Delta Water and News Links, February 25, 2012

Delta News
Aquafornia.com
Congressman McClintock's Website
Response to San Francisco Chronicle Editorial
http://mcclintock.house.gov/2012/02/response-san-francisco-chronicle.shtml

Aquafornia.com
MontereyHerald.com
Editorial: Take Valley Lawmaker's Water Bill Off Table
http://www.montereyherald.com/opinion/ci_20024336/editorial-take-valley-lawmakers-water-bill-off-table

Delta National Park Blog
John Bass: Support the Water Hyacinth Festival
http://www.deltanationalpark.org/blog/view/trapper_slough_and_the_water_hyacinth_festival/
(Actually, not a bad idea...however, water hyacinth is prevalent in the Central and South Delta, not the North)

California Progress Report
Dan Bacher: Surprise: New PPIC Report Promotes Peripheral Canal
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/surprise-new-ppic-report-promotes-peripheral-canal

California Water News
CalWatchDog.com
Wayne Lusvardi: Gleick-gate Pollutes Enviro Movement
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/02/24/gleickgate-pollutes-environmental-movement/
(Informative article)

Aquafornia.com
San Jose Mercury News
Dana Hull: Peter Gleick Requests Short-Term Leave of Absence from Oakland's Pacific Institute
http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_20040326

Aquafornia.com
KQED's Climate Watch
Craig Miller:  Pacific Institute's Work Rises Above the Gleick Fiasco
http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2012/02/24/pacific-institutes-work-rises-above-the-gleick-

Aquafornia.com
The Business Journal
Gabriel Dillard:  Fresno Irrigation District Delays Delivery Announcement
http://www.thebusinessjournal.com/news/agriculture/951-irrigation-district-delays-delivery-announcement

Aquafornia.com
ModBee.com
Short/Hashimoto: Hetch Hetchy Has Nothing To Do with Don Pedro
http://www.modbee.com/2012/02/24/2083087/hetch-hetchy-has-nothing-to-do.html

Aquafornia.com
UnionDemocrat.com
Andrew Clevenger: Lungren Damns Hetch Hetchy
http://www.uniondemocrat.com/News/Local-News/Lungren-damns-Hetch-Hetchy?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+UnionDemocrat+%28The+Union+Democrat%2C+Sonora%2C+CA+News%2C+Sports%2C+%26+Weather%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Aquafornia.com
Press-Enterprise.com
Janet Zimmerman: Importance of Groundwater Explored
http://www.pe.com/local-news/breaking-news-headlines/20120224-region-importance-of-groundwater-explored.ece

California Farm Water Coalition
Farm Water News, Mike Wade
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/02/news-articles-and-links-from-feb-24.html

Aquafornia.com
NorthCoastTimes.com
Bradley J. Fikes: Water Authority Votes to Give Lawsuit Proceeds to Members, If It Wins
http://www.nctimes.com/business/water-authority-votes-to-give-lawsuit-proceeds-to-members-if/article_ec4265b2-a988-562a-a3f2-711fb4b59e03.html

Aquafornia.com
SierraWave.com
Bennett Kessler: LADWP Plays Hardball with MCWD
http://www.sierrawave.net/10432/ladwp-plays-hardball/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sierrawave+%28Sierra+Wave%3A+Eastern+Sierra+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
(Maybe we could spend a few moments in silent gratitude we are not dealing with LADWP up here)

Aquafornia.com
SierraWave.com
Bennett Kessler: LADWP Launches Legal Attacks to Avoid Air Clean-Up
http://www.sierrawave.net/10428/ladwp-launches-legal/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sierrawave+%28Sierra+Wave%3A+Eastern+Sierra+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Aquafornia.com
InyoRegister.com
Mike Gervais: DWP, Great Basin at Odds Over Owens Lake Dust Work
http://www.inyoregister.com/node/2353

Water News
Aquafornia.com
WhittierDailyNews.com
Ben Baeder: Planning Document That Cost $200 Million To Be Among First Salvos in New Water War
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_20041821

Aquafornia.com
Sacbee.com
Bill Lindelof: Sacramento Weather History Suggests Dry February Will Mean a Drenched March
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/02/24/4288063/sacramento-weather-history-suggests.html

Agriculture News
CapitolPress.com
Tim Hearden: U.S. Wine Exports Set Record in 2011
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/TH-wine-exports-w-infobox-030212

Environmental News
StopSmartMeters.com
CA Legislator Considering Bill to Hold Utilities Accountable for Multiple Smart Meter FCC Violations
http://stopsmartmeters.org/2012/02/22/ca-legislator-considering-bill-to-hold-utilities-accountable-for-multiple-smart-meter-fcc-violations/
(Another EXCELLENT article in the hazards and legalities of SMART Meters)

Aquafornia.com
Redding Record.com
Damon Arthur: Limits Planned for Suction Dredging, Gold Miners Upset
http://www.redding.com/news/2012/feb/23/limits-planned-for-suction-dredging/

Political News
CalWatchDog.com
Katy Grimes: Portantino Making Waves, Not Friends
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/02/24/portantino-making-waves-not-friends/
(WOW, I didn't think they existed any more!  Very refreshing article)

Science News

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
NewsWithViews.com
Katherine Marquardt: Agenda 21, The End of Western Civilization, Part 3
http://www.newswithviews.com/Marquardt/kathleen105.htm

Litigation News

Events

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