardship Council chair Phil Isenberg complaining about the DSC’s interpretation of “covered actions” under the Delta Reform Act. Says the letter, “[The] Council’s attempt to regulate actions outside the legal Delta exceeds...Read More
San Francisco Giants fans who listen to broadcasts on KNBR have been hearing commercials about the need for water infrastructure to prepare the state for the next drought. Click here to view Too bad Will Durst is using his good name to sell our Bay Area neighbors on a boondoggle project that’s bad for the...Read More
