July 24, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
California Water Impact Network
Report: Why We Cannot Afford the Peripheral Canal/Tunnel: The Santa Barbara County Experience
http://www.c-win.org/content/c-win-report-why-we-cannot-afford-peripheral-canaltunnel-santa-barbara-county-experience.htm

Delta National park
Little-Known Facts and Worse
http://www.deltanationalpark.org/blog/view/wow_chinese_laborers_built_30-foot_high_levees_in_1862/
(I agree with this post!)

Sacramento Business Journal
Grassroots Delta Group Opposes Canal Plan, Plans Rally
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2012/07/24/restore-the-delta-rally-documentary.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_sacramento+%28Sacramento+Business+Journal%29

Aquafornia.com
NGO's Media Statement: Key Points on the Pending Announcement of a New Delta Proposal
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/70390/

Aquafornia.com
Oakland Tribune
California's Next North vs. South Battle Over Water Begins
http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_21141334/californias-next-north-vs-south-battle-over-water

Independent Voter Network
Gov. Brown to Announce Contentious Plan for Sacramento Delta
http://ivn.us/2012/07/23/gov-brown-to-announce-contentious-plan-for-sacramento-delta/#.UA2BzaDhdVg

Alex Breitler's Blog
Defending BDCP
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2012/07/23/defending-bdcp/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+san-joaquin-river-delta+%28Alex+Breitler%27s+San+Joaquin+Delta%2C+Delta+College+Blog%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Dan Bacher
Alternet.org

Brown, Salazar to Announce Delta Plan Wednesday
http://blogs.alternet.org/danbacher/2012/07/23/caleen-sisk-make-your-voices-heard-against-the-tunnels/

Alex Breitler's Blog
Delta Sound Bites
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2012/07/24/delta-sound-bites/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+san-joaquin-river-delta+%28Alex+Breitler%27s+San+Joaquin+Delta%2C+Delta+College+Blog%29


California Water News
Inkstain Blog
The Delta as Wicked Problem
http://www.inkstain.net/fleck/2012/07/6931/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JfleckAtInkstain+%28jfleck+at+inkstain%29

Aquafornia.com
Modesto Bee
Watered Down: MID Irrigating Less, But the Debate Continues
http://www.modbee.com/2012/07/21/2291365/watered-downmid-irrigating-less.html

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/07/news-articles-and-links-from-july-24.html

Water News

Agriculture News
Aquafornia.com
FIS First Open water Shellfish Farm to be Built Off Southern California
http://www.fis.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?l=e&country=0&special=&monthyear=&day=&id=54014&ndb=1&df=0

Levee News
Aquafornia.com
Appeal Democrat
Sutter County Levee Upgrade Could Lower Flood Insurance
http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/flood-118092-sutter-county.html

Fisheries News

Environmental News
Aquafornia.com
The Blog of David Guy
Pacific Flyway and North America Showing Positive Trends for Ducks
http://www.waterfoodandtheenvironment.com/2012/07/23/pacific-flyway-and-north-america-showing-positive-trends-for-ducks/

Aquafornia.com
San Jose Mercury News
Brown Pelicans Becoming More Prolific in Delta, Inland Areas
http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_21138504/brown-pelicans-becoming-more-prolific-delta-inland-areas?source=rss

Tribal News
Dan Bacher
Alternet.org
Tribal Chief Slams Brown's Plan to Destroy the Delta
http://blogs.alternet.org/danbacher/2012/07/23/caleen-sisk-make-your-voices-heard-against-the-tunnels/
Brown, Salazar to Announce Delta Plan Wednesday
http://blogs.alternet.org/danbacher/2012/07/23/caleen-sisk-make-your-voices-heard-against-the-tunnels/

Infrastructure News

Economic News

Tourism News

California Political News

Political News
Breitbart News
Feinstein: National Security Leaks Coming from White House Ranks
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/07/24/Feinstein-National-Security-Leaks-Coming-From-White-House-Ranks?utm_source=e_breitbart_com&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Breitbart+News+Roundup%2C+July+24%2C+2012&utm_campaign=Breitbart+News+Roundup%2C+July+24%2C+2012&utm_term=More

FOXNews.com
Senate Intelligence Committee Head Regrets Speculating About Leaks
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/07/24/senate-intelligence-committee-head-regrets-speculating-about-leaks/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29
(Has somebody possibly been intimidated...it does happen, you know.  Intimidation.)

Science News
Hydraulically Inclined
One-Dimensional Versus two-Dimensional Modeling
http://ayresriverblog.com/2012/07/24/one-dimensional-versus-two-dimensional-modeling/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HydraulicallyInclined+%28Hydraulically+Inclined%29

High Speed Rail News
California Progress Report
High Speed Rail and Global Warming's Terrifying New Math
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/high-speed-rail-and-global-warming%E2%80%99s-terrifying-new-math
(I love how liberal/progressive sites use such scare tactics; if it isn't a 'crisis', it's 'terrifying' or 'catastrophic'.  Geez.)

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
Fox and Hounds
Sustainability Ideology Invented a Stagnant California Dream
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/07/24/Feinstein-National-Security-Leaks-Coming-From-White-House-Ranks?utm_source=e_breitbart_com&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Breitbart+News+Roundup%2C+July+24%2C+2012&utm_campaign=Breitbart+News+Roundup%2C+July+24%2C+2012&utm_term=More

Canada Free Press
UN Arms Trade Treaty Negotiations Coming Down to the Wire
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/48306#When:00:16:08Z

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News

Events Calendar
Restore the Delta
Rally Tomorrow!
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Restore the Delta
Important Update
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