Friday, November 30, 2012

News articles and links from November 30, 2012


WATER SUPPLY

Press Release
From Aquafornia - Friday, Nov. 30, 2012

Story
From North County Times - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
From Modesto Bee - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
From Visalia Times Delta - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
From Fresno Bee - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
From CBS 47 - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
From News 10 - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
   
Story 
From KGET 17 - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012

DELTA  

Blog  
By Alex Breitler
From Alex Breitler's Environmental Blog - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 

Story  
From Los Angeles Time - Friday, Nov. 30, 2012 

Blog
By Jeff Michael 
From Valley Economy - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 

Story
From Sacramento Business Journal - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012

Thursday, November 29, 2012

News articles and links from November 29, 2012


Water Supply

Video
From California Economic Summit - Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012

Coalition response... CDFA Secretary Karen Ross is exactly right when she says we need to update the state's water supply infrastructure. There is a direct connection between water supply reliability for farmers and the availability and cost of food at the grocery store.  Consumers have a direct connection and a financial stake in California's farms because they share the benefits and bounty with the farmers who grow the food and fiber we depend on every day. Americans would be spending an additional $3,820 per year (in 2010 dollars) if our food costs matched those in 28 other high-income countries around the world. Adequate and dependable farm water supplies help make those savings possible.

Fisheries  

Story
From The Record Searchlight - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
From Stockton Record - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
From Modesto Bee - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012

Story 
From CBS 47 - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012

The following response is for both of the above stories.
  
Coalition response... Seeing salmon returned to the San Joaquin River, even experimental populations, is exciting for many people but we can't let the news of the day divert our attention from a serious situation. Thousands of farmers gave up water in the negotiated settlement to restore the river and downstream areas that are subject to flooding without adequate protections.  Promises were made that provided for a way to recapture some of the water used to restore the river and return it for the purposes of growing food. So far the promise remains without any concrete plan on how, or even if, it will happen. The other issue is the need for a set of protections that must be in place to prevent crop losses and private property impacts in the downstream reaches of the river after restoration flows commence. We have already seen flooding from earlier experimental flows. Full restoration of the river without addressing these lingering issues could devastate local economies and the food supply that comes from one of California's most important farming regions.

WATER SUPPLY
  
Opinion
By Ellen Hanak
From Sacramento Bee - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012

Blog
From Water Food Environment- The Blog of David Guy - Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012

Report 

DELTA

Blog
From BDCP Blog - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012  

MEETINGS

Press Release 
From Red Bluff Daily News - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

News articles and links from November 28, 2012


WATER SUPPLY

Statement
From Aquafornia - Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012

Story
From KQED - Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012
  
Story
From Western Farm Press - Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012

DELTA  

Blog
From Valley Economy - Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012

WATER QUALITY

Story
From Modesto Bee - Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

News articles and links from November 27, 2012


WATER SUPPLY

Opinion
By Mike Wade
From Riverside Press-Enterprise - Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012

Blog
By Wayne Lusvardi
From Cal Watchdog - Monday, Nov. 26, 2012

Story
From Los Angeles Times - Monday, Nov. 26, 2012

Editorial
From Modesto Bee - Monday, Nov. 26, 2012
  
Opinion
By Dick Hagerty
From Modesto Bee - Monday, Nov. 26, 2012

DELTA  

Story 
From River News-Herald - Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012 
  
Press Release
From Bureau of Reclamation - Monday, Nov. 26, 2012

FISHERIES  

Story
From Marin Independent Journal - Monday, Nov. 26, 2012   

Editorial
From Press Democrat - Monday, Nov, 26, 2012 

Monday, November 26, 2012

News articles and links from November 26, 2012


WATER SUPPLY

Story 
From Modesto Bee - Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012
   
Rising electric rates call Modesto, Turlock irrigation pricing into question                           
Story
From Modesto Bee - Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012

'La Nada' makes Valley weather unpredictable                                                                        
Story 
From Fresno Bee - Saturday, November 24, 2012

DELTA
  
Story
From Stockton Record - Monday, Nov. 26, 2012

Opinion
By Supervisor Mike Reagan
From Vacaville Reporter - Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012  

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

News articles and links from November 21, 2012

WATER SUPPLY
  
Story
From Imperial Valley Press - Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012

Story
From San Diego Union-Tribune - Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012

Blog
By Sandra Postel
From National Geographic - Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012

Story
From Kern Valley Sun - Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012

Story
From Desert Sun - Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012

Story
From Modesto Bee - Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012

Press release
From YubaNet - Friday, Nov. 16, 2012

GROUNDWATER

Column
By Mark Grossi
From Fresno Bee - Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012

MEETINGS

Story
From Willows Journal - Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

News articles and links from November 20, 2012


Rivers

Story
From Stockton Record - Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012

Coalition response...This article indicates that restoration officials believe the relocation of a few salmon to the base of Friant Dam will provide information on fish survivability. That is interesting considering that about $100 million has already been spent on the restoration project with no completion of any construction project identified in the plan.

While officials are waiting for answers, so, too, are farmers. Friant Division farmers gave up a portion of their water supply for the restoration on the assurance that part of the water would be returned to them. These farmers are still waiting for answers that will fulfill that promise. Downstream farmers are also waiting for answers about whether the increase in flows down the river will flood adjacent farmland. Increased flows last year caused seepage problems that flooded productive fields, a condition that farmers warned about before the restoration efforts ever commenced.

Consumers should be watching this carefully. Impacts that reduce the ability to grow food, either through lost irrigation water or damaged, flooded cropland, will ultimately affect the price people pay for fresh fruit and vegetables at the grocery store.

Delta

Blog
By Nancy Vogel
From BDCP - Monday, Nov. 19, 2012

Coalition response...Delta farmers who have expressed concerns over potential crop losses due to higher salinity should be pleased. Early estimates as high as $54 million in annual crop losses were often quoted as a reason not to move forward with water supply reliability projects that would benefit 25 million Californians and several million acres of farmland south of the Delta. The study by UC Davis researchers puts that number at $2.3 million per year, a better projection than what was previously thought.

WATER SUPPLY

Story
From LA Times - Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012

Story
From Modesto Bee - Monday, Nov. 19, 2012

Story
From Imperial Valley Press - Monday, Nov. 19, 2012

Story
From Northwest Public Radio - Monday, Nov. 19, 2012

Story
From Siskiyou Daily News - Friday, Nov. 16, 2012