Publish to Newswire
Add an EventSearch Results
Events and Posts
matching the search query Delta Smelt
(sorted by date posted in reverse chronological order)
Legislation Calling for a Water Council to be Released 
Legislation Calling for a Water Council to be Released
by Dan Bacher
Language for water bill legislation in the California Legislature will finally be released tomorrow, July 31, 2009, according to Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, campaign director of Restore the Delta. Rather than authorizing a canal directly, the proposed legislation will authorize a "water council" that will try to bypass public input in order to build the canal through the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP).
The Bay ...
Posted: Thu, Jul 30, 2009 4:26pm PDT
Community Meeting on the Bay Delta Conservation Plan Best Western in Lathrop.
The Best Western is at I-5 and Old Harlan Road....
Event Date: Tue, Aug 11, 2009 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Jul 30, 2009 2:22pm PDT
Delta Water Wars Will Heat Up When Legislature Returns 
Get ready for the Delta water wars to heat up over the Governor's plan to build a peripheral canal when the Legislature goes back into session on August 17.
Aerial Delta photo courtesy of the John Muir Institute of the Environment, U.C. Davis....
Posted: Wed, Jul 29, 2009 5:47pm PDT
CSPA, Stockton Settle Sewage Spill Lawsuit Below is a press release from the California Sportfishing Protecion Alliance regarding settlement of a major Clean Water Act lawsuit against the City of Stockton for excessive sewer overflows into the California Delta, the largest and most significant estuary on the West Coast of the Americas....
Posted: Wed, Jul 29, 2009 11:36am PDT
Legislature to Consider Big Water Package After August Recess A peripheral canal may or may not be included in the water bond package that emerges after the State Legislature convenes on August 17 after its summer recess, according to this article by Steve Evans featured in the recent Friends of the River e-newsletter. It has also been reprinted on the California Progress Report website, www.californiaprogressreport.org.
The problem is that the Legislative process regarding the creation water package has completely lacked any transparency, so it ha...
Posted: Tue, Jul 28, 2009 8:53am PDT
Two Gates Project: the Gateway to Extinction? 
As if plans for the peripheral canal and more dams weren't bad enough, the Metropolitan Water District and and the state and federal governments are aggressively working to complete another environmentally destructive government boondoggle, the "Two Gates Fish Protection Demonstration Project."
Adult Delta smelt photo courtesy of the Department of Water Resources....
Posted: Mon, Jul 27, 2009 2:57pm PDT
California Budget Deal -- July 24, 2009 -- Details, maybe... Below is some information in regards to the republican budget deal that the sell-out democrats supported... Much of the details are from the Western Center on Law and Poverty, and much directly from the governors website. The democrats are still trying to conceal what they actually voted for, and so far it's difficult to confirm what was actually in the budget agreements by the time all the votes took place. Regardless, the democrats joined the republicans to screw the majority of California...
Posted: Mon, Jul 27, 2009 2:51am PDT
New Peripheral Canal Analysis Reveals Project to be Dysfunctional Scheme 
Bill Jennings, executive director of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA), has written an excellent summary of the Contra Costa Water District's analysis of the proposed peripheral canal. "The CCWD has reached the same conclusions as CSPA's analysis revealed: A Peripheral Canal is a dysfunctional unworkable scheme that will exacerbate existing conditions," said Jennings.
Photo of Bill Jennings courtesy of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA)....
Posted: Sun, Jul 26, 2009 5:20pm PDT
Pacific Institute: Saving California Agriculture from the Growing Water Crisis “The three scenarios we evaluated for improving the efficiency of water use in California agriculture all show the potential for significant water savings,” said Dr. Peter Gleick, president of the Pacific Institute, “and these are technologies and management strategies that we could implement now, if we would recognize the urgency and have the will to make the tough decisions and policy changes.”...
Posted: Wed, Jul 22, 2009 4:10pm PDT
Million Boat Float to Stop Arnold’s Panama Canal North 
Peripheral Canal opponents will hold a “Million Boat Float" from Antioch to Sacramento on August 16 and 17 to save the imperiled California Delta.
Photo: Delta farmers from North Delta CARES joined a big rally at the State Capitol against the peripheral canal on July 7. The "Million Boat Float" will arrive at the State Capitol from Antioch in the West Delta on August 17....
Posted: Wed, Jul 22, 2009 2:17pm PDT
Million Boat Float to Sacramento to Stop the Canal The event will start in Antioch on August 16 and conclude in Sacramento on August 17. The exact times and locations will be announced....
Event Date: Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Jul 21, 2009 3:51pm PDT
East Bay MUD: Growth at Any Cost Monday, July 20, 2009 : As in a variety of politically contentious arenas, approaches to water supply range from progressive to conservative. The former side demands water conservation and free-flowing rivers, while the latter wants more dams and limitless development. Odd, then, that one of the most liberal areas of California would find itself teetering on the edge of the far right of this spectrum. East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) wants an expensive, destructive dam expansion in...
Posted: Mon, Jul 20, 2009 7:07am PDT
Schwarzenegger Administration Plans to Begin Drilling for Peripheral Canal The Department of Water Resources is planning to drill in the Delta to lay the groundwork for proposed intakes for the peripheral canal, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Big Ditch."...
Posted: Fri, Jul 17, 2009 11:33am PDT
Initial Victory in Striped Bass Lawsuit In a significant court victory, corporate agribusiness was defeated in their attempt to divert attention from the massive state and federal export pumps in the South Delta that have spurred the collapse of Central Valley salmon, green sturgeon, Delta smelt, longfin smelt and striped bass populations. Here are all of the details from Bill Jennings, chairman of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance....
Posted: Thu, Jul 16, 2009 6:31pm PDT
Wesley Chesbro: Show Me the Science behind the MLPA Process First District Assemblymember Wesley Chesbro (D-North Coast) released a statement on Friday, July 10, criticizing Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's fast-track Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) process - and urging that North Coast communities be made "equal partners" in the process....
Posted: Mon, Jul 13, 2009 5:04pm PDT
Nigerian Rebels Sabotage Shell, Agip Oil Pipelines July 8 (Bloomberg) -- The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta said it sabotaged trunk lines run by Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Eni SpA’s Agip unit in its longest-running series of attacks against Nigeria’s oil industry to date....
Posted: Sun, Jul 12, 2009 11:13pm PDT
Tulare Lake Restoration – Fiction or Fact? 
A new alternative has emerged in the debate over water in the valley. This article argues that re-establishing Tulare Lake is the smart way to go....
Posted: Sat, Jul 11, 2009 6:43pm PDT
Restore the Delta News & Action Alert: Make Calls to Stop the Canal! Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, campaign director of Restore the Delta, reports on Tuesday's Capitol rally and press conference and urgent need to make phone calls to Senator Darrell Steinberg and Assemblymember Jared Huffman to stop any Delta solutions package that includes a peripheral canal....
Posted: Fri, Jul 10, 2009 11:21am PDT
Delta Groups Rally Against The Panama Canal North 
“The exporting of more water out of the Delta not only dooms agriculture in the Delta, but also dooms one of the largest estuaries on the North American West Coast,” stated Rudy Mussi, Central Delta farmer and Member of the Central Delta Water Agency.
Photo: Family farmers from North Delta CARES hold up a banner opposing the construction of "The Panama Canal North." Photo by Dan Bacher....
Posted: Thu, Jul 9, 2009 11:55am PDT
Delta Advocates Rally Against the Canal at State Capitol 
Jerry Neuburger, webmaster for the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, has written a good report on the rally against the peripheral canal at the State Capitol yesterday. To check out video clips of speakers and photos of the event, go to: http://www.calsport.org/7-7-09.htm.
Photo: Hundreds of Delta advocates, including family farmers from North Delta Cares, rallied at the State Capitol on Tuesday to oppose the peripheral canal and increased water exports out of the Delta. Photo b...
Posted: Wed, Jul 8, 2009 6:35pm PDT