January 8-9, 2013 Delta Water and News Links

Delta/California/Water News
Burt Wilson Delta Issues Interview on KFCF.org
Thursday, January 10, 2013
1:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time
www.kfcf.org

California Congressional Leaders Send letter to Secretary Salazar Requesting Detailed Briefing on the BDCP
California Water Impact Network
http://www.c-win.org/content/california-congressional-leaders-send-letter-secretary-salazar-requesting-detailed-briefing-

Delta Methylmercury TMDL Nonpoint Sources Work Group for Managed Wetlands and Irrigated Agriculture
NPS Workgroup - Consumnes 319(h) Grant Application Support
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=skitmfcab&v=0015cPBtOwYvcUJ0HoTex-jWLeMS7acKElF12bZKxzEvrFAAhhu0bNSovwnUDKQjk6IJMoWr7aua_Q6hu28qy0DctdVS6R0-ibPgeWKNt-rp1qmLffvifCQEoMrj0gvMQEnL8hQGK5h2iKvmaeEhg-0to7B1yFzVdkaZdXrtmipx9KddopGdHs0861xbWCfd1IYCQR9OT3O60qebUXN6QhsfH8V992e97muG3xvR0yHAloXUBMO2OapAX7qW_yfaUFgGMv4QGLDLA0NRyEvfavMEyZhmavado4zD2fNgwOnvKwkge-625iIOCXKgJEkr5csMsfDUa08kFAlb5LFXBY8hvXW0U1zCJtv

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2013/01/news-articles-and-links-from-january-9.html

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
Even a Six Year Old is Smarter Than Feinstein
PatriotPost.com
http://image.patriotpost.us/2013-01-08-humor-1.jpg

Contra Costa, Solano Residents Invited to the Marin County D.A.'s Gun Buy Back (Surrender) Day
Claycord.com
http://claycord.com/2013/01/09/contra-costa-residents-invited-to-the-marin-county-d-a-s-gun-buy-back-program/
(Let's see $200 or $100 per fire arm depending upon model...hmmm ability to defend oneself/WalMart shopping trip...ability to defend/shopping at WalMart...self-defense/WalMart...)

Agriculture/Science News
Top 10 Health Stories of 2012
Byron J. Richards
NewsWithViews.com
http://www.newswithviews.com/Richards/byron217.htm

Good Protein Bad Protein 4 Ingredients to Avoid and Why Its Mandatory for Physical and Mental Stamina
ThePeoplesChemist.com
http://thepeopleschemist.com/good-protein-bad-protein-4-ingredients-avoid-mandatory-physical-mental-stamina/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=good-protein-bad-protein-4-ingredients-avoid-mandatory-physical-mental-stamina

Scientist: Top Selling Weed Killer Montanso's Roundup Linked to Infertility
BlacklistedNews.com
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Scientist%3A_Top_Selling_Weed_Killer_%E2%80%93_Monsanto%E2%80%99s_Roundup_%E2%80%93_Linked_to_Infertility/23509/0/38/38/Y/M.html

Spin and Bias in Published Studies of Breast Cancer Trials
ScienceCodex.com
http://www.sciencecodex.com/spin_and_bias_in_published_studies_of_breast_cancer_trials-104889

Levee/Infrastructure News

Fisheries/Wildlife/Habitat News

Environmental News
Answers Needed on Why Tanker Hit Bay Bridge
Baykeeper.org
http://baykeeper.org/blog/answers-needed-why-oil-tanker-hit-bay-bridge
Bay Bridge Was Exempted From Rules Limiting Large Ships From Sailing in Fog
http://baykeeper.org/news/bk/bay-bridge-was-exempted-rules-limiting-large-ships-sailing-fog

Economic/Tourism News

High Speed Rail/BDCP Conveyance News
From California High Speed Rail Authority's Blog...you know this will be good...
Peninsula NIMBYs Continue Anti-HSR Activism, Using CalTrain EIS as Leverage
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2012/12/peninsula-nimbys-continue-anti-hsr-activism-using-caltrain-eis-as-leverage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=peninsula-nimbys-continue-anti-hsr-activism-using-caltrain-eis-as-leverage
High Speed Rail Should Stay in Bakersfield
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2012/12/high-speed-rail-should-stay-in-central-bakersfield/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=high-speed-rail-should-stay-in-central-bakersfield
2012: The Year That Saved California High Speed Rail
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2012/12/2012-the-year-that-saved-california-high-speed-rail/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2012-the-year-that-saved-california-high-speed-rail
2013: The Year Ahead in High Speed Rail
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2013/01/2013-the-year-ahead-in-high-speed-rail/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2013-the-year-ahead-in-high-speed-rail
 CEQA Reform Takes Shape in 2013
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2013/01/ceqa-reform-takes-shape-for-2013/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ceqa-reform-takes-shape-for-2013
Amtrak to Seek FRA Approval for Standard HSR Trainsets
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2013/01/amtrak-to-seek-fra-approval-for-standard-hsr-trainsets/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=amtrak-to-seek-fra-approval-for-standard-hsr-trainsets
Ray LaHood Mounts Another Strong Defense of California HSR
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2013/01/ray-lahood-mounts-another-strong-defense-of-california-hsr/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ray-lahood-mounts-another-strong-defense-of-california-hsr

National Political News
Obama Re-Elected Without Objection?
JB Williams
NewsWithViews.com
http://www.newswithviews.com/JBWilliams/williams231.htm

Impossible Coincidence Sandy Hook, Dark Knight Rises
NoMoreFakeNews.com
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=4tixiugab&v=001ZWNbY6QNS4zejkqD3zw0SgWoPVldKvO53NBcRJX5SrSNlFwAKzk4GPc3gCAQcPQVSaE0Knt75V_kKr5vQrHeQVZjwfTBeg3a3f5glBdHJrzkBNIpuPkUtQ%3D%3D

More of Our Doctors Are Losing Their Independence
Cato Institute
http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/more-our-doctors-are-losing-independence?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CatoRecentOpeds+%28Cato+Recent+Op-eds%29

Feinstein Statement on Nomination of John Brennan to be CIA Director
http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=ed17967f-8497-468f-aeab-29c013668401

Feinstein on Nomination of Chuck Hagel to be Secretary of Defense
http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=a1193b5f-9a3c-4050-938c-71616a86382c
(Neither of these can be good if she supports them.)

Biden Confirms Plans to Go Around Congress to Take Your Guns
GodfatherPolitics.com
http://godfatherpolitics.com/8905/biden-confirms-plans-to-go-around-congress-to-take-your-guns/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GodfatherPolitics+%28Godfather+Politics%29

Obama Evoking Executive Privilege to Ban Guns in America
CanadaFreePress.com
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/52282#When:01:19:12Z

California Political News

Litigation/Tribal News
Scientists Claim Censorship by Federal Agency
CapitalPress.com
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/AP-OR-Science-complaint-Klamath-010713

Superior Court Rules DFG Cannot Require a Permit...
Somach Simmons & Dunn
http://www.somachlaw.com/alerts.php?id=201
U.S. Supreme Court Holds a Discharge From...
http://www.somachlaw.com/alerts.php?id=202

Rivers Are Rivers
PLF Liberty Blog
http://blog.pacificlegal.org/2013/rivers-are-rivers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rivers-are-rivers

Federal Court Rules Stormwater Flow Alone Is Not a Pollutant
Best, Best & Kreiger
http://www.bbklaw.com/?t=40&an=16687&format=xml

Calendar
Meeting of the
Board of Directors and Liaison Advisers for the
SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA CONSERVANCY
Thursday, January 17, 2013
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Jean Harvie Community Center
14273 River Road, Walnut Grove, CA
www.deltaconservancy.ca.gov
(Note on the Agenda, the Conservancy is accepting $250,000 from S.D. Bechtel Foundation for their 'Basin Study'...well, well the sharks have come out in 2013 hard and heavy.)

Delta Stewardship Council Independent Science Board Meeting
January 16-17, 2013
http://deltacouncil.ca.gov/science-event-detail/8198


It's Back to School Time
Register for Water 101: The Basics and Beyond
February 14-15, 2013
Water Education Foundation
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=n4t4lee6&v=0015cPBtOwYvcUJ0HoTex-jWLeMS7acKElF12bZKxzEvrFAAhhu0bNSojkW5Fs0F5Zm02G87-3T6LTPGzvB_VurFnkJBWjJWK323NIDF2vIvr93VEWW0zni3-Ym5ZX-CirJBrapNzEVHJg82DVH5sEvERUS8RiHT1290eBvLa8XMILGu8U9pmap4CEvJnpP55oH1pdz_FIEOF8Qz3YFDOkAib1gadG9bWHPkjNMwQ3-KEjkp_VAlCnL7zN4pC8inAcMxSRFnuUC8IhcC-7335LiRdKY0o0GJI_6OS3NL2dJcYJ53kGfon-xdA%3D%3D
(In case any one has missed Mr. Snow.)

Southern California Water Committee
http://marketing.proofinteractive.com/hostedemail/email.htm?CID=21648215706&ch=E007D218D6494E253309DE2ACCF331D8&h=225b1004edd90fdac6ef6b58de5dee1a&ei=TmKzr8rNO

Written Comment Opportunities
California Farm Bureau Accepting Scholarship Applications
CapitalPress.com
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/TH-cfbf-scholarships-010913

Because It's Cool!

January 5-7, 2013 Delta Water and News Links

Delta/California/Water News
Weekend Wrap-Up
Aquafornia.com
http://www.aquafornia.com/index.php/2013/01/07/weekend-wrap-up-27/

Water Education Foundation Welcomes New Board Members
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=n4t4lee6&v=001zsj4A0_3E1FPRz7q-7mPkznfVoxeGkVpE4lRsLtMHPTpjOQ5THqB9tugvK3U1tzqdVWB2tVlFVV_wdaX6O11sggvSSyO1Rx7wLtmw9Fhi-S7cM-IafpPYOQGnnjID9j6oy4beb618GEtptZZEDxLgfJaqGHaxcWObRwYnemwxqzUHSCrBTu30uKtWjqugtgbPS-jWPrQp2gZig3UFQvFpVl7dnEfBxniexKmw6L7gcFkmNChemjmSLxZRQy3cDCaxcUajsKjofSU6uGYqlmMcALuDT9cw3C5X2BJa888NXpO5xlWSVRwSw%3D%3D

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2013/01/news-articles-and-links-from-january-4.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2013/01/news-articles-and-links-from-january-7.html

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
Leave Prop. 13 Alone: Repeal Growth Controls
Fox and Hounds
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2013/01/leave-prop-13-alone-repeal-growth-controls/

It is the toxic combination of slow-growth and smart-growth plans with affordable housing incentives –- low interest rates, low down payments, mortgage interest deduction — that help bring about abnormal booms and busts in California’s real estate market. 

Growth Controls, Not Prop. 13, Produced State Deficits
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/01/07/growth-controls-not-prop-13-produced-state-deficits/

My Line In The Sand Is Drawn Here
Pastor Chuck Baldwin
NewsWithViews.com
http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin734.htm

AGENDA Grinding America Down
Bear Witness Central
http://bwcentral.org/2012/11/agenda-grinding-america-down/

Why We Are About to Lose the U.S. to The Claws of Communism Parts 1, 2 and 3
http://bwcentral.org/2013/01/why-we-are-about-to-lose-the-united-states-to-the-claws-of-communism-part-1/
http://bwcentral.org/2012/01/why-we-are-about-to-lose-the-united-states-to-the-claws-of-communism-part-2/
http://bwcentral.org/2012/01/why-we-are-about-to-lose-the-united-states-to-the-claws-of-communism-part-3/

Pastor Roger Anghis - The Banning of Guns, Part 2
NewsWithViews.com
http://www.newswithviews.com/Anghis/roger242.htm

Senator Feinstein's Constitutional End-Run
ImpeachObamaCampaign.com
http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/senator-feinsteins-constitutional-end-run/

Feinstein Will Most LIkely Introduce Her Anti-2nd Amendment Bill on January 22nd
TheSurvivalistBlog.com
http://www.thesurvivalistblog.net/feinstein-introduce-anti2nd-amendment-bill-january-22nd/

Feinstein Slated to Reveal Gun Ban Legislation in January
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/01/07/feinstein-slated-to-reveal-gun-ban-legislation-in-jan/

Hit the Nail On the Head With a Federal Assault Hammer Ban
ImpeachObamaCampaign.com
http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/hit-the-nail-on-the-head-with-a-federal-assault-hammer-ban/

Confirmed: Dianne Feinstein Doesn't Know Anything
AmericanThinker.com
http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/01/confirmed_diane_feinstein_doesnt_know_anything.html

Conversation About CEQA in the 21st Century
California Economic Summit
http://www.caeconomy.org/reporting/entry/conversation-about-ceqa-in-the-21st-century

Agriculture/Science News

Levee/Infrastructure News

Fisheries/Wildlife/Habitat News
Delta Fish Populations Reach Record Low Levels
Dan Bacher
TheFishSniffer.com
http://www.fishsniffer.com/fishingnews/details/delta-fish-populations-reach-record-low-levels/

Legislators Want Army Corps To Explain Habitat Removal Plan
LATimes.com
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0104-sepulveda-20130104,0,126344.story#tugs_story_display

Environmental News
Gov. Jerry Brown Wants to "Calibrate" Environmental Rules
LATimes.com
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2013/01/gov-jerry-brown-wants-to-calibrate-environmental-rules.html

A Drilling Dilemma on Fracking
SFGate.com
http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/editorials/article/A-drilling-dilemma-on-fracking-4168823.php

Economic/Tourism News
Conservation Groups Meet Deadline to Protect Iconic Property on Donner Summit
Packard Foundation
http://www.packard.org/2013/01/conservation-groups-meet-deadline-to-protect-iconic-property-on-donner-summit/

High Speed Rail/BDCP Conveyance News
"Blazing Trains" HSR Plan Resembles Comedy Western
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/01/07/blazing-trains-hsr-plan-resembles-comedy-western/
(Steinberg looks like the Governor in Blazing Saddles!! See picture in article.)

California High Speed Rail Blog - CEQA Reform Takes Shape for 2013
Cahsrblog.com
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2013/01/ceqa-reform-takes-shape-for-2013/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ceqa-reform-takes-shape-for-2013

National Political News
Look for More McClintocks in the Future
Fox and Hounds
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2013/01/look-for-more-mcclintocks-in-the-future/

Blame for Fiscal Mess? Look In the Mirror
Devvy Kidd
NewsWithViews.com
http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd568.htm

Pelosi Urges Obama to Sidestep congress, Use 14th Amendment to Raise Debt Ceiling
TheDailyCaller.com
http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/07/pelosi-urges-obama-to-sidestep-congress-use-14th-amendment-to-raise-debt-ceiling/

The Fate of the Republic Is In The Hands of One Man
ImpeachObamaCampaign.com
http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/the-fate-of-the-republic-is-in-the-hands-of-one-man/

House Democrat Serrano Tries to Alter Constitution, End Presidential Term Limits
FoxNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/01/07/house-democrat-serrano-tries-to-alter-constitution-end-presidential-term-limits/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29

Who Would Dare Veto the Sandy Bill?
AmericanThinker.com
http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/01/who_would_dare_veto_the_sandy_bill.html

Conservatives Can Learn From the Flaws in Spielberg's Lincoln
AmericanThinker.com
http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/01/conservatives_can_learn_from_the_flaws_in_spielbergs_lincoln.html

Just Who Wants to 'Take Back America?'
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/01/04/just-who-wants-to-take-back-america/

California Political News
The Prop 13 "Reforms" Only Embed Prop 13 More Deeply
Fox and Hounds
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2013/01/the-prop-13-reforms-only-embed-prop-13-more-deeply/

Schwarzenegger Still in Marketing Mode, Selling Myths
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/01/06/schwarzenegger-still-in-marketing-mode-selling-myths/

Litigation News
Washington: California Water Providers Clash With Feds Over Breached Contracts
MiamiHerald.com
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/01/04/3167882/california-water-providers-clash.html

Stockton East Update
Alex Breitler's Blog
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2013/01/04/stockton-east-update/?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

Federal Judge Rules EPA Overstepped Authority Trying to Regulate Water as Pollutant
EPAAbuse.com
http://epaabuse.com/10585/news/federal-judge-rules-epa-overstepped-authority-trying-to-regulate-water-as-pollutant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=federal-judge-rules-epa-overstepped-authority-trying-to-regulate-water-as-pollutant

Tribal News
Native American Flash Mob Round Dance Takes Over Mall of America
colorlines.com
http://colorlines.com/archives/2013/01/native_american_flash_mob_round_dance_takes_over_mall_of_america.html

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Written Comment Opportunities

Because It's Cool!
All My Children, One Life to Live to Return In New Online Network
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/01/07/all-my-children-one-life-to-live-to-return-in-new-online-episodes/