July 13, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Sacramento Business Journal
UOP Report: Delta Tunnels Not Financially Justified
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/morning-roundup/2012/07/uop-report-delta-tunnels-not.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_sacramento+%28Sacramento+Business+Journal%29

Aquafornia.com
Delta Water Tunnel Project Fails Cost Test
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/69780/
(Several links here.)

Aquafornia.com
Central Valley Business Times
Engineer: Fix Delta Levees, Don't Build Peripheral Tunnels
http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=21467
(Dr. Pyke.)

Aquafornia.com
Bilingual Weekly
Legislators Request Delay in Finalizing BDCP Water Conveyance Plan
http://bwnews.us/2012/07/12/legislators-held-the-plans-for-a-15-billion-water-conveyance-project/

Aquafornia.com
Contra Costa Times
Los Vaqueros Watershed's North Side in East Contra Costa to Reopen This Weekend
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_21062133/northern-end-los-vaqueros-east-contra-costa-reopen?source=rss

California Water News
Aquafornia.com
Union Democrat
San Francisco to Vote on plan to Drain Hetch Hetchy
http://www.uniondemocrat.com/News/Local-News/San-Francisco-to-vote-on-plan-to-drain-Hetch-Hetchy?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+UnionDemo

Aquafornia.com
KQED Blog
Rising Sea Levels Threaten Toxic Sites
http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2012/07/12/rising-sea-levels-threaten-toxic-sites/

Water News
Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/07/update-news-articles-and-links-from_13.html

Fisheries News
Dan Bacher
Alternet.org
Anticipation is High for Central Valley River Salmon Opener
http://blogs.alternet.org/danbacher/2012/07/13/anticipation-is-high-for-central-valley-river-salmon-opener/
(Awesome news!!  Awesome eating!)

Aquafornia.com
Chico Enterprise Record
Salmon Didn't Budge After Experiment on Butte Creek
http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_21067235/salmon-didnt-budge-after-experiment-butte-creek?source=rss

Aquafornia.com
Marin Independent Journal
Gov. Brown Supports Expanding Marine Parks off Marin's Coast
http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_21063924/gov-brown-supports-expanding-marine-parks-off-marins

Aquafornia.com
NYTimes.com
At Lake Tahoe, Commercial Fishing is Approved
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/13/science/earth/at-lake-tahoe-commercial-fishing-is-approved.html?partner=rss&emc=rss#h%5B%5D

Environmental News
National Center for Policy Analysis
Which is Better for the Environment: Transit or Roads?
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=22128

National Center for Policy Analysis
Harvesting Trees Will Prevent Fires
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=22129
(Haven't we learned this lesson yet??)

Aquafornia.com
Redding Record Searchlight
New Report Renews Claims Battle Creek Watershed Harmed By Clear-Cuts
http://www.redding.com/news/2012/jul/13/new-report-renews-claims-battle-creek-watershed/?partner=RSS

Aquafornia.com
NPR Finding Common Ground In Environmental Debates
http://www.npr.org/2012/07/12/156677236/finding-common-ground-in-environmental-debates?ft=1&f=1025

Aquafornia.com
Lodi Sentinel
Environmental Activist Katherine Evatt Fights to Maintain Integrity, Beauty of Area's Waterways
http://www.lodinews.com/news/article_c4cc22d2-ca26-11e1-a9a3-0019bb2963f4.html

California Political News
FoxNews.com
Sheriff, District Attorney Investigating City Government in Bankruptcy-Bound San Bernardino
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/07/update-news-articles-and-links-from_13.html

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
The Foundry
Another U.N. Convention That Poses Threats to U.S. Sovereignty
http://blog.heritage.org/2012/07/13/another-u-n-convention-that-poses-threats-to-u-s-sovereignty/

The Foundry
U.N.'s Arms Trade Treaty and the 2nd Amendment
http://blog.heritage.org/2012/07/13/the-u-n-arms-trade-treaty-and-the-second-amendment/

The Foundry
U.N.'s Arms Trade Treaty: "Why On Earth Would We Sign?"
http://blog.heritage.org/2012/07/13/u-n-s-arms-trade-treaty-why-on-earth-would-we-sign/

ImpeachObama.com
Obama to Give UN Control of Our Water!
http://blogs.alternet.org/danbacher/2012/07/13/anticipation-is-high-for-central-valley-river-salmon-opener/

Litigation News
LATimes.com
Firm is Spearheading Opposition to Mojave Desert Groundwater Pumping
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cadiz-tetra-20120713,0,6037284.story
(h/t Nature Watch.)

Fox and Hounds
Most Voters Distrust the U.S. Legal System
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2012/07/most-voters-distrust-the-us-legal-system/

Events Calendar
BDCP Save the Date
August 29, 2012
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=87n6dgdab&v=001OlZyvMDk6bitvSz7Rl6VUnBwDtGW0YWuW4DXz0v8FsJFGtAcDCmBulFMKvadbSeIpHZM0iIrXvgR_0azsPJga7MD0W95lW1zf3S44ttD_1EBoUej7oaJFTnos5YGbj8Hy-uvS1byklcsYXzcFPptIxJKY9S0_cfdHRtznYUzNYfg2SIQXaw5Ow%3D%3D
(I'd use pencil for the calendar...seems like more meetings have been cancelled than held.)

July 12, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Burt Wilson
Public Water News Service
Why Can't We Vote On a Peripheral Canal?
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=jsitf5iab&v=001U3o_YTpC7rvkSE_6ir9DWWFvuMZ3z-oEx4QUjFbNWJVjdrqvICCNkgd6pG-hCkTFJ69ftmcojaa3oStSGrtYlheyWt4WRE5TSZ2u4l7bO2yMpasYb8EoGg%3D%3D
(Because the finaglers know darn good and well they do NOT have the votes of the people of California which is why they have to ramrod this swindle down our throats or up an orifice depending on where one resides within the state.

Well, vote or no vote, corruption and collusion are federal crimes...it's just a matter of time.)

Dan Bacher
California Progress Report
California Legislators Back Request to Delay Canal Announcement
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/california-legislators-back-request-delay-canal-announcement

DWR
Delta eNews
http://www.water.ca.gov/deltainit/docs/Delta_eNews-071212.pdf

Restore the Delta
Press Release: Announces Release of 'Over Troubled Waters'
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001U3o_YTpC7rvkSE_6ir9DWV9LbLeUpy9iC8a5Aa2hPvJ6Q3ajexO1smxXl6V-9tsiXvz_Az3l-fqzTvQooCaa1Yv-eR9gfbtFyFnu-ehMzVVpmq6ef-5QcA%3D%3D
(Congratulations!!)

Aquafornia.com
Central Valley Business Times
Forces Assemble to Fight Governor's Peripheral Canal
http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=21460

Aquafornia.com
Delta Stewardship Council Meets Today as Final Draft of Delta Plan Nears Completion
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/69729/

CalWatchDog.com
Delta Runnel is a Big Drain Compared to Bullet Train
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/07/12/delta-tunnel-is-a-big-drain-compared-to-bullet-train/

Aquafornia.com
Merced Sun-Star
Our View: Water Bond Delay is Opportunity
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2012/07/11/2415924/our-view-water-bond-delay-is-opportunity.html

California Water News
Aquafornia.com
Fresno Bee
Mario Santoyo: Valley Legislators Unite for Water Bond
http://www.fresnobee.com/2012/07/11/2906190/mario-santoyo-valley-legislators.html

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/07/update-news-articles-and-links-from_12.html

Aquafornia.com
Chico Enterprise Record
Editorial: Water Waits For a Bigger Crisis
http://www.chicoer.com/rss/ci_21050154?

Aquafornia.com
Sacbee.com
Why The Hysteria Over Restoring Hetch Hetchy?
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/12/4625541/why-the-hysteria-over-restoring.html#mi_rss=Opinion

Water News
Aquafornia.com
Clean Water America Alliance
Re-Inventing Urban Watersheds
http://www.cleanwateramericaalliance.org/2012/07/10/re-inventing-urban-watersheds/?utm_source=2012.07+NewsWaves&utm_campaign=5%2F12+NewsWaves&utm_medium=email

Agriculture News
CapitalPress.com
State Board Laments Loss of California Farmland
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/TH-ag-land-preservation-w-infobox-071212
(If they want to stop the extinction of our Prime Agriculture soils, it's very, very simple...STOP the High Speed Rail and the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, NOW.  Claiming Prime soils through inverse condemnation and eminent domain for what are unarguably shady shenanigans is immoral.)

Levee News

Fisheries News
Aquafornia.com
Indybay.org
BOR Dodges Water Needed for Historical Salmon Run
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/07/11/18717331.php

Environmental News
Aquafornia.com
Lompoc Record
Opinions on 'Fracking' Mix Like Oil, Water
http://www.lompocrecord.com/news/local/opinions-on-fracking-mix-like-oil-water/article_aa2fd400-cbe8-11e1-863e-001a4bcf887a.html

Tribal News
Aquafornia.com
Times Standard Online
Time For Different Direction on Klamath Dam Removal
http://www.times-standard.com/guest_opinion/ci_21050463/time-different-direction-klamath-dam-removal

Infrastructure News
Hydraulically Inclined
History of Hydraulic Bridge Design
http://ayresriverblog.com/2012/07/12/history-of-hydraulic-bridge-design/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HydraulicallyInclined+%28Hydraulically+Inclined%29

Economic News

Tourism News
Rural Tourism Marketing
Cash Mobs are Shop Local Training Events
http://ruraltourismmarketing.com/2012/07/how-cash-mobs-can-teach-people-to-shop-local/

California Political News
Fox and Hounds
California Gamesmanship
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2012/07/california-gamesmanship/

Once again, we have seen the Legislature engage in what can only be called its particularly unique form of California gamesmanship – a word defined as “the use of methods that are dubious or seemingly improper but not strictly illegal.”

 Fox and Hounds
State Legislature Appropriates $8 Billion But It is Certainly Not For High Speed Rail
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2012/07/state-legislature-appropriates-8-billion-but-it-is-certainly-not-for-high-speed-rail/
(See above definition!)

CalWatchDog.com
The Train that Broke California's Back
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/07/12/the-train-that-broke-californias-back/

Political News
The Humble Libertarian
Judy Morris
Why Americans Need to Just Starve the Beast
http://judymorrisreport.blogspot.com/2012/07/why-americans-need-to-just-starve-beast.html
(Good read.)

The Daily Caller
Dennis Miller: Obama's Disrupting This Nation
http://dailycaller.com/2012/07/11/dennis-miller-obama-might-have-organized-communities-but-hes-disrupting-this-nation-video/?utm_source=MadMimi&utm_medium=email&utm_content=The+Campus+Caller&utm_campaign=Campus+Caller+&utm_term=4__29+Dennis+Miller_3A+Obama+_27might+have+organized+communities_2C+but+he_27s+disrupting+this+nation_27+

Bear Witness Central
http://bwcentral.org/
(Excellent page to scroll, many different articles/categories if interested.)

Science News
Aquafornia.com
USGS: Fly Over the Seafloor: Central California Bolinas to Pescadero
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/69683/

High Speed Rail News

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
National Center for Policy Analysis
Questioning the Messianic Conception of Smart Growth
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=22123&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ncpadpd+%28Daily+Policy+Digest%29

The Campus Caller
TheCollegeFix.com
Should Campus Police Get an armored Tank Vehicle?
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/11185?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+cnnewslink+(Collegiate+Network+Newslink+Feed)&utm_content=FeedBurner
(Wow, something resembling common sense out of UC Berkeley??!!  I know I would NOT want one of my children on any campus with military-style vehicles.  Kent State ring a bell?)

FoxNews.com
People Speak: Business Fights To Shield Property From eminent Domain in Virginia
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/07/12/people-speak-business-fights-to-keep-property-from-eminent-domain-in-virginia/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29
(Sound a little familiar?)

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News

Events Calendar

Just For Fun

July 11, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Aquafornia.com
San Jose Mercury News
Contra Costa Rejects Later Iteration of Peripheral Canal
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_21046851/contra-costa-rejects-latest-iteration-peripheral-canal

Alex Breitler's Blog
Stockton to Jerry Brown: 'We Are Shocked'
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2012/07/10/stockton-to-jerry-brown-we-are-shocked/?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

ACWA.com
Council to Consider Final Draft of Delta Plan
http://www.acwa.com/news/delta/key-policy-delta-plan-be-considered-council-meeting-tomorrow

Aquafornia.com
Water Bond delay" Advocates Concur, But Others Are Disappointed
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/69646/

Aquafornia.com
Mountain Counties Water Resources Association
El Dorado Irrigation District's Perspective on the BDCP
http://mountaincountieswater.com/2012/07/el-dorado-irrigation-districts-perspective-on-the-bay-delta-conservation-plan/

California Water News
Earthzine.com
The Changing California Coast: Relationships Between Climatic Variables and Coastal Vegetation Succession
http://www.earthzine.org/2012/07/12/the-changing-california-coast-relationships-between-climatic-variables-and-coastal-vegetation-succession/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Earthzine+%28Earthzine%29

Aquafornia.com
San Francisco Examiner
Hetch Hetchy Proposal Going to Voters
http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2012/07/hetch-hetchy-proposal-going-voters

Aquafornia.com
San Jose Mercury News
Drain Hetch Hetchy? It's a Nice Thought, But Let's Not
http://www.mercurynews.com/editorials/ci_21045007?source=rss

Aquafornia.com
San Francisco Bay Guardian
Missing the Point on Hetch Hetchy
http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2012/07/10/missing-point-hetch-hetchy

Aquafornia.com
KERO Bakersfield
Plan Would Return Water to Kern River Through Bakersfield
http://www.turnto23.com/news/31261955/detail.html

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

Water News

Agriculture News
CapitalPress.com
Ag to Take Center Stage at Calif. State Fair
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/TH-state-fair-w-infobox-071112

The Humble Libertarian
JunkScience.com
Rep. David Schweikert: Ag Reform Bill at $969 Billion Is a Mammoth Waste
http://junkscience.com/2012/07/11/rep-david-schweikert-ag-reform-bill-at-969-billion-is-a-mammoth-waste/

Aquafornia.com
Western Farm Press
New California Groundwater Quality Regs Will Be Costly
http://westernfarmpress.com/irrigation/new-california-groundwater-quality-regs-will-be-costly

Aquafornia.com
AgAlert.com
Technology Helps Reduce Water Supply Gap
http://agalert.com/story/?id=4397

Levee News

Fisheries News

Environmental News
Aquafornia.com
YubaNet.com
Volunteer Invited to Tackle Invasive Species at Lake Tahoe
http://yubanet.com/regional/Volunteers-invited-to-tackle-invasive-species-at-Lake-Tahoe.php#.T_17i5H4LhR

Tribal News
Aquafornia.com
North County Times
Supervisors Endorse Water Sharing Agreement with North County Indian Tribes
http://www.nctimes.com/business/supervisors-endorse-water-sharing-agreement-with-north-county-indian-tribes/article_57e53c5c-d8c8-59a6-bf40-a6b7e52c0421.html

Infrastructure News
Aquafornia.com
Modesto Bee
Modesto Irrigation District Sets Aside Extra $8.3 for Treatment Plant
http://www.modbee.com/2012/07/10/2277017/modesto-irrigation-district-oks.html

Economic News

Tourism News

California Political News
CalWatchDog.com
Record Social engineering Bills By State
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/07/10/record-social-engineering-bills-by-state/
(Some of these are very disturbing.)

Political News
The Humble Libertarian
Dark Government
Yet Another Executive Order Gone Wild
http://www.darkgovernment.com/news/yet-another-executive-order-gone-wild/

Science News
Cato Institute
The Current Wisdom: National Research Council Throws Science Overboard
http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/current-wisdom-national-research-council-throws-science-overboard-get-rapid-sea-level-rise

High Speed Rail News
CalWatchDog.com
Lawsuit May Slow High Speed Rail
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/07/11/lawsuit-may-slow-high-speed-rail/

California Watch
Ex-Bullet Train Booster Calls New Plan 'Mangled', Perhaps Illegal
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/ex-bullet-train-booster-calls-new-plan-mangled-perhaps-illegal-17007
(So Quentin Kopp has come out of the woodwork...and on this side of the issue.  You're darn right this is illegal.)

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
The Humble Libertarian
The New American
UN Sustainability Summit Exposed: Big Business, Dictators and NGO's
http://thenewamerican.com/rio-20/item/12015-un-sustainability-summit-exposed-big-business-dictators-and-ngos

The Humble Libertarian
Judy Morris Blog
Beer: An Inspiring Story of Voluntarism in America
http://judymorrisreport.blogspot.com/2012/07/beer-inspiring-story-of-voluntarism-in.html
(This is how we do it 'Where I Come From'!)

Canada Free Press
American Chemical Society
Rio+20 Sustainability Conference Gets Mixed Reviews
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/47983#When:16:50:00Z

Examiner.com
Obama Administration faces Increasing Ire Over UN Treaties
http://www.examiner.com/article/obama-administration-faces-increasing-ire-over-un-treaties

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News
Aquafornia.com
AgAlert.com
Courts Consider Decisions in Two Water-Use Cases
http://agalert.com/story/?id=4398

Aquafornia.com
San Jose Mercury News
Grand Jury Says San Mateo County Has Failed to Prepare for Levee and Dam Failures
http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_21040709/grand-jury-says-san-mateo-county-has-failed

Aquafornia.com
PLF Liberty Blog
9th Circuit Sets Oral Argument re: 2008 Delta Smelt BiOp Litigation
http://blog.pacificlegal.org/2012/9th-circuit-sets-oral-argument-re-2008-delta-smelt-biop-litigation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=9th-circuit-sets-oral-argument-re-2008-delta-smelt-biop-litigation

Aquafornia.com
Appeal Democrat
Sutter Butte Flood Agency Responds to Grand Jury Report
http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/agency-117740-report-jury.html

Events Calendar

Just For Fun

July 10, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Aquafornia.com
Senators Feinstein and Boxer
Senators to Salazar Blank Laird re: BDCP
http://www.scribd.com/doc/99645624/Senators-to-Salazar-Blank-Laird-Re-BDCP-070912
(Beware, the witches are revving up their brooms.  The full-court press is on; time to look left if they are pointing right!)

Burt Wilson
Public Water News Service
Delta Adaptive Management Is On the Ropes
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=jsitf5iab&v=001JDLmfWZhcAx_quewvUu3v_FGGCdmzmDAh97KuadjorMx2WX5-fFbda6kSZU-ItWWcBq1gbiH2ZdPZNhneDMGKzclitP7bkQYiimbzW-mbcKD3kOaZ4jHGA%3D%3D

Lloyd G. Carter
Word of the Day: Hydromancy
http://www.lloydgcarter.com/content/120709571_word-day-hydromancy

Aquafornia.com
Appeal Democrat
Push Made to Halt Water Delivery Plans
http://www.scribd.com/doc/99645624/Senators-to-Salazar-Blank-Laird-Re-BDCP-070912

Aquafornia.com
Fresno Bee
Gov. Brown Signs Bill Delaying Water Bond to 2014
http://www.fresnobee.com/2012/07/09/2903867/gov-brown-signs-bill-delaying.html

Aquafornia.com
Press Enterprise
Water Wavering
http://www.pe.com/opinion/editorials-headlines/20120709-state-water-wavering.ece

Aquafornia.com
The Business Journal
Blog: Bay Delta Plan Needs Fed, State Action
http://www.thebusinessjournal.com/lists-resources/blogs/publisher-blog-gordon-webster/2475-blog-bay-delta-plan-needs-fed-state-action

It is critically important for federal and state officials to quickly reach consensus and move forward with the Bay Delta Conservation Plan.

Quickly reaching 'consensus' is the same garbage what brought us here.  Speeding up this corrupt process will only benefit same-said non-complete governmental infrastructure contractors, the mountains and myriads of consultants and regulating agencies.

John and Josephine Q. Public will be left shafted, holding the bag while the same said cast of clowns laugh all the way to the bank.)

Alex Breitler's Blog
Against the Flow on Bottled Water
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2012/07/09/against-the-flow-on-bottled-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&utm_content=Google+Reader

CapitalPress.com
Calif. Water Bond Advocates Concur With Delay in Vote
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/TH-water-bond-w-photo-infobox-071012
(Like they have a choice!  The better bill would be to eliminate this water bond permenantly.  Start over from say, square three or four as opposed to square one.)

ACWA.com
Brown Signs Bill to Move Water Bond to 2014
http://www.acwa.com/news/state-legislation/brown-signs-bill-move-water-bond-2014

California Water News
h/t Nature Watch
San Jose Mercury News
Drain Hetch Hetchy Reservoir? SF Voters May Get the Chance in November to Start the Process
http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_21033628/drain-hetch-hetchy-reservoir-san-francisco-voters-may?source=rss

Aquafornia.com
Napa valley Register
Water Board Slashes Berryessa Fine for Wastewater Discharge
http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/water-board-slashes-berryessa-fine-for-wastewater-discharge/article_ee5bb270-ca21-11e1-aeb2-001a4bcf887a.html

Aquafornia.com
Dan Walters: Water is California's Longest Running Political Battle
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/69561/

Aquafornia.com
SFGate.com
S.F.'s Dirty Little Secret: The Lake Merced Cesspool
http://blog.sfgate.com/stienstra/2012/07/08/s-f-s-dirty-little-secret-the-lake-merced-cesspool/

Water News
Water Wired
Groundwater and IWRM Update Four Publications
http://aquadoc.typepad.com/waterwired/2012/07/groundwater-and-iwrm-update-four-publications.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fwaterwired+%28WaterWired%29

Agriculture News
National Center for Policy Analysis
Boondoggle Harvest
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=22115&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ncpadpd+%28Daily+Policy+Digest%29

Levee News

Fisheries News
Aquafornia.com
Marin Independent Journal
Fire Officials Enlist 'Sammy the Salmon' to Promote Habitat Safety
http://www.marinij.com/westmarin/ci_21021805/fire-officials-enlist-sammy-salmon-promote-habitat-safety

Aquafornia.com
SFGate.com
Once-Abundant West Coast Oysters Near Extinction
http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Once-abundant-West-Coast-oysters-near-extinction-3689709.php

Environmental News

Tribal News

Infrastructure News
Hydraulically Inclined
Hydraulic Design of Safe Bridges
http://ayresriverblog.com/2012/07/10/hydraulic-design-of-safe-bridges/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HydraulicallyInclined+%28Hydraulically+Inclined%29

Aquafornia.com
Two Rivers Tribune
Siskiyou County Calls for FERC Action on Klamath Dams
http://www.tworiverstribune.com/2012/07/siskiyou-county-calls-for-ferc-action-on-klamath-dams/

Economic News
The Humble Libertarian
Mercatus.com
Beyond Bailouts: What is Cronyism?
http://mercatus.org/publication/beyond-bailouts-what-cronyism

Aguanomics.com
Put ME in Charge!
http://www.aguanomics.com/2012/07/put-me-in-charge.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+aguanomics+%28Aguanomics%29

Tourism News

California Political News
CalWatchDog.com
How Elizabeth Emken Can Beat DiFi
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/07/10/how-elizabeth-emken-can-beat-difi/
(I'd go after the water debacle over high speed rail, myself...new fodder in the corruption of our state's water.)

California Watch
Food Literacy Resolution Hard to Swallow for Some Grocers, Growers
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/food-literacy-resolution-hard-swallow-some-grocers-growers-16986

Political News
Examiner.com
McConnell Says No to UN Treaty
http://www.examiner.com/article/mcconnell-says-no-to-un-treaty

Examiner.com
20 Republicans Set to Uphold Controversial UN Treaty
http://www.examiner.com/article/20-republicans-set-to-uphold-controversial-un-treaty

American Thinker
The Real Reason John Roberts Upheld ObamaCare?
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/07/the_real_reason_john_roberts_upheld_obamacare.html
(Sure, they got to one of his 'nearest and dearest'...these hooligans are NOT above extortion and threats.)

Science News
Aquafornia.com
Center for Environmental Policy and Behavior (UC Davis)
Solving Global Water Problems: Hydrological Science is Not Enough
http://environmentalpolicy.ucdavis.edu/blog/2012/07/248
(Good read.)

The Humble Libertarian
Mail Online
Shaking All Over: Map of Every Major earthquake Since 1898 Reveals Stunning Image of Planet's Danger Zones
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2170140/Shaking-Map-major-earthquake-1898-reveals-stunning-image-planets-danger-zones.html
(Check out the second map of Tornadoes...now that's just scary.)

High Speed Rail News
Fox and Hounds
Assemblyman Bill Berryhill
High Speed Rail Conductor Cathleen Galgiani's Message to California, 'Taxes, Please'
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2012/07/high-speed-rail-conductor-cathleen-galgianis-message-to-california-taxes-please/

CapitalPress.com
Challenges Remain for California High-Speed Rail Plan
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/AP-High-speed-rail-070912
(Now, if we could only highlight how the 'taking' of Prime Delta Agriculture soils for a 'conveyance' boondoggle, we might actually stand a chance in literally 'saving' California from its rampant stupidity.

Make no mistake, the only entities that will see any profits/benefits whatsoever on this IS the CHSRA, the non-compete federal government contractors, i.e. Bechtel, Parsons Brinkerhoff, URS, etc. and their political cronies/spouse.  You and I???  All we get is the back end of the ass.)

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
News with Views
Tennessee Governor Haslam, Water Rights and Agenda 21 Corruption, Part 2
http://www.newswithviews.com/Nelson/kelleigh158.htm

Zap!Crackle!Pop!
Smart Grid Versus a New Blue Mustang
http://www.tclabz.com/2012/07/09/smart-grid-versus-a-new-blue-mustang/

Economic Policy Journal
14 Incredibly Creepy Surveillance Technologies That Big Brother Will Be Using to Spy On You
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2012/07/14-incredibly-creepy-surveillance.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+economicpolicyjournal%2FYZSb+%28EconomicPolicyJournal.com%29
(Who'd have thought we'd really come to this.  Oh yeah, George Orwell, in stunning detail, that's who!)

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News
Aquafornia.com
Appeal Democrat
Flood Agency Throws Water on Sutter County Grand Jury Report
http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/sutter-117693-agency-report.html

Events Calendar
Restore the Delta
General Membership Meeting
July 11th
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001JDLmfWZhcAx_quewvUu3vyViQJvfV0VPntaIzCpvDBUMG_EJomIaF1cE8ptVfFYpTrq6jmouRS1QAe90Z2_rsFvulkXVLWX_lricHk4RcFmIKQV3LKrtng%3D%3D

Organic Sacramento
Sacramento News and Review
You're eating What?  Crest Theater
July 28, 2012
http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/youre-eating-what/local/Calendar?oid=6615759

Just For Fun

July 9, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Inkstain Blog
On 'Regulatory Assurance' in Sacramento Delta
http://www.inkstain.net/fleck/2012/07/on-regulatory-assurance-in-the-sacramento-delta/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JfleckAtInkstain+%28jfleck+at+inkstain%29

California Water News
Aquafornia.com
Drain Hetch Hetchy Reservoir?
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/69539/

Aquafornia.com
Weekend Wrap-Up
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/69524/

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/07/news-articles-and-links-from-july-9.html

Water News
Hydraulically Inclined
A Few Good Reads
http://ayresriverblog.com/2012/07/09/a-few-good-reads-7912-flood-policy-reforms-and-worsening-drought/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HydraulicallyInclined+%28Hydraulically+Inclined%29

Agriculture News

Levee News

Fisheries News

Environmental News
Planning and Conservation League
CEQA Survives Legislative Session...For Now!
http://greenroots.pcl.org/2012/07/09/ceqa-survives-legislative-session-for-now/

Tribal News


Infrastructure News


Economic News


Tourism News


California Political News


Political News
Canada Free Press
The Oathkeepers
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/47920#When:10:08:46Z

The Humble Libertarian
New Hampshire Strikes a Blow Against the Sovietized Amerikan 'Justice' System
http://lewrockwell.com/grigg/grigg-w265.html

Science News
The Humble Libertarian
Wake Up World
28 Amazing Benefits of Hydrogen Peroxide
http://wakeup-world.com/2012/07/09/27-amazing-benefits-and-uses-for-hydrogen-peroxide/

National Center for Policy Analysis
Future of High Speed Travel is Air, Not Rail
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=22110&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ncpadpd+%28Daily+Policy+Digest%29

Lew Rockwell
Dr. Mercola
'60 Minutes' Reports on the Dangers of Sugar
http://lewrockwell.com/mercola/mercola209.html

High Speed Rail News
CalWatchDog.com
Trophy Train Project, Legacy for Lawmakers
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/07/09/trophy-train-project-legacy-for-lawmakers/

CalWatchDog.com
Bring on the Browndoggle
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/07/09/bring-on-the-browndoggle/

Wall Street Journal
For Now, Bullet Train May Go Nowhere
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304022004577515102267199694.html

Fox and Hounds
Space X vs. California High-Speed Rail
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2012/07/space-x-vs-california-high-speed-rail/

Fox and Hounds
Legislators Make the Right Vote for High-Speed Rail
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2012/07/legislators-make-the-right-vote-for-high-speed-rail/

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development


Public Comment Opportunities


Litigation News


Events Calendar


Just For Fun

July 8, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Aquafornia.com
Recordnet.com
Peripheral Canal Supporters Just Want Their Toy Back
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120708/A_OPINION03/207080306/-1/

Aquafornia.com
Oakland Tribune
Users of Bottled Water Should Think Twice Before Using
http://www.insidebayarea.com/opinion/ci_21000852/my-word-users-bottled-water-should-think-twice

Aquafornia.com
Davis Enterprise
Davis Surface Water Project Options Multiplying
http://www.davisenterprise.com/local-news/city/davis-surface-water-project-options-multiplying/

Aquafornia.com
Calitics.com
Is the Peripheral Canal Imminent?
http://www.calitics.com/diary/14439/is-the-peripheral-canal-imminent

California Water News
Dan Bacher
California Progress report
Legislature Delays Water Bond Until November 2014
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/legislature-delays-water-bond-until-november-2014

Aquafornia.com
Fresno Bee: Improve State Water Bond
http://www.fresnobee.com/2012/07/08/2901164/editorial-improve-state-water.html

Aquafornia.com
LATimes.com
Time for Fighting Over Water in California is Over
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-delta-california-water-project-20120708,0,7751432.story
(Stupid article, decent comments.)

Aquafornia.com
Modesto Bee
Campbell: Are Valley Farmers Getting a Free Ride From the MID?
http://www.modbee.com/2012/07/07/2273985/are-valley-farmers-getting-a-free.html

Aquafornia.com
Sacbee.com
Eat More Mudbugs and Keep Tahoe Blue?
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/08/4614840/stuart-leavenworth-eat-more-mudbugs.html#mi_rss=Opinion

Aquafornia.com
MyDesert.com
Salton Sea Bill Clears First Hurdle
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20120707/NEWS01/207070306/Salton-Sea-bill-clears-first-hurdle

Aquafornia.com
MyDesert.com
Lawmaker Sees Salton Sea as Hub for Algae Program
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20120707/NEWS0701/207070322/Lawmaker-sees-Salton-Sea-hub-algae-program

Aquafornia.com
Imperial Valley Press Online
Outgoing Supervisor Wyatt Considers Applying for Salton Sea Authority Position
http://articles.ivpressonline.com/2012-07-07/salton-sea-authority_32580985

Aquafornia.com
$11 Billion Water Bond Yanked From Ballot
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/69470/

Aquafornia.com
ACWA.com
ACWA Comments on Vote to Move Water Bond to 2014
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/69468/

Aquafornia.com
Tom Harmon Responds to Water Bond Delay Effort
http://www.cssrc.us/web/35/news.aspx?id=12445

Fox and Hounds
Water Bond Election Politics: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2012/07/water-bond-election-politics-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/

Aquafornia.com
Modesto Bee
Merced River Water Bill Abandons Values, Promises
http://www.modbee.com/2012/07/04/2270062/merced-river-water-bill-abandons.html

Aquafornia.com
Appeal Democrat
Yuba-Sutter River Access Proponent Questions Caltrans
http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/river-117608-access-people.html

Aquafornia.com
Contra Costa Times
Palo Alto Council Members Support Extension of Water District's Flood, Supply Issue Plan
http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_21003497/palo-alto-council-members-support-extension-water-districts

Aquafornia.com
Hanford Sentinel
Irrigation District Wants to Expand Groundwater Banking for Drought Years
http://www.hanfordsentinel.com/news/local/irrigation-district-wants-to-expand-groundwater-banking-for-drought-years/article_0ec04ea8-c578-11e1-87db-001a4bcf887a.html

Aquafornia.com
Chico Enterprise Record
Butte Near Final Water Deal that Could Bring $12 Million to County in Next Decade
http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_21004579/butte-near-final-water-deal-that-could-bring

Water News
Aquafornia.com
Bloomberg
What's in Your Water Now? Hackers
http://go.bloomberg.com/tech-blog/2012-07-03-whats-in-your-water-now-hackers/

Aquafornia.com
Sacbee.com
Nevada OKs Harvesting of Crayfish in its Lake Tahoe Waters
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/04/4609010/nevada-oks-harvesting-of-crayfish.html#mi_rss=Environment

Aquafornia.com
Water 50/50
Rallying Around Our Known Unknowns: What We Don't Know Will Hurt Us
http://blog.ucchm.org/2012/06/28/rallying-around-our-known-unknowns-what-we-dont-know-will-hurt-us/?blogsub=confirming#blog_subscription-3

Aquafornia.com
Chance of rain
I Vote For Him
http://chanceofrain.com/2012/07/i-vote-for-him/

Agriculture News

Levee News

Fisheries News
Aquafornia.com
Bohemian.com
Delta Blues Can Salmon Survive California's "Peripheral Canal"
http://www.bohemian.com/gyrobase/delta-blues/Content?oid=2301149&showFullText=true

Dan Bacher
Alternet.org
Lubchenco's NOAA Declares Mermaids Don't Exist
http://blogs.alternet.org/danbacher/2012/07/05/lubchencos-noaa-reveals-mermaids-dont-exist/

Aquafornia.com
Oroville Mercury Register
Failed Fish Rescues Lead to Experiment with Water Flish on Butte Creek
http://www.orovillemr.com/rss/ci_21018441

Environmental News
Aquafornia.com
KCET
Complex Los Angeles River Environmental Study Nears Completion
http://www.kcet.org/socal/departures/lariver/confluence/folar/complex-los-angeles-river-environmental-study-nears-completion.html

Aquafornia.com
LATimes.com
Senate Panel Supports California 'Fracking' Moratorium
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2012/07/senate-panel-supports-california-fracking-moratorium.html

Tribal News
Aquafornia.com
Redding Record Searchlight
Winnemem Wintu Tribe Holds Coming-of Age Ceremony at Lake Shasta
http://www.redding.com/news/2012/jul/04/winnemem-wintu-tribe-holds-coming-of-age-at-lake/?partner=RSS

Infrastructure News

Economic News
Valley Economy Blog
Strong Words Between Assured Guaranty and City of Stockton
http://valleyecon.blogspot.com/2012/07/strong-words-between-assured-guaranty.html

Tourism News

California Political News
ACWA.com
Water, Infrastructure, CEQA Reform Critical to State's Economy
http://www.acwa.com/news/water-news/water-infrastructure-investment-ceqa-reform-critical-state%E2%80%99s-economy-report-says

Political News
Canada Free Press
Executive Order Assignment of National Security and Emergency Preparedness Communications Function
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/47909#When:11:16:03Z

Canada Free Press
Executive Tyranny
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/47909#When:11:16:03Z

Science News

High Speed Rail News

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
The Humble Libertarian
Govtslaves.com
Agenda 21: How Globalist Domination Happens on a Local Level
http://govtslaves.info/agenda-21-how-globalist-domination-happens-on-a-local-level/

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News
Aquafornia.com
Liberty Blog
Why Do They Celebrate When They take our Property Rights Away?
http://blog.pacificlegal.org/2012/why-do-they-celebrate-when-they-take-our-property-rights-away/

Aquafornia.com
Liberty Blog
SCOTUS Set to Hear Los Angeles River Case Next Term
http://blog.pacificlegal.org/2012/scotus-set-to-hear-los-angeles-river-case-next-term/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=scotus-set-to-hear-los-angeles-river-case-next-term

Aquafornia.com
ReviewJournal.com
Pipeline Appeal May Need New Judge
http://www.lvrj.com/news/pipeline-appeal-may-need-new-judge-161408995.html

Events Calendar

Just For Fun

July 4-7, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Alex Breitler's Blog
Business Leaders Back BDCP
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2012/07/03/business-leaders-back-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
(To support the very mechanism by which Northern California will ultimately be devastated is questionable judgement.)

Lloyd G. Carter
Multi-Billion Dollar Pipe Dream
http://www.lloydgcarter.com/content/120706570_multi-billion-dollar-pipe-dream
(Excellent link/walk down 'Memory Lane'.  Helps to be reminded of the sequences of events that have lead up to today, and what we are genuinely up against.)

California Water News
CalWatchDog.com
Obama, Boxer, Feinstein Still Shorting Central Valley Farm Water
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/07/05/obama-boxer-feinstein-still-shorting-central-valley-farm-water/

Lloyd G. Carter
SEC Issues Final Judgment in an Insider Trading Scam Involving the Son of a Prominent Attorney for Westlands
http://www.lloydgcarter.com/content/120704569_sec-issues-final-judgment-insider-trading-scam-involving-son-a-prominent-attorney-

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/07/news-articles-and-links-from-july-5.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/07/news-articles-and-links-from-july-6.html

Water News

Agriculture News
EPAAbuse.com
Farmers Unite to Limit EPA Regulations
http://epaabuse.com/7901/news/farmers-unite-to-limit-epa-regulations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=farmers-unite-to-limit-epa-regulations

Levee News

Fisheries News
Aquafornia.com
Times-Standard Online
Humboldt, Hoopa Ask for More Water in the Klamath; Concerns Loom About Possible fall Fish Kill
http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_21026682/humboldt-hoopa-ask-more-water-klamath-concerns-loom?source=rss

Environmental News

Tribal News

Infrastructure News

Economic News
Valley Economy Blog
Does Regulatory Assurance for Delta Water Exporters Require the $13 Billion Tunnels?
http://valleyecon.blogspot.in/2012/07/does-regulatory-assurance-for-delta.html

Delta National Park
"Regulatory Assurance" Makes the Case for Through Delta Conveyance
http://www.deltanationalpark.org/blog/view/regulatory_assurance_makes_the_case_for_through-delta_alternative/

Tourism News

California Political News
ACWA.com
Covered Actions Exemption Bill Rejected
http://www.acwa.com/news/state-legislation/covered-actions-exemption-bill-rejected

Sacramento Business Journal
Transit System Awarded Homeland Security Grants
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/morning-roundup/2012/07/transit-system-awarded-homeland-grants.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_sacramento+%28Sacramento+Business+Journal%29

FoxNews.com
California Bill Could Create Sanctuary State for Non-Felon Illegal Immigrants
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/07/05/california-bill-could-create-sanctuary-state-for-illegal-immigrants/
(And the resources to provide for these 'invited' guests will come from where???)

Political News

Science News
USGS Release
LiDAR Technology Reveals Faults Near lake Tahoe
http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3218&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Earthzine+%28Earthzine%29#.T_Msx_XnRt1

National Center for Policy Research
The Use and Abuse of Science in Policy-making
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=22106&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ncpadpd+%28Daily+Policy+Digest%29

High Speed Rail News
FoxNews.com
California Assembly Approves High-Speed Rail
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/07/05/california-assembly-approves-high-speed-rail/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29

CalWatchDog.com
High-Speed Gravy Train Approved in Assembly and Senate
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/07/06/high-speed-gravy-train-approved-in-assembly/

CalWatchDog.com
High-Speed Rail Push Leading to Nov. Slaughter?
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/07/05/high-speed-rail-push-leading-to-slaughter/

California Progress Report
Who You Need to Call to Save California High-Speed Rail
https://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/who-you-need-call-save-california-high-speed-rail

California Progress Report
California Legislature Passes High Speed
California Progress Report
Will Tea party Democrats Destroy California HSR?
https://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/who-you-need-call-save-california-high-speed-rail
(We better hope so!)

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
Original post in Claycord.com then picked up here
The Classic Liberal
War in Concord, CA
http://the-classic-liberal.com/war-in-concord-ca/

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News
CapitalPress.com
Judge Dismisses Claim Over Potential Flooding
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/mp-california-flood-ruling-070512

Events Calendar

Just For Fun
The Humble Libertarian
Good Independence Day Reads
http://www.humblelibertarian.com/2012/07/good-independence-day-reads.html

Lew Rockwell
When Americans Understood the Declaration of Independence
http://lewrockwell.com/dilorenzo/dilorenzo232.html