We are sending out this special edition blog rather than a press release due to time constraints and because we cannot verify all information. However, after hearing from multiple independent parties, we felt that these topics needed sunshine. We have received information about significant ethics problems regarding the interview process for a new General Manager at...Read More
Read more from our Flood and Land Restoration Manager, Artie Valencia “On May 2nd, 2025, the Trump Administration announced proposed cuts to the Army Corps of Engineers’ construction budget as part of its FY 2026 “skinny budget” that slashes funds for levee upgrades by 53%. The Delta is a system that is held by a...Read More
The Delta Tunnel would be the largest transfer of public wealth in California for the last forty years. Officially known as the Delta Conveyance Project, the DeltaTunnel has been called a “climate adaptation project” which is simply not true. It has more accurately been referred to as a zombie project because it has been proposed in various forms over the...Read More
Women have been the catalysts of many points of change through means of social and environmental justice and system reform. What does this look like when women work in these systems? What can be done to strive towards reshaping harmful experiences into bringing about more transformative change? This episode of Delta Flows discusses Women in Water, featuring...Read More
Tune in to learn about how California endures its second year without a commercial salmon season and how the toll on families, businesses, and the environment has become increasingly evident. Chinook salmon, a critical keystone species, are disappearing from our rivers, putting entire food webs and communities at risk. In this episode, we’re joined by Scott...Read More
Tune in and learn about how the Delta smelt got tied up with Big Ag, California Water Wars, and national political divide. How have these widespread narratives affected the species as a whole and environmental justice communities in the region? What happens when scientific data goes into the wrong hands?The Delta smelt, a small fish...Read More
In this edition of Delta Flows, our Executive Director Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla reflects on what it truly means to build a sustainable and equitable climate economy, including Restore the Delta and partners’contribution in response to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) Regarding the Reinitiation of Consultation on Long-Term Operations of the Central Valley and State Water Projects and the...Read More
By: Barbara Barrigan-ParrillaThis short but important newsletter is about one thing – Restore the Delta’s view of the deteriorating commitment from the Delta Stewardship Council (DSC) to Delta communities. Restore the Delta, Little Manila Rising, California Indian Environmental Alliance, and the Sacramento Regional Coalition to End Homelessness worked with DSC for three years to produce...Read More
By: Sara Medina NEW Rice Farming in the Delta Video! The third video of Restore the Delta’s Rice Farming in the Delta series is here! Jerred Dixon, fifth-generation Delta farmer, and Staten Island Director, discusses the importance of rice farming, specifically in the Delta, and offers new perspectives on how it can help different aspects of...Read More
By: Barbara Barrigan-ParrillaOver the last eighteen years, Restore the Delta has critiqued and lamented over exclusionary government water planning processes that have left out Delta communities and tribes, making them unable to advocate for their personal and environmental health and wellbeing. Unfortunately, the water politics of division and exclusion have only gotten worse. The upcoming voluntary...Read More
