For Immediate Release: 12/2/21Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.orgStockton, CA – This week, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced its Initial State Water Project Allocation to prepare for a third year of drought. Within the allocation schedule the Department, along with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BuRec) is seeking once again to do away with...Read More
by Tim Stroshane, Policy Analyst, Restore the Delta Ecosystem RestorationWith comments due on the Delta Stewardship Council’s environmental impact report on the agency’s amendments to the Ecosystem Restoration chapter of the Delta Plan, let’s pause to recall why these amendments came before the public. When then-Governor Jerry Brown separated the two-bore Delta tunnels project from the...Read More
Spencer Fern is the Delta Science Coordinator for Restore the Delta. Spencer was born and raised in Stockton and spent his childhood living alongside Smith Canal where his family would take a boat out and enjoy the water life. He was introduced to Restore the Delta in high school where he got to work with...Read More
Dear Friends,Are you ready to change the course of Delta history? We are. And we hope that you will join us on this journey in 2022. 2021 has been quite an extraordinary year at Restore the Delta. We faced a year with extreme highs and lows – all to reach a place of greater stability and...Read More
As Giving Tuesday approaches, we remain committed to training the next generation to be the guardians of the San Francisco Bay Delta estuary. You can help acquire the resources and technology needed to continue this by watching the above video and donating today. Through our Climate Water Advocate program, we have trained interns on water quality testing...Read More
In 2020, the State Water Boards held a series of four public listening sessions to help inform a resolution and action plan that address racial inequity both within the Water Boards and as they implement programs and policies that preserve, protect, and restore California’s drinking water and water resources. Water Boards Racial Equity Initiative Site At a public...Read More
While redistricting in California is supposed to be led by impartial citizen committees, we hear stories daily about which consultant group from which political leaning is sticking his/her thumb into the redistricting process. It isn’t our issue, so we smile politely, nod, and get back to work.Except when weird things are happening for water representation.There...Read More
Water treatment depends on adequate flow For Immediate Release: 11/9/21Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Stockton – Today, Restore the Delta presented a letter to the State Water Resources board defending the City of Stockton’s water right application for the Delta Water Supply Project. At issue is whether the City’s water diversion and treatment system will be put to...Read More
Mysterious Term Sheet A recent letter from Friant Water Authority to Secretary Crowfoot and Secretary Blumenfeld, responding to the State’s request to provide “red flag” comments on the October 18, 2021 Draft Memorandum of Understanding Advancing a Term Sheet for the Voluntary Agreements to Update and Implement the Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan, and Other Related Actions...Read More
For Immediate Release: 11/5/21Contact:Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Sacramento, CA – A coalition of tribal, fishing, conservation, and environmental justice groups sent a letter to Governor Newsom late Thursday thanking him for abandoning the failed Voluntary Agreements process in the San Joaquin River watershed. The groups asked the governor to also end the Sacramento River voluntary...Read More
