WATER SUPPLY
Letter
From
Modesto Bee - Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011
FISHERIES
Red Bluff Diversion Dam diverts water for last time
Story
From Corning Observer - Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011
From Orland Press Register - Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
News articles and links from Aug 30, 2011
Delta
Ground rumbles for sake of research
Story
From The Record - Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011
UCLA researcher shake model levee, for peat's sake
Story
From Sacramento Bee - Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011
Earthquake simulator gives model levee a big shake
Story
From Contra Costa Times - Monday, Aug. 29, 2011
From San Jose Mercury News - Monday, Aug. 29, 2011
Scientists shake fragile Delta levee in hope of averting statewide catastrophe
Story
From UCLA Today - Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
(The following response is posted to the above newspaper stories.)
Coalition response...Efforts by UCLA researchers to determine the stability of levees built on peat soils in the Delta will provide valuable information as water users look to protect the Delta ecosystem and secure a reliable supply of water. As the researchers admit, more study needs to be done. Realizing that the levee that was subject to the testing was built by the researchers, further questions need to be answered, such as: What happens when a levee that has been holding back water for years undergoes similar tests? Or what would happen if a levee that has been subject to natural forces---tunneling rodents and erosion---is tested? We look forward to the results of the continued research.
PEOPLE
Service set in Sept. for former Westlands chief Jerry Butchert
Blog
By Mark Grossi
From Fresno Bee - Monday, Aug. 29, 2011
WATER SUPPLY
Water district moves closer to grant project
Story
From Lodi News Sentinel - Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011
Irony abounds in sale of Kern water
Editorial
From Bakersfield Californian - Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011
Tulare County's water watcher looks at the big picture
Story
From Visalia Times Delta - Friday, Aug. 26, 2011
DELTA
Discussion at council meeting suggests message is starting to be heard
Blog
By Tim Quinn
From ACWA - Monday, Aug. 29, 2011
FISHERIES
Reclamation to open Red Bluff Diversion Dam gates
Press release
From USBR - Monday, Aug. 29, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
News articles and links from Aug 29, 2011
WATER SUPPLY
Madera Water Bank opens for business
TV News
From KFSN/Fresno - Friday, Aug. 26, 2011
Jerry Brown's decision to remove Water Commission appointees sparks partisan dispute
Story
From Sacramento Bee - Monday, Aug. 29, 2011
DELTA
Delta Stewardship Council members elevate key issues
Story
From ACWA - Friday, Aug. 26, 2011
Delta Perspectives Conference 2011: New ways of thinking
Announcement
From Aquafornia - Monday, Aug. 29, 2011
GROUNDWATER
Modesto dairy group receives $1 million grant
Story
From Modesto Bee - Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011
FISHERIES
Brown appoints Chuck Bonham as new DFG Director
Blog
By Dan Bacher
From IndyBay Media - Friday, Aug. 26, 2011
QUANTIFICATION SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
Colorado River issues, future of the QSA discussed at San Diego conference
Story
From IV Press - Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011
Friday, August 26, 2011
News articles and links from Aug 26, 2011
WATER SUPPLY
Story
from City Journal - Summer 2011
California's water wars aren't about scarcity. Even with 37 million people and the nation's most irrigation-intensive agriculture, the state usually has enough water for both people and crops, thanks to the brilliant hydrological engineering of past generations of Californians.
DELTA
Editorial
From Chico Enterprise-Record - Friday, Aug. 26, 2011
As the state prepares its latest promised monumental water plan and the courts continue to weigh in, the north state is going on the offensive by playing a little self-defense. Just in case the state wants to pick winners and losers in the water wars, north state farmers are wisely trying to state their case.
Unhealthy Delta degrades water system
Opinion
By John Foley, MWD Chairman
From Orange County Register - Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011
Orange County has much at stake as the process to solve California's largest water problem heads into the home stretch toward a historic solution. The problem is 400-some miles away in Northern California's Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
FISHERIES
Killing Sea Lions to Save Salmon, Again
Blog
By Felicity Barringer
From NY Times - Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011
This summer, federal fisheries officials took away the hunting license they had awarded to state officials in Oregon, Washington and Idaho who wanted to kill the sea lions that are eating endangered salmon.
Wine vs. Salmon: Water Wars Hit Sonoma County
Story
From Bay Citizen - Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011
The dense forests of redwood, oak and Douglas fir that once covered much of Sonoma County have for many decades been giving way to pastures, orchards, subdivisions - and vineyards. Now, those vineyards are emerging as yet another threat to a fish that would go just perfectly with the region's signature pinot noir: the coho salmon.
LEGISLATURE
Attempt to keep Cogdill, Kelley on water panel blocked in Senate
Story
From Sacramento Bee - Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011
Gov. Jerry Brown's decision to remove two GOP appointees to the California Water Commission sparked a partisan dispute under the dome this morning as Senate Republicans sought to approve the appointees despite Brown's plans to replace them.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
News articles and links from Aug 25, 2011
WATER SUPPLY
Ceremony Marking the official start of MID's Water Supply Enhancement Project
Press release
From Madera Irrigation District - Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011
Build dams here
Letter
From Fresno Bee - Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011
DELTA
Survey says...boats leak
Blog
By Alex Breitler
From The Record - Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011
Fifth Staff Draft Delta Plan
Letter
From SLDMWA/SWC - Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
Letter Seeks to Correct Inaccuracies in Council's Draft Delta Plan
Press release
From ACWA - Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
Adaptive management and experimental island flooding in the Delta
Blog
By Robyn J. Suddeth
From California WaterBlog - Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
FISHERIES
Rapid decline of California's native inland fishes: A status assessment
Abstract
From Science Direct - July 2011
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
News articles and links from August 24, 2011
FISHERIES
A delicate balance: Hydropower and salmon in a changing climate
Press release
From Stockholm Environment Institute - Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011
Coalition response...Excuse us, but making the case that hydropower operations are a significant factor in salmon survivability is nothing more than a red herring. It is now generally accepted that the major impediments to salmon survivability are invasive species that compete for food, non-native predators in the Delta including bass that consume baby salmon by the millions, and tons of ammonium dumped into the Delta ecosystem everyday in the form of wastewater discharges. In comparison, upstream restoration activities already completed in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys have largely eliminated the impacts on salmon by water diversion facilities.
PEOPLE
Statement of Westlands Water District on passing of Jerald R. Butchert
Press release
From WWD - Monday, Aug. 22, 2011
WATER SUPPLY
Governor Says Current 2012 Water Bond Won't Cut It
Blog
From Planning & Conservation League - Monday, Aug. 22, 2011
Op-Ed
By Mike Madison
From LA Times - Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
IID approves principles for water transfers, new lawyer for the QSA
Story
From IV Press - Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
MWD Report Delivers Interesting Findings on Future of CA Water
Blog
From Planning & Conservation League - Monday, Aug. 22, 2011
Sucker ruling may cost Southern Californians a third of water supply
Story
From Western Farm Press - Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011
DELTA
Governor Brown Wades In Supporting Delta Fix
Blog
By Richard Atwater
From SCWC Water Blog - Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011
FISHERIES
Wary landowners hear DFG ask for voluntary efforts
Story
From CFBF/Ag Alert - Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
News articles and links from Aug 23, 2011
Water supply
Editorial
From Riverside Press-Enterprise – Monday, Aug. 22, 2011
Coalition response...This editorial does a good job in describing the importance of an improved water delivery system through the Delta to the people of California and the need to place the highest priority to this effort. It is not just the millions of acres of farmland that will receive an improved water supply reliability and the food and jobs resulting from that water, it is also the more than 25 million Californians that rely upon it for their drinking supplies. There is no doubt that the benefits will touch every resident of California by a wise investment in repairing the State’s broken water system.
PEOPLE
An interview with California’s Secretary of Natural Resources – John Laird
Story
From BW News – Monday, Aug. 22, 2011
WATER SUPPLY
Reclamation Releases Environmental Documents for Madera Irrigation District Water Transfers
Release
From USBR – Monday, Aug. 22, 2011
Merced River Reaches Unsafe Levels Again
TV News
From KSEE/24 – Monday, Aug. 22, 2011
Irrigation field day Sept. 8, Five Points, Calif.
Story
From Western Farm Press – Monday, Aug. 22, 2011
DELTA
Kightlinger: Delta conservation plan is essential for California
Story
From LA Daily News – Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011
Commission to host public meetings
Story
From The Record – Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011
QUANTIFICATION SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
Imperial Irrigation District board to discuss QSA issues, and cross-border power line
Story
From IV Press – Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
News articles and links from Aug 22, 2011
California Water Commission
Jerry Brown targets two GOP appointees on key water panel
Story
From Sacramento Bee – Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011
Jerry Brown removing GOP appointees from key water panel
Story
From Sacramento Bee – Friday, Aug. 19, 2011
WATER SUPPLY
California flooding in a warming world
Blog
By John Fleck
From Inkstain – Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011
Reservoir proposal gets more funding
Story
From Chico Enterprise-Record – Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011
DELTA
Delta canal surveys halted for now
Story
From The Record – Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011
Circumnavigational conveyance alternatives
Blog
By John Bass
From Delta National Park – Friday, Aug. 19, 2011
Friday, August 19, 2011
News articles and links from Aug. 19, 2011
Delta
State must achieve a Delta water solution
Editorial
From Fresno Bee – Friday, Aug. 19, 2011
Coalition response...This editorial gets it right, yet some critics will claim that fixing the Delta is nothing but a water grab and does not truly benefit California. They are wrong. Protecting the Delta’s ecosystem and securing a reliable water supply benefits our entire state. While water is delivered southward from the Delta to San Joaquin Valley farmers and cities and also Southern California, residents in the San Francisco east bay and south through Santa Clara and San Benito counties also benefit.
The result of this water flow not only provides the drinking supply for 25 million Californians but it also spurs production of millions of dollars of farm commodities and manufactured goods. As bad as our state’s economy is today, imagine what it would be like without the production spurred by California’s water supply.
Brown reaffirms support for Delta-killing peripheral canal
Blog
By Dan Bacher
From IndyBay Media – Friday, Aug. 19, 2011
Coalition response...A process with goals to restore the Delta’s ecosystem and provide a reliable supply of water benefits all of California and not one region over another---that is the goal of the Delta Stewardship Council. Gov. Brown made his recent remarks based on the ongoing efforts of the Council. A true restoration of the Delta’s ecosystem is a primary goal of the Council but critics of these efforts continue to focus on conveyance as a threat to the Delta. These critics do not want to “restore” the Delta, they simply want to keep it the way it is.
WATER SUPPLY
State water board funds Sites Reservoir study
Story
From Colusa Sun-Herald – Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011
Hope Finds Fertile Ground As Water Returns to California’s Central Valley
TV News
From Fox – Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011
Chris Austin does Imperial Valley water with style
Blog
By George J. Janczyn
From GrokSurf’s San Diego – Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011
DELTA
Lawmakers pass bill to let Sacramento County’s sewer district sell treated water
Story
From Sacramento Bee – Friday, Aug. 19, 2011
Blog
By Alex Breitler
From The Record – Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011
Corps’ 3D models of the Delta key to shared solutions
Report
From Army Corps – Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011
Announcements
From BDCP – Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011
Seismically-repairable, river-protecting levees
Blog
By John Bass
From Delta National Park – Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011
FISHERIES
Sacramento River Salmonid Spawning Gravel Augmentation Program Gets Under Way
Press release
From USBR – Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011
Thursday, August 18, 2011
News articles and links from Aug 18, 2011
WATER SUPPLY
Big snowpack, cooler spring and summer ideal for water users
Story
From Modesto Bee – Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011
California’s Water Prospects Remain Stormy
Release
From PRNewswire – Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011
DELTA
Gov. Brown backs delta, high-speed rail projects
Story
From Fresno Bee – Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011
Update on the Economic Sustainability Plan for the Delta
Blog
By Jeff Michael
From Valley Economy – Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011
SALTON SEA
Salton Sea habitat restoration ready for public comment
Story
From IV Press – Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
News articles and links from Aug 17, 2011
DELTA
Blog
By John Bass
From Delta National Park – Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011
FISHERIES
DFG reaches out to Siskiyou County ranchers, farmers
Story
From Redding Record Searchlight – Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011
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