Statement from Restore the Delta FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     February 17, 2025 MEDIA CONTACT: Alexandra Nagy, alexandra@sunstonestrategies.org, 818-633-0865 Statement from Restore the Delta Sacramento, Calif. — Today, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the Delta ConveyanceProject (DCP) has received a required Incidental Take Permit to advance the boondoggleproject. Built on flawed voluntary agreements, the DCP seeks to...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     February 6, 2025 MEDIA CONTACTS: Barry Nelson, Golden State Salmon Association, barry@westernwaterstrategies.com, 510-340-1685 Gary Bobker, Friends of the River, gbobker@friendsoftheriver.org, 415-272-6616 Dr. Jon Rosenfield, San Francisco Baykeeper, jon@baykeeper.org, 510-684-4757 Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, barbara@restorethedelta.org, 209-479-2053 If you are writing about Governor Newsom’s February 5, 2025 meeting with President Trump about fire ...Read More

See the full article below carried in yesterday’s Politico California Climate Newsletter, written by Camille Von Kaenel. Thanks to Camille for the permission to re-print and to Jon at SF Baykeeper for being so right in this piece. Newsom and Trump both want to be water king By CAMILLE VON KAENEL  02/05/2025 09:00 PM EST THE ART...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     February 4, 2025 MEDIA CONTACTS: Scott Artis, Golden State Salmon Association, Scott@goldenstatesalmon.orgBarbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, Barbara@restorethedelta.orgGary Bobker, Friends of the River, GBobker@friendsoftheriver.orgDr. Jon Rosenfield, San Francisco Baykeeper, jon@baykeeper.orgChris Shutes, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, blancapaloma@msn.com Stockton, Calif. – In response to reports that Governor Gavin Newsom will meet with PresidentDonald Trump and...Read More

ICYMI: Media Roundup: Trump Seeks to Assert More Control Over California’s Water President Trump issued a series of executive orders aimed at overriding California’s water policies in response to the Los Angeles fires — setting a dangerous precedent for state management of lands and water.  As CalMatters reports, a broad coalition of tribal, environmental justice,...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     January 21, 2025 MEDIA CONTACTS:  Alexandra Nagy, alexandra@sunstonestrategies.org  Stockton, Calif. – On his first day back in office, President Trump issued a memorandum to theSecretary of Commerce and Secretary of the Interior directing federal agencies to undermineessential environmental protections for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. By revivingdiscredited policies from his first administration, the...Read More

For Immediate Release: 9/10/15 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053 Ryan Camero, Restore the Delta, 209-683-8879 Delta Activist, Ryan Camero Wins Brower Youth Award 2015 “Using art to help save a delta” Stockton, CA – Restore the Delta is proud to announce that Ryan Camero, Delta Activist and native of Stockton, California has been...Read More

For Immediate Release: August 24, 2015  Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter:@RestoretheDelta Tunnels Opponents Respond to Gov. Brown and Presidential Candidate Carly Fiorina’s Exchange Regarding California Water Management, Delta Tunnels, and Climate Change On Meet the Press   STOCKTON, CA- Restore the Delta (RTD), the leading opponents of Gov. Brown’s rush to build massive underground water tunnels...Read More

PDF Version here. Watch the hearing here at CalChannel. Senate Select Committee on The Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta Informational Hearing Are the Tunnels Good for California? Tuesday, August 18, 2015 Good morning. Thank you Chair Wolk and committee members. I am Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla with Restore the Delta. I represent over 25,000 Californians who want...Read More

Contact: Brian Smith 415-320-9384 brian@bpspr.com; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209-479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org Top Ten Questions Delta Tunnels Boosters Don’t Want You to Ask 1. How will construction of the tunnels over a fourteen-year period help with drought? 2. Will the state conduct a full cost-benefit analysis of the project that includes the value of freshwater to the San...Read More