Last week, Local Agencies of the North Delta (LAND), a coalition of eleven North Delta Reclamation and Water Districts, and farming, community and environmental groups, released a joint letter to Deputy Resources Secretary Dr. Jerry Meral identifying how the proposed Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) conveyance project would harm Delta wildlife, communities and farming. This...Read More

On Saturday, March 3, Jerry Meral dropped by Stockton for a community forum at the Civic Auditorium. He led the 200 or so attendees in singing Happy Birthday to forum facilitator and Stockton city council member Susan Eggman; told the group that BDCP will reduce the amount of San Joaquin County land it wants to...Read More

Also at the meeting in Stockton was Westlands Water District chief deputy general manager Jason Peltier. He tried to focus on what Westlands and Delta farmers have in common, although that is kind of a hard case to make. (It might have been easier for him if there had been more farmers in the audience,...Read More