Dear friends, We have until the end of the year to make sure the Federal Government does not attempt to permit Gov. Brown's tunnels project in early 2016. This week, we will be sharing with you our upcoming public comment campaign to stop the tunnels. We will continue to push this public comment campaign out...Read More
Dear friends, The last two public hearings on the Delta tunnels have just ended this week. At these faux public hearings, we rallied over 300 people from all over Northern California, despite this "hearing" being scheduled on a work day. We got each person to record a video comment with us and our plan is to...Read More
California friends, Note: ARE YOU PLANNING TO ATTEND? Click here to get all the info you need to know! This is the last of two public hearings on the Delta boondoggle tunnels project. They are making it an open house so that they don’t have to listen to public comments or respond to the outrage...Read More
Drink Delta wine & support us! Every year, Heringer Estates hosts a wineclub event and donates proceeds to a chosen nonprofit. This year, on July 25, "Heringer Estates Paella Party" will donate all of the "By The Glass" wine sales proceeds to Restore the Delta. Admission is $60 per person (this is the non-club member...Read More
Dear Restore the Delta friends, We need you to express your opposition to the federal drought bill, H.R. 2898, the Western Water and American Food Security Act of 2015, by House Rep. David Valadao, a congressman who represents Big Ag in the Central Valley desert. Please call your senator ASAP – especially Senator...Read More
Dear friends, Restore the Delta is a rare combination of good outreach and solid policy work. This week, we are featured in several media and have filed a lawsuit against state and federal agencies for drought mismanagement of the Delta. Below is just a few of our most recent work. NPR All Things Considered: California's War...Read More
Dear Restore the Delta friends, For an update on the federal drought legislation, click here. No Delta representatives or fishery experts were invited to the panel hearing scheduled for June 2, 2015. It's back! We've been keeping track on federal drought legislation that will have horrible impacts on the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary, the largest estuary...Read More
We released a short video on You Tube to make our drought concerns accessible to the public, calling for favoritism to end in the Brown Administration’s handling of drought measures and efforts to move forward with the Delta tunnels. Watch the video below.Read More
Dear Restore the Delta friends, We need your attendance and public comment at a public workshop held by the State Water Resources Control Board on Wednesday. The Board wants to use the workshop to receive public input regarding its drought related activities in the Bay Delta watershed. To date, the Board has been letting...Read More
Dear friends, Watch our federal legislation alert. A pro-tunnels drought bill in Washington D.C. will lay the groundwork for water transfers regardless of conditions in the Delta. If this bill is allowed to pass, it will rid all the necessary obstacles to build the tunnels and expedite the project. However, this drought legislation was made...Read More
