Drought talk around Thanksgiving table: Farmers versus urbanites By Steve Scauzillo, San Gabriel Valley Tribune POSTED: 11/29/14, 3:00 PM PST Would your Thanksgiving table be ruined if the stuffing or side dishes did not contain almonds? No, of course not, notwithstanding Martha Stewart’s recipe for chorizo-almond stuffing or your sister-in-law’s infamous green beans amandine. Then...Read More
“Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.” ― Benjamin Franklin Articles A less than tasty appetizer for 2015 A mixed up salad: Learning Delta Water Management The Meat and Potatoes of the Tunnels Project Remembering our friends And Christmas Cookies A less than tasty appetizer...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, December 10, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter:@shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053;barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Congressional Reps Get It Wrong: CA Drought Primary Cause Behind Low Delta Exports, Not Delta Fisheries Protections (Fish get blame as cover for water grab in H.R. 5781) Stockton, CA- Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of...Read More
Dear Friend, HR 5781 by Rep. Valadao passed the House of Representatives today. We need you to call your Senators and Pacific Northwest Senators now. It seems that we are going to have to rally one more time before the holidays. News reports and sources tell us that Senator Feinstein will insert language that will...Read More
• Watch here: C-SPAN: House Water Bill Debate video • San Francisco Op-Ed: Feinstein’s efforts disappointingly undemocratic By Lois Kazakoff on December 8, 2014 6:06 PM Just days after promising to bring highly controversial water legislation to the Senate through “regular order” in January, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., appears poised to ram through a bill...Read More
Dear Friend, UPDATE: HR 5781 by Rep. Valadao passed the House of Representatives today. We need you to call your Senators and Pacific Northwest Senators now. It seems that we are going to have to rally one more time before the holidays. News reports and sources tell us that Senator Feinstein will insert language that...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, December 5, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Call for Senator Dianne Feinstein to Keep Her Word on Drought Legislation H.R. 5781 will jeopardize future urban water supplies Reservoirs could be over pump for present agricultural water needs Stockton, CA- Restore the...Read More
Congressman Jared Huffman speaks brilliantly on the Delta fisheries and northern California water supplies. Watch the hearing here: http://bit.ly/1FRsaPLRead More
Northern California Delegation Statement on Flawed, Discriminatory House Republican Water Bill Members: “The drought does not stop at the edge of congressional districts.” WASHINGTON-Today, Northern California Representatives Jared Huffman (D-02), George Miller (D-11) Mike Thompson (D-05), Doris Matsui (D-06), Jerry McNerney (D-09), John Garamendi (D-03), and Ami Bera (D-07) released the following statement regarding the...Read More
