Tuesday, May 1, 2012

May 1, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
ACWA.com
Region 4 Kicks Off New Term with Delta Levee Tour
http://www.acwa.com/blog/region-4-kicks-new-term-delta-levee-tour
(Nice...very nice!)

Aquafornia.com
Fresno Bee Editorial: Good to See Move Toward Common Ground on Water
http://www.fresnobee.com/2012/04/30/2819253/editorial-good-to-see-move-toward.html

California Water News
Aquafornia.com
Comstock's: Running the Aquatic Gauntlet of California's Water Politics
http://www.comstocksmag.com/Articles/0512_F_Current-Affairs.aspx

Aquafornia.com
Modesto Bee
Mesinger: Why We Share the River with San Francisco
http://www.modbee.com/2012/04/30/2180666/mensinger-why-we-share-the-river.html

Aquafornia.com
Appeal-Democrat: Valley Flood Plan Moving to New Stage of Discussions
http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/plan-115817-board-adoption.html

Aquafornia.com
Redding Record Online: Mike Connor Examine the Costs of Leaving Klamath's Dams
http://www.redding.com/news/2012/apr/28/mike-connor-examine-the-costs-of-leaving-dams/?partner=RSS

Aquafornia.com
Fresno Bee: McEwen: Author Thirsts for Wiser Water Use
http://www.fresnobee.com/2012/04/30/2819991/mcewen-author-thirsts-for-wiser.html

(h/t) Nature Watch
UTSanDiego.com
Water Pipeline Dreams Revived in the Desert
http://blogs.alternet.org/danbacher/2012/04/30/scientific-report-shows-hr-1837-is-big-threat-to-central-valley-salmon/
(Good point...nowhere in this article is the source of the water mentioned...the Colorado.)

Aguanomics.com
Listen to My Land Grabs Talk in DC
http://www.aguanomics.com/2012/05/listen-to-my-land-grabs-talk-in-dc.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+aguanomics+%28Aguanomics%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Aguanomics.com
Trouble with Engineers
http://www.aguanomics.com/2012/05/trouble-with-engineers.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+aguanomics+%28Aguanomics%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Aquafornia.com
Professor Steve Erie: IID Transfer, Not MWD Drives Rates in San Diego
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/66130

Aquafornia.com
Inyo Register: DWP Making Local Leadership Transition
http://www.inyoregister.com/node/2662

Aquafornia.com
Modesto Bee: MID Releases Draft Contract for Sale of Water to SF
http://www.modbee.com/2012/04/30/2180755/mid-releases-draft-contract-for.html

Aquafornia.com
Napa City Update: Official Explains City's Position on Napa Pipe
http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/city-update/napa-city-update-official-explains-city-s-position-on-napa/article_2af85a3c-9343-11e1-8835-001a4bcf887a.html

Water News
Aquafornia.com
USGS: Release From Decade to Decade What's the Status of Our Groundwater?
http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3189#.T6BVrJjzu8B

Agriculture News
CapitalPress.com
Early California Cherries Light; Pears Look Light, Late
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/djw-Calif--Cherries-050412
Jim Culbertson, a Sacramento pear grower and former executive manager of the Cherry Advisory Board, said he probably lost his entire 55-acre pear crop to hail April 12. Other pear orchards in the area also suffered damage, he said.
ACWA.com
USGS, EPA Launch New Water Quality Portal
http://www.acwa.com/news/water-quality/usgs-epa-launch-new-water-quality-portal

Levee News

Tourism News

Fisheries News
Dan Bacher
Alternet.org
Scientific Report Shows HR 1837 is Big Threat to Central Valley Salmom
http://blogs.alternet.org/danbacher/2012/04/30/scientific-report-shows-hr-1837-is-big-threat-to-central-valley-salmon/

Environmental News

Political News
National Center for Policy Analysis
Growing Gap in favorable Views of Federal, State Governments
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=21874&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ncpadpd+%28Daily+Policy+Digest%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

California Political News
Hydroworld.com
New Bill Could Expand California's Definition of Renewable Energy
http://www.hydroworld.com/index/display/article-display/5960758028/articles/hrhrw/regulationandpolicy/general/2012/04/new-bill_could_expand.html?cmpid=EnlHydroMay22012
(Makes sense to me.)

Science News
CalWatchDog.com
High-Speed Rail Officials Arrogant and Dismissive
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/05/01/high-speed-rail-officials-arrogant-and-dismissive/
 
Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
GovtSlaves.info
South Carolina Prepares for UN Takeover
http://govtslaves.info/south-carolina-prepares-for-united-nations-takeover/

A couple of reference links on Wildlands Project:

Property Rights Research Organization
The Wildlands Project and UN Convention on Biodiversity...
http://www.propertyrightsresearch.org/articles2/wildlands_project_and_un_convent.htm

The Wildlands Project home page
http://www.wildlandsprojectrevealed.org/

Economic Policy Journal
Robert Wenzel: Advance of One World Government and a North American Union
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2012/05/advance-of-one-world-government-and.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+economicpolicyjournal%2FYZSb+%28EconomicPolicyJournal.com%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

California Progress Report
Growing Smarter the De Rigueur Accommodate Steadily Growing Population
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/growing-smarter-de-rigueur-accommodate-steadily-growing-population
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/growing-smarter-de-rigueur-accommodate-steadily-growing-population
(ugh...)

Earthzine.com
New Science: Waterway Robbery Opinion
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21428623.200-waterway-robbery.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=environment

Patriot Post
Collusion: Obama & the U.N.
http://patriotpost.us/commentary/2012/05/01/collusion-obama-the-un/

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News
Aquafornia.com
Liberty Blog: Feds and NRDC File Responsive Briefs in 9th Circuit Delta Smelt Litigation
http://blog.pacificlegal.org/2012/feds-and-nrdc-file-responsive-briefs-in-9th-circuit-delta-smelt-litigation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feds-and-nrdc-file-responsive-briefs-in-9th-circuit-delta-smelt-litigation

CapitalPress.com
Judge Grants Week's Delay in Siskiyou Water Lawsuit
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/TH-water-lawsuit-delayed-050112

Events
Delta Stewardship Council
Brown Bag: Water Regulation and Governance: Collaboration, Compliance and Enforcement
May 9, 2012
http://deltacouncil.ca.gov/science-event-detail/6333

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