Delta/California/Water News
Does it make sense to spend upwards of $50 billion to reinforce the
first 35 miles of the 400-mile water export system, when earthquake
threat is equal or higher in other parts of the system?
Peripheral Tunnels Do Not Eliminate Earthquake Threats to Water Supply
Press Release: Restore the Delta
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001fHRgY6J0lNNL_N9q0RcnXNktPOlMTkFbYxphmXh5oyyAjs3cGzUpRUe1n9HK2O4B8eZvEjQuMyfqwQYcqeiVZrPj6kFCkTjr1SNclsyPrKCnZ60kzC97wQ%3D%3D
Southern California Needs a Varied Approach to Reduce Dependence on Imported Water
ACWA.com
http://www.acwa.com/news/conservation/southern-california-needs-varied-approach-reduce-dependence-imported-water-report-
It is hiding relevant material in plain sight, substituting truly
meaningful access to public information with a mere data dump. This is
especially the case in decisions and funding for the multibillion-dollar
twin tunnels project, a pork-laden boondoggle that would starve the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and San Francisco Bay of the fresh water flows needed to sustain jobs, fish and our economy.
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/03/03/5229754/agency-obscures-facts-for-twin.html#storylink=cpy
Another View: Agency Obscures Facts for Twin Tunnels Project
Zeke Grader
Sacbee.com
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/03/03/5229754/agency-obscures-facts-for-twin.html
Water Price, Availability in Question
SanDiegoUnionTimes.com
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/mar/04/future-water-price-availability-in-question/
Sacramento Valley Water and a Way of LIfe the Focus of NCWA Meeting
Chicoer.com
http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_22703678/sacramento-valley-water-and-way-life-focus-ncwa
Contra Costa County Support for BDCP Alternative
aquafornia.com
http://www.aquafornia.com/index.php/2013/02/25/contra-costa-county-support-bdcp-alternative/
Delta Tunnel Foes Tracking $11 Billion Water Bond
Recordnet.net
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130227/A_NEWS/302270322/0/A_NEWS14
The court found that “there are serious legal questions and the balance of hardships tips sharply” in the farm’s favor.
Drakes Estero IG Report: Investigating the Investigators
RussianRiverTimes.com
http://russianrivertimes.wordpress.com/2013/03/02/drakes-estero-ig-report-investigating-the-investigators/
A series of reports on Drake's Estero and National Park Service's faulty science practices from Russian River Times. My new favorite reporting site!!
Maybe there IS a reason for the National Academy of Science...Some of this rings a bit too familiar in BDCP science and documentation...
National Academy of Science (NAS) reviews, directed by Congress, found
NPS claims of harm to be without merit. In 2009, the NAS found that NPS
scientific documents “selectively presented, over-interpreted, or misrepresented” data. In 2012, the NAS review of the NPS Draft EIS found “a high level of uncertainty”
with the document’s impact assessments for harbor seals, the coastal
flood zone, water quality, soundscapes, and socioeconomics. The NAS
determined “there could be reasonable, equally scientific, alternate conclusions for impact intensity.” That’s a very polite way of saying that the document is not worth the paper it’s printed on.
Salazar Oyster Farm Decision Hides from History and Abandons Science
http://russianrivertimes.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/salazar-oyster-farm-decision-hides-from-history-and-abandons-science/
There is no better example of the hypocrisy of Salazar’s recent decision
than a recent private meeting held by NPS with the oyster workers in
Point Reyes. A two-hour recording reveals a community deeply worried
about the future and two woefully unaware representatives from Salazar
and one from Point Reyes National Seashore, who were blindly ignorant of
the true impact that Salazar’s decision would have on the community.
What is most telling about this meeting is that, despite all law,
regulation and policy and the National Environmental Policy Act
concerning environmental justice, it was the first meeting with the very
stakeholders who would be most impacted by Salazar’s decision: the
oyster workers themselves.
Environmental Justice in West Marin?
http://russianrivertimes.wordpress.com/2012/12/19/environmental-justice-in-west-marin/
Salazar Brings Closure to the Oyster Farm, Not the Community
http://russianrivertimes.wordpress.com/2012/12/05/salazar-brings-closure-to-the-oyster-farm-but-not-to-the-community/
Senator Salazar vs. Secretary Salazar
http://russianrivertimes.wordpress.com/2012/11/22/senator-salazar-vs-secretary-salazar/
An Open Letter to the Members of the National Academy of Sciences Panel on NPS Science at Drakes Estero
http://russianrivertimes.wordpress.com/2012/07/26/an-open-letter-to-the-members-of-the-new-national-academy-of-science-panel-on-nps-science-in-drakes-estero/
Unsound Advice: NPS and Its Drakes Estero DEIS Consultant
http://russianrivertimes.wordpress.com/2012/05/16/unsound-advice-nps-and-its-draft-environmental-impact-statement-consultantnt/
This begs the question: Just whom decides what constitutes 'best available science'???
Counterfeiting Science National Park Service vs Sound Scientific Data
http://russianrivertimes.wordpress.com/2012/05/08/national-park-service-vs-sound-scientific-data/
National Park Service 'Sounds' Off
http://russianrivertimes.wordpress.com/2012/04/03/national-park-service-sounds-off/
National Enviro Group Smears Local Oyster Farm
http://russianrivertimes.wordpress.com/2012/04/03/national-park-service-sounds-off/
Maven's Minutes
Blog Round Up
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/02/25/blog-round-up-more-on-the-smaller-tunnel-portfolio-concept-arkstorms-toxic-farmland-san-joaquin-river-flow-objectives-and-more/
California Water Policy Seminar Series Continues with Peter Moyle...
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/02/26/mavens-minutes-california-water-policy-seminar-series-continues-with-peter-moyle-the-future-of-freshwater-fishes-in-california/
Science and Report Notes: Habitat Restoration Presentations, Recommendations on Nitrates, Fish...
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/02/27/science-and-report-notes-habitat-restoration-presentations-recommendations-on-nitrates-fish-on-drugs-and-more/
Delta Stewardship Council Hears from Jerry Meral...
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/02/28/mavens-minutes-the-delta-stewardship-council-hears-from-jerry-meral-on-the-bdcps-proposed-governance-structure-the-challenge-of-an-integrated-state-federal-water-project-funding-and-more/
Overview of California Debt Condition: Priming the Pump for a Water Bond
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/03/01/mavens-minutes-overview-of-californias-debt-condition-priming-the-pump-for-a-water-bond/
Blog Round Up
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/03/04/blog-roundup-jobs-and-the-bdcp-delta-smelt-take-limits-delta-realities-drought-and-more/
Delta Stewardship Council Hears About Portfolio-Based Alternative to BDCP
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/03/05/mavens-minutes-the-delta-stewardship-council-hears-about-the-portfolio-based-alternative-for-the-bdcp/
Delta Related Private/Public Propaganda News
In a proxy water war fought as a game of political football, either side
can take the smelt issue and “run with it” or “try to score points.”
Sometimes issues are “fumbled.” Other times one side may decide to
“quick punt” the issue to their opposition. Or one side “intercepts”
and scores a quick “pick six.”
Both Sides in Water War Need Smelt to Provoke Compromise
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/02/27/both-sides-in-water-war-need-smelt-to-provoke-compromise/
Aboard Tugnacious with 'Dr. Doom;
KQED
http://science.kqed.org/quest/audio/aboard-the-tugnacious-with-dr-doom/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aboard-the-tugnacious-with-dr-doom
ARkstorm Flood Event Could Devastate California
DailyBulleton.com
http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_22705522/arkstorm-flood-event-could-devastate-california
(So can a lot of things...we've survived them before, we will survive them again.)
Our View: Take Time to Get Solution on Delta Right
MercedSunStar.com
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2013/02/27/2846524/our-view-take-time-to-get-solution.html
California Water Blog: Priming the Pump for a Water Bond
http://californiawaterblog.com/
Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2013/03/news-articles-and-links-from-march-5.html
Hey...maybe THIS explains some of the hallucinatory ramblings coming out of UC Berkeley with regard to say, Cost/Benefit Analysis...just a passing thought.
LSD Openly Sold Near UC Berkeley Campus
CollegeFIX.com
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/12833?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thecollegefixfeed+%28The+College+Fix%29
Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
2nd Amendment News
Solano County-Wide Gun Buyback Program Set for Next Week
http://www.timesheraldonline.com/ci_22696468
VallejoTimesHerald.com
Carry Often, Carry More Than a Gun
LewRockwell.com
http://lewrockwell.com/rep4/carry-more-than-a-gun.html
Agriculture/Science News
He told Wired’s Danger Room that he saw the work as both a
“need and opportunity to really make conversational speech more
accessible, more part of our permanent record instead of being so
ephemeral, and really trying to imagine what this world would look like
if we really could capture all these conversations and make use of them
effectively going forward.”
UC to Train Crop Advisors on Nitrogen Management
CapitalPress.com
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/TH-nitrogen-mgmt-w-infobox-030513
Science Synthesis to Help Guide Land Management of Nation's Forests
EnvironmentalResearchWeb.com
http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/yournews/52572
Monsanto and the FDA: 2 Crime Families Working a Trillion-Dollar Hustle
FarmWars.com
http://farmwars.info/?p=10195&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FarmWars+%28Farm+Wars%29
10 Lies and Misconceptions Spread by Mainstream Nutrition by Dr. Mercola
LewRockwell.com
http://lewrockwell.com/mercola/mercola266.html
Controversies-Next Up for Big Brother Recording and Transcribing Public Conversations
AllGovNews.com
http://www.allgov.com/news/controversies/next-up-for-big-brother-recording-and-transcribing-public-conversations-130305?news=847264
Levee/Infrastructure News
Matsui Sponsors Bill for Rebuilding in Natomas in Case of Disaster
SacramentoBusinessJournal.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2013/03/05/matsui-baill-rebuilding-natomas-disaster.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_sacramento+%28Sacramento+Business+Journal%29
Hydraulically Inclined: A Few Good Reads
Hybrid Levees
http://ayresriverblog.com/2013/03/04/a-few-good-reads-3413/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HydraulicallyInclined+%28Hydraulically+Inclined%29
Fisheries/Wildlife/Habitat News
Bureau of Reclamation DWR Announces Public Scoping Meeting on Yolo Bypass Salmonid Habitat Restoration
http://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/newsrelease/detail.cfm?RecordID=42364
Thursday, March 14, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., 1075 West Capitol Ave, West
Sacramento, CA 95691, Galleria and Community Center in the Community
Room.
Thursday, March 14, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., 2001 East St,
Woodland, CA 95776, Woodland Community and Senior Center in Banquet
Rooms 2 & 3.
Environmental News
But at the risk of being a total killjoy,
am I the only one a bit disturbed at the idea of a tournament in which
15 of the 16 endangered species are ultimately eliminated?
March Madness a Tad Morbid?
Alex Breitler's Blog
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2013/03/05/march-madness-variation-a-tad-morbid/?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
Bureau of Reclamation
Recirculation of Recaptured Water Year 2013-2017 San Joaquin River Restoration Program Flows
http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=12690
Dividing Fracking Regulations Efficiently
National Center for Policy Analysis
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=22879&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ncpadpd+%28Daily+Policy+Digest%29
More Reasons for a Strong BLM Fracking Rule: Three California Drinking Water Sources at Risk
NRDC.org
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/amall/blm_postponing_fracking_rule_c.html
Economic/Tourism News
High Speed Rail/BDCP Conveyance News
Eric Christen, a representative for fair employment in construction,
said there was discriminatory language in the construction Project Labor
Agreement the CHSRA is responsible for. Christen said the PLA was a
“give-away to the unions.”
Christen explained the CHSRA required in recent bid specifications
that the winning design-build entity and its subcontractors sign a Project Labor Agreement with unions in the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California.
Lowenthal cut off Christen’s microphone.
High-Speed Rail Hearing Cuts Off Opposing Speakers
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/02/26/high-speed-rail-hearing-cuts-off-opposing-speakers/
High Speed Rail Blog's Progressive View on HSR...
Of Course, HSR Work Should Go to People Who Most Need It
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2013/03/of-course-hsr-work-should-go-to-people-who-most-need-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=of-course-hsr-work-should-go-to-people-who-most-need-it
Cutting Rail Services Now Will Hobble Us in the Future
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2013/03/cutting-rail-services-now-will-hobble-us-in-the-future/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cutting-rail-services-now-will-hobble-us-in-the-future
Amtrak Loses a Ton of Money Each Year, So What?
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2013/03/amtrak-loses-a-ton-of-money-each-year-so-what/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=amtrak-loses-a-ton-of-money-each-year-so-what
The Original Frivolous Lawsuit is Finally Dismissed
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2013/02/the-original-frivolous-lawsuit-is-finally-dismissed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-original-frivolous-lawsuit-is-finally-dismissed
No Silver Bullet for Bullet Train Funding
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2013/02/no-silver-bullet-for-bullet-train-funding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-silver-bullet-for-bullet-train-funding
HSR Construction on Track for Summer
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2013/02/hsr-construction-on-track-for-summer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hsr-construction-on-track-for-summer
National Political News
Wow. And this teaches at Berkeley...
The Tea Party Plot to Unravel Government by Robert Reich
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/tea-party-plot-unravel-government
Bob Woodward Retreats Death of Free Media
CanadaFreePress.com
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/53510#When:01:33:54Z
Putting Politics Over Public Safety
CanadaFreePress.com
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/53532#When:17:45:00Z
California Political News
Special Interest Groups Treat 17 California Lawmakers to Hawaii Trips
Sacbee.com
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/03/05/5236199/special-interests-treated-17-california.html#storylink=omni_popular
It is with upturned and plugged nose that I post the following from Sen. Feinstein's website
Sen Intelligence Committee Approves Brennan
http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=a23af810-e159-4139-8e8c-8895855f35ba
Statement on Release of Additional OLC Opinions
http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=c75b3853-7b95-4d1d-969d-ed2ecfe36112
Gun Control Bill Elicits Emotional Remarks-SF Chronicle
http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/feinstein-in-the-news?ContentRecord_id=52b32c78-d60c-48d2-b592-05d649874903
Point Arena-Stonetta Should Be Within National Monument
http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=d3f215e0-577d-4019-be49-202b8c851e23
Statement at Hearing on Gun Control
http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=c6287561-bbbf-4971-bfed-3b8f05e63c0f
The Truth About New Assault Weapons Ban - Orange County Register
http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/op-eds?ContentRecord_id=3012999a-ecd2-470d-98d3-91ecdcf19411
Litigation News
Farmers Lose San Luis Dam Water Suit
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Farmers-lose-San-Luis-Dam-water-suit-4327174.php
Oyster Farm Fight Has Many Interested Parties
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-oysters-20130224,0,1107064.story
Tribal News
Calendar
Written Comment Opportunities
Because It's Cool!
Ballotpedia Provides Guide on Placing Measure on Ballot
FoxandHounds.com
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2013/03/ballotpedia-provides-guide-on-placing-measure-on-ballot/
