For Immediate Release: 2/22/23For more information contact: Tim Stroshane, 510-847-7556, tim@restorethedelta.orgSACRAMENTO, Calif. – Today, Restore the Delta filed a formal opposition letter regarding the new Temporary Use Change Permit for SF Bay-Delta operation announced last by the Newsom Administration. The RTD letter details opposition to the plan for four main reasons. The TUCP would have unreasonable significant environmental...Read More
Spencer Fern, Science Coordinator, Restore the Delta, spencer@restorethedelta.orgOver the past few years, Stockton has been plagued with a blue-green nuisance known as harmful algal blooms (HABs). As the Science Coordinator for Restore the Delta, I run Restore the Delta’s HABs monitoring program to help fill in data gaps for government agencies related to Stockton waterways.Growing up...Read More
By: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla RECAP: Where The Future Flows – Next Generation Visioning On October 13th and 14th, Restore the Delta held its two-day symposium featuring next generation Delta leaders. Panels addressed: Climate Change Harmful Algal Blooms Sustainable Agriculture Delta Environmental Justice Needs Tribal and Historical Inclusion Salinity, Water Quality, and Fisheries Delta Recreation and Public Access We...Read More
By: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla Tunnel Trauma: Despite knowing for some time that the Delta Conveyance Project (DCP) was advancing, when the Department of Water Resources (DWR) dropped the environmental impact report (EIR) for the project at the end of July, we, at Restore the Delta, felt like we were suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome. The remnants...Read More
– Tim Stroshane, RTD policy analyst We got the news early Thursday when the Los Angeles Times reported that Governor Gavin Newsom had released a plan to deal with California’s aridification. Might be a new approach! Newsom, however, did not anticipate the same day the institutional death of 21,000 captive fish under study at the University of California,...Read More
By: Barbara Barrigan-ParrillaDrought Barriers, an evil necessity?Yesterday, Restore the Delta sent the following scoping comment letter to the Army Corps of Engineers in response to a “Dredge and Fill (404) Application from California Department of Water Resources (DWR) to construct North Delta Drought Salinity Barriers Project.” DWR proposes in its application to add two more temporary rock...Read More
A little good news to end a busy week. We are thrilled to share that on July 7, 2022 the San Joaquin County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce joined the call by California Tribes and Delta environmental justice groups for the State Water Board to finally update the Bay-Delta Plan. More than a decade overdue. Here’s...Read More
Restore the Delta wants to share with our supporters this recent communication with the Department of Water Resources about the voluntary agreements. Date: 5/5/22Dear Director Nemeth, Thank you for your email regarding the upcoming voluntary agreement governance meetings. At this time, Restore the Delta is respectfully declining your invitation. I would like to share a few...Read More
Restore the Delta staff and interns have begun public work again, in-person following the pandemic, with a bright and hopeful focus on problem solving and community building activities.Meanwhile, a new, and deeply problematic, Temporary Urgency Change Petition has been conditionally approved to suspend Delta water quality standards the next 90 days. In addition, the Department...Read More
At a State Water Resources Control Board meeting this week, the Board considered a revised Temporary Urgency Change Petition for Delta operations. Water contractors claimed they shouldn’t be hampered by Harmful Algal Bloom studies. DWR was busy seeking extensions. Restore the Delta made these comments in response to the requests made by water contractors and DWR. Chair...Read More
