FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 10, 2024 MEDIA CONTACTS: Alexandra Nagy, alexandra@sunstonestrategies.org Leela Yadav, leela@sunstonestrategies.org Sacramento, Calif. – Today, the Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition (DTEC), represented by the Environmental Justice Law and Advocacy Clinic at Yale Law School, together with the California Indian Environmental Alliance, San Francisco Baykeeper, and Golden State Salmon Association, submitted a...Read More
For Immediate Release: September 4, 2024 Contact:Alexandra Nagy, alexandra@sunstonestrategies.org, 818-633-0865 SWRCB Urged to Uphold Law and Protect Tribal Water Rights in Delta Sacramento, CA – Yesterday, the Environmental Justice Law and Advocacy Clinic at Yale Law School, on behalf of the Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition (DTEC), (Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians, Shingle Springs Band...Read More
For Immediate Release: August 22, 2024 Contact: Alexandra Nagy, alexandra@sunstonestrategies.org Hearing Officer Vacates Key Deadlines, Acknowledging Conflicts in the Permitting Process Stockton, CA – Restore the Delta, alongside the Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition Partners — including Buena Vista Rancheria, Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Winnemem Wintu Tribe, Little Manila Rising, and the Environmental Justice Law and...Read More
Restore the Delta note: This press release was sent out originally by the Delta Counties Coalition. Congratulations to them on their fine work! For Immediate Release:June 20, 2024 Contacts:Thomas Keelingtkeeling@freemanfirm.com(209) 474-1818 or (209)-598-8424 Osha Meserveosha@semlawyers.com(916) 425-9914 Roger Moorerbm@landwater.com(510) 918-3119 Sacramento, Calif. — Today, the Sacramento County Superior Court enjoined geotechnical investigations that the California Department of Water Resources...Read More
A February 29, 2024 Los Angeles Times feature story by Hayley Smith and Ian James gives voice to opponents of the Delta Conveyance Project who argue project would be an environmental catastrophe. The article details how the tunnel risks worsening the fragile Delta ecosystem by increasing salinity, harming water quality, and jeopardizing endangered species like the Delta smelt and...Read More
Before we continue with the blog below, we want to thank our contributors who have helped us keep this vitally important work for the estuary going. This weekend is the 15th anniversary and start of the 16th year of work by Restore the Delta! If you have been busy this summer and unable to contribute to Our...Read More
– Barbara Barrigan-ParrillaWe have heard that voluntary agreement talks to set new flow standards for the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary have resumed. Apparently, there is a push to cut a deal by mid-August so that related project money could work its way into next year’s state budget.We have heard that not much has changed in the...Read More
This webinar series addresses popular narratives of the California Delta that present the region as a white space. Using an array of primary sources, a diverse panel of experts will contest this view, illustrating how communities of color were fundamental to the development of the Delta region. You can watch part one here. This covers history...Read More
by Tim Stroshane, Policy Analyst, Restore the Delta It was alarming, hardball news to hear yesterday that Leroy Anderson Dam—which holds back Silicon Valley’s Anderson Reservoir—is considered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC, a federal dam regulatory) so seismically unsafe that its owner, the Santa Clara Valley Water District , must drain it to the...Read More
By our Executive Director, Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla One of Restore the Delta’s primary functions has been to rally people to advocate for comprehensive policies that would be protective of water quality and quantity for the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary.For years, meeting that objective included fighting the Schwarzenegger and Brown Administrations’ various conveyance projects ending with the...Read More
