For Immediate Release: March 19, 2026 Contact:Ashley Castaneda, ashley@restorethedelta.org Sacramento, Calif. — A new report from the California Legislative Analyst’s Office is drawing strong criticism from a broad coalition of environmental organizations and Tribes, arguing that the report on the State Water Resources Control Board’s proposed update to the water quality control plan for the San...Read More
For Immediate Release: March 12, 2026 Contact:Ashley Castaneda, ashley@restorethedelta.org Sacramento, Calif. — A coalition of Tribes and environmental advocates submitted a letter to the California Senate Rules Committee opposing the reappointment of Dorene D’Adamo to the State Water Resources Control Board. In their letter, the coalition argues that the Board has abandoned key regulatory responsibilities during Vice-Chair D’Adamo’s...Read More
Congressional Democrats from California are pushing back against a Trump administration planto pump more water out of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, warning it could decimatealready struggling fish populations and disrupt water supplies for millions of residents. As The Los Angeles Times reports, seven lawmakers led by Rep. John Garamendi said theplan prioritizes politics over science...Read More
“. . .Who lined himself with hope, Eating the air on promise of supply, Flattering himself in project of a power Much smaller than the smallest of his thoughts . . .” ― Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, I, iii Articles Not BDCP neutral The odd case of the Water Commission Drought preparedness – Not...Read More
“This is the way the world ends; not with a bang or a whimper, but with zombies breaking down the back door.” ― Amanda Hocking, Hollowland Articles BDCP is NOT dead How MWD proposes to make this pencil out How the Water Bond plays into this Wringing more water out of the Delta Reducing flow...Read More
“In the discovery of secret things and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated arguments than from probably conjectures and the opinions of philosophical speculators of the common sort.” – William Gilbert Articles EPA re BDCP: The short version Worrisome language in the Water Bond “At the...Read More
“In one of our conversations yesterday, we were talking about adaptive management and how everyone seems to be using the term differently, and the most cynical interpretation of a lot of the use of ‘adaptive management’ is promising to fix it later.” — Dr. Jay Lund, Delta Independent Science Board “If you can’t dazzle them...Read More
“Everybody in Vanity Fair must have remarked how well those live who are comfortably and thoroughly in debt; how they deny themselves nothing . . . .” — William Makepeace Thackeray Calling the water shots Behind the scenes planning by the water contractors who want the twin tunnels is bearing fruit with the formation of...Read More
Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst. — Marcus Valerius Martialis Articles IFFI equals Iffy A sample letter on the subject of Funding IFFI equals Iffy You can remember the major inadequacies of BDCP if you think of Eye-Eff-Eff-Eye — IFFI. That stands for Impacts, Funding, Fish and Implementation. Let’s look at...Read More
We will now discuss in a little more detail the Struggle for Existence. – Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species Articles Hunger and thirst Speaking of BDCP …. 2014 State of Our Rivers Symposium Hunger and thirst By Jane Wagner-Tyack UOP economist Dr. Jeffrey Michael reports in an April 7 blog post that between 2007...Read More
