As already noted, the Bay Delta Conservation Plan Public meeting was held at the same time that the Water Commission met. What was striking about the BDCP meeting was that little substantive information was once again presented to the public regarding the progress of the peripheral canal project or the real processes for creating and...Read More

Those of you who commented that no one from the Delta was invited to participate in the Delta Vision Foundation’s Panel Discussion on June 16th should know that Restore the Delta WAS invited to participate.  One staff member and one board member got invitations, both on June 14th. When the agenda was already set. And...Read More

For four years, Restore the Delta has been arguing that the true economic value of Delta agriculture and Delta recreation have been deliberately undervalued by those who want to drain the Delta for their economic gain.  The first draft of the Economic Sustainability Plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta with great detail and documentation affirms...Read More

The Bay Delta Conservation Plan is up and running.  Staff with the California Natural Resources Agency, working under the direction of Undersecretary Jerry Meral, sent out an announcement giving community and civic groups a whole four-day notice to decide which of the thirteen working groups they would like to join. Restore the Delta staff decided...Read More

Congressman Devin Nunes (Visalia) was absent from yesterday’s second hearing on his bill HR 1837, which reduced the acrimonious rhetoric that was unleashed on the California fishing community at the first hearing on the bill and later on Delta farmers on the Families Protecting the Valley website.  According to Nunes, the problem with California water is:...Read More

Last week at the Sacramento River Watershed Forum, a number of important topics were discussed — too many to list here.  We think, however, that our readers need to understand two salient points from the meeting. The panelists and attendees were made up of representatives from government water agencies that work on water, consultants who...Read More

Restore the Delta’s op-ed published in The Record Read Here: http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20110604%2FA_OPINION03%2F106040317%2F-1%2FA_OPINIONRead More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Restore the Delta 10100 Trinity Pkwy, Suite 120 Stockton, CA 95219 Email: Barbara@restorethedelta.org Contact: Jane Wagner-Tyack                                 Phone:209-642-5105 Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla Phone:209-479-2053 Deirdre Des Jardins Phone: 831-423-6857 NEW PAPER BY CALIFORNIA WATER RESEARCH ASSOCIATES AND RESTORE THE DELTA SHOWS THAT SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY LAND FALLOWING AND JOB LOSSES ARE TIED TO SOIL...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brett Baker: 916-719-6586, Jane Wagner-Tyack: 209-642-5105 Restore the Delta 10100 Trinity Pkwy, Suite 120 Stockton, CA 95219 Email: Jane@restorethedelta.org RESTORE THE DELTA SAYS H.R. 1837 BENEFITS WESTSIDE VALLEY WATER USERS AT THE EXPENSE OF CALIFORNIA’S CITIZENS AND THE ENVIRONMENT Stockton, California — Recent massive fish kills at the water project pumps...Read More

Last week, after Deputy Secretary of the Department of Interior David Hayes, California Natural Resources Agency Secretary John Laird, and Ca Resources Under Secretary Jerry Meral made a show of listening to non-exporter perspectives at a public meeting on the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (see our 4/27 Special Edition), they had a REAL meeting with...Read More