Media Advisory for Thursday, March 23, 2017 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Delta Advocates to Oppose Delta Tunnels Motion at Delta Stewardship Council on Thursday Who: The Delta Stewardship Council, Restore the Delta, concerned citizens What: DSC meeting March 23 (meeting at 9 a.m. – pubic session begins at...Read More
Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org ICYMI – 3/21/17 Federal Scientists Find Delta Tunnels Plan Will Devastate Salmon The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has released a draft biological opinion documenting the harm the tunnels would cause to salmon, steelhead, Delta and longfin smelt, other fish and wildlife species, and water quality. Read...Read More
The Delta Stewardship Council (DSC) has been attempting to pull a fast one on Delta area residents. They are considering a motion to amend the Delta Plan to automatically accept new conveyance, aka the Delta tunnels, into their master plan for the Delta, without proper public vetting. We need you to attend the Delta...Read More
In case you missed last night's premiere, you can watch it again or set your DVR to record this Saturday on March 18th at 7:30 a.m. Friends of the Bay-Delta, This may be one of the most important stories about the Delta, even though the Delta is never really discussed. It will be...Read More
For Immediate Release: March 14, 2017 Contact: Brian Smith, 415-320-9384, brian@bpspr.com Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Restore the Delta releases California’s Sustainable Water Plan Stockton, CA – Today, Restore the Delta released a survey of water projects and proposals that improve California’s regional water sustainability and provide good paying jobs. California’s Sustainable Water Plan...Read More
Last weekend, Restore the Delta hosted and organized a successful event in Spanish with Univision and Food and Water Watch for the Latino community in East Los Angeles. We gave facts to the audience in Spanish about why the project is a bad idea for the Delta and for Metropolitan Water District (MWD) ratepayers. Like...Read More
The questions we've been asking since the Oroville Dam catastrophe are now being asked by major news outlets. Here are some great stories you might've missed this week! TOMORROW, make sure to catch our policy analyst and recent published author Tim Stroshane LIVE tomorrow at 1 p.m. Link for the stream is here. Topics...Read More
Stockton’s new 26 year old mayor, Michael Tubbs, did a great job speaking about his opposition to the Delta Tunnels plan on national media NBC’s Meet The Press yesterday. We appreciate the acknowledgement from the mayor to our supporters when he says, regarding the Delta Tunnels, “we have local advocates who have been engaged for a long...Read More
By Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Executive Director, Restore the Delta In 2016, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD), the largest of the State Water Contractors, spent $175 million to purchase Delta islands. Now they are trying to lease land back to the original owners, SemiTropic Water Storage Agency. MWD has learned that maintenance of Delta...Read More
In case you missed it… Who must pay for Oroville Dam repairs? Exactly as we explained in our KCET editorial last week: Sacramento Bee: Jerry Brown wants to spend nearly $450 million on flood control following dam emergency By Christopher Cadelago and Jim Miller February 24, 2017 That expense is the responsibility...Read More
