Wednesday, December 1, 2010

News articles and links from Dec. 1, 2010

San Luis & Delta Mendota agency quits delta plan

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from San Francisco Chronicle – Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010

Water necessity

Editorial

from Press-Enterprise – Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010

Coalition viewpoint...In 1994, then-Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt stated that if additional water would be needed to protect threatened or endangered fish, federal officials would buy it---no further cutbacks to supplies to farms and cities. He said, “A deal is a deal.” Today, federal officials have abandoned that promise and are calling on water contractors to fund an additional $100 million in studies that would provide more water for fish. Interior officials are adding these studies after nearly four years and $140 million funded mostly by water contractors. With such a track record, it is no surprise that water contractors would remove themselves from any future funding without a guarantee of a water supply.

A Water Agenda for Governor Brown – Restoring California’s Salmon Fishery and Endangered Fish

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from NRDC – Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010

Coalition viewpoint...The impacts to salmon fishery cited by the author are inflated, according to UOP’s Dr. Jeffrey Michael’s recent study. Instead of “thousands of jobs and a quarter-billion dollars per year,” Michael puts those numbers at 1,823 jobs and $118.4 million. It is difficult to accept any of the solutions offered by the author when he starts off with inflated numbers.

Should Farmers Be Allowed to Transfer Water to Developers?

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from state of the planet – Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010

Court to Hear Challenge to Water Diversion Permits on Scott and Shasta Rivers

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from Indybay newswire – Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010

Salmon summit in Half Moon Bay on Saturday, Dec. 4

Release

from Aquafornia - Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010

Central Coast: Farm groups respond to draft water quality plan

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from Ag Alert – Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010

National Academy of Sciences continues examination of Delta

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from Sacramento Bee – Monday, Nov. 29, 2010

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