Delta Water and News Links, March 10, 2012

Delta News
Aquafornia.com
Fresno Bee
Michael Doyle: Denham, Feinstein Search Out Agreement on California Water Bill
http://www.fresnobee.com/2012/03/09/2753980/house-senate-search-out-agreement.html
(I seem to recall Mzzz. Senator Feinstein stating this bill was DOA in the Senate, with (vinegar in my mouth) Obama stating his anticipated veto...soooo still think we should be sending her thank you cards and roses????  And you know what else???  Where the HELL are our representatives in this???  Why just Feinie and Denham??...oh this is going to get a whole lot worse, my friends...a whole lot....)

Restore the Delta
Delta Coalition: Ann Johnston, Mayor Stockton
Legislative Hearing Alert
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001Nj0eJ9UAEflTerdRgDURXKCdXVW3knMA2M0JaZ2aHtJRDtrmPkG-_2Xq2VaF67GmfyI47IEqvSiTwMHZbHQYdm0FoDcGqPXvL3ALVKnb654QCtV-h4I5yA%3D%3D

Here's the Senate agenda...the only in-Delta representation I see on anything is Supervisor/Chairman Don Nottoli...that's it.  (Of course, Supervisor Nottoli can represent me/my interests any time...he does!) Well rounded representation, huh...Oh and I'm sure public commentators will be held to all of 2 minutes...level playing field here, you paying attention Mr Meral?  Mr. Laird??? the only way you can win in this is to stack the deck and engage in dirty politics against us in the Delta)
http://sntr.senate.ca.gov/sites/sntr.senate.ca.gov/files/3%2013%2012%20Delta%20Plan%20Agenda%20on%20letterhead.pdf

Aquafornia.com
Sacbee.com
PRNewswire, Press Release: Coalition for a Sustainable Delta
Settlement Stops Government From Promoting Habitat Destruction in Sac-SJ River Delta
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/03/09/4324734/settlement-stops-government-from.html
(Aren't these people an astro-turf organization??  AND, does this in reality help us or further help destroy us?

Restore the Delta
Newsletter
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001Nj0eJ9UAEflTerdRgDURXJ2MfvhhdzR0d9--BK-H-ouALw2_To8fVyQfnaLn8u7OJeFKYWnTMMkPD3yDcR1QE4LmXqCuv98yJPat-54FZKGoSN4td1QSIA%3D%3D

Aquafornia.com
Sacbee.com
Denny Walsh: Sacramento Sewer District Settles Suit Over Discharge of Raw Sewage
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/03/10/4326184/sacramento-sewer-district-settles.html

California Water News
Aquafornia.com
ChicoER.com
Heather Hacking: Northern California Water Leaders Say Habitat, Water Storage Linked
http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_20143155/northern-california-water-leaders-say-habitat-water-storage

Aquafornia.com
Red Bluff Daily News
Andrea Wagner: Water Works in Tehema County
http://www.redbluffdailynews.com/ci_20146045/water-works-tehama-county

Aquafornia.com
Petaluma360.com
E.A. Barrera: No Fluoride In Water Any Time Soon
http://www.petaluma360.com/article/20120309/COMMUNITY/120309474/-1/community?Title=No-flouride-in-water-any-time-soon&tc=ar
(Well this is good news!)

Aquafornia.com
Monterey Herald.com
Jim Johnson: Peninsula Water Authority Wants Supply Plan by Mid-April
http://www.montereyherald.com/news/ci_20143452

Aquafornia.com
KCET
Justin Cram: Headworks Reservoir: The Lengths We Go For Water
http://www.kcet.org/socal/departures/landofsunshine/la-river/headworks-reservoir-the-lengths-we-go-for-water.html

Aquafornia.com
Daily Bulletin
Wendy Leung: Water Agency's Goal Is To Get Off the Grid with Renewable Power
http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_20136229/water-agencys-goal-is-get-off-grid-renewable?source=rss

Aquafornia.com
North County Times
Bradley J. Fikes: San Diego CWA to Protest MWD's Rates at Monday Hearing
http://www.nctimes.com/blogsnew/business/morning/san-diego-county-water-authority-to-protest-mwd-s-rates/article_83236314-6a44-11e1-9b03-0019bb2963f4.html

Aquafornia.com
Op Ed: Ed Lee, Don't Be Fooled By Effort to Empty Hetch Hetchy
http://www.sfexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/2012/03/don-t-be-fooled-effort-empty-hetch-hetchy#disqus_thread

Aquafornia.com
Modesto Bee
Well folks, I'd pass along the link, but apparently I've maxed out my 5 freebies...sooo, too bad for the Modesto Bee, I won't be passing along links and increased traffic to your website.

Aquafornia.com
Siskiyou Daily News
John Bowman: A Substantial Impact
http://www.siskiyoudaily.com/news/x75609499/-A-substantial-impact

A Technical Advisory Committee (consisting of landowners, agencies and other stakeholders) met numerous times in 2007/08 to develop the criteria used to prioritize the most important tailwater return areas in the watershed based on estimated quantity, temperature impacts and proximity of each tailwater return to salmonid rearing habitat.

(Finally, an advisory committee, heck, ANY committee, council, commission that includes the LANDOWNER, let alone the LANDOWNER being listed first, that IS a first!!) 

Aguanomics.com
David Zetland: King of California Book Review
http://www.aguanomics.com/2011/03/king-of-california-review.html
(From last year, good comments...I'll be checking this one out from the library!)

Aquafornia.com
KQED's Climate Watch: La Nina On Its Way Out, But So Is Winter
http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2012/03/09/la-nina-on-its-way-out-but-so-is-winter/

Water News
Aquafornia.com
KQED's Climate Watch: Pacific Institute's Peter Gleick Breaks Silence
http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2012/03/09/pacific-institutes-peter-gleick-breaks-silence/
(Sooo, what..."Time Out" is over???  He still perpetuated a crime and as one comment states, 'any grad student would be immediately tossed out of college for something like this'...he get's what?  Again, a stupid time out instead of proper discipline or perchance, punishment for the crime?...ooops, 'alleged'  crime, my bad...this is still America and even with an admission of guilt you are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, unless you settle.)

ACWA.com
Kristin Goree: Army Corps Budget Hearing Held, Bay Delta Request is $51.5 Million
http://www.acwa.com/news/federal-budget/army-corps-budget-hearing-held-bay-delta-request-515-million

Agriculture News

Environmental News
CapitalPress.com
Tim Hearden: California Cattlemen Want Seat at the Table on Wolf Plans
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/TH-california-wolf-w-infobox-031612
(Poor Wolfie-007 (yes, that's my name for him...007), if he had any idea what was really good for him, he'd high-tail it back to ID, MT, WY any of those states where he might actually find a mate/pack.  I, too am opposed to deliberate reintroduction of wolves and grizzlies into the wild in California.)

Aquafornia.com
Switchboard by NRDC
Damon Nagami: Fracking in the Baldwin Hills
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/dnagami/fracking_in_the_baldwin_hills.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+switchboard_all+%28Switchboard%3A+Blogs+from+NRDC%27s+Environmental+Experts%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
(Looks like a few good additional links in the comments, as well.)

Aquafornia.com
LATimes.com
Opinion: Dan Turner: is That a Fracking Earthquake?
http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2012/03/fracking-ohio.html

Political News
CapitalPress.com
Hannah Dreier: In Stockton, CA, Slow Fall Off Financial Cliff
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/AP-CA-Slumping-Stockton-031012

ACWA.com
Kristin Goree: CEQ's Budget Scrutinized
http://www.acwa.com/news/federal-budget/ceq%E2%80%99s-budget-scrutinized

Members from both parties asked Chairwoman Sutley about the President’s National Ocean Policy.  She informed Committee members that the policy is “not intended” to create new regulations.

(Yeah...I'll believe THAT one the day I see it, too.)

ACWA.com
Kristen Goree: Amongst Controversy, DHS Official Asks for 7-Year CFATS Re-authorization
http://www.acwa.com/news/federal-relations/amongst-controversy-dhs-official-asks-7-year-cfats-reauthorization
(Directorate, Homeland...when did we become Germany??  What's wrong with Department of American Soil Security...just saying.  Also disturbing in this article is the fact that this Subcommittee was NOT notified of a pretty important document being leaked.)

ACWA.com
Kirstin Goree: House Appropriators Discuss Ag Conservation Reserve Program
http://www.acwa.com/news/federal-relations/house-appropriators-discuss-ag-conservation-reserve-program
(Holy moly....32 million acres for wetlands and grasslands restoration?  Let's hope they keep their cotton-pickin', acre-countin' fingers OUT of the Delta...we have already provided enough habitat mitigation/restoration. )

Science News

FoxNews.com
Space.com, Denise Chow: Strong Solar Flares Still Shooting From Active Spot on Sun
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/03/10/strong-solar-flares-still-shooting-out-from-active-spot-on-sun/


Agenda 21/Sustainable Development

Litigation News

Events
Earthzine.com
Paul Racette: Workshop on the Socio-Economic Benefits of Geo-spatial Information
http://www.earthzine.org/2012/03/09/workshop-on-the-socio-economic-benefits-of-geospatial-information/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Earthzine+%28Earthzine%29
(So, maybe we could get Mr. Meral and a few others to attend, get first-hand teachin' on socio-economic benefits with proper application to say, I don't know...the BDCP, Delta Plan???)


Just For Fun
Wild West History
Sarah Sim: Women in the Old West
http://wildwesthistory.blogspot.com/2012/03/women-in-old-west-womens-history-month.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WildWestHistory+%28Wild+West+History%29
(One of the reasons I believe California or Western Woman are so very different from other women in the US is because we come from very sturdy stock...remember, it was the woman or wife who stood beside her husband, building, planting, harvesting, defending their land and families...it's not like there was a neighborhood watch!)