April 30, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Delta National Park
A Visit to Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
http://www.deltanationalpark.org/blog/view/a_visit_to_stone_lakes_national_wildlife_refuge/

California Water News
Nature Watch
LATimes.com: California Legislature Likely to Dump the Water Bond
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cap-water-20120430,0,7025031,full.column

Aquafornia.com
Central Valley Business Times: Water Project's Inter-tie to be Dedicated
http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=20940

Aquafornia.com
Sierra Wave: Inyo Fears Over LADWP Pumping Plan
http://www.sierrawave.net/11740/ladwp-pumping-plan/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sierrawave+%28Sierra+Wave%3A+Eastern+Sierra+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Hydraulically Inclined
A Few Good Reads
http://ayresriverblog.com/2012/04/30/a-few-good-reads-43012-elwha-river-update/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HydraulicallyInclined+%28Hydraulically+Inclined%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
(Includes one on CVFPP.)

Water News

Agriculture News

Levee News

Tourism News

Fisheries News
Aquafornia.com
Farm Press Blog
$500 Salmon versus $10 Trout
http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/500-salmon-versus-10-trout?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WesternFarmPress+%28Western+Farm+Press%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Environmental News

Political News
Roll Call News
Senate Revives Lawmaking
http://www.rollcall.com/issues/57_129/Senate-Revives-Lawmaking-214175-1.html?ET=rollcall:e12943:80123808a:&st=email&pos=eam
(What's scarier than a politician not working??  A gaggle of politicians 'working together'.)

California Politics
Across the Fence with Mark Meckler
How Big Government is Killing California
http://www.markmeckler.com/how-big-government-is-killing-california/

Science News
Washington Rebel
Trust and Retractions
http://www.washingtonreb.com/2012/04/30/trust-and-retractions/
(Good blog on liberal's 'warm and fuzzies' and science.)

Science Blog
Wind Farms May Cause Local Climate Change
http://scienceblog.com/53819/wind-farms-may-impact-local-climate-change/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogrssfeed+%28ScienceBlog.com%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Aquafornia.com
Las Vegas Sun: Bellagio Fountains Help Whet Appetite for Learning During Science Festival
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/apr/30/bellagio-fountains-help-whet-appetite-learning-dur/

CalWatchDog.com
California to Middle Class 'Drop Dead'
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/04/30/california-to-middle-class-drop-dead/

High Speed Rail News
California Watch
Bullet Train's Low Operating Costs are 'Elephant in the Room', Experts Say
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/bullet-trains-low-operating-costs-are-elephant-room-experts-say-15973

The rail authority contends that its operating cost projections are sound, derived from a sophisticated computer model. The system will turn a profit and won’t require operating subsidies, rail officials insist.

 He said he and his co-authors have repeatedly asked the rail authority for the data that underlies their calculation of the bullet train’s projected operating costs. The rail authority hasn’t made the information public, he said.

Sound familiar??

Claycord.com
DeSaulnier's Statewide Passenger Rail Plan Clear Committee
http://www.deltanationalpark.org/blog/view/a_visit_to_stone_lakes_national_wildlife_refuge/
(Hopefully, HSRA's days of running amok are numbered!)

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
Sacramento Business Journal
Local Plan Eases Environmental Rules for Projects
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/print-edition/2012/04/27/plan-eases-environmental-rules-projects.html
(Agenda 21 at work for one, and if we're going to regulate ourselves into poverty, why should they get a break??)

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News
FoxNews.com
Court Settlement Paves Way for Veterans to Restore Memorial Cross
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/04/29/court-settlement-paves-way-for-veterans-to-restore-memorial-cross-in-mojave/

Events
Water Education Foundation
Delta Levee Conference, May 2 Last Chance to Register
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/66067
(Just one tiny, little bone to pick here..why do events like this always say:

provide you with the opportunity to hear from water exporters, environmentalists, Delta residents and state and federal officials.

in the plural, when we're lucky to have the one??  Right on, Steve Mello!! If they want to hear from Delta residents, why don't they stack the agenda with people like, Mr. Nomellini, Mr. Zuckerman, Mr. Hemley, Ms. Terry, Mr. Guy, to name just a few??  Then the day would more accurately reflect and represent ALL parties concerned.

It is still offensive to continually be denied an equal opportunity to represent our interests, our plights if you will.  The only genuine consistency within this ramrod of a process is the lack of equal representation in any one, let alone all three rings, of this circus.)

Aquafornia.com
calendar Notes
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/66069

Just For Fun
Mail Online
Coffee: What's in Your Daily Grind, and What Does Your Cup Say About You?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-2135624/Coffee-Whats-daily-grind-does-cup-say-you.html