FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 19, 2025 MEDIA CONTACT: Alexandra Nagy, alexandra@sunstonestrategies.org, 818-633-0865 Sacramento, Calif. – Environmental and Tribal groups are criticizing misleading claims byGovernor Gavin Newsom in his recent letter to the State Water Resources Control Board(SWRCB) in support of the Delta Conveyance Project (DCP). The Delta Tribal EnvironmentalCoalition (DTEC) says that the DCP...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 18, 2025 MEDIA CONTACT: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Barbara@RestoretheDelta.org Stockton, CA – Restore the Delta joined over 100 organizations in sending an urgent letter to Governor Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Rob Bonta, Speaker of the Assembly Robert Rivas and Senate President Pro Tempore Mike McGuire to ensure protecting California’s environment remains top priority. In the letter written by Defenders of...Read More
Statement from Restore the Delta FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 17, 2025 MEDIA CONTACT: Alexandra Nagy, alexandra@sunstonestrategies.org, 818-633-0865 Statement from Restore the Delta Sacramento, Calif. — Today, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the Delta ConveyanceProject (DCP) has received a required Incidental Take Permit to advance the boondoggleproject. Built on flawed voluntary agreements, the DCP seeks to...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 6, 2025 MEDIA CONTACTS: Barry Nelson, Golden State Salmon Association, barry@westernwaterstrategies.com, 510-340-1685 Gary Bobker, Friends of the River, gbobker@friendsoftheriver.org, 415-272-6616 Dr. Jon Rosenfield, San Francisco Baykeeper, jon@baykeeper.org, 510-684-4757 Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, barbara@restorethedelta.org, 209-479-2053 If you are writing about Governor Newsom’s February 5, 2025 meeting with President Trump about fire ...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 4, 2025 MEDIA CONTACTS: Scott Artis, Golden State Salmon Association, Scott@goldenstatesalmon.orgBarbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, Barbara@restorethedelta.orgGary Bobker, Friends of the River, GBobker@friendsoftheriver.orgDr. Jon Rosenfield, San Francisco Baykeeper, jon@baykeeper.orgChris Shutes, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, blancapaloma@msn.com Stockton, Calif. – In response to reports that Governor Gavin Newsom will meet with PresidentDonald Trump and...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 31, 2025 Gary Bobker, gbobker@friendsoftheriver.org, 415-272-6616 Barbara Barrigan-Parilla, barbara@restorethedelta.org, 209-479-2053 Eric Buescher, eric@baykeeper.org, 510-671-5402Ashley Overhouse, aoverhouse@defenders.org, 408-472-4522 Balanced flood and river management planning needed Sacramento, CA – Today, Governor Newsom took a page from President Trump’s playbook and ordered state agencies to pump even more water to boost water supplies and override regulatory and institutional barriers to...Read More
For Immediate Release:January 26, 2025 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, Barbara@RestoretheDelta.org; (209) 479-2053; quoted parties available for interviews; Dr. Jon Rosenfield, Science Director, SF Baykeeper, jon@baykeeper.org; (510) 684-4757 Southern and Northern California organizations are united in response to Executive Orders that will upend California water policy Stockton, CA – President Trump issued Executive Orders on Friday...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 22, 2025 MEDIA CONTACTS: Alexandra Nagy, alexandra@sunstonestrategies.org Leela Yadav, leela@sunstonestrategies.org U.S. EPA Urges Swift Action on Bay-Delta Plan in Support of Tribal and Bay-Delta Communities DTEC urges the State Water Board and the Governor to take EPA findings into account in completing Bay Delta Plan and responding to Trump actions Sacramento, Calif. – On...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 21, 2025 MEDIA CONTACTS: Alexandra Nagy, alexandra@sunstonestrategies.org Stockton, Calif. – On his first day back in office, President Trump issued a memorandum to theSecretary of Commerce and Secretary of the Interior directing federal agencies to undermineessential environmental protections for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. By revivingdiscredited policies from his first administration, the...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 13, 2025 MEDIA CONTACTS: Alexandra Nagy, alexandra@sunstonestrategies.org Leela Yadav, leela@sunstonestrategies.org Sacramento, Calif. – Administrative comments filed last Friday by the Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition (DTEC) urge the State Water Resources Control Board (Board) to abandon unlawful private deal-making with large water diverters and instead adopt regulations that restore the health of the Bay-Delta, protect tribal...Read More
