Wednesday, March 20, 2013

News articles and links from March 20, 2013


BAY DELTA CONSERVATION PLAN

Opinion 
By Deanna Lynn Wulff
From Bilingual Weekly - Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Coalition response...Elected by the people of California, the Legislature acted in 2009 to establish a reliable water supply through the Delta and to restore the Delta's ecosystem. The Bay Delta Conservation Plan proposes to accomplish those two goals by implementing an improved conveyance system that considers optilons including one with twin tunnels and also to restore 140,000 acres of habitat in the region. Scientists and researchers have worked for seven years to develop the proposal offered through BDCP. The first four chapters of the plan are available at http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/BDCPPlanningProcess/KeyAnnouncements.aspx  and the remaining chapters are scheduled for release.

RIVERS 

Opinion
By Michael Martin 
From Modesto Bee - Tuesday, March 19, 2013 
  
Coalition response...HR 934 seeks to provide flexibility for a water supply system that both protects environmental resources and delivers water to a significant food-producing region of the state. Approval of HR 934 would enable the raising of the spillway, not the dam, at New Exchequer Dam by 10 feet. During wet years, about every three years, Merced Irrigation District would store an additional 70,000 acre-feet of water that could be used by local farmers in dry years. This kind of compromise serves the river and the people who depend on it for their livelihoods. Even John Muir acknowledged the benefits of using Sierra waters to irrigate the rich farmland in the Valley.

WATER SUPPLY

TV news 
From KFSN 30 - Tuesday, March 19, 2013 

Story
From Modesto Bee - Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Story
From Chico Enterprise-Record - Monday, March 18, 2013

BAY DELTA CONSERVATION PLAN

Story
From Sacramento Bee - Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Story
From Ag Alert - Wednesday, March 20, 2013

DELTA

Radio news
From KQED - Tuesday, March 19, 2013

RIVERS

Story
From Modesto Bee - Tuesday, March 19, 2013

COURTS

Analysis
From Courthouse News Service - Wednesday, March 20, 2013

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