Tuesday, January 4, 2011

News articles and links from Jan. 4, 2011

A Water Agenda for Governor Brown – Clean Water for California’s Future

Blog

By Barry Nelson, NRDC

from NRDC – Monday, Jan. 3, 2011

Coalition viewpoint...Despite the author’s claims, the current ag waiver program for water runoff has been successful. Testing of waters that was unheard of years ago is now going on as farmers are adopting practices to curtail runoff. The author also fails to recognize that increased water use efficiency is also a common practice for California farmers. Take a look at the numbers from the California Water Plan...DWR says ag’s economic efficiency has doubled over the last 40 years while applied water use has dropped by 14.6%.

Flood releases tell a tale of water storage needs

Opinion

By Mario Santoyo, California Latino Water Coalition

from Fresno Bee – Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011

Despite rising Chinook numbers, clipped fins hint at troubling reality

Opinion

By John G. Williams, fishery biologist

from Sacramento Bee – Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011

Next steps charting future of Delta are approaching

Story

from CV Business Times – Monday, Jan. 3, 2010

San Joaquin releases swell river

Blog

By Mark Grossi

from Fresno Bee – Monday, Jan. 3, 2011

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