FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, August 15, 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 responds to new proposed location of tunnels Failed attempt to show sensitivity to Delta communities Sacramento, CA – Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s rush to build Peripheral Tunnels...Read More
Media Advisory for Thursday, August 15, 2013 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Experts to Respond to Brown Administration on Proposal of a New Location of the Peripheral Tunnels Restore the Delta will respond to the Brown Administration’s release by the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) of changes...Read More
The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls. – Pablo Picasso Art and the Delta as Place Arts activists from around the U.S. and the world will hear about the Delta in September thanks to two young Delta advocates. At Gabfestry, an Arts Activist conference in Maine, students...Read More
Media Advisory for Thursday, August 8, 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 to Tell Brown Administration: Economic Impacts Report is Work of Fiction; There is a more Cost-Effective Solution than Tunnels Restore the Delta (RTD) announced a media availability with Executive Director Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, August 5, 2013 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Peripheral Tunnels Economic Impacts Inflated: Gov. Brown Refuses to Conduct Benefit-Cost Analysis; Cost Estimate has Tripled, Public Will Pay “No new water” for $54 billion Sacramento, CA – Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov....Read More
Media Advisory for Monday, August 5, 2013 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Experts to Respond to Brown Administration on Economic Impact of Peripheral Tunnels: Who will benefit? Who will pay? What will it cost? Restore the Delta will respond to the Brown Administration’s release of partial information...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, August 2, 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… Sign battle along Delta highway intensifies By Melissa Murphy Published 08/02/2013 After removing signs opposing a plan to build tunnels in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, it seems...Read More
We have a situation going on in California right now that will tell us whether the State Water Resources Control Board can manage the state’s water resources for the benefit of the whole state rather than for the benefit of south San Joaquin Valley agriculture worth less than one-half of one percent of the state’s...Read More
No. Despite the suggestion that water is being reserved for releases to meet Delta water quality standards, water project operators have asked the Water Board to change this year’s classification from dry to critical because they expect to violate Delta outflow and salinity standards. The Water Board justified this violation of standards by arguing...Read More
No. The effect of reduced water quality and flows on salmon could be dire in a year when a record number of salmon are expected to return to spawn. “We’re only in a second dry year, not even a declared drought, and the system is fundamentally broken,” according to Bill Jennings of CSPA. “The State...Read More
