Yolo halts habitat damage projects
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from Sacramento Bee – Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010
Kings farmers set to sell $11.7M in water rights
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from Hanford Sentinel – Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010
Northern California cries “Foul!” on BDCP
Blog
from Indybay – Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010
By Dan Bacher
Valley headgates: DFG responds
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from Daily News – Monday, Nov. 8, 2010
| Balance California's water use Viewpoint from SF Chronicle - Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010
Coalition viewpoint...This viewpoint is a mix of incorrect assertions and current policies. Guidepost #2 incorrectly represents a recent Water Board report as a recommendation for water flows through the Delta. The authors of the report publicly stated that they were handcuffed in their research by the narrow directions given by last year's legislation. The authors also cautioned against using the report without further research into other factors that affect the health of the delta.
Delta plan may do more harm, biologists find Story from Contra Costa Times - Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010
Coalition viewpoint...A review by unnamed federal biologists represents a rush to judgment of the BDCP. Remember, the biological opinions that have governed the flow of water through the Delta were based on decisions by federal agencies and their biologists. A federal judge found these guidelines to be "capricious" and lacking, specifically in not adequately considering the impact to humans the biological opinions would cause. Work continues on the BDCP and it is important that it be allowed to move forward without such prejudicial reporting.
Big Ag cries big tears; salmon run dries up Viewpoint from Sacramento Bee - Saturday, Nov. 6 2010
Coalition viewpoint...Yes, salmon fishermen have suffered in recent years and so have Westside farmers in the San Joaquin Valley. The cause of this suffering has been the misguided federal biological opinions that have restricted water flows from the Delta and were supposed to protect fish. Ocean conditions, invasive species and water quality are now being identified as being greater causes to dwindling salmon numbers than exports. Anyone concerned with the salmon and farming industries should read the science and not rely on emotional rhetoric. |
| Editorial from Bakersfield California - Monday, Nov. 8, 2010
The State Water Project: Connecting California's Water Slideshow from Aquafornia - Monday, Nov. 8, 2010
Farmer: San Joaquin River restoration caused crop losses Story from Modesto Bee - Monday, Nov. 8, 2010
Inland leaders explore remedies for uncertain water supplies Story From Press-Enterprise - Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010
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More fish returning to Battle Creek this fall
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from Redding Record Searchlight – Friday, Nov. 5, 2010
Coalition viewpoint...Critics of farm water continue to point to south-of-Delta exports as the major cause for the recent drop in salmon numbers. They refuse to acknowledge that the latest scientific reports from federal agencies place the greater blame on ocean conditions that deplete food supplies for salmon. In addition, upstream wastewater dischargers, such as the City of Sacramento, have for years placed high amounts of ammonium into the Sacramento River that endangers the Delta environment.
Blog
from Alex Breitler's San Joaquin Delta, Delta College Blog - Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010
by Alex Breitler
County proposes to head up groundwater monitoring program
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from Siskiyou Daily News – Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010
Fall Salmon Counts Improve on Central Valley Rivers
Blog
from Indybay newswire – Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010
by Dan Bacher
Groups back proposal for early water release into Salton Sea
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from IVPress – Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010
Group seeks nuclear plant for water
Story
from Capital Press – Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010
Jeff Mount on YouTube: Climate change and the future of the Delta
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from Aquafornia – Friday, Nov. 5, 2010
Jay Lund on YouTube: Climate change impacts on water resources and flood risk
Video
from Aquafornia – Friday, Nov. 5, 2010
4 layoffs part of Merced Irrigation District effort to reorganize
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from Merced Sun Star – Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010
Story
Opinion
Seismic risk in the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta
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from Aquafornia – Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010
Our Katrina? More like our Dennis
Blog
from Valley Economy – Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010
Coalition for a Sustainable Delta on the Sacramento wastewater permit: exaggeration and exacerbation
Viewpoint
From Aquafornia – Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010
Powerful Interests Support Draft Permit
Viewpoint
from Sacramento Delta Solutions – Monday, Nov. 1, 2010
County considers opt-in plan to review Delta strategy
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from Daily Republic – Monday, Nov. 1, 2010
Limiting salmon fishing may help ecosystems and economics
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from Science Today – Monday, Nov. 1, 2010
The Problem with The Pacific Salmon Resurgence
Report
from Yubanet.com – Monday, Nov. 1, 2010
Blog
from SF Chronicle – Monday, Nov. 1, 2010
By Tom Philp
Resolution: Economic study not valid
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from Siskiyou Daily News – Monday, Nov. 1, 2010
Blog
from NRDC – Friday, Oct. 29, 2010
By Kate Poole
Coalition viewpoint… This court decision did not reject the Family Water Alliance’s petition on grounds that the science used by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is valid. In fact, the judge has already ruled that FWS’s science in formulating its biological opinion that governs Delta flows is lacking. The judge’s ruling explained that the Information Quality Act, upon which the Alliance brought its lawsuit, is insufficiently specific with respect to deadlines and so the Alliance's complaint was moot on procedural grounds. The court did not rule on the science or the substance of the Alliance's complaint. This blogger’s attempt to paint over the judge’s decision with a “scientific paint brush” is false and misleading.
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from SmartPlanet – Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010
Coalition viewpoint…When it comes to applying the California Constitution’s beneficial use standards to farming, Peter Gleick’s one-size fits all approach is all wet. Saying that a farmer who uses four acres to grow what could be grown on three is wasting water ignores the variability of farmland throughout the state. If a farmer produces 4,000 lbs. of pistachios per acre and his neighbor produces 5,000 lbs on the same age trees, is the first farmer wasting water? Gleick would say “yes” but he’s wrong. One farm’s potential cannot be judged efficient or not efficient based on the same standard applied to all farms anymore than one factory producing fewer widgets than its competitor would be judged as wasting resources.
The Constitution says farming is a beneficial use of water. People like Peter Gleick want to redefine it for their own purposes and that kind of misuse is a bad deal for all California water users.
from Sacramento Bee – Sunday, Oct. 31 2010
By Paul Wenger, CFBF President
Coalition viewpoint…Critics of a balanced approach to achieving water reliability in the future for our state conveniently mix rhetoric with facts. They argue falsely that farmers use too much water and simply taking water from farmers and letting it flow to the ocean through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta will cure everything wrong with the fisheries. California farmers use only 41% of the available water supply in California. The largest recipient is the environment, which receives 48% of the available water. Critics of a balanced approach to expanding our water supply, as suggested by Wenger, must be fearful that they may have to pay for a water supply that they have been receiving for free.
Water agencies say estimated cost for Sacramento System upgrade too high
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from Sacramento Business Journal – Friday, Oct. 29, 2010
Editorial
from NY Times – Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010
from Stockton Record – Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010
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