An AP News article details the Trump administration’s newly announced plan to divert more water to California’s Central Valley, following through on an earlier executive order aimed at increasing agricultural water deliveries. The Bureau of Reclamation says the updated operations plan for the massive Central Valley project will take effect Friday.  California officials and environmental...Read More

ICYMI, California is stepping up to defend its environment, its communities, and its long-termwater security. New letters obtained by the Los Angeles Times reveal that the Trumpadministration is pushing a plan to weaken longstanding Delta environmental protections inorder to send more water to California farmland, rolling back safeguards that protect strugglingnative fish species and help...Read More

A broad coalition of Tribes, environmental justice organizations, fishing groups, conservation advocates, and Delta communities successfully halted Governor Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal that sought to bypass critical legal, environmental, and public participation processes in order to fast-track the controversial Delta Tunnel project.  The proposal faced immediate and unified opposition from Tribes, Delta organizations, and local communities, who...Read More

In a powerful commentary published by Maven’s Notebook, Tom Zuckerman, a Delta farmer located in Stockton, and Gary Bobker, Program Director at Friends of the River, sound the alarm about Governor Newsom’s approach to California’s water policy. The authors sharply criticize the Governor’s push to waive key environmental protections through budget trailer bills, which they...Read More

FOR  IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, January 30, 2014Contact: 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 Bakersfield Californian Tuesday, Jan 28 2014 10:00 PM LOIS HENRY: While D.C. plays politics, real water issues await By Lois Henry There are real issues to be discussed involving...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, January 21, 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… Los Angeles Times Drought offers an opportunity to consider water policy California must prepare to capture and store water to be used during future, inevitable shortages. George Skelton Capitol...Read More