Congressman Jim Costa has introduced legislation that would modify rules laid out in the biological opinions in order to increase the amount of water that could be pumped from the Delta. Costa says it would send an additional 200,000 acre feet of water to the southern Central Valley. But it would also increase the level...Read More
From hours of tedious briefings from the California Water Commission (CWC), it is always possible to extract a few interesting tidbits. That is the case with the March 16 meeting. Let’s recall that the reason why the CWC was awakened from its 10-year slumber was to spend $3 billion in continuous appropriations from the Water...Read More
It’s asparagus season! Whether it’s roasted, grilled, deep fried, or steamed, blanched for an Easter salad with lemon vinaigrette, transformed into a frittata, or found floating in a creamed soup, Delta asparagus, like Chinook salmon, is part of California’s food heritage. Remember to support Delta farmers by looking for Delta asparagus at your farmer’s market...Read More
Restore the Delta’s Delta Community Meeting Series Due to the numerous phone calls and emails we received requesting more information about Dr. Robert Pyke’s talk at our March 9th community meeting, we have scheduled a second community meeting looking at his work. We will also give the Rio Vista community an update on Restore the Delta’s work...Read More
The afternoon panel contained five folks chosen to lead a focused discussion on their thoughts on Providing a More Reliable Water Supply for California. Although much of what folks had in the way of recommendations sounded good in theory, there was a real lack of specifics that could be utilized by the council. Recommendations from...Read More
The Delta Stewardship Council held its most recent meeting in the Old Sugar Mill in Clarksburg. Maybe they heard that it was a cool hangout. From the Council side of the discussion it was apparent that they were still trying to come to grips with their time line and legislative directive to produce a meaningful,...Read More
By Alex Breitler The Record Staff Writer March 13, 2011, Read Online What do you get when you put a farmer, a fisherman and an environmentalist in the same room? A Restore the Delta meeting. But let’s not oversimplify. Joining them are attorneys, businessmen, boaters, community leaders, developers, students … the list goes on. The...Read More
California will draw many lessons from last week’s massively destructive earthquake and tsunami in Japan, which led to states of emergency in four California coastal counties and even an emergency watch on the Delta’s Staten Island. One lesson is that the State cannot ignore emergency response services in the Delta region in its ongoing efforts...Read More
Among other charges to the DSC in developing the Delta Plan is the charge to “Protect and enhance the unique cultural, recreational, and agricultural values of the California Delta as an evolving place.” Much will depend on definitions of “evolving,” but as Machado told the DSC, we can’t single out some portions of the Delta...Read More
