FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, September 23, 2013 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Farmers, Fishermen and Delta Community Representatives Available for Comment on Gov. Brown’s Administration Delta Media Tour Brown Administration Excluding the Delta Community Sacramento, CA- Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s rush to...Read More

“Endless money forms the sinews of war.”             – Marcus Tullius Cicero Mixing oil and water The end-of-session approval by the legislature of SB 4, Senator Pavley’s watered-down (sorry) attempt to regulate fracking that is now going to the Governor for his promised signature, made us curious about the connection between water exported from the Delta...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, September 16, 2013 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta First Amendment Project: Bay Delta Conservation Plan barring the public from videotaping a public meeting is illegal! Sacramento, CA – Restore the Delta today released an expert legal opinion finding that the Department of...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, September 13, 2013 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053; barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta 2013 Water Rights Decision Elevates Water Exports To Priority Over Protection of Salmon and Adequate Supply for Delta Farmers Water Right Decision 1641 (D-1641) of the State Water Resources Control Board contains water flow...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, September 6, 2013 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… Are you following @MrSandHillCrane on Twitter? When the Brown Administration realigned its proposed peripheral tunnels route to pass through the Staten Island refuge of the Sandhill Cranes, one of...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, September 6, 2013 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053; barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Brown Administration Bars News Media from Public meeting on Delta Residents’ Tunnels Concerns Sacramento, CA- Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s rush to build Peripheral Tunnels that would drain the Delta and doom...Read More

“There are no compacts between lions and men, and wolves and lambs have no concord.” -Homer, The Illiad “We’ll have to get back to you about that” The Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) has held the first of their In-Delta Office Hours to provide additional information or take input about their Peripheral Tunnel and their...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, August 29, 2013 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053; barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Restore the Delta, National Geographic Photo Camp, America’s Cup Healthy Ocean Project and Full Circle Fund Presented “From the Delta to the Bay: Our Story” August 27, 2013, supporters of Restore the Delta, National Geographic...Read More

“A little neglect may breed great mischief . . . for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost.” — Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanac Correction An astute reader noted that in our recent article on...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, August 28 2013 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta In case you missed it… Editorial: Delta plan misses main point Published by The Reporter 08/22/2013 The Bay Delta Conservation Plan took a dramatic turn last week, acknowledging some of the concerns of Delta farmers...Read More