The first rain of the season didn’t keep some dedicated bass fishermen from turning out last Sunday for a Bass Tournament at Russo’s Marina benefiting Restore the Delta and the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA). The largest fish was caught by the youngest fisherman. Thanks to all those who donated raffle items, including Steve Herringer...Read More
DPC Primary Zone Study Updates, all from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, November 3, Brentwood Thursday, November 4, Thornton Tuesday, November 9, Rio Vista DPC Economic Sustainability Plan Forums Monday, November 8, Oakley, 9-10:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 10, West Lodi/North Stockton, 6-8 p.m. Monday, November 15, Walnut Grove, 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, November 16, Clarksburg, 6-8 p.m. See...Read More
The meeting between Paul Wenger, State Farm Bureau President, and South Delta Farmers scheduled for October 25, 2010, has been cancelled! Paul Wenger, California Farm Bureau President, will be meeting with Delta farmers at the Roberts-Union Farm Center on Monday, October 25th at 6 pm to hear the concerns of Delta farmers regarding the Bay...Read More
The National Heritage Area processes now going forward in the Delta differ from the usual NHA process. Where are the opportunities? What should we be concerned about? Think tanks concerned about private property issues have noted that NHAs are usually proposed by national and local Green groups working with the National Park Service as a...Read More
A NHA can be viewed as a problem-solver from an in-Delta perspective. It could allow the Delta to be maintained as a whole, filling in gaps that result from having many reclamation districts and other local authorities with responsibility for protecting and improving Delta levee systems. It would justify government funding for economic development, such...Read More
The RTD campaign has three questions regarding a NHA: 1. Will a NHA protect water quality and water quantity for fisheries and Delta farms?” Answer: No. A NHA will have no direct impact on water quality. That is why RTD sees the NHA designation as a secondary Delta issue. 2. Will a NHA help or...Read More
In-Delta interests fought successfully to have the conservancy references removed from Feinstein’s NHA legislation. Restore the Delta staff made it clear that we would not support the legislation if it had included references to the conservancy. Now we wonder, without the conservancy language, why is this bill still attractive to the Metropolitan Water District and...Read More
We tried to get a meeting schedule for the California Water Commission by clicking on the link provided at the CWC website. Back came this response: “Your message wasn’t delivered because of security policies. Microsoft Exchange will not try to redeliver this message for you. Please provide the following diagnostic text to your system administrator.”...Read More
In her latest post on California Spigot, journalist/anthropologist/blogger Patricia McBroom tells the story of how Delta residents saved a levee hit by a freighter last August. They did it swiftly, efficiently, and at a fraction of what it would have cost for the state to do it. These are some of the people that BDCP...Read More
By Brett Baker Over the past several weeks, the media has reported on “secret meetings” being held behind closed doors to set the course for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan. Resources Agency Director Lester Snow went before the DSC last week to refute the reports of “secret meetings” saying they were due to insufficient fact...Read More
