Media Advisory for: Saturday, May 10, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta RTD Executive Director to present BDCP comment information at Valley Water Consortium Water Conference H2O #2 FRESNO – Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, Gov. Brown’s plan...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, May 8, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta In case you missed it… The Seattle Times May 5, 2014 In California drought, fortunes are made As California enters a third year of drought, agribusinesses are planting huge groves of trees, writes syndicated...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, May 7, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Restore the Delta Blasts LA Office Of Public Accountability BDCP Cost Analysis: Incomplete, Asks Wrong Question Failed to Consider Alternatives, Excluded Many Costs, Do LA Water Ratepayers want to Subsidize Mega-Ag? Sacramento, CA –...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, May 6, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Gov. Brown’s Tunnel Lacks Implementation Agreement: Who will pay? Users Claim to Pay, But No Commitment Yet Made on Finances or Operations 39 Days Left but Governor Brown’s peripheral tunnels project still lacks operating...Read More
One example BDCP response letter which you can share and personalize for your own response. Go back to our main page on how you can submit a public comment for the BDCP. ————————————————————————————————————— (Note: You can also submit this by email to BDCP.Comments@noaa.gov.) BDCP Comments Ryan Wulff, NMFS 650 Capitol Mall, Suite 5-100 Sacramento, CA...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Restore the Delta, Delta Water Agencies, Environmental Groups Respond to Water Bond Proposals, Suggest Amendments STOCKTON, CA – Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Governor Brown’s rush to build Peripheral Tunnels (a.k.a. the Bay...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta In case you missed it … San Francisco Chronicle Insight: Billionaires’ influence felt in state’s water policy Barbara Barrigan Parrilla Sunday, April 27, 2014 To track the outsized influence of Stewart and Lynda Resnick is tough because they...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, April 24, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Restore the Delta Responds to MWD’s Secret Campaign to Keep its Water Monopoly and Destroy Delta Farms & Fisheries: MWD will stop at nothing; Westlands planning $1 million blitz Restore the Delta Executive Director...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 22, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta In case you missed it… San Jose Mercury News editorial: Feinstein bill risks further damage to Delta April 22, 2014 California Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s willingness to do Big Ag’s bidding at the expense of the...Read More
Unlikely Partnerships Spring From California Water Crisis NPR All Things Considered By Kirk Siegler Listen or read transcript of radio news story here. Excerpt from story: “We’ve created in California an unsustainable water system where those who have political power and money really can put pressure on the government to deliver the water that they...Read More
