March 29, 2013 Delta, Water and News Links

Delta Related and Water News
Maven's Notebook
Tim Washburn
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/03/28/mavens-minutes-tim-washburn-on-the-history-and-future-of-sacramentos-flood-control-system/

Science and Report Notes
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/03/27/science-and-report-notes-state-water-board-and-norcal-coastal-streams-forecasting-salmon-returns-streamgages-epas-national-aquatic-resources-survey-and-more/

Felicia Marcus on the California Delta: Convergence or Collision?
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/03/27/science-and-report-notes-state-water-board-and-norcal-coastal-streams-forecasting-salmon-returns-streamgages-epas-national-aquatic-resources-survey-and-more/'

California Representatives Speak Out Against Newest Portion of Delta Plan
http://www.aquafornia.com/index.php/2013/03/29/california-represntatives-speak-newest-portion-delta-plan/

More Congressional Opposition to Brown's Twin Tunnels
http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=23132

New Report on California's Flood Risk
http://www.aquafornia.com/index.php/2013/03/29/report-californias-flood-risk/

Deck Stacked Against North on Water?
http://www.chicoer.com/opinion/ci_22898490/editorial-deck-stacked-against-north-water

Editorial: Stick to Delta Plan for Now
http://www.thereporter.com/opinion/ci_22880339/editorial-stick-delta-plan-now
(What tripe.)

Delta Related Private/Public Propaganda News
Statement:  BDCP Plus Needed to Accomplish Co-Equal Goals
http://www.aquafornia.com/index.php/2013/03/28/statement-bdcp-plus-needed-accomplish-co-equal-goals/
(Of course it would, BDCP is a corrupt process that needs all the extra help it can get...think Monterey Amendments Plus.)

California Plan to Save Delta Would Benefit Fish, But Smelt Would Still Be Killed in Dry Years
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/7caaf01a4eb244d598ddd9e148805a66/CA--California-Water

New Guide Demystifying Financing of Water and Wastewater Projects
http://www.aquafornia.com/index.php/2013/03/28/statement-bdcp-plus-needed-accomplish-co-equal-goals/

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
State Ban on UN Agenda 21 Clears Arizona Senate
http://www.blacklistednews.com/State_Ban_on_UN_Agenda_21_Clears_Arizona_Senate/25004/0/0/0/Y/M.html

Privatization and Land Grabbing in Spain
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Privatization_and_Land_Grabbing_in_Spain/25025/0/0/0/Y/M.html

2nd Amendment News
Biden on Gun Control Laws "This is the Beginning of the Process"
http://godfatherpolitics.com/10127/biden-on-gun-control-laws-this-is-the-beginning-of-the-process/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GodfatherPolitics+%28Godfather+Politics%29

Obama Quietly Uses Executive Power to Move Gun Control Agenda Forward
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Obama_quietly_uses_executive_power_to_move_gun_control_agenda_forward..._/25032/0/0/0/Y/M.html

Agriculture/Science News
CDFA To Discuss Agriculture Outlook with State and Federal Leaders
http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/egov/press_releases/Press_Release.asp?PRnum=13-010

Interior Denies Spinning Klamath Science
http://yubanet.com/california/Interior-Denies-Spinning-Klamath-Science.php#.UVdX6KUQg20

Levee/Infrastructure News
Nielsen Votes for Funding to Improve Levee Protection
http://yubanet.com/regional/Nielsen-Votes-for-Funding-to-Improve-Levee-Protection.php#.UVdVbKUQg20

Fisheries/Wildlife/Habitat News

Environmental News

Economic/Tourism News
TransPacific Partnership Will Undermine Democracy, Empower Transnational Corporations
http://www.blacklistednews.com/TransPacific_Partnership_Will_Undermine_Democracy%2C_Empower_Transnational_Corporations/24994/0/0/0/Y/M.html

High Speed Rail/BDCP Conveyance News
GAO Report Validates HSR Ridership and Revenue Projections
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2013/03/gao-report-validates-hsr-ridership-and-revenue-projections/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gao-report-validates-hsr-ridership-and-revenue-projections

Gov. Jerry Brown's Excellent New Appointments to CHRSA Board
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2013/03/gao-report-validates-hsr-ridership-and-revenue-projections/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gao-report-validates-hsr-ridership-and-revenue-projections

CHRSA Launches Preemptive Bond Lawsuit
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2013/03/gao-report-validates-hsr-ridership-and-revenue-projections/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gao-report-validates-hsr-ridership-and-revenue-projections

Ralph Vartabedian Seeks to Stir the Blended Plan Pot
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2013/03/gao-report-validates-hsr-ridership-and-revenue-projections/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gao-report-validates-hsr-ridership-and-revenue-projections

National Political News
Oligarchy Exists Inside Our Democracy
http://my.firedoglake.com/masaccio/2013/03/29/oligarchy-exists-inside-our-democracy/
(Kinda, there's the first mistake, we are not a democracy, we are a republic.)

Fusion Center Director: We Don't Spy on Americans, just anti-government Americans
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Fusion_center_director%3A_We_don%27t_spy_on_Americans%2C_just_anti-government_Americans/25049/0/38/38/Y/M.html

California Political News
Transparency, or the Lack Thereof
http://www.calitics.com/diary/14935/transparency-or-the-lack-thereof

Report: California Parks Need New Operating Model
http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_22874520/report-california-parks-need-new-operating-model

Litigation News
Supreme Court Rejects Dredge Petition
http://www.siskiyoudaily.com/article/20130325/NEWS/130329879

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