Delta Water and News Links, February 17, 2012

Delta News
Aquafornia.com
Congressman Garamendi, Issues Statement on Water Bill
http://garamendi.house.gov/2012/02/garamendi-issues-statement-on-water-bill.shtml

Aquafornia.com
SacBee.com
Viewpoints: $11M Water bond Should Be Repealed Adam Scow and Barbara Barrigan-Parilla
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/02/17/4270498/11-billion-water-bond-should-be.html#disqus_thread
(Comments are interesting and disturbing)

CalWatchDog.com
Wayne Lusvardi, Farmers Want Out of Delta Bills
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/02/16/farmers-want-out-of-delta-bills/
(Kudos to Restore the Delta, you made direct reference in this article!!  I'd like to hear other comments regarding the content of this article!)

Aquafornia.com
Websites of Senators Feinstein and Boxer
Letter to Natural Resources Committee, Nunes Revised Bill
http://aquafornia.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DF-BB_Ltr_to_House_Natural_Resources_Committee_-Rivised_Nunes_Bill_021512.pdf

Aquafornia.com
Congressman Denham, Streamlining Regulations to Bring a Reliable Water Supply to the Valley
http://denham.house.gov/press-release/congressman-denham-streamlining-regulations-bring-reliable-water-supply-valley-and

Aquafornia.com
California Water Impact Network
Dan Bacher, Nunes Bill Will Remove Delta Protections Passes Committee

http://www.c-win.org/content/dan-bacher-nunes-bill-remove-delta-protections-passes-committee.html

InkstainBlog.com
John Fleck, What's Devin Nunes Up To?
http://www.inkstain.net/fleck/2012/02/whats-devin-nunes-up-to/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JfleckAtInkstain+%28jfleck+at+inkstain%29

Aquafornia.com
Doc Hastings, Chairman House Committee on Natural Resources
Announcement of Bill to Stop Man-Made Drought in California

http://naturalresources.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=280935

Aquafornia.com
Central Valley Business Times
House Committee Sends Bill to House Floor
http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=20436

Aquafornia.com
Central Valley Business Times
Carolyn Lockheed, Central Valley Rep's Bill Will Upend Water Rights
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/02/16/MNM81N8JQQ.DTL&type=science

Aquafornia.com
YouTube.com H.R. 1837 Mark Up Committee Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LItYyooo9Q&feature=youtube_gdata
YouTube.com H.R. 1837 Mark Up Committee Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LItYyooo9Q&feature=youtube_gdata

Aquafornia.com
Devin Nunes Press Release
http://nunes.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=280926

h/t Bill Wells
Sacramento Delta Solutions
Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=gne8rzdab&v=001XqiOmN3J1DDKM6SRKyDZydBC9zxSHgO1o2XvoNd3anaRgWQAWqBo70Lr68m-zBEDrkC0gf8dSVBy41SK7Pl_a28Yz9BIusAFqTXQDTe9-liw-IIArZS8uQ%3D%3D

Delta National Park
John Bass, The Water Hyacinth Authority Exchange
http://www.deltanationalpark.org/blog/view/the_water_hyacinth_exchange_authority/

But to the rest of the world, Nunes is a terrible joke, at least from the point of view of people looking to find reasonable win-win solutions to (Delta) problems.

(Well, one quote of Mr. Bass' I can agree with!)

Water News
Aquafornia.com
NYTimes.com
Editorial, Hetch Hetchy's Past and Future
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/17/opinion/hetch-hetchys-past-and-future.html?_r=2

Aquafornia.com
Imperial Valley Press
Elizabeth Varin, Parties in QSA Case Questioning Bias of Appellate Judge
http://www.ivpressonline.com/news/ivp-parties-in-qsa-case-questioning-bias-of-appellate-judge-20120217,0,1059552.story

Aquafornia.com
Surf City Voice
Mark Gutglueck, Opposition to Santa Margarita Water District's Plan to Suck Desert Water Grows
http://www.surfcityvoice.org/2012/02/opposition-to-santa-margarita-water-districts-plan-to-suck-desert-water-grows-from-the-desert-to-the-sea/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SurfCityVoice+%28Surf+City+Voice%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Aquafornia.com
Courthouse.com
Matt Reynolds, L.A. Blasts State in Owens Lake Water War
http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/02/17/43986.htm

Aguanomics.com
David Zeitland, Values and Markets
http://www.aguanomics.com/2012/02/values-and-markets.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+aguanomics+%28Aguanomics%29

OCRegister.com
Chris Boucley, Home Builders Sue Water Districts over Copper Pipe Leaks
http://www.ocregister.com/news/water-340682-leaks-copper.html

Aquafornia.com
Waterworld.com
Robert J Sprouls, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin: How Water Rates Are Set
http://www.waterworld.com/index/display/news_display/1606081911.html

California Farm Water Coalition
Farm Water News, Mike Wade
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/02/news-articles-and-links-from-feb-17.html

Aquafornia.com
Yubanet.com
NRDC Capturing Rainwater From Our Rooftops
http://yubanet.com/enviro/Capturing-Rainwater-from-Rooftops-Report.php#.Tz7s04fCnjt

Aquafornia.com
Herald and News
Joel Aschebrenner At Issue:  Undam the River, Or Not?
http://www.heraldandnews.com/news/article_0cd0813e-5869-11e1-bea2-0019bb2963f4.html

Aquafornia.com
Herald and News
Happy Camp, CA Dam Removal Worries Those on Flood Plain
http://www.heraldandnews.com/news/article_890fc2fa-593b-11e1-9220-0019bb2963f4.html

Aquafornia.com
Santa Cruz Sentinel Muddying the Waters, Competing Desal Measures Further Cloud Debate
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/opinion/ci_19985441

Aquafornia.com
MercedSunStar.com
Yesenia Amaro UC Merced's Next Generation Water Fountains Help In Elimination of Waste
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2012/02/17/2234265/uc-merceds-next-generation-water.html

Aquafornia.com
Ridgecrestca.com
John Ciani, Daily Independent, Water District Responds to County Letter
http://www.ridgecrestca.com/news/x1528909159/Water-district-responds-to-county-letter

Agriculture News
Agriculture.com
Stubborn US Farmers?
http://www.agriculture.com/markets/newswire?page=story&id=3184739
(I believe weather has more to do with this than farmers being stubborn.  But if the boot fits....!)

Sacramento Business Journal
Melanie Turner: Wine Exports Set Record
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2012/02/17/wine-exports-set-record.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_sacramento+%28Sacramento+Business+Journal%29

Political News
California Institute For Federal Policy Research
http://www.calinst.org/bul2/b1905.shtml
(Several committee hearings that directly affect the Delta listed here)

UnfilteredNews.com
TenthAmendmentCenter Blog
Michael Boldin NDAA Nullification Passes Virginia House 96-4
http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2012/02/ndaa-nullification-passes-virginia-house-96-4/
(So it CAN happen!)

Aquafornia.com
SanLuisObispo.com
David Sneed, Blakeslee Pushes 3 Bills to Reform Water Quality Rules
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/02/15/1950430/blakeslee-pushes-3-bills-to-reform.html

CalWatchDog.com
Katy Grimes Assemblyman Defends Maxine Waters
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/02/17/assemblyman-defends-maxine-waters/

Environmental News
Aquafornia.com
TahoeDailyTribune.com
California Trout Pushes for 'Wild and Scenic" Designation on Upper Truckee River
http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/article/20120216/NEWS/120219919/1056&parentprofile=1056

Aquafornia.com
UTSanDiego.com
Mike Lee, Plan for Sea Level Rise in San Diego Bay
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/feb/17/tp-plan-for-sea-level-rise-in-san-diego-bay/

CalWatchDog.com
Wayne Lusvardi, Santa Barbara Oil Leases Reopened?

http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/02/17/dormant-santa-barbara-oil-leases-reopened/

Science News

Aquarfornia.com
FresnoBee.com, Fresno Native Making Sierra Climate Waves
http://fresnobeehive.com/news/2012/02/fresno_native_making_sierra_cl.html#comments
(Excellent rebuttal from John Christy in the comments)


Aquafornia.com
Bay Citizen, John Upton, An Upside to China's Air Pollution: More Snowfall in the Sierras
http://aquafornia.com/archives/62104
(This is the link http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/calwater/ referenced at the end of the article...I did not know this existed!)

Litigation News
Aquafornia.com
Pacific Legal Foundation
Continuing the Fight for Recreational Fishing
http://blog.pacificlegal.org/2012/continuing-the-fight-for-recreational-fishing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=continuing-the-fight-for-recreational-fishing

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development News

Events

Just For Fun
G. Edward Griffin
Unfiltered New
TheCHive.com Italian Ibex Climb Dam in Italy
http://thechive.com/2010/09/22/look-closer-4-photos/
(Guess they didn't read the No Trespassing sign!)

Delta Water and News Links, February 16, 2012

Delta News
H.R. 1837 Reactions
Aquafornia.com
Visaliatimesdelta.com Paul C. Barton: Nunes Bill Aims to Restore Central Valley Water Supplies
http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/article/20120216/NEWS01/202160306/Paul-C-Barton-Nunes-bill-aims-restore-Central-Valley-water-supplies?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Frontpage

Aquafornia.com
Congressman McNerney Calls New Water Legislation "unconsciable"
http://aquafornia.com/archives/62009

Alternet.org
Dan Bacher:  Rep. McNerney Delta Advocates Denounce Nunes Bill As Water Grab
http://blogs.alternet.org/danbacher/2012/02/15/rep-mcnerney-delta-advocates-denounce-nunes-bill-as-water-grab/

Aquafornia.com
SFGate.com
San Francisco Chronicle Editorial: California Republicans' Brazen Water Grab
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/02/15/EDTP1N811L.DTL

OnThePublicRecord.org
Plumbing is Not Destiny
http://onthepublicrecord.org/2012/02/16/plumbing-is-not-destiny/

Aquafornia.com
Natural Resources Committee Democrats Analysis of HR 1837 Headwaters Report
http://democrats.naturalresources.house.gov/content/files/2012-02-16_RPT_HeadwatersReport.pdf
http://aquafornia.com/archives/62021
(The top link doesn't respond well, I've included the original as back up)

Aquafornia.com
SFGate.com Open Forum John Laird:  Bay Delta Conservation Plan is Best Option
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/02/15/EDTP1N81IT.DTL

Aquafornia.com
Congressman Cardoza Press Release: Cardoza Announces $233,000 for Orestimba Creek Project
http://cardoza.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=87&itemid=828

Water News
Inkstain.com
John Fleck:  "Our San Franciscan Water the Cleanest Water in the World
http://www.inkstain.net/fleck/2012/02/our-san-franciscan-water-the-cleanest-water-in-the-whole-world/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JfleckAtInkstain+%28jfleck+at+inkstain%29

SFGate.com
City Brights Peter Gleick: "And during the Wet Years They Lost All Memory of the Dry Years
http://blog.sfgate.com/gleick/2010/07/11/and-during-the-wet-years-they-lost-all-memory-of-the-dry-years/

Aquafornia.com
National Geographic News Watch
Jennifer Pitt, Environmental Defense Fund: New Voices Seeking Input, More Transparency in Management of Colorado River
http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/02/15/colorado-river-management/

Aguanomics.com
David Zeitland:  Elasticity in Action
http://www.aguanomics.com/2012/02/elasticity-in-action.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+aguanomics+%28Aguanomics%29

California Farm Water Coalition
Farm Water News Mike Wade
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/02/news-articles-and-links-from-feb-15.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/02/news-articles-and-links-from-feb-16.html

Agriculture News
Press Release
Congressman Garamendi Introduces Flood Insurance for Farmers
http://garamendi.house.gov/2012/02/congressman-john-garamendi-introduces-flood-insurance-for-farmers-act.shtml

Political News
Canada Free Press
Jim Lakely:  Heartland Institute Responds to Stolen and Fake Documents
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/44656#When:20:22:18Z
(Not sure if I included a link to this, but here is the rebuttal-ish)

Environmental News
Aquafornia.com
Sierrawave.com Bennett Kessler:  Dust Dangers Owens Valley Stage 2 Health Advisory
http://www.sierrawave.net/10176/dust-dangers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sierrawave+%28Sierra+Wave%3A+Eastern+Sierra+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Aquafornia.com
NY Times Greed Blogs Joanna M. Foster: Tracking How the World Guzzles Water
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/15/tracking-how-the-world-guzzles-water/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Aquafornia.com
Indybay.org Drakes Bay Oyster Company Found Violating Harbor Seal Protection Regulations Since 2008
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/02/15/18707406.php

Aquafornia.com
National Parks Service: Point Reyes National Seashore - DBOC Special Use Permit EIR-DEIS
http://www.nps.gov/pore/parkmgmt/planning_dboc_sup_deis.htm

Science News
LiveScience.com
Charles Q. Choi:  Ancient Yellowstone Eruptions Not from Super-volcano, Study Says
http://www.livescience.com/18497-ancient-yellowstone-eruptions-supervolcano.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Earthzine+%28Earthzine%29

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development News
Canada Free Press
Dr. Ileana Johnson Paugh:  Welcome to Sustainable City
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/44664#When:11:27:52Z

Aquafornia.com
Bureau of Reclamation News
BoR and Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area Celebrate Opening of Yuma Siphon Irrigation Project Historical Exhibits
http://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/newsrelease/detail.cfm?RecordID=39212

Events News
ACWA.com
Lisa Lein-Mager:  Steinberg to Keynote ACWA Legislative Symposium
http://www.acwa.com/news/state-legislation/steinberg-keynote-acwa-legislative-symposium

Litigation News
Aquafornia.com
TheNavajoPost.com
Jared King: Navajo President Applauds Water Rights Legislation
http://thenavajopost.com/2012/02/15/navajo-president-applauds-water-rights-legislation/

Just For Fun!
Wired Science
Wired.com Eagle Cam Returns: New chicks Coming Soon
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/02/eagle-cam-returns/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wiredscience+%28Blog+-+Wired+Science%29

Delta Water and News Links, February 15, 2012

Delta News
Alex Breitler Blog
$200,000 for Delta Lobbying
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2012/02/14/delta-lobbying/?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
(Right on!!)

Aquafornia.com
Alex Breitler Blog: Offspring of Calaveras River Salmon May Be Left High and Dry
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20120213%2FA_NEWS%2F202130319%2F-1%2Frss14&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RecordEnvironmentHeadlines+%28Environment+Headlines%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Aquafornia.com
River News Herald Galen Kusic: Meral Discusses BDCP to Delta Protection Commission
http://www.pe.com/local-news/breaking-news-headlines/20120214-region-environmental-groups-join-santa-ana-sucker-lawsuit.ece

Aquafornia.com
Independent Voter Network Bob Morris: Californians Unaware that Water Comes from Sacramento Delta
http://ivn.us/news/2012/02/14/californians-unaware-that-water-comes-from-sacramento-delta/

Aquafornia.com
California Progress Report
Kristen Lynch, Pacific Region Director, Food and Water Watch:  Repeal the $11.14 Billion Water Bond
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/repeal-1114-billion-water-bond

Switchboard at NRDC
Barry Nelson:  The Path to Success in the Bay-Delta
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/bnelson/the_path_to_success_in_the_bay.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+switchboard_bnelson+%28Switchboard%3A+Barry+Nelson%27s+Blog%29
(This would be all well and fine, but for the next series of links)

Aquafornia.com
Central Valley Business Times
Remake of Central Valley Water Rights Moves to Vote
http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=20421

Aquafornia.com
House Committee on Natural Resources
Committee to Acton Plan to End California's Man-Made Drought and Restore Water Supplies and Jobs
http://naturalresources.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=280435

The Actual Legislation
Section by Section of the Sacramento San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act
http://nunes.house.gov/UploadedFiles/Section-by-Section_of_the_Sacramento-San_Joaquin_Valley_Water_Reliability_Act.pdf

Press Release from Congressman Nunes
http://nunes.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=280347

Aquafornia.com
KQED Climate Watch
Molly Samuel: Take Me to the River (Without Leaving My Desk)
http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2012/02/14/take-me-to-the-river-without-leaving-my-desk/

The Bay Daily
The Illusion of Wetland "Restoration"
http://cbf.typepad.com/bay_daily/2012/02/wetlands-were-once-seen-as-wastelands-swampy-mosquito-ridden-barriers-to-economic-development-good-only-for-draining-and.html
(This article references Chesapeake Bay, and as BDCP has made references to Chesapeake Bay and Everglades 'restoration successes', this is kinda critical to consider don't you think?)

Water News
Aquafornia.com
Costa Mesa Consolidated Water District: Promotes Commitment to Local Water Supply Reliability
http://www.mesawater.org/pressreleases/pr_020612.php

Aquafornia.com
Appeal-Democrat Ben van de Meer: Federal Budget Includes Funding for Ring Levee Work
http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/levee-113784-federal-ring.html

Aquafornia.com
Bureau of Reclamation: Releases Final EIR Docs on Stanislaus Afterbay Dam Removal
http://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/newsrelease/detail.cfm?RecordID=39204

Aquafornia.com
KERO Bakersfield: Asbestos Found in Second Water Pumping Plant
http://www.turnto23.com/news/30447308/detail.html

Aquafornia.com
Sacramento Bee Dan Morain:  Will San Francisco Vote to Drain Hetch Hetchy?
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/02/15/4264423/will-san-francisco-vote-to-drain.html

Aquafornia.com
The Potrero View Lori Higa: City Searches for Next Drop of Water
http://www.potreroview.net/news10715.html

Aquafornia.com
Contra Costa Times Tom Barnidge: When It Rains It Pours and You Pay
http://www.contracostatimes.com/environment/ci_19945318

Aquafornia.com
Western Water: Are We Keeping Up With Water Infrastructure Needs?
http://aquafornia.com/archives/61740

Aquafornia.com
Press Enterprise Janet Zimmerman: Diamond Valley Lake Development Guidelines Ok'd
http://www.pe.com/local-news/breaking-news-headlines/20120214-region-diamond-valley-lake-development-guidelines-okd.ece

Aquafornia.com
International Desalinization and Water Reuse Quarterly
MF/RO Plant May Be Santa Clarita Salt Solution
http://www.desalination.biz/news/news_story.asp?id=6354&channel=0&title=MF%2FRO+plant+may+be+Santa+Clarita+salt+solution

Aquafornia.com
Lower Owens River Project Draft Rec Use Plan Now Available
http://aquafornia.com/archives/61926

Aquafornia.com
SierraWave.net
Bennett Kessler:  LADWP to File Second Suit Against Mammoth Community Water District
http://www.sierrawave.net/10152/mammoth-community-water-district/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sierrawave+%28Sierra+Wave%3A+Eastern+Sierra+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
(Classic bully in action here)

Aquafornia.com
FresnoBee.com Mark Grossi: TCP in Valley Drinking Water Story Just Gets Scarier
http://fresnobeehive.com/news/2012/02/tcp_in_valley_drinking_water_s.html

Aguanomics.com
David Zeitland:  Academic Failure to Serve Public Good
http://www.aguanomics.com/2012/02/academic-failure-to-serve-public-good.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+aguanomics+%28Aguanomics%29

Aguanomics.com
David Zeitland:  Speed Blogging
http://www.aguanomics.com/2012/02/speed-blogging_14.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+aguanomics+%28Aguanomics%29

Switchboard by NRDC
Noah Garrison:  They're Giving Away Free Water; Capturing Rain From Our Rooftops
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/ngarrison/theyre_giving_away_free_water.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

California Farm Water Coalition
Farm Water News/Mike Wade
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/02/news-articles-and-links-from-feb-14.html
(No matter how many times, how many different ways and over again, when one distills the problems in the Delta to root causes, inevitably and with consistency, the root cause of ecology problems in the Delta can be pinpointed to over-draft or exports of fresh water.  Every. Single. Time.  Striped Bass and Salmon co-existed quite well together and still do, when the water flows are correct within the historical pre- and early export numbers.  I'm not against export of Delta water to the South of Delta interests; I want exports to be within the framework and legal context of original contracts, etc.  Respect those original contractual terms and we would more likely 'naturally' solve a huge bunch of the BS that's currently being thrown at us. Of course, that's not the game being perpetuated against the people of California...)

 ACWA
Tim Quinn: Educating Public on Connection Between Reliable Water, Economy an Important Task
http://www.acwa.com/blog/educating-public-need-water-infrastructure-important-job-today
(Look at the partners in this new coalition...can we say AstroTurf??)

ACWA
Sarah Langford:  ACWA Seeks RFQs for Solar Energy Services
http://www.acwa.com/news/energy/acwa-seeks-rfqs-solar-energy-services

ACWA
Sarah Langford:  Water Bond, Pension Reform Groundwater Topics of ACWA's Legislative Symposium
http://www.acwa.com/news/state-legislation/water-bond-pension-reform-groundwater-topics-acwa%E2%80%99s-legislative-symposium-mar

Agriculture News
CapitalPress.com
Tim Hearden:  Timber Industry Puts Focus on Education
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/TH-logging-education-w-photos-021712
(Sounds like one of the more 'funner' field trips to be a chaperone on!)

High Speed Rail
California Watch.com
Michael Cabanatuan, SF Chronicle: CalTrain Plan Would Fast-Track Electric Rail
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/caltrain-plan-would-fast-track-electric-rail-14876
(CalTrain ROCKS and this one aspect of HSR actually makes sense.  CalTrain runs scheduled 'Baby Bullets' from San Jose to San Francisco, what better set of tracks to electrify?  If bond money is going to be spent on transportation, this project makes sense.)

California Watch.com
Tim Sheehan Fresno Bee:  New Rail Leaders Hope to 'Make Things Right' in Central Valley
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/new-rail-leaders-hope-make-things-right-central-valley-14883

Environmental News
Aquafornia.com
Redding.com Editorial: It Took Shouting , but Trinity River Planners Listened
http://www.redding.com/news/2012/feb/14/editorial-it-took-shouting-but-trinity-river/?partner=RSS

Aquafornia.com
SFGate.com Peter Fimrite:  Study: Sierra Snowfall Consistent Over 130 Years
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/02/14/BA8N1N7HNQ.DTL

Aquafornia.com
Los Angeles News The Informer
Dennis Romero:  Global Warming in CA? Not According to Snow Pack Records Analyzed by Controversial Professor John Christy
http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/02/california_snowpack_drought_global_warming_water.php

Aquafornia.com
KCET.org Ed Fuentes: Innovative Wetlands Park Opens in South LA
http://www.sierrawave.net/10152/mammoth-community-water-district/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sierrawave+%28Sierra+Wave%3A+Eastern+Sierra+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Via Aguanomics.com
Design Observer:  The Very Hungry City: The California State Water Project...
http://places.designobserver.com/feature/the-very-hungry-city/32058/
(A re-post here from January 23, 2012)

California Progress Report
Kevin Hall, Central Valley Air Quality Coalition: Reps Must Lead Way on Clean Energy
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/california%E2%80%99s-representatives-must-lead-way-clean-energy

National Center for Policy Analysis
Kathleen Harnett White:  EPA's Approaching Regulatory Avalanche
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=21596&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ncpadpd+%28Daily+Policy+Digest%29

National Academies Press
Exploring the Antarctic Environment: Science to Guide Research Directions
http://notes.nap.edu/2012/02/14/exploring-the-antarctic-environment-science-to-guide-research-directions/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nap%2Fnotes+%28Notes+from+NAP%29

Political News
Roll Call News
Amanda Becker:  Legal Fees Show Who is Spending on Defense
http://www.rollcall.com/issues/57_96/Legal-Fees-Show-Who-Is-Spending-on-Defense-212430-1.html?ET=rollcall:e12198:80123808a:&st=email&pos=eam
(This article and headline content is misleading.  According to this journalist, Mike Thompson (D-CA) and Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA) were cleared of any ethics violations and no longer paying/filling legal defense fees.  However, this paragraph is buried in the article:

The re-election accounts of other lawmakers, including Reps. John Fleming (R-La.), Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Laura Richardson (D-Calif.), detail the cost of new and ongoing ethics cases, employment lawsuits and other legal and compliance issues, filings show.  (Emphasis mine)

Representative Thompson was cleared of all ethics charges, and in MHO, more important, no new or ongoing charges have been filed against him!  But I AM curious about these other politicians', re-election bids and continuing ethics violation charges.)

Environmental News Service
Obama's 2013 Budget Cuts National Weather Service Information Officers
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/TH-logging-education-w-photos-021712
(Yet this administration can find the money to create how many new unconstitutional councils and fund their appointees???)

Aquafornia.com
The Deal Pipeline Bill Sprague/Gruppo Levey: US's Infrastructure Future
http://www.thedeal.com/content/restructuring/uss-infrastructure-future.php

The Foundry.com
Lachlan Markay: Senator: Sebelius Fundraising Could Compel Companies to Support Obama
http://blog.heritage.org/2012/02/15/senator-sebelius-fundraising-could-compel-companies-to-support-obama/
(Regardless of political party, this is very disturbing, indeed.)

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development

Litigation News
Aquafornia.com
Liberty Blog: Another Round of Ninth Circuit Delta Smelt Briefing Completed
http://aquafornia.com/archives/61882

Aquafornia.com
San Diego Daily Transcript
George Hawkins:  Taxpayers Association Sides with Water Authority in Lawsuit
http://www.sddt.com/Commentary/article.cfm?Commentary_ID=206&SourceCode=20120214tzc&_t=Taxpayers+Association+sides+with+Water+Authority+in+lawsuit

Aquafornia.com
Press Enterprise Janet Zimmerman:  Environmental Groups Join Santa Ana Sucker Lawsuit
http://www.pe.com/local-news/breaking-news-headlines/20120214-region-environmental-groups-join-santa-ana-sucker-lawsuit.ece

Science News
Delta Stewardship Council
Delta Science News
http://archive.deltacouncil.ca.gov/delta_science_program/publications/sci_news_0212.html

Scienceblog.com
Scientists Deploy Lasers, GPS to Measure Snow
http://scienceblog.com/52105/scientists-deploy-lasers-gps-to-measure-snow/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogrssfeed+%28ScienceBlog.com%29

EnvironmentalResearchWeb.com
Michael Finneran:  'First Light' Taken by NASA's Newest CERES Instrument
http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/yournews/48634

MailOnline.com
Rob Waugh:  "Rapunzel Number Lets Scientists Predict Shape of Ponytail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2100530/Rapunzel-number-lets-scientists-predict-shape-ponytail--solving-problem-posed-Leonardo-da-Vinci.html
(At first I thought this was a 'Just For Fun' article, until I read it and the first comment.  My first response was, "Whew, science finally backed up what I knew from raising four little girls with four different hair types and just how their ponytails would come out"!)

Just For Fun
TheNibble.com
Pairing Wines and Chocolates Part 1 and 2
http://www.thenibble.com/reviews/main/chocolate/pairing-wine1.asp
http://www.mesawater.org/pressreleases/pr_020612.php
(Now THIS is science requiring some hands-on research!  Happy Belated Valentine's Day!)

WholeFoodsMarket.com
Guide to Chocolate
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/guides/chocolate.php

Delta and Water News Links, February 13, 2012

Delta News
Press Release Restore the Delta
Sustainability Forum on Water and the Delta
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001e5WobZtxxKQmuBNUc2iBfYzpVNCzOvmZz_CuyhPgCnagl--wdnNpnEX4oChqbgbfPhTNoK1O5o-ZI8QWQWUNSr4w6EjGVpGFtNNstAbi0ztiYEs0RQ_1Gg%3D%3D

News from Restore the Delta
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001e5WobZtxxKQmuBNUc2iBfQiMDU2FxDhUS1FAhKFSufrIuQcSa_jQI9Ktu4az_l0ktfzbtA_3J1DwtgHWeUaZksL_EaDySFNGJ8aleCPPwRJq5O1F5fqPOA%3D%3D

California Water Impact Network
Strengthening Levees Makes More Sense Than a Peripheral Canal
http://www.c-win.org/content/strengthening-levees-makes-more-sense-peripheral-canal-say-experts-cv-business-times.html

California Water Impact Network
Burt Wilson Reliable Water Ruse a Ploy
http://www.c-win.org/content/reliable-water-ruse-ploy-siphon-water-south-burt-wilson-sac-news-and-review.html

California Water Impact Network
Environmental Water Caucus/Dan Bacher
http://www.c-win.org/content/environmental-water-caucus-realistic-plan-delta-dan-bacher-indybay.html

Aquafornia.com
Delta Stewardship Council Preliminary Summary of Comments Delta Plan Draft EIR
http://deltacouncil.ca.gov/sites/default/files/documents/files/Preliminary%20Summary%20of%20Comments%20on%20Delta%20Plan%20Draft%20EIR%2002081%20%28JWA%20comments%29.pdf

Aquafornia.com
DredgingToday.com
Congressman McNerney Announces Funding for Stockton Port Dredging
http://www.dredgingtoday.com/2012/02/13/mcnerney-announces-funding-for-stockton-port-dredging-usa/

Northern California Water Association
Links to their individual blogs
http://www.norcalwater.org/blog/

Water News
Aquafornia.com
Santa Cruz Sentinel Cathy Kelly Group Kicks Off Campaign to Put Desal Before Santa Cruz Voters
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_19950385
(Scroll the comments...well, well, well look who shows up once again!  Whenever there's major infrastructure to be built, you know these two will be influencing the process somewhere.)

Aquafornia.com
Stanford Daily Inter-Dorm Water Conservation Competition Kicks Off
http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/13/inter-dorm-water-conservation-competition-kicks-off/

Aquafornia.com
Waterpowermagazine.com International Water Power and Dam Construction
http://www.waterpowermagazine.com/story.asp?sectionCode=46&storyCode=2061740
(Excellent article...technical without being impossible!)

Aguanomics.com
David Zeitland We Can No Longer Waste Water Like Romans
http://www.aguanomics.com/2012/02/we-can-no-longer-waste-water-like.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+aguanomics+%28Aguanomics%29

Aquadoc.com
Water Wired SWRR Meeting:  Sustainable Initiatives for Managing California's Natural Resources
http://aquadoc.typepad.com/waterwired/2012/02/swrr-meeting-sustainability-initiatives-for-managing-californias-natural-resources.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fwaterwired+%28WaterWired%29

Aquafornia.com
Santa Clarita Valley Signal
Karen Jonas Chloride Removal Options Outlined
http://www.the-signal.com/section/36/article/59894/

California Farm Water Coalition
Farm Water News Mike Wade
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/02/news-articles-and-links-from-feb-13.html

Agriculture News
Agprofessional.com
Ron Goldy, Michigan State University Extension
Soil Type Influences Irrigation Strategy
http://www.agprofessional.com/newsletters/agpro-weekly/articles/Soil-type-influences-irrigation-strategy-139042714.html
(Kind of a Irrigation 101 for soils)

Sacramento Business Journal
Center for Land-Based Learning's Irvine Award for McNamara
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2012/02/13/irvine-award-mcnamara-land-based-learnin.html

Political News


Events
Northern California Water Association
20th Annual Water Meeting March 9th
http://www.norcalwater.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/NCWA-Annual-Meeting-Invitation-2012-flyer.pdf

Litigation News
Aquafornia.com
Legal Planet Blog Ninth Circuit Dumps US Forest Service's Sierra Plan Bureaucratic Speak
http://legalplanet.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/ninth-circuit-dumps-u-s-forest-services-sierra-plan-bureaucratic-speak/

Environmental News
Capital Press
Tim Heardon Uncertainties Cloud State's Carbon Offset Opportunities
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/TH-forest-carbon-w-photos-infobox-021712

Earthzine.com
New Scientist Fred Pearce Earth Summit is Doomed to Fail Say Leading Ecologists
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21465-earth-summit-is-doomed-to-fail-say-leading-ecologists.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Earthzine+%28Earthzine%29

Sacramento Business Journal
Melanie Turner PG&E Has Record 300 Bids for Renewable Energy Projects
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2012/02/13/pge-has-record-300-bids-renewable-energy.html

Sacramento Business Journal
Michael Shaw City Offers Option to File Building Plans Electronically
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2012/02/13/sacramento-online-building-plan-submit.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_sacramento+%28Sacramento+Business+Journal%29

Zap!Crackle!Pop!
Gary Hunt New Energy Realities: A Low Gas Prices Scenario
http://insightadvisor.wordpress.com/2012/02/12/new-energy-realities-a-low-gas-prices-scenario/

Science News
Aquafornia.com
Santa Cruz Sentinel Tanya Lewis
Davenport Marine Biologist Takes an Unconventional Approach to Saving the Oceans
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_19952020

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development News

Just For Fun
BreitbartTV.com
More from Chuck Woolery! Chuck Woolery Prepares For Zombie Apocalypse
http://www.breitbart.tv/chuck-woolery-prepares-for-zombie-apocalypse/

Fast Company The Psychology Behind Movie Poster Designs
http://www.fastcompany.com/1815812/the-psychology-behind-movie-poster-designs?partner=homepage_newsletter