Thursday, April 5, 2012

April 5, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Southern California Water Committee
April is Earthquake Preparedness Month, Time to Protect Our Water Supply
http://www.socalwater.org/news/press-releases/135-april-is-earthquake-preparedness-month-time-to-protect-our-water-supply
(The ultimate in So Cal propaganda.)

California Water News
Aquafornia.com
Recorderonline.com: Corps to Allow More Water in Success Lake
http://www.recorderonline.com/news/acre-52271-corps-success.html

Aquafornia.com
Contra Costa Times: East Bay MUD's $32 Million Upgrade Diverts Waste
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_20318423/east-bay-muds-32-million-upgrade-diverts-waste

Aquafornia.com
North County Times: Water Authority Studies Building Its Own Pipeline to Imperial Valley
http://www.nctimes.com/business/region-water-authority-studies-building-its-own-pipeline-to-imperial/article_e580178a-af83-5472-866e-0b3f501e9a0f.html

ACWA.com
e-Newsletter Round-Up of Last Week's News
http://www.acwa.com/newsletter/acwa-enews/acwa-e-news-april-4-2012

ACWA.com
Region 3 Members Sit Down with ACWA Leadership
http://www.acwa.com/blog/region-3-members-sit-down-acwa-leadership

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/04/news-articles-and-links-from-april-4.html

Water News

Agriculture News
Aquafornia.com
Appeal-Democrat: Flood Plan Worries Yuba-Sutter Farmers
http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/plan-115106-flood-sutter.html 

Levee News
ACWA.com
Bipartisan Letter Urges Corps to Reconsider Policy on Levees, Vegetation
http://www.acwa.com/news/federal-relations/bipartisan-letter-urges-corps-reconsider-policy-levees-vegetation

Tourism News

Fisheries News

Environmental News
ACWA.com
State Asks Energy Companies to Report of Fracking Operations
http://www.acwa.com/news/groundwater/state-asks-energy-companies-report-fracking-sites

Political News
Fox and Hounds
Dianne Feinstein's Common Sense on Lawsuit Abuse
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2012/04/dianne-feinsteins-common-sense-on-lawsuit-abuse/
(This is Round 2 in an election year!)

Aquafornia.com
Sacbee.com
Enough With the End-Runs On Key Water Issues
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/04/04/4389211/enough-with-the-end-runs-on-key.html#disqus_thread
(Yep...must keep eyes on Feinstein at all times...)

Science News

High Speed Rail News
California Watch
Kings County Vents Frustrations to Leaders of HSR Agency
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/kings-county-vents-frustrations-leaders-high-speed-rail-agency-15632

Fox and Hounds
High Speed Rail Won't Be Built With Carbon Credits
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2012/04/high-speed-rail-wont-be-built-with-carbon-credits/

Claycord.com
Senator DeSaulnier Seeks Comprehensive Statewide Passenger Rail Plan
http://claycord.com/2012/04/03/senator-desaulnier-seeks-comprehensive-statewide-passenger-rail-plan/#comments
(Oh Good grief...!)

Economic Policy Journal
Free Market Railroad
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2012/04/free-market-railroad.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+economicpolicyjournal%2FYZSb+%28EconomicPolicyJournal.com%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
(Isn't this how it's supposed to be??)

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
Across the Fence
Congressman Nunes: Job Killers Loose in National Parks
http://nunes.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=288905
(These restrictions come from Land or Travel Management Plans, tied back to Agenda 21.)

ImpeachObama.com
California Dreamin' Jerry Brown Style
http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/california-dreamin-jerry-brown-style/

Sacramento Business Journal
Sacramento Approves Moving Ahead with Development Work On Arena
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2012/04/04/sacramento-council-arena-predevelopment.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_sacramento+%28Sacramento+Business+Journal%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

CalWatchDog.com
Katy Grimes: Sacramento Stimulus Arena
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/04/04/sacramento-stimulus-arena/

The Humble Libertarian
Telegraph: Surgery Bans Elderly Patient Over Her Carbon Footprint
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/9184693/Surgery-bans-elderly-patient-over-her-carbon-footprint.html
(You can't make this stuff up.)

Public Comment Opportunities
Delta Conservancy
Strategic Plan Public Work Sessions
http://www.deltaconservancy.ca.gov/docs/meeting_materials/march_2012/DC_StratPlan_Public_Work%20Sessions_Agenda_032912.pdf

Link for Strategic Plan
http://www.deltaconservancy.ca.gov/docs/DC_StratPlan_Draft_Version_Public_Comment_032712.pdf

Litigation News

Events

Just For Fun
Aquafornia.com
San Leandro Patch: Anthony Chabot, the Water King
http://sanleandro.patch.com/articles/anthony-chabot-the-water-king#photo-9450392

Part 2: The Water King Dams San Leandro Creek
http://sanleandro.patch.com/articles/the-water-king-dams-san-leandro-creek#photo-9480033

Learn Liberty
Trail of Tears, They Knew it Was Wrong
http://www.learnliberty.org/videos/trail-tears-they-knew-it-was-wrong?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Twitter%20Update&utm_content=The%20Trail%20of%20Tears%20is%20a%20story%20of%20how%20a%20powerful%20group%20gained%20at%20the%20expense%20of%20a%20defenseless%20minority%3A
(A lesson from the past that could well play out again in the Delta future...)

Aquadoc.com
Water Wired: What Do We Talk About Most? Word Count Analysis: AWRAs GOS Conference Papers
http://aquadoc.typepad.com/waterwired/2012/04/what-do-we-talk-about-most-.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fwaterwired+%28WaterWired%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

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