February 22, 2013 Delta Water and News Links

Delta/California/Water News
Mystery Creature Caught on Camera in American River
KTXL
http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2013/02/22/1938757/

AquAlliance Troupers in 'Bad Plan Meets Active Citizen"
http://vimeo.com/51718807
(Creative 3 minute video!)

News From Restore the Delta
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001F21jA-5PIHasgus8I2ZfOcmyAmYffW0IVGqOhHOcoqNFZc8jTFVBpUiy86rTpU6uCQJ4RvlmK5wGC0shysIDOhwWgGdlO1q1jMsuTu8-XyePH-rlG0NHGg%3D%3D

Fresno Bee Opinion: Carolee Krieger: Land Retirement Solves Selenium Problem
C-WIN
http://www.c-win.org/content/fresno-bee-opinion-carolee-krieger-land-retirement-solves-selenium-problem.html

KPBS Dueling Proposals Are the Latest in Plan for Sacramento Delta
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2013/feb/21/dueling-proposals-are-latest-plan-sacramento-delta/

Waste Not, Want Not
Pacific Institute
http://pacinst.org/reports/urban_usage/

California Farm Water Coalition
Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2013/02/news-articles-and-links-from-february_22.html

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
Rural County Representatives of California
Weekly Newsletter
http://www.rcrcnet.org/rcrc/

Agriculture/Science News

Levee/Infrastructure News
Federal Scientists Release Final Klamath Dam Report
Two Rivers Tribune 
 http://www.tworiverstribune.com/2013/02/federal-scientists-release-final-klamath-dam-report/

Controversial Dam Removal Founded on Value Conflicts
ScienceCodex.com
http://www.sciencecodex.com/controversial_dam_removals_founded_on_value_conflicts-107384

From Offices of Congressman Miller and Congresswoman Matsui

Today, Congressman George Miller (CA-11) and Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-06) led a letter to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar urging him to provide full consideration to a portfolio-based conceptual alternative for the BDCP proposed by a coalition of Northern and Southern California water agencies, and business and environmental groups. The letter was also signed by six other Members of Congress representing communities in the Bay Delta region: Reps. McNerney, Thompson, Speier, Garamendi, Bera and Huffman.

Fisheries/Wildlife/Habitat News
Over 300,000 Salmon Returned to Klamath River in 2012
Dan Bacher
FishSniffer.com
http://www.fishsniffer.com/reports/details/over-300000-salmon-returned-to-klamath-river-in-2012/

Will California Restore the Lower San Joaquin River and Its Salmon?
Doug Obegi Blog NRDC
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/dobegi/will_california_restore_the_he.html

Environmental News
The Case Against Fluoridating Water
PressDemocrat.com
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20130220/OPINION/130229988/0/search?p=1&tc=pg

Economic/Tourism News
The New Oil Landscape
National Geographic Magazine
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/03/bakken-shale-oil/dobb-text

High Speed Rail/BDCP Conveyance News

National Political News

California Political News
Capitol Alert: California Analyst Rejects Gov. Jerry Brown's Clean Energy Plan
Sacbee.com
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2013/02/california-analyst-rejects-gov-jerry-brown-clean-energy-plan.html

Litigation News

Tribal News

Calendar

Written Comment Opportunities

Because It's Cool!
Washington's Birthday Provides Lesson in Self-Government
The Foundry
http://blog.heritage.org/2013/02/22/on-washingtons-birthday-a-lesson-in-self-government/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-washingtons-birthday-a-lesson-in-self-government

Calvin Coolidge: Champion of Budget Cuts, Tax Reductions
The Foundry
http://blog.heritage.org/2013/02/22/celebrating-coolidge-champion-of-budget-cuts-tax-reductions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=celebrating-coolidge-champion-of-budget-cuts-tax-reductions

February 21, 2013 Delta Water and News Links

Blend up a pitcher of these, It's National Margarita Day!

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/02/22/national-margarita-day/

Delta/California/Water News
Battle to Stop the Delta Tunnel Boondoggle Targets Southern California with TV Commercials and Website Launch
Yubanet..com
http://yubanet.com/california/Battle-to-Stop-the-Delta-Tunnels-Boondoggle-Targets-Southern-California-with-TV-Commercials-and-Website-Launch.php#.USeLHTdaaSo
Regardless of where one resides in California, this is nothing more than a power/water/land grab by a very few elite.  Theft is theft, at least it was the last time I checked, regardless of perpetrator.)
Southern California Water Alliance
http://www.deltatunnelsboondoggle.com/

Governor Brown Met Privately With Beverly Hills Ag Queen, Junk Bond King
Dan Bacher
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/02/09/1185886/--Governor-Brown-met-privately-with-Beverly-Hills-Ag-Queen-Junk-Bond-King#

DWR's Delta eNews
http://deltacouncil.ca.gov/science-event-detail/8649

Chronicle Editorial: Delta Pipes Pitch Less Than Perfect
C-WIN
http://www.c-win.org/content/chronicle-editorial-delta-pipes-pitch-less-perfect.html

Equite, Scarcite, Liberte
Delta National Park
http://www.deltanationalpark.org/blog/view/equite_scarcite_liberte/

State Water Plan eNews
http://www.waterplan.water.ca.gov/docs/enews/2013/cwp_e-news022013.pdf

California Farm Water Coalition
Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2013/02/news-articles-and-links-from-february_21.html

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
Prominent American Scientists Call for Eco-Dictatorship Under U.N. Rule
BlackListedNews.com
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Prominent_American_Scientists_Call_For_Eco-Dictatorship_Under_UN_Rule/24367/0/0/0/Y/M.html
(This is scary...really scary...

Upcoming Scientific Publication: “(…) governments can and even should move beyond existent levels of public permission in order to shift norms, allowing public sentiment to later catch up with the regulation.”

American Farmland Trust: E Newsletter
http://www.farmland.org/news/newsletters/enews/2013/February.asp

Rural Counties Representatives of California
Newslette
http://www.rcrcnet.org/rcrc/
(Again, this is AG21, and your county has PAID DUES to this private, incorporated entity/organization to further entrench them into U.N. policies...another wolf in sheep's clothing, folks.)

Question Everything
Laurie Roth
NewsWithViews.com
http://www.newswithviews.com/Roth/laurie365.htm

Agriculture/Science News
Agricultural Climate Adaptation Can Mitigate, Too
EnvironmentalResearchWeb.org
http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/52444

The Questions that Won't Be Asked
Environmental Working Group
http://www.ewg.org/agmag/2013/02/questions-won-t-be-asked?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ewg_alltopics+%28EWG%3A+All+Topics%29
(Good read.)

EWQ's Farm Subsidy database
Environmental Working Group
http://www.ewg.org/node/353?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ewg_alltopics+%28EWG%3A+All+Topics%29

Farms, Land in Farms, Livestock Operations Summary 2012
Cornell University
http://usda01.library.cornell.edu/usda/nass/FarmLandIn/2010s/2013/FarmLandIn-02-19-2013.pdf

Grapefruit Seed Extract Information
http://grapefruitseedextract.org/
(Very interesting information.)

Levee/Infrastructure News

Fisheries/Wildlife/Habitat News
50,000 Juvenile Salmon Released in Flooded Rice Field
Recordnet.com
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130220/A_NEWS/130229995/-1/A_NEWS14

Environmental News
Darrell Steinberg to Unveil CEQA Reform Bill Tomorrow (2.22.13)
High Speed Rail Blog
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2013/02/darrell-steinberg-to-unveil-ceqa-reform-bill-tomorrow/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=darrell-steinberg-to-unveil-ceqa-reform-bill-tomorrow

Economic/Tourism News
Taxing Rich Ignores Underlying Problem
National Center for Policy Analysis
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=22871&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ncpadpd+%28Daily+Policy+Digest%29

Feds Want Your Retirement Accounts
AmericanThinker.com
http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/02/the_feds_want_your_retirement_accounts.html

Rand Paul Returns Surplus Operating Budget
DailyCaller.com
http://dailycaller.com/2013/02/21/rand-paul-returns-surplus-operating-budget/

High Speed Rail/BDCP Conveyance News
How Philosophy Explains High-Speed Rail
Fox and Hounds
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2013/02/how-philosophy-explains-high-speed-rail/
(Excellent satire.)

High-Speed Rail Enthusiasts Dream of National System
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/02/20/high-speed-rail-enthusiasts-dream-of-national-system/

And instead of taking a day or more to get from L.A. to NYC, it takes only 5 hours and 23 minutes. And costs just $318, nonstop.
The high-speed rail enthusiasts, including Gov. Jerry Brown and President Obama, seem not to know that in 1903 Americans Orville and Wilbur Wright invented trains with wings. Nowadays, the flying trains hold hundreds of people and fly in excess of 500 mph.

Draft California Rail Plan Released
California High Speed Rail Blog
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2013/02/draft-california-rail-plan-released/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=draft-california-rail-plan-released

National Political News
Chuck Baldwin--Christian:  It Is to Vote With Your Feet
NewsWithViews.com
http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin741.htm

Columbine Survivor Pens Bold Open Letter to Obama Rejecting Gun Control
TheBlaze.com
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/02/20/columbine-survivor-pens-bold-open-letter-to-obama-rejecting-gun-control-whose-side-are-you-on/

Disturbing Trend in Our Military: Viewing Citizens as Threats
BlackListedNews.com
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Disturbing_Trend_in_our_Military%3A_Viewing_citizens_as_threats/24359/0/0/0/Y/M.html

Conservatives Hit University Where it Hurts - The Pocketbook
CollegeFix.com
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/12727?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thecollegefixfeed+%28The+College+Fix%29
(Interesting!)

Let's Stop Acting Like There's a Debate About the 2nd Amendment
GodFatherPolitics.com
http://godfatherpolitics.com/9567/lets-stop-acting-like-theres-a-debate-about-the-2nd-amendment/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GodfatherPolitics+%28Godfather+Politics%29

Firearms Company Striking Back at Anti-Gun NY by Cancelling All Orders for NYPD
GodFatherPolitics.com
http://godfatherpolitics.com/9560/firearms-company-striking-back-at-anti-gun-ny-by-cancelling-all-orders-for-nypd/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GodfatherPolitics+%28Godfather+Politics%29

Disarming America's Heroes
ImpeachObamaCampaign.com
http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/disarming-americas-heroes/

Comcast Cable Network Bans All Firearms Related Advertising
GodFatherPolitics.com
http://godfatherpolitics.com/9573/comcast-cable-network-bans-all-firearms-related-advertising/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GodfatherPolitics+%28Godfather+Politics%29

Tracking Current Federal Gun Control Legislation
GodFatherPolitics.com
http://godfatherpolitics.com/9575/tracking-current-federal-gun-control-legislation/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GodfatherPolitics+%28Godfather+Politics%29
(Damn...)

California Political News

Litigation News
High Treason Against the United States of America and Its People
Bear Witness Central
http://bwcentral.org/2013/02/high-treason-against-the-united-states-of-america-and-its-people/
(Incredibly disturbing, please take the time to read just how deep high treason has gone in America.)

Fix the Law to Fix America
AmericanThinker.com
http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/02/fix_the_law_to_fix_america.html
(Good read.)

Tribal News

Calendar
Restore the Delta's
Train the Water Advocate Conference
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001VJlu5GGZPDThqqfb-RaJqWLUjsVHii8Vrv2r3vDP3ELlbbEAM_4dVIwzBTtgc2vUilKD2T-vTTVwoxYM3TqiSBhH7QEgG52IqYRLoma0Z5MhbWj3CUbZzA%3D%3D

Delta Stewardship Council's Delta Science Program
Brown Bag Unifying Aquatic Science for Adaptive Management of SSJ Delta
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
12-1PM
http://deltacouncil.ca.gov/science-event-detail/8649

Written Comment Opportunities

Because It's Cool!
Two Classics, One Car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHwwwJ83oWo
(Very cool!!!)

7 Types of Chicks Who Annoy Everyone Just By Their Very Existence
PJ Media.com
http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2013/02/13/7-types-of-chicks-who-annoy-everyone-just-by-their-very-existence/?singlepage=true
(A good chuckle!!)

February 20, 2013 Delta Water and News Links

Delta/California/Water News
Maven's Minutes: California Water Policy Seminar Series Continues with Tim Quinn: In Pursuit of 'Coequal' Goals: An ACWA Statewide Perspective
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/02/20/mavens-minutes-california-water-policy-seminar-series-continues-with-tim-quinn-in-pursuit-of-coequal-goals-an-acwa-statewide-perspective/

Maven's Notebook: Natural Hydrographs in Regulated Rivers: Conference Video Now Available Plus Comments Sought on DISB's Review of BDCP governance, and More!
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/02/20/science-notes-natural-hydrographs-in-regulated-rivers-conference-video-now-available-plus-public-comments-sought-on-disbs-review-of-bdcp-governance-and-more/

A Rare Alignment
Alex Breitler's Blog
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2013/02/19/a-rare-alignment/?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

Anything But Water 
Aguanomics.com
http://www.aguanomics.com/2013/02/anything-but-water_20.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+aguanomics+%28Aguanomics%29

Restore the Delta
Press Release:  RTD Responds to Contractors Comparison of Proposed Tunnels
http://www.restorethedelta.org/news-alerts-archive/

Delta Stewardship Council
Council Names Deputy Executive Officers
http://deltacouncil.ca.gov/sites/default/files/documents/files/13-0220_Council_Names_Deputy_Executive_Officers_v2.pdf

ACWA Submits Comment Letter on Aquatic Weed Control
ACWA.com
http://www.acwa.com/news/water-quality/acwa-submits-comment-letter-aquatic-weed-control-permit

California Farm bureau Federation: water Supplies Shrink as Officials Act to Protect Fish
SierraSuntimes.com
http://goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntimes/index.php/news/mariposa-daily-news-2013/143-february/7665-california-farm-bureau-federation-water-supplies-shrink-as-officials-act-to-protect-fish

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2013/02/news-articles-and-links-from-february_20.html

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
U.S., Other Nations Quietly Maneuvering to Rein In Sprawling U.N. System
FoxNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/02/20/us-other-nations-quietly-maneuvering-to-rein-in-sprawling-inefficient-un-system/

The U.N. organizations themselves — including such high-profile entities as the United Nations Development Program, UNICEF, the World Food Program, the World Health Organization and more than 30 others —are not invited to the meetings.

(Right on!  Now they know what it feels like to be a Delta representative.)

Articles: America Education: Rotting the Country From the Inside
AmericanThinker.com
http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/02/american_education_rotting_the_country_from_the_inside.html

Who Needs the Family?
CanadaFreePress.com
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/53237#When:12:52:35Z

Opinion: We Could Learn a Lot from the Chinese
CollegeFix.com
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/12723?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thecollegefixfeed+%28The+College+Fix%29

Actually, a child begins learning at home, as soon as he is born. If a parent is unwilling to teach his child colors, numbers, the alphabet, and self-control, he should not be a parent.

(And the choir said 'Amen'!!)

Agriculture/Science News
Summit Pushes for Healthy, Accessable Local Food
Sacramento Business Journal
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2013/02/20/summit-pushes-for-healthy-accessible.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_sacramento+%28Sacramento+Business+Journal%29

U.N. Examines Link Between Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals, Health Problems
ScienceBlog.com
http://scienceblog.com/60398/un-examines-link-between-hormone-disrupting-chemicals-health-problems/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogrssfeed+%28ScienceBlog.com%29

Advancing Agricultural Greenhouse-Gas Quantification
EnvironmentalResearchWeb.com
http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/opinion/52440

Scientists Discover Secret of Why Women Talk More Than Men
CollegeFix.com
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/12717?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thecollegefixfeed+%28The+College+Fix%29

Why Straight Women Have Gay Men as BFFs: Trustworthy Mating Advice, Says Psychologist
ScienceCodex.com
http://www.sciencecodex.com/trustworthy_mating_advice_deepens_bond_between_straight_women_and_gay_men-107232
(Hey, every straight woman needs at least one good gay man's opinion...it's brutal out there :)!!)

Levee/Infrastructure News
Take the Public-Private Road to Efficiency
Cato.org
http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/take-public-private-road-efficiency?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CatoRecentOpeds+%28Cato+Recent+Op-eds%29

Fisheries/Wildlife/Habitat News
Press Release: Federal Study Finds 93% of Salmon Smolts on Tuolumne River are Consumed by Striped Bass and Other Non-Native Predators
http://calsmartwater.org/press-release-federal-study-finds-93-percent-of-salmon-smolts-on-tuolumne-river-are-consumed-by-striped-bass-and-other-non-native-predators/

Environmental News
EVIDENCE That a Bird Society Traded Its Approval of a Wind Farm Project for Money
CanadaFreePress.com
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/53254#When:17:44:47Z
(Take a closer look at the Tejon Ranch proposed development...Corporate Sierra Club, NRDC, etc. traded away their environmental concerns with the developers...this is traced back to Resnick, Feinstein, Reilly to name a few.  Mostly it's about the 'established patterns of behavior' that indicate gaming our public processes.)

Fracking in California: Big Reserves, Big Reservations
PressDemocrat.com
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20130217/MCT/130219678/0/search

Economic/Tourism News
China Loves the U.S. Dollar Again as America Roars Back
Telegraph.uk.com
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/currency/9881410/China-loves-the-US-dollar-again-as-America-roars-back.html
(Something's not right.)

Le Riverage to Transform into Westin Sacramento
Sacramento Business Journal
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2013/02/20/le-rivage-to-transform-into-westin.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_sacramento+%28Sacramento+Business+Journal%29

High Speed Rail/BDCP Conveyance News

National Political News
Boehner to Obama: You Created the Spending Cut Crisis, You Fix It
FoxNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/20/boehner-to-obama-created-spending-cut-crisis-fix-it/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29
(Finally, do I see a pair emerging???)

Missouri House Bill Would Make Proposing Gun Control Illegal
FoxNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/20/missouri-house-bill-would-make-proposing-gun-control-illegal/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29
(Some things ARE a matter of principle.)

Mexico Asks U.S. for List of Gun Owners
CBS 5 via BlackListedNews.com
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Mexico_Asks_US_for_List_of_Gun_Owners_/24329/0/0/0/Y/M.html
(Hmmm...I suppose some numbskull will actually do it, too.)

Is Your Local Police Department Using Pictures of Pregnant Women and Children for Target Practice?
reason.com
http://reason.com/blog/2013/02/19/is-your-local-police-department-using-pi
(A bit disturbing.)

School Choice Has Roots with Calvin Coolidge
HeritageBlog.org
http://blog.heritage.org/2013/02/20/school-choice-in-the-time-of-calvin-coolidge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=school-choice-in-the-time-of-calvin-coolidge

Articles: The Gun Control Movement's Dangerous Incompetence
AmericanThinker.com
http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/02/the_gun_control_movements_dangerous_incompetence.html

Why Walter Block and Stephan Kinsella Sound Like Central Planners When They Talk About Debtors' Prison
EconomicPolicyJournal.com
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/02/why-walter-block-and-stephan-kinsella.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+economicpolicyjournal%2FYZSb+%28EconomicPolicyJournal.com%29

Yes, You ARE a Criminal...You Just Don't Know It Yet
Lewrockwell.com
http://lewrockwell.com/nestmann/nestmann55.1.html

Where have All the Watchdogs Gone
GodfatherPolitics.com
http://godfatherpolitics.com/9543/where-have-all-the-watchdogs-gone/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GodfatherPolitics+%28Godfather+Politics%29

California Political News
How Can Computer Science Not be State Graduation Requirement?
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/02/20/how-can-computer-science-not-be-state-graduation-requirement/

We Predicted There Was No Tax 'Windfall'
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/02/19/we-predicted-there-was-no-tax-windfall/

Litigation News

Tribal News

Calendar
Peripheral Delta Canal Subject of Speech
Contra Costa Times
http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_22621761/peripheral-delta-canal-subject-speech
(Senator Wolk.)

Written Comment Opportunities

Because It's Cool!
Woo Hoo ANYTIME there's more FIREWORKS, I'm in!!!
River Cats Plans on Deck Include More Fireworks, Retro Prices
Sacramento Business Journal
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/kelly-johnson/2013/02/river-cats-plans-on-deck-fireworks-parki.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_sacramento+%28Sacramento+Business+Journal%29

Secret Lives of Wild Animals Captured by 1 Million Camera-Trap Images
Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/02/camera-trap-gallery/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wiredscience+%28Wired%3A+Blog+-+Wired+Science%29

February 19, 2013 Delta Related Links

Maven's Notebook
Delta Independent Science Board's Review of BDCP's Propossed Governance Structure Lists Several Concerns
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/02/14/draft-report-of-the-delta-independent-science-boards-review-of-the-bdcps-proposed-governance-structure-lists-several-concerns/
(Read the draft letter, the DISB is taking comments until 2/21.  It is important to stand behind the Board in it's quest for tangible scientific independence within the Delta Plan and potential BDCP.)

Take of Delta Smelt Reaches Limits, Triggering Cutbacks in Delta Water Exports
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/02/13/take-of-delta-smelt-reaches-limit-triggering-cutbacks-in-delta-water-exports/

Science Notes: Delta Restoration Projects, Natural Hydrographs in Regulated Rivers and More
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/02/13/science-notes/

California Water Policy Seminar with Phil Isenberg
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/02/12/mavens-minutes-california-water-policy-seminar-series-with-phil-isenberg-if-we-cant-see-the-end-of-the-tunnel-are-we-still-on-the-road-to-somewhere/

February 11, 2013 Blog Round-Up
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/02/11/blog-roundup-more-debate-on-tunnel-size-and-on-the-role-of-science-plus-random-comparisons-salmon-hunger-games-desal-and-broken-windows-and-more/

California Water Policy Seminar Series Jay Lund
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/02/05/mavens-minutes-california-water-policy-seminar-series-jay-lund-insurmountable-opportunities/
 
February 4, 2013 Blog Round-Up
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/02/04/monday-blog-roundup-bloggers-discuss-the-bdcp-the-delta-plan-regulated-rivers-groundwater-and-more/

Weekend Reading: Delta Smelt Court Documents
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/02/01/weekend-reading-delta-smelt-court-documents/
 
Maven's Minutes: Delta Watermaster Craig Wilson Talks to DSC About Expanding Term 91
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/01/31/mavens-minutes-delta-watermaster-craig-wilson-talks-to-the-delta-stewardship-council-about-expanding-term-91/

Maven's Minutes:  No Love for the Delta Plan's Proposed Regulations at the Public Hearings
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/01/29/mavens-minutes-no-love-for-the-delta-plans-proposed-regulations-at-the-public-hearing/
 
January 28, 2013 Blog Round-Up
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/01/28/blog-roundup-normative-science-megaprojects-state-of-the-state-reactions-smaller-tunnels-and-permeable-levees/
 
Maven's Minutes: Delta Smelt Index Dropping, Delta Science Plan States to Take Shape
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/01/28/blog-roundup-normative-science-megaprojects-state-of-the-state-reactions-smaller-tunnels-and-permeable-levees/

Aquafornia.com
Science News Delta Stewardship Council
http://archive.deltacouncil.ca.gov/delta_science_program/publications/sci_news_0213_changes.html

Paiute Indians Help Map L.A. Acquaduct
The California Report
http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201302151630/e

Marin Independent Journal
Boxer and Feinstein Seek Money for repairs to Bay and Marin Wetlands
http://www.marinij.com/novato/ci_22601823/boxer-and-feinsten-seek-money-repairs-bay-and

Sacramento, West Sacramento Get Serious About Two Bridges
Sacbee.com
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/02/18/5197544/sacrament-west-sac-get-serious.html

State Water Contractors - Single Tunnel Proposal for Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Flawed
http://www.swc.org/in-the-news/press-releases

Forum on Delta Braces Residents for Battle Against State Water Tunnel
Contra Costa Times
http://www.contracostatimes.com/contra-costa-times/ci_22587826/forum-delta-braces-residents-battle-against-state-water?source=rss

Congressman McNerney Calls for Analysis of Alternatives to Flawed BDCP
http://mcnerney.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=843:congressman-mcnerney-calls-for-analysis-of-alternatives-to-flawed-bdcp&catid=8:latest-news

Delta Plan Looks at Bigger Picture
Chicoer.com
http://www.chicoer.com/opinion/ci_22546609/letter-delta-plan-looks-at-big-picture

Delta Proposed Again for National Heritage Area Designation
ACWA.com
http://www.acwa.com/news/delta/delta-proposed-again-national-heritage-area-designation

Bureau of Reclamation
Newsletter
http://www.usbr.gov/

Farmer Cortopassi Gets His Day in Court
Recordnet.com
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130131/A_NEWS/301310319/-1/A_NEWS02

GRAY: State Board Proposes to Take More From Valley Than Water
http://www.modbee.com/2013/01/30/2556127/state-board-proposes-to-take-more.html
(Excellent points here.)

February 19, 2013 Delta Water and News Links

Delta/California/Water News
 The Game Gets Tougher
Alex Breitler's Blog
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2013/02/13/the-game-gets-tougher/?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

Study the Alternatives, Reps Say
Alex Breitler's Blog
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2013/02/13/study-the-alternatives-reps-say/?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

But Don't Rule Out Malice
American Thinker

I submit that the more likely hypothesis, which is supported by both Heinlein's and Occam's razor, is that these politicians are not at all stupid or unlucky, but they are doing exactly what they want to do and they are getting exactly the result that they hope to achieve. You might think, "I can't believe that my politicians are purposefully destroying/harming (fill in the blank). Well, you are probably right. You can't believe it, but that does not mean it is not true. Much that is true is not believed at first. (emphasis mine)

The Poor Smelt Don't Know Which Way to Flow
Delta National Park
http://www.deltanationalpark.org/blog/view/the_poor_smelt_dont_know_which_way_to_flow/

On the Unpopularity of Peripheral Thingies in Northern California
Inkstain Blog
http://www.inkstain.net/fleck/2013/02/on-the-unpopularity-of-peripheral-thingies-in-northern-california/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JfleckAtInkstain+%28jfleck+at+inkstain%29

Business-Labor Coalition, Water Agencies Respond to Conceptual Alternative to BDCP
ACWA.com
http://www.acwa.com/news/delta/business-labor-coalition-water-agencies-respond-conceptual-alternative-bdcp

Water Watchdog Patrick Porgans Publishes Book Exposing Corruption in California Water World
Lloyd G. Carter
http://www.lloydgcarter.com/content/130211597_water-watchdog-patrick-porgans-publishes-book-exposing-corruption-california-water

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2013/02/news-articles-and-links-from-february_19.html

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
The AWRA-UNESCO-World Bank-USACE_GWP IWR Conspiracy: Using IRWM to Control the USA's Water!
WaterWired.com
http://aquadoc.typepad.com/waterwired/2013/02/awra-and-the-un-using-iwrm-to-take-control-the-usas-water.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fwaterwired+%28WaterWired%29
(A condescending article to those of us who have done our due diligence in researching the root cause(s) of the various messes we find ourselves in...after all "I am a stakeholder"...rubbish.  Note:  Much that is true is not believed at first. (emphasis mine)) 

Monsanto, Sustainable Development and Agenda 21
Farm Wars
http://farmwars.info/?p=10111&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FarmWars+%28Farm+Wars%29

Who the Power Elite Are and Why They Will Lose Power
Economic Policy Journal
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/02/who-power-elite-are-and-why-they-will.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+economicpolicyjournal%2FYZSb+%28EconomicPolicyJournal.com%29

Agriculture/Science News
Sports, Shared Activities Are 'Game Changers' for Dad/Daughter Relationships, Baylor Study Finds
Science Codex
http://www.sciencecodex.com/sports_shared_activities_are_game_changers_for_daddaughter_relationships_baylor_study_finds-107135

Levee/Infrastructure News
A Few Good Reads:  Natomas Levee Upgrade Still Held Up
Hydraulically Inclined
http://ayresriverblog.com/2013/02/18/a-few-good-reads-21813-mozambique-relocating-flood-victims-the-natomas-levee-upgrade-still-held-up/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HydraulicallyInclined+%28Hydraulically+Inclined%29

Get the Feds Our of Infrastructure
Cato Institute
http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/get-feds-out-infrastructure?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CatoRecentOpeds+%28Cato+Recent+Op-eds%29

Fisheries/Wildlife/Habitat News

Environmental News

Economic/Tourism News

High Speed Rail/BDCP Conveyance News
Most East Coast Media Misjudge CA Bullet Train
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/02/19/wunderkind-sees-ca-bullet-train-as-obama-high-point-oy-vey/

National Political News
Facebook Blocks Jon Rappoport's Articles 
LewRockwell.com
http://lewrockwell.com/rappoport/rappoport21.1.html

Obama's SOTU: A Campaign Speech That Erodes the Power of the Citizenry
Cato Institute
http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/obamas-sotu-campaign-speech-erodes-power-citizenry?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CatoRecentOpeds+%28Cato+Recent+Op-eds%29

DHS Use Police Depts. to Gather Intel on Citizens and Label Them Extremists Threats
BlackListedNews.com
http://www.blacklistednews.com/DHS_Use_Police_Depts_to_Gather_Intel_on_Citizens_%26amp%3B_Label_Them_Extremist_Threats/24313/0/38/38/Y/M.html

Intelligence on citizens who are supposed to be extremists is gathered from multiple avenues such as:
• Local government
• Local law enforcement
• Parent/Teacher Associations
• School district officials
• Influential members of local communities
• Religious leaders
These collaborations provide “critical information” and real-time “assessments of [any] threat” to local communities and incorporate this information into training programs and federal initiatives.

(WOW...)

California Political News
Environmentalists Decry "Poor" Notification of First Fracking Hearing in L.A.
California Progress Report
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/environmentalists-decry-poor-notification-first-fracking-hearing-la
(Sounds familiar don't it?!)

Governor Antoinette-Brown: Let the Unemployed Eat Cake
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/02/19/gov-brown-let-the-unemployed-eat-cake/

PPIC Report
Californian's and Their Government
http://www.ppic.org/main/publication.asp?i=1044
(Just the title nauseates me...)

Litigation News

Tribal News
California Indian Water Commission
Delta Pumping Restrictions: It's About Salmon
Dan Bacher
http://www.itwatercommission.org/2013/02/delta-pumping-restrictions-salmon-dan-bacher-indybay-org/

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Written Comment Opportunities

Because It's Cool!
George Washington: The Humble Statesman
ImpeachObamaCampaign.com
http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/george-washington-the-humble-statesman/
(My personal comparison to and opinion of our very own Supervisor Don Nottoli.  We are so blessed to have Mr. Nottoli represent the Delta...a true Statesman and genuine Gentleman.)

Calvin Coolidge on Big Government
The Foundry
http://blog.heritage.org/2013/02/19/calvin-coolidge-bigger-government-isnt-better/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=calvin-coolidge-bigger-government-isnt-better