May 22-24, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Aquafornia.com
Turlock Journal
Berryhill Working on Sensible Delta Solution for State Water, Fish Needs
http://www.turlockjournal.com/section/26/article/15121/

California Water Impact Network
Delta Stewardship Council Re-org Moves Ahead
http://www.c-win.org/content/delta-stewardship-council-reorg-moves-aheadthe-state-worker-commission-signs-jerry-browns-re
(Apparently, no surprise here...)

California Water Impact Network
Greensward Civitas - Again, May-Delta
http://www.c-win.org/content/greensward-civitas-again-bay-delta.html

Alex Breitler's Blog
Stockton Mayor Talks Water
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2012/05/21/stockton-mayor-talks-water/?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

Alex Breitler's Blog
The Growth-Chilling Effect of the Delta Plan
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2012/05/23/the-growth-chilling-effect-of-the-delta-plan/?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

CapitalPress.com
California Dreams of Water Solutions
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/TH-WATER-calif-dreaming--w-photos-infobox-021012-p-7-8

River News Herald
DSC Releases Sixth Draft of Delta Plan
http://rivernewsherald.org/dsc_5-16-2012.html

Aquafornia.com
SF Gate.com
Floodplain Fatties A Promising Start for Salmon
http://blog.sfgate.com/tphilp/2012/05/23/%E2%80%9Cfloodplain-fatties%E2%80%9D-a-promising-start-for-salmon/

Aquafornia.com
YouTube.com
How Folsom Dam's 'Second Dam' Will Work
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/67423/


California Water News
Lloyd G. Carter
Resnicks Found Guilty of False Advertising by Federal Trade Commission
http://www.lloydgcarter.com/content/120521562_resnicks-found-guilty-false-advertising-federal-trade-commissions

Aquafornia.com
Roseville News
State Water Leaders in Auburn Tour American River
http://www.rocklintoday.com/news/templates/community_news.asp?articleid=10713&zoneid=4

The Guardian
Peter Gleick Cleared of Forging Documents in Heartland Expose
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/may/21/peter-gleick-cleared-heartland

Aquafornia.com
Huntington Beach Desal Project Talk Trips UP on Open Meeting Law
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/67412/

Aquafornia.com
Merced Sun Star
Stanislaus Farmers Propose Rate Hike
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2012/05/23/2356483/stanislaus-farmers-propose-rate.html

Aquafornia.com
Tulare County board of Supervisors Backs New Water District for Alpaugh
http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/article/20120523/NEWS01/205230312

Aquafornia.com
Bakersfield.com
Lois Henry: If They Won't Sell the Water South, Why Not Say It?
http://www.bakersfield.com/news/columnist/henry/x243434518/If-they-wont-sell-the-water-South-why-not-say-it

Aquafornia.com
San Diego: 'Bold Vision' Would Boost Reservoirs With Purified Wastewater
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/67355/

Aquafornia.com
Weekend Wrap-Up
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/67283/

Aquafornia.com
Yosemite Nature Notes - Episode 18 Water
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/67351/

Water News
Hydraulically Inclined
A Few Good Reads
http://ayresriverblog.com/2012/05/21/a-few-good-reads-52112-communicating-flood-risk/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HydraulicallyInclined+%28Hydraulically+Inclined%29

Aquafornia.com
Environmental Leader
Solving the World's Water Problems through Technology
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/22/solving-the-worlds-water-problems-through-technology/

Agriculture News
Aquafornia.com
Western Farm Press
Agriculture Contests Veracity of Nitrate Study, Urges Review
http://westernfarmpress.com/management/agriculture-contests-veracity-nitrate-study-urges-review?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WesternFarmPress+%28Western+Farm+Press%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Aquafornia.com
Western Farm Press
Groundwater Nitrate Issue Dropped in Agriculture's Lap
http://westernfarmpress.com/irrigation/groundwater-nitrate-issue-dumped-agriculture-s-lap?page=1

Aquafornia.com
Green Blog
Leaving Crop Residues in Field Improves Water Use Efficiency
http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=7539

Aquafornia.com
Bakersfield.com
Growers Concerned About Proposed Water Regulations
http://www.bakersfield.com/news/business/economy/x243434508/Growers-concerned-about-proposed-water-regulations

Levee News
Aquafornia.com
Corps Bakersfield at Odds Over Levee
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/67414/

Fisheries News
Dan Bacher
IndyBay.org
Hoopa Valley Tribe Receives Funding for Improved Salmon Passage
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/05/22/18713924.php

Aquafornia.com
Redwood Times
PG&E Releases Block Water to Eel River; Warm Water and dark Nights Get Young Fish Moving
http://www.redwoodtimes.com/garbervillenews/ci_20681657/pg-e-releases-block-water-eel-river-warm

Aquafornia.com
The Inyo Register
Conservancy Floating Idea of Hatchery Ownership
http://www.inyoregister.com/node/2709

Environmental News
Aquafornia.com
CapRadio.com
Cleaning Up the Toxic Legacy of the Gold Rush
http://www.capradio.org/articles/2012/05/21/cleaning-up-the-toxic-legacy-of-the-gold-rush?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CapitalPublicRadioLatestNewsRSS+%28Capital+Public+Radio%3A+Latest+News+RSS%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

CapitalPress.com
Stakeholders Decry Spotted Owl Fallout
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/SB-spotted-owl-hearing-052212-art

ACWA.com
Rep. Hastings ESA Needs Updating to Work Better for Species, People
http://www.acwa.com/news/endangered-and-invasive-species/esa-needs-improving-help-species-people

Environmental Research Web
Fresh Water Demand Driving Sea-Level Rise Faster than Glacial Melt
http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/49653

Economic News

Tourism News

California Political News
CalWatchDog.com
Jerry Brown a Dishonest Bore
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/05/21/jerry-brown-a-dishonest-bore/

Political News
High Country News
Western Legislatures Grab for Control of Public Lands
http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.8/western-legislatures-grab-for-control-of-public-lands?src=feat&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Earthzine+%28Earthzine%29

Aquafornia.com
Water Wired
The Politicization of Science: A Study
http://aquadoc.typepad.com/waterwired/2012/05/politicization-of-science.html

Science News
Aquafornia.com
Delta Independent Science Board Responds to SWRCB Flow Questions, Identifies Key Issues  and Comments on the NRC Report
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/67383/

High Speed Rail News

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
It is with heavy heart that I post this
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/46900#When:02:08:22Z
Rest in Peace Henry Lamb...I know you have been greeted with "Job well done, my faithful and good servant".

The Humble Libertarian
States Vote to Ban UN Agenda 21 Policies
http://occupycorporatism.com/states-vote-to-ban-un-agenda-21-policies/

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News
ACWA.com
DFG Files Suit Against Corps Over Levee Policy
http://www.acwa.com/news/regulatory-affairs/dfg-files-suit-against-corps-over-levee-policy

Aquafornia.com
More links to DFG Lawsuit
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/67443/

Events Calendar

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May 21, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Aquafornia.com
KQED Quest: the Delta Racing For a Fix Before the Big One Hits
http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2012/05/21/the-delta-racing-for-a-fix-before-the-big-one-hits/
(Talk about playing to fears. Bet if one dug deep enough, you'd find Packard Foundation's sticky prints aalll over this one...)

California Water News
Aquafornia.com
Modesto: Water Sale is Topic A
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/67251/

Aquafornia.com
Water Education Foundation: California Watersheds Slideshow
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/66587/

Aquafornia.com
Sacbee.com: Dan Walters Shouldn't Hydro Count Against the Carbon Reduction Mandate?
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/05/21/4504286/dan-walters-shouldnt-hydro-count.html#mi_rss=Capitol%20and%20California

Aquafornia.com
LATimes.com: Salton Sea State Recreation Area Likely to Close Up Shop
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-salton-sea-20120521,0,810464.story

Water News

Agriculture News

Levee News

Fisheries News

Environmental News
National Center for Policy Analysis
Sustainability
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=21942&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ncpadpd+%28Daily+Policy+Digest%29

National Center for Policy Analysis
The Cost of Ever-Increasing Federal Regulations
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=21942&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ncpadpd+%28Daily+Policy+Digest%29

Tourism News

Economic News

California Political News

Political News
The Humble Libertarian
Federal Jack
Feinstein: Get Ready for More Aggressive Molestation at the Airport
http://www.federaljack.com/?p=175104
(It's real easy for her to perpetuate this...she takes the Citation from the private hangers at the airports...bypasses the masses that way, you know.)

Science News
Aquadoc.com
Water Wired: The Politicization of Science: A Study
http://aquadoc.typepad.com/waterwired/2012/05/politicization-of-science.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fwaterwired+%28WaterWired%29

Environmental Research Web
Fracking Production 'Outstrips Scientific Knowledge'
http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/49650
(A good read.)

Science Blog
Scientists Document Fragile Land-Sea Ecological Chain
http://scienceblog.com/54522/scientists-document-fragile-land-sea-ecological-chain/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogrssfeed+%28ScienceBlog.com%29

Science Blog
Breast Cancer Effectively Treated with Chemical Found in Celery
http://scienceblog.com/54517/breast-cancer-effectively-treated-with-chemical-found-in-celery/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogrssfeed+%28ScienceBlog.com%29

High Speed Rail News
California Watch
Rail Authority Policy to Purge e-Mails Draws Critics' Ire
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/rail-authority-policy-purge-e-mails-draws-critics-ire-16238
(Oh I see, if you are common folk like us, you send an email and it can be tracked, it can be hacked, it can come back to haunt you in ways unimaginable...but if you're the Rail Authority, or any other governmental bureaucratic entity, come 90 days, poof!  They're gone, no copies, no forwards,  no save to thumb drives...NO BACKING UP OF MASSIVE HARD DRIVES???  And we're supposed to believe this??  Come on....)

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News
Aquafornia.com
Times-Standard Online: Landowner Holding Up Salt River Project; County Hurdle Cleared, Design Tweaks Needed for Coastal Commission Permit
http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_20671525/landowner-holding-up-salt-river-project-county-hurdle?source=rss

Aquafornia.com
Courthouse News Service: Feather River's Too Hot, Group Claims
http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/05/21/46641.htm

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May 19 and 20, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Aquafornia.com
Sf Gate.com
'Chunnel' Plan to Bypass Delta is Falling Down
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/05/17/INAT1MO0SH.DTL

California Water News
Aquafornia.com
Modesto Bee: Legal Threat, Foes Force MID to Hold Off on SF Water Sale
http://www.modbee.com/2012/05/18/2206087/modesto-irrigation-district-postpones.html
(This is just bad...)

Aquafornia.com
Siskiyou Daily News: Coho Plan Update: NMFS Supervisor Visited Landowners, Conducted Field Studies
http://www.siskiyoudaily.com/features/x1832930958/Coho-plan-update-NMFS-supervisor-has-visited-landowners-conducted-field-tours-in-county
(WOW...look what happens when the bureaucrats actually get out of an office, off of a computer and actually go LOOK at and TALK to the people and places they are making sweeping decisions about.  A little more empirical or hands-on and a lot less academia would serve us much better!)

Aquafornia.com
UC Agriculture and Natural Resources Blog: Wine and Fish for Dinner?  Water Management Required
http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=7447

Nature Watch
LATimes.com: California Senate OKs Bill to Limit Power of South Land Water District
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-water-district-20120518,0,2746808.story
(Isn't it wonderful when politicians play 'referee/favorite'??)

Aquafornia.com
Western Farm Press
What's Next for California Groundwater?
http://westernfarmpress.com/irrigation/what-s-next-california-groundwater?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WesternFarmPress+%28Western+Farm+Press%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

ACWA.com
ACWA-Led Coalition Submits Comments on ESA Implementation
http://www.acwa.com/news/endangered-and-invasive-species/acwa-led-coalition-submits-comments-esa-implementation

Aquafornia.com
Southern California Water Committee
Press Release: Legislative Hearing Highlights Successes, Opportunities and Challenges..
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/67216/

Aquafornia.com
Redding.com: Doug Craig's Blog
http://blogs.redding.com/dcraig/archives/2012/05/accelerated-cli.html

Aquafornia.com
Congressman Jim Costa: Costa Calls for Action on Real Water Solutions
http://costa.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=827:6172012-costa-calls-for-action-on-real-water-solutions&catid=44:2012-press-releases
(More of the same waah, waaah, let's fix us at the extreme extinction of them...geez.)

Water News
Aquafornia.com
Third Intake into Lake Mead Hits $5 Million Snag
http://aquafornia.com/?p=67046

Agriculture News
Aquafornia.com
NPR: The Secret Life of California Strawberries
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/05/17/152522900/the-secret-life-of-californias-world-class-strawberries

Aquafornia.com
Sacbee.com
Stuart Leavenworth: Rice Country Fears It Could Get Rolled Over in Delta Deal
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/05/20/4500777/stuart-leavenworth-rice-country.html

Levee News
Aquafornia.com
Appeal Democrat: Halted Marysville Levee Work Slated to Restart in June
http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/marysville-116358-work-levee.html

Fisheries News
Aquafornia.com
Ukiah daily Journal
Record Salmon numbers Spark Release on Eel River
http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/ci_20643349/record-salmon-numbers-spark-release-eel-river?source=rss_viewed

Aquafornia.com
Tehema County News
California DFG Tries New Tactic to Increase Salmon Survival Rates
http://www.redbluffdailynews.com/ci_20662506/california-dfg-tries-new-tactic-increase-salmon-survival

Aquafornia.com
Redding Record Searchlight: Fish Passage Project at Red Bluff Pumping Water, Official Says Irrigation Came at Right Time
http://www.redding.com/news/2012/may/19/fish-passage-project-pumping-water/

Environmental News
Aquafornia.com
Yubanet.com: Citizens, Groups Calling for a Ban on Fracking in California
http://yubanet.com/california/itizens-Groups-Calling-for-a-Ban-on-Fracking-in-California.php#.T7ZVKNxDz91

Tourism News
Aquafornia.com
Sacbee.com: Modest Flows Bode Well for Summer River Rafting Season
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/05/20/4498320/modest-flows-bode-well-for-summer.html

Economic News

California Political News
Dan Bacher
IndyBay.org: Brown Slashes Budget While Promoting $14B Canal
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/05/19/18713772.php

Political News
FoxNews.com
Crooks Target Supreme Court Justice Breyer for Second Time in Three Months
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/17/crooks-target-supreme-court-justice-breyer-for-second-time-in-three-months/

Science News

High Speed Rail News

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development

Public Comment Opportunities
Aquafornia.com
The Business Journal: Meeting to Address Water Project Impact
http://thebusinessjournal.com/news/agriculture/1879-meeting-to-address-water-project-impact
(Misleading headline.)

Litigation News
Aquafornia.com
Courthouse News Service: Chico Water Group Fights Water Transfer Deal
http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/05/17/46574.htm

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