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The Sacramento- San Joaquin River Delta is the largest estuarine system on the west coast of the Americas and a rich national treasure. So why do we treat it like sewer? Read more to unfold the many mysteries and current challenges facing the Delta.
Commission Approves Limited Salmon Season on Central Valley Rivers
by Dan Bacher
Talk of the Town: Media Joins Outcry Over Feinstein’s Push to Remove Protections for Endangered Species
February 22, 2010 in Water | by evonchambers
The state’s editorial boards have voiced near unanimous opposition to Senator Dianne Feinstein’s plans to eviscerate protections for California’s endangered chinook salmon.
Feinstein announced last week that she is preparing a rider to a federal jobs bill to suspend rules protecting the iconic fish.
Obama calls for new look at delta
Published online on Wednesday, Sep.
Grassroots’ Latino Water Coalition registered to ag industry lobbyist
By Malcolm Maclachlan | 10/01/09 12:00 AM PST..
Anyone who works in or around the Capitol has likely seen them in the last few months: clumps of Latino farm workers holding blue and white signs with slogans such as “Farm water=Jobs” or “If you like foreign oil, you’ll love foreign food.”
The California Latino Water Coalition is one of several groups that have sprung up in recent years as the Golden State has tried to address its water woes. But according to critics, those blue signs are hiding another color: the green of Astroturf. In politics, “Astroturfing” means creating and financing a group to make it appear to be a real grass-roots organization when, in fact, it isn’t. It is a common practice in the high-stakes world of Sacramento lobbying and communications strategy.
Water: Think Food Security
By Philip Erro
Published in Community Alliance
Amid the present controversy about whether the west side of the San Joaquin Valley should receive Northern California water pumped from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, few voices have addressed domestic food security.
California has an enormous federal water project called the Central Valley Project (CVP) that transports Northern California water south.
Tunnel under delta could be alternative to canal
By Michael Gardner
U-T Sacramento Bureau
2:00 a.m. July 31, 2009
SACRAMENTO – A possible answer to Southern California's water-delivery woes has emerged right underfoot, literally.
The state Department of Water Resources is exploring the price and engineering challenges associated with digging a roughly 35-mile tunnel under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to bring more supplies to Southern California.
“We don't have the costs worked out,” said Lester Snow, California's water chief.
Environmental groups sue to stop water tranfers
The Contra Costa Times – 4/15/09
By Heather Hacking
Environmental activists, including the Butte Environmental Council, filed a lawsuit Monday stating the state Department of Water Resources, the state Natural Resources Agency and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger are not following environmental laws for planned water transfers.
After filing the lawsuit, representatives from the groups said they will likely seek an injunction to halt the proposed water transfers.
Calif. river system is nation's most endangered
Tuesday, Apr. 07, 2009
By GARANCE BURKE - Associated Press Writer
FRESNO, Calif.
Bureau increases water allocation to senior water rights holders
Apr 2, 2009 10:22 AM
The Bureau of Reclamation has increased from 75 percent to 100 percent the water allocation to senior water rights holders and wildlife refuges north and south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
The increases result from additional precipitation, improved snowpack, and improved runoff into Shasta Reservoir since the March snow surveys by the California Department of Water Resources’ (DWR).
Ocean 'indicators' help develop forecasts
The Columbia Basin Bulletin
March 20, 2009
