September 14, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Burt Wilson
Public Water News Service
Whoever Heard of "Peripheral Tunnels?"
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=jsitf5iab&v=001IgkAmL3YG5uxNzXhH2_l4a5J6Vw1h3NgOALG9Ykk431x05exc_0pPMWbrAcNtG76vwQlh3pZgiTdF1eXYlusqzK8QviuImgU2YtQj_VIauQ%3D

Sacbee.com
Delta Tunnel Project to Receive Endangered Species Grant
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/08/15/4726741/delta-tunnel-project-to-receive.html

Restore the Delta
Press Release: Levee Fix is Feasible
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001IgkAmL3YG5uxNzXhH2_l4RSVqh_0YzZU2B0l_TY4TCHfNXm_RV3m3TIdNReE-g77pm-__5vtBi2516aAPBLuMylwiFs3Rk71hKRAxk8oTvTIEgtdXdD3wQ%3D%3D

Modesto Bee
California's Water Belongs to All of Us
http://www.modbee.com/2012/09/12/2370874/states-water-belongs-to-all-of.html
(Sure, but only after Area of Origin needs are met first, and in excess water years, but hey you know, those little facty things.)

California Department of Fish and game
New Study Provides Detailed View of Pre-Development Delta
http://cdfgnews.wordpress.com/2012/09/13/new-study-provides-detailed-view-of-pre-development-delta/

The purpose of the study was, “not to go back, but to understand how this landscape worked so we can re-establish ecologically functional and cost-effective habitats within the contemporary landscape,” said SFEI-ASC Senior Scientist Robin Grossinger.

DWR's Delta e News
http://www.water.ca.gov/deltainit/docs/Delta_eNews-091312.pdf

Alex Breitler's Blog
Celebrating a Scourge
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2012/09/13/3802/?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
(I like the Competitive Plant Herding event myself!!)

Aquafornia.com
Delta Conservancy Delta Dialogues
http://delta.groupaya.net/2012/09/13/when-seeing-is-hearing-new-understandings-arise/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DeltaDialogues+%28Delta+Dialogues%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
(One 'ah ha' moment down, several thousand more to go!)

Aquafornia.com
Delta Conservancy Delta Dialogues
The Fruit of the Dialogue?
http://delta.groupaya.net/2012/09/12/the-fruit-of-the-dialogues/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DeltaDialogues+%28Delta+Dialogues%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Aquafornia.com
Press Release: San Joaquin Tributaries Authority
Delta's Management Blasted as Fragmented and Wasteful
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/73309/

Aquafornia.com
Central Valley Business Times
Delta's Management Blasted as Fragmented and Wasteful
http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=21889


Aquafornia.com
The Press.net
Visitor Center Offers Gateway to the Delta
http://thepress.net/bookmark/20140357/article-Visitor+center+offers+gateway+to+the+Delta+#.UFJqP5w6mzA.twitter

Aquafornia.com
Fresno Bee
Ick! Volunteers to Rid San Joaquin River of Dirty Diapers
http://www.fresnobee.com/2012/09/13/2991590/ick-volunteers-to-rid-san-joaquin.html

Aquafornia.com
ThePress.net
Twin Tunnels Project Churns Controversy
http://www.thepress.net/view/full_story/20058414/article-Twin-tunnels-project-churns-controversy

California Water News
NCWA.com
100 Years for a a Moment: California Rice Experiment Station
http://www.norcalwater.org/2012/09/10/100-years-for-a-moment-california-rice-experiment-station/

ACWA.com
New CUWA Report Highlights Efforts on Water Supply Reliability
http://www.acwa.com/news/water-news/new-cuwa-report-highlights-efforts-water-supply-reliability 

ACWA.com
Comment Letter Submitted on Toxicity Policy
http://www.acwa.com/news/regulatory-affairs/comment-letter-submitted-toxicity-policy

Aquafornia.com
Delays Mount for Proposed Carlsbad Desal Project
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/73319/

Aquafornia.com
YubaNet.com
NID Board Approves Environmental Study for Crombie Canal
http://yubanet.com/regional/NID-Board-Approves-Environmental-Study-for-Combie-Canal-Upgrade.php#.UFOqi2dvCO5

Aquafornia.com
The Valley Citizen
How the Modesto Irrigation District Lost Trust and Credibility
http://thevalleycitizen.com/?p=1493

Aquafornia.com
IID Reaches Out to Public with QSA Information Session
http://articles.ivpressonline.com/2012-09-12/largest-agriculture-to-urban-water-transfer_33796080

Aquafornia.com
Calaveras Enterprise
Water Pact on Agenda
http://www.calaverasenterprise.com/news/article_dbe80aa8-fc2b-11e1-bbce-001a4bcf887a.html

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/09/news-articles-and-links-from-september_13.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/09/news-articles-and-links-from-september_14.html

Water News

Agriculture News
Aquafornia.com
The Produce News
Central San Joaquin Farmers Feel Ignored in Historic Water Quality Efforts
http://www.producenews.com/index.php/news-dep-menu/test-featured/8769-central-san-joaquin-valley-farmers-feel-ignored-in-historic-water-quality-efforts

Aquafornia.com
Imperial Valley Press
Farmers: QSAA May Pose Unreasonable Financial Burdons
http://articles.ivpressonline.com/2012-09-12/qsa_33796044

Levee News

Fisheries News
LodiNews.com
Salmon Surging Daily in Sacramento River
http://www.lodinews.com/sports/columnists/mike_faught/article_6a3a11b9-58f9-5ba6-bf94-025666d2f0e9.html

Aquafornia.com
Discovery.com
Veterans to Help Restore Rivers
http://news.discovery.com/earth/veterans-to-help-restore-rivers-120912.html

Aquafornia.com
Siskiyou Daily News
Iron Gate Hatchery Facility in Need of Improvements
http://www.siskiyoudaily.com/article/20120911/NEWS/120919940

Dan Bacher
Indybay.org
Irrigator Petition to De-list Klamath Coho Salmon Rejected
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/09/12/18721544.php

Environmental News
ACWA.com
Sierra Nevada Counservancy Approves $2.2 Million in Grants for Watershed Projects
http://www.acwa.com/news/water-news/sierra-nevada-conservancy-approves-22-million-grants-watershed-projects

Aquafornia.com
Record Redding Searchlight
Water Speak Gives California's Environmental Management an 'F'
http://www.redding.com/news/2012/sep/12/speaker-gives-californias-environmental-managers/

Tribal News
Dan Bacher
The DailyKos.com
Will Tribal Scientists Be Invited to Marine Protected Area Conference?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/11/1130368/-Will-Tribal-scientists-be-invited-to-marine-protected-area-conference

Habitat News
Aquafornia.com
Recorder.net
Bill Allos State to Fight Spread of Spongeplant
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20120911%2FA_NEWS%2F209110316%2F-1%2Frss14&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RecordEnvironmentHeadlines+%28Environment+Headlines%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Infrastructure News
Aquafornia.com
USGS: Groundwater Conditions and Land Subsidence Along California Aqueduct
http://ca.water.usgs.gov/projects/central-valley/california-aqueduct-subsidence.html

Economic News

Tourism News

California Political News
Bill Berryhill Accepts Candidate Forum
http://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=1db924ff5d229c83877fef9df&id=70435c886d&e=d9503a764f

CalWatchdog.com
Bicycle Nuts Driving Local Traffic Issues
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/09/14/bicycle-nuts-driving-local-traffic-issues/

Aquafornia.com
Daily News
California Governor Pleads with Voters to Pass Tax-Hike Measure
http://www.dailynews.com/elections/ci_21518765/california-gov-jerry-brown-pleads-voters-pass-tax-video?source=rss

Political News

Science News

High Speed Rail News

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
News With Views
Kelleigh Nelson: Planning Commissions, SMART Growth and Land Use, Part 1
http://www.newswithviews.com/Nelson/kelleigh166.htm

California Progress Report
Sustainable Communities Bills Sent to Governor Brown
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/sustainable-communities-bills-sent-governor-brown
(Any one else see who has benefited most?  Former owner of Catellus sold Union Station, and look at the government contracting companies' stock ownerships, nice tidy double-dip profits on public infrastructure.  Ain't it great to live in California these days???)

National Center for Policy Analysis
Fuel Economy Rules Trump Smart Growth
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=22355&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ncpadpd+%28Daily+Policy+Digest%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News
Pacific Legal Foundation
Today's Delta Smelt Hearing: What You Need to Know
http://blog.pacificlegal.org/2012/todays-delta-smelt-hearing-what-you-need-to-know/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=todays-delta-smelt-hearing-what-you-need-to-know

The Foundry
Government Agencies Using Criminal Law for Self-Promotion
http://blog.heritage.org/2012/09/13/government-agencies-using-criminal-law-for-self-promotion/

Aquafornia.com
The Courthouse News Service
Power of Experts in Smelt Case Faces Scrutiny
http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/09/11/50165.htm

Aquafornia.com
Merced Sun-Star
MID and Mariposa in a Water Fight
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2012/09/12/2533308/mid-and-mariposa-in-a-water-fight.html

Aquafornia.com
Sierrawave.com
Forest Service to LADWP Nothing New in MCWD Facilities
http://www.sierrawave.net/14167/forest-service-to-ladwp/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sierrawave+%28Sierra+Wave%3A+Eastern+Sierra+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Events Calendar
Sacramento River Watershed Program
2012 Watershed Moment Reception
http://www.sacriver.org/events/srwpevents/2012-watershed-moment-reception 
October 18, 2012

Just For Fun
LewRockwell.com
160 Reasons to Stock Coconut Oil in Your Larder
http://survivalsherpa.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/160-reasons-to-stock-coconut-oil-in-your-larder/

The Foundry
Get Ready for Constitution Day with 10 Steps to Save the Confirmation
http://blog.heritage.org/2012/09/14/10-steps-to-save-the-constitution/

September 13, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
The Reporter
Challengers Square Off at Forum with Solano County's Lois Wolk, Mariko Yamada
http://www.thereporter.com/news/ci_21514743/challengers-square-off-at-forum-solano-countys-lois-wolk-mariko

Alex Breitler's Blog
Brown: Levee Fix Is Not 'Feasible'
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2012/09/12/brown-levee-fix-is-not-feasible/?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
(OK, just peeled myself off the ceiling.  If this article doesn't confirm the 'fix' is in, ta think?)

Delta advocates would probably steer him toward a plan recently completed by the Delta Protection Commission, which concludes the levees can be improved for a fraction of the price of the twin tunnels.

California Water News
Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/09/news-articles-and-links-from-september_12.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/09/news-articles-and-links-from-september_11.html

Water News

Agriculture News

Levee News

Fisheries News
Dan Bacher
Dailykos.com
Packard Foundation Funds Group Backing GMO-Fed Farmed Salmon
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/12/1130912/-Packard-Foundation-funds-group-backing-GMO-fed-farmed-salmon
(Anyone else see the common denominator thread here??  One person sits on the BoD of every organization listed here except AquaChile, and he currently resides on the Delta Vision Foundation, coincidence?  Well, let's see "two such events create a coincidence, three such events create a pattern"...think about it.)

Environmental News
Earthzine.com
NASA Earth Observatory
Another Foggy Day in San Francisco
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=79119&src=eorss-iotd&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Earthzine+%28Earthzine%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Tribal News

Habitat News

Infrastructure News

Economic News
What's Up With That?
Government Gone Wild: California DFG Diverts Fishing and Hunting License Monies to Study Climate Change
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/09/10/government-gone-wild-california-deptartment-of-fish-and-game-diverts-fishing-and-hunting-license-monies-to-study-climate-change/

Tourism News
CaliforniaCountry.org
Growing on the River
http://www.californiacountry.org/features/article.aspx?arID=1081
(Excellent piece on Michael and Amber McDowell's Farming.)

Rural Tourism Marketing
Website Design for Customers Not Tech
http://ruraltourismmarketing.com/2012/09/how-not-to-design-an-expensive-website-that-probably-wont-work-anyway/

California Political News

Political News
LewRockwell.com
A Republic, Not a Democracy by Ron Paul
http://lewrockwell.com/paul/paul821.html

Science News
USGS Survey
Survival and Migration Route Probabilities of Juvenile Chinook Salmon in the S/SJ River During Winter 2009-10
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr20121200

High Speed Rail News
CapitalPress.com
Farmers Criticize High Speed Rail
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/AP-CA-High-speed-rail-091212

California Progress Report
Xpresswest Has $1.5B in Private Investors and a Strong Argument for Victorville
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/xpresswest-has-15-billion-private-investors-%E2%80%93-and-strong-argument-victorville

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News

Events Calendar
Wine Tasting Fundraiser
Friends of Clarksburg Library
Sunday, September 16th
Heringer Family Ranch
http://www.clarksburglibraryfriends.org/wine-tasting.html

Just For Fun

September 10, 2102 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Delta National Park
An Argument Against Going Backward
http://www.deltanationalpark.org/blog/view/an_argument_against_going_backward/
(The original post is offensive on several points.  Excellent rebuttal by Restore the Delta and Chris Gulick, worth the time to read, and by all means, if you have a comment or opinion, please add it to the discussion.)

Science Blog
Using 'Velcro' to Clean Up Heavy Metal Pollution
http://scienceblog.com/56499/using-velcro-to-clean-up-heavy-metal-pollution/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogrssfeed+%28ScienceBlog.com%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
(Hey...something that just might work in the Delta!)

Aquafornia.com
Weekend Wrap-Up
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/73066/

Roberta Long
Mountain Democrat
Water Alliance Stands Up for Northern California Water Users
http://www.mtdemocrat.com/news/north-state-water-alliance-stands-up-for-northern-california-water-users/

Aquafornia.com
Press Democrat
Guerneville's Vira Burgerman, A Mermaid with a Message
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20120909/ARTICLES/209091008?tc=ar
(Hey, maybe we can get her to 'swim' up the main channel of the Sacramento River, seeing how so much salt water intrudes in our fresh water environment!)

Aquafornia.com
Times-Standard Online
Supes to Discuss State's New Water Tunnel Project
http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_21502568/supes-discuss-states-new-water-tunnel-project-trinity?source=rss

Aquafornia.com
Sacbee.com: Another Viewpoint
CEQA Reform Bill Leaves Safeguards in Place
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/09/4798952/ceqa-reform-bill-leaves-safeguards.html#mi_rss=Opinion

Comment:  Sorry but the bill as drafted had loopholes big enough to put those tunnels through sideways.  May not have been your intent, but the language as drafted did do that.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/09/4798952/ceqa-reform-bill-leaves-safeguards.html#mi_rss=Opinion#storylink=cpy

California Water News
Aquafornia.com
Recorder.net
The Value of a River
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120910/A_OPINION01/209100303/-1/A_OPINION

Aquafornia.com
BYTimes.com
Hetch Valley Measure Pits Bay Area Against Environmentalists
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/10/science/earth/hetch-hetchy-valley-measure-pits-bay-area-against-environmentalists.html?_r=1

Aquafornia.com
USGS
Delta-Mendota Canal: Groundwater Conditions and Land Subsidence
http://ca.water.usgs.gov/projects/central-valley/delta-mendota-canal.html
(I think the southern end of the state should worry more about correcting this subsidence in their concrete ditch, than worry about island subsidence in the Delta. 
Not so much for the aqueduct.  So Cal must take care of their real infrastructure deficiencies in securing a more reliable water supply before we literally destroy one of Nature's most beautiful of estuaries and drain it dry to satisfy So. Cal's insatiable desire for more.)

Aquafornia.com
Imperial Valley Press
DuMars Asks IID to Rethink Options
http://articles.ivpressonline.com/2012-09-09/president-john-pierre-menvielle_33719198

Aquafornia.com
Imperial Valley Press
IID Directors Weigh In On QSA Plan B
http://articles.ivpressonline.com/2012-09-09/qsa_33719200

Aquafornia.com
SiskiyouDaily.com
Two Hot Topics
http://www.siskiyoudaily.com/article/20120906/NEWS/120909902/0/SEARCH

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/09/news-articles-and-links-from-september_10.html

Water News
Science Codex
Bureaucrats Say Water is the Biggest Thing the UN Security Council Has to Worry About
http://www.sciencecodex.com/former_world_leaders_call_on_un_security_council_to_recognize_water_as_a_top_concern-98120
(How's about the UN Security Council just mind its own business???)

Agriculture News

Levee News

Fisheries News

Environmental News

Tribal News

Habitat News

Infrastructure News

Economic News

Tourism News

California Political News
California Capitol
Proposition 37: Beware of Trial Lawyers Lurking in Your Food
http://www.californiascapitol.com/calcap/2012/09/proposition-37-beware-of-trial-lawyers-lurking-in-your-food/
(Geez...can't we pass a simple proposition with a simple mandate to accurately label foods containing products that contain GMO components???  Well this being Kalifornia...apparently...noooooo.)

CalWatchDog.com
Brown, Dem Leg Ignore Aftermath
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/09/10/ca-lawmakers-dont-care-about-aftermath/

CalWatchDog.com
Totalitarians Run California
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/09/10/totalitarians-run-california/

Political News
News With Views
Conservative Lawmakers to Investigate Obama's Abuse of Power
http://www.newswithviews.com/BreakingNews/breaking175.htm
(Who knows, maybe this investigation will have some real teeth to it.)

AllGov.com
Reagan-Appointed Judge Blasts Obama for Abuse of Executive Power Regarding Guantanamo Prisoners
http://www.allgov.com/news/controversies/reagan-appointed-judge-blasts-obama-for-abuse-of-executive-power-regarding-guant%C3%A1namo-prisoners-120910?news=845262

Under the Obama MOU, counsel for the detainees would be unable to access classified information, Guantánamo officials could cite “operational needs and logistical constraints” at any time to prevent a detainee’s access to lawyers, and Guantánamo’s military commander would have “final and unreviewable discretion” to enforce the MOU.

Slamming the last provision, Lamberth wrote that “If the separation-of-powers means anything, it is that this country is not one ruled by executive fiat. Such blanket, unreviewable power over counsel-access by the executive does not comport with our constitutional system of government.”

LewRockwell.com
Judge Napolitano on the Virtues of Private Justice
http://lewrockwell.com/wile/wile58.1.html
(Good interview with Judge Napolitano)
 
National Center for POlicy Analysis
Who Plans Best for Natural Disasters?
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=22342&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ncpadpd+%28Daily+Policy+Digest%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Science News
Aquafornia.com
Reno Gazette ournal
Underwater Forest Shows Fallen Leaf Lake Once Suffered From 'Mega Drought'
http://www.rgj.com/article/20120909/NEWS/309090055/Underwater-forest-shows-Fallen-Leaf-Lake-once-suffered-from-megadrought-
(Certainly makes the bona fide drought of 1977-1982 look like a quick stroll in the sand, doesn't it?)

High Speed Rail News

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News
Aquafornia.com
Imperial Valley Press
Seeley Water District to File Grand Jury Response
http://articles.ivpressonline.com/2012-09-09/scwd_33719193

Events Calendar
Aquafornia.com
Calendar Notes
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/73061/

Just For Fun