Monday, May 23, 2011

News articles and links from May 23, 2011

San Joaquin farmers are planting more, hiring more

Story

From Fresno Bee – Monday, May 23, 2011

Coalition response...This is good news not only for the economy of the San Joaquin Valley but for California as a whole. Increased employment and planted acreages means an improvement for those communities that have suffered in recent years because of reduced water deliveries to local farms. Hopefully this increase will prove to those who to continue to discount the real impacts on west side farms and communities by claiming that statewide agriculture is just fine.

Local group eyes grant to move reservoir along

Story

From Oroville Mercury-Register – Sunday, May 22, 2011

State must find more ways to store water

Opinion

By Paul Wenger

From Contra Costa Times – Friday, May 20, 2011

(The following is in response to the above two articles.)

Coalition response...Increased storage must be a part of California’s water future, as pointed out in this article. Planning now is a necessity if our citizens and farms are going to endure future droughts, which will occur. As stated, new storage is important for California’s water future and improved conveyance will help those water supplies to be used as efficiently as possible.

WATER SUPPLY

3 rivers form Klamath Lake

Story

From Redding Record Searchlight – Saturday, May 21, 2011

Record Snowpacks Could Threaten Western States

Story

From NY Times – Saturday, May 21, 2011

Managing California’s Water: Economy vs. Environment?

Announcement

From Public Policy Institute of California

DELTA

California State Board of Food and Ag to discuss Delta plan and PPIC report on statewide water

Press release

From CDFA – Friday, May 20, 2011

Plan for delta full of holes

Letter

From SF Chronicle – Friday, May 20, 2011

(first letter listed but under different headline)

Why some NM schlub cares about the Sacramento Delta

Blog

By John Fleck

From Inkstain – Sunday, May 22, 2011

San Diego state of mind

Blog

By Alex Breitler

From The Record – Friday, May 20, 2011

SAN JOAQUIN RIVER

Swollen river raises Valley farmers’ restoration fears

Story

From Fresno Bee – Sunday, May 22, 2011

The swollen San Joaquin River is giving everybody a peek at the future, and it's making riverside farmers nervous.

WATER BANKING

Housing collapse creates water banking windfall

Story

From Bakersfield Californian – Sunday, May 22, 2011


BOND FINANCING

State Auditor Looks at Bond Oversight by DWR

Story

From ACWA – Friday, May 20, 2011

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