December 8-10, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Oyster Farmer Battles Federal Government's Order to Shut Down
FoxNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/12/10/family-owned-california-oyster-farm-to-fight-federal-government-over-lease/
(Keep this in mind for future reference in similar situations in the Delta:

Lunny has an ally in Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who had tried to get the lease extended for another decade. But even her clout failed to sway U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.

“I am extremely disappointed that Secretary Salazar chose not to renew the operating permit for the Drakes Bay Oyster Company,” Feinstein said in a statement. “The National Park Service’s review process has been flawed from the beginning with false and misleading science, which was also used in the Environmental Impact Statement. The secretary’s decision effectively puts this historic California oyster farm out of business. As a result, the farm will be forced to cease operations and 30 Californians will lose their jobs.”

The Real Reasons for Ken Salazar's Decision
East Bay Express
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/ebx/the-real-reasons-for-ken-salazars-decision/Content?oid=3405939

 But in a little-noticed memorandum from Salazar, the Secretary of the Interior made it clear that his decision was not based on the oyster farm's impacts on Drakes Estero in Point Reyes. Instead, Salazar stated flatly that his decision to not renew Drakes Bay Oyster Company's lease was "based on the incompatibility of commercial activities in wilderness ...."

CDFG Workshop Walkout
SiskiyouDailyNews.com
http://www.siskiyoudaily.com/article/20121205/NEWS/121209917#art-tit

He said even though most of the remaining attendees at the workshop after the walk-out were representatives of government agencies, the process will continue to move forward.

Delta Stewardship Council
2012 Long Term Operations Annual Review
http://deltacouncil.ca.gov/science-event/7842

Flexibility in Floor Management Systems: Applications to California's Central Valley
Waterwired.com
http://aquadoc.typepad.com/waterwired/2012/12/flexibility-in-flood-management-systems-application-to-californias-central-valley.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fwaterwired+%28WaterWired%29

Sacramento River has Rich Pocket Area Connection
Valley Community Newspapers, Inc.
http://www.valcomnews.com/?p=9320

Redwood City Saltworks Project Waits in Limbo While Feds Mull Next Course
San Jose Mercury News
http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_22149955/redwood-city-saltworks-project-waits-limbo-while-feds?source=rss

Yolo County OKs Special Election for Davis Water Project
Daily Democrat
http://www.dailydemocrat.com/news/ci_22131628/yolo-county-oks-special-election-davis-water-project

Water Bonds Needs Slimming Down
LATimes.com
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cap-water-bond-20121210,0,447217.column

California Water News
MWD to Vote on Support for Raising Shasta Dam; Tribal and Conservation Groups Opposed
Dan Bacher
California Progress Report
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/mwd-vote-support-raising-shasta-dam-tribal-and-conservation-groups-opposed

Sinking Farmland Snags San Joaquin River Project
Fresno Bee
http://www.fresnobee.com/2012/12/08/3094689/sinking-farmland-snags-san-joaquin.html

Weekend Wrap-Up
Aquafornia.com
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/77058/

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/12/news-articles-and-links-from-december.html

Water News

Agriculture News

Levee News

Science News
How Coconut Oil Might Combat Tooth Decay
Dr. Joseph Mercola
http://lewrockwell.com/mercola/mercola249.html

Sugary Ingredients Are Not Equivalent
Science Blog
http://www.sciencecodex.com/sugary_ingredients_are_not_equivalent-103615

Fisheries News

Wildlife News

Environmental News
From the Coast to the Courts
PublicCQ.com
http://public.cq.com/docs/weeklyreport/weeklyreport-000004187192.html

With Large Oil reserve, California Faces Fracking Debate
KQED QUEST
http://science.kqed.org/quest/audio/with-large-oil-reserve-california-faces-fracking-debate/

EDITORIAL: State Should Revisit Regulations on Fracking
Fresno Bee
http://www.fresnobee.com/2012/12/09/3095581/editorial-state-should-revisit.html

Habitat News

Infrastructure News
How Engineers See the Water Glass in California
California Water Blog
http://californiawaterblog.com/2012/12/06/how-engineers-see-the-water-glass-in-california/

Economic News
Celebration: the NYTimes Finally Admitted Reaganomics Worked
Canada Free Press
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/51670#When:04:13:19Z

Tourism News

Tribal News

National Political News
The Way Past Obama is Dismantling the United Nations
Canada Free Press
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/51651#When:14:35:04Z

UN Treaties Erode US Sovereignty, Exert Control
Canada Free Press
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/51645#When:10:22:51Z

11 Secret Documents Americans Deserve to See
AllGov.com
http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/11-secret-documents-americans-deserve-to-see-121210?news=846439

Corporations to Fund Obama Inaugural Festivities
AllGov.com
http://www.allgov.com/news/where-is-the-money-going/corporations-to-fund-obama-inaugural-festivities-121210?news=846437

California Political News
Willie Brown Wants to Gut Prop. 13
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/12/10/willie-brown-wants-to-gut-prop-13/

High Speed Rail News
High Speed Rail in Bed with Unions
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/12/06/high-speed-rail-in-bed-with-unions/
(Good article, good comments.)

Expect CEQA Changes Next Year
Appeal Democrat
http://www.appeal-democrat.com/opinion/law-121663-environmental-public.html

In his first year back as governor, Brown signed one bill fast-tracking legal review under CEQA for a proposed football stadium in downtown Los Angeles and another speeding up big projects (costing at least $100 million) that incorporate high environmental standards. But he pulled back on a push to exclude high speed rail construction from CEQA. There has also been talk of excluding proposed water-transporting tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin river delta.

Sustainable Development/Agenda 21
Agenda21News.com
Freedom Advocates
http://agenda21news.com/

'Socialism' and and 'Capitalism' Most Searched Definitions
Defining Socialism
The Foundry
http://blog.heritage.org/2012/12/10/defining-socialism

UN Treaties Erode US Sovereignty, Exert Control
Canada Free Press
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/51645#When:10:22:34Z

Written Comment Opportunities
Bureau of Reclamation Extends Public Comment Period on Draft Feasibility Report for Shasta Lake Water Resources Investigation
http://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/newsrelease/detail.cfm?RecordID=41606

Litigation News
LA River Oral Argument: The Justices Debate How to Tell Ninth Circuit That it Screwed Up
Legal Planet
http://legalplanet.wordpress.com/2012/12/06/la-river-oral-argument-the-justices-debate-how-to-tell-the-ninth-circuit-that-it-screwed-up/

Events Calendar

Just For Fun
Musings After Midnight: Strategy Considerations in Moving Forward to Dispose Tyranny and Restore the Constitution
(Well worth the read, excellent, thoughtful comments_
The Liberty Sphere
http://thelibertysphere.blogspot.com/2012/12/musings-after-midnight-strategy.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheLibertySphere+%28The+Liberty+Sphere%29

November 26, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
ACWA.com
Bureau of Reclamation to Close Delta Cross Channel Gates
http://www.acwa.com/news/delta/reclamation-close-delta-cross-channel-gates

Davis Enterprise
Davis, Woodland Leaders Reach Agreement on Cost-Sharing for Water Project
http://www.davisenterprise.com/local-news/city/davis-woodland-leaders-reach-agreement-on-cost-sharing-for-water-project/

Sacbee.com
Atmospheric River May Bring Up To 3 Inches of Rain Late This Week
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/11/26/5010144/atmospheric-river-may-bring-up.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region

Recordnet.net
S.J. Joins 11 Other Counties in Support of Delta Valley Water Projects
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20121126%2FA_NEWS%2F211260310%2F-1%2Frss14&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RecordEnvironmentHeadlines+%28Environment+Headlines%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Alex Breitler
Recordnet.net
Enforcing Clean Water a Struggle
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20121126%2FA_NEWS%2F211260307%2F-1%2Frss14&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RecordEnvironmentHeadlines+%28Environment+Headlines%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

California Water News

Water News
ReviewJournal.com
Lake Mead Agreement: A Promising Precedent on Water Rights
http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/lake-mead-agreement-a-promising-precedent-on-water-rights-180807021.html

Agriculture News

Levee News

Science News

Fisheries News
Dan Bacher
DailyKos.com
Feds Threaten to Wipe Out Future Sacramento Salmon Runs
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/26/1164914/-Feds-threaten-to-wipe-out-future-Sacramento-salmon-runs#

Wildlife News

Environmental News

Habitat News
Recordnet.net
Proposed Refuge Expansion Tough Sell to S.J. Ag Interests
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121126/A_NEWS/211260315/-1/A_NEWS05

Infrastructure News

Economic News
Canada Free Press
Feds Planning to Regulate Hydraulic Fracturing Despite State Successes
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/51334#When:02:04:28Z

Tourism News

Tribal News

National Political News
The Two Real Parties: The Hamiltonians and the Jeffersonians
http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/the-two-real-parties-the-hamiltonians-and-the-jeffersonians/
(Very good read, stick with it!!)

California Political News

High Speed Rail News

Sustainable Development/Agenda 21

Written Comment Opportunities

Litigation News
Sierra Wave
MCWD, LADWP Settlement Apparently Close
http://www.sierrawave.net/15326/mcwd-ladwp-settlement/http://www.sierrawave.net/15326/mcwd-ladwp-settlement/

Events Calendar

Just For Fun

August 20, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Good Monday to You!  Enjoy...get your heart pumping and your soul soaring!!
 http://www.youtube.com/embed/GInf0lXsyKY?feature=player_embedded 

Delta News
Recordnet.com
Denham's Intentions Questioned
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120819/A_NEWS0803/208190315/-1/A_NEWS02

Dan Bacher
Indybay.org
Federal Grants Include Money to Green Wash Peripheral Tunnel Plan
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/08/19/18719852.php

Aquafornia.com
High Country News
Tunneling Under California's Bay Delta Water Wars
http://www.hcn.org/hcn/issues/44.14/tunneling-under-californias-bay-delta-water-wars

Aquafornia.com
Sacbee.com
Galt Irrigation District Alleges Family Illegally Diverted Water
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/08/20/4740130/galt-irrigation-district-alleges.html

Aquafornia.com
Weekend Wrap-Up
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/72028/

Aquafornia.com
Learn All About the Delta on Aquafornia
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/72070/

California Water News
Aquafornia.com
Roseville & Rocklin News
Placer Count Water Resources Under Threat?
http://www.rocklintoday.com/news/templates/community_news.asp?articleid=10918&zoneid=4

Aquafornia.com
The Valley Citizen
Eric Caine: Senator Feinstein Just Dropping By?? It's the Water, Stupid
http://thevalleycitizen.com/?p=1390
(Excellent article, further highlighting Senator Feinstein's nefarious, crony-serving, screw the people of California politics!)

Aquafornia.com
San Jose Mercury News
Two-Word Error Could Cost Santa Clara Valley Water District Half a Billion Dollars
http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_21345458/two-word-error-could-cost-santa-clara-valley?source=rss

Aquafornia.com
Napa Valley Register
Napa and Solano Battle Over Berryessa's Fate
http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/napa-and-solano-battled-over-berryessa-s-fate/article_44caf8ac-e839-11e1-8f30-001a4bcf887a.html?comment_form=true

CapitalPress.com
Water Districts Fret Over Hetch Hetchy Dam Removal Proposal
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/TH-hetch-hetchy-w-photos-map-info-081712

Aquafornia.com
Inkstain Blog
MWD and the Case for Optimism in Western Water
http://www.inkstain.net/fleck/2012/08/mwd-and-the-case-for-optimism-in-western-water/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JfleckAtInkstain+%28jfleck+at+inkstain%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/08/news-articles-and-links-from-august-20.html

Water News
Aquafornia.com
OregonLive.com
Water Quality Trading Addresses Freshwater Problems, Economic, Environmental Unity
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2012/08/water_quality_trading_addresse.html

Water Wired
CRS Report: Selected Federal Water Agencies: Agencies, Authorities and Congressional Committees
http://aquadoc.typepad.com/waterwired/2012/08/crs-report-selected-federal-water-activities-agencies-authorities-and-congressional-committees.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fwaterwired+%28WaterWired%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Agriculture News
CapitalPress.com
West Coast Ag Leaders Named to Romney Coalition
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/djw-ag-for-romney-new-081612

Sacramento Business Journal
Bayer Finalizes AgraQuest Purchase
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2012/08/20/bayer-finalizes-agraquest-purchase.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_sacramento+%28Sacramento+Business+Journal%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Sacramento Business Journal
First Class Graduates From California Farm Academy
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2012/08/20/graduates-center-land-based-learning.html

Levee News
Hydraulically Inclined
A Few Good Reads: Levee Shaking
http://ayresriverblog.com/2012/08/20/a-few-good-reads-82012/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HydraulicallyInclined+%28Hydraulically+Inclined%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Fisheries News
Aquafornia.com
Mammoth Times
Fishing Frenzy in Fever Pitch on Eastside Waters
http://www.mammothtimes.com/content/fishing-frenzy-fever-pitch-eastside-waters

Aquafornia.com
KQED Klamath Documentary to Air Tonight
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/72080/

Environmental News
Aquafornia.com
Online Athens
Floating Platforms Support Species That Improve Water, Look Good
http://onlineathens.com/home-and-garden/2012-08-18/floating-platforms-support-species-improve-water-look-good

Aquafornia.com
Contra Costa Times
Walnut Creek to Create Floating Islands for Lake in Heather Farms Park
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_21337863/walnut-creek-create-floating-islands-lake-heather-farm?source=rss

Tribal News

Habitat News

Infrastructure News
Aquafornia.com
Appeal0Democrat
Company Says Daguerre Dam Hydro Might Help Fish
http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/fish-118767-project-dam.html

Economic News
CalWatchDog.com
Confusion: Each State Agency Uses Different Accounting Numbers
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/08/20/confusion-each-calif-state-agency-uses-different-accounting-numbers/
(Well no wonder we're in a world of hurt.)

Fox and Hounds
Theory Meets Reality in California's Carbon Cap-n-Trade Program
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2012/08/theory-meets-reality-on-californias-carbon-cap-and-trade-program/

Tourism News

Political Corruption News
PJ Media
How the White House Delivered a Crushing Economic Blow to the Gulf
http://pjmedia.com/blog/exclusive-how-the-white-house-delivered-a-crushing-economic-blow-to-the-gulf/
(Sound kinda familiar?)

Economic Policy Journal
Statement from Brandon Raub's Attorney
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2012/08/hot-statement-from-brandon-raubs.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+economicpolicyjournal%2FYZSb+%28EconomicPolicyJournal.com%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
(This is very frightening.  I haven't been forwarding links to other incidents similar to this.  What nightmare have we woken up in??)

Economic Policy Journal
Welcome to the United Soviet States of America
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2012/08/welcome-to-united-soviet-states-of.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+economicpolicyjournal%2FYZSb+%28EconomicPolicyJournal.com%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

ImpeachObama.com
Pre-Occupy America
http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/pre-occupy-america/
(Good read after the above articles.)

OneNewsNow.com
Nurse Who Treated Shooting Victims Downs in Iowa
http://www.onenewsnow.com/AP/Search/US/Default.aspx?id=1658064
(Really??  Seems to me she witnessed/listened to a whole bunch of first-hand accounts.  Just saying, she's not the first to come up, well sadly, six feet under.  Condolences to her grieving family.)

Canada Free Press
Accidental Drowning or Something More?
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/48933#When:19:34:50Z
(Above referenced drowning is now hitting the media.)

California Political News
CalWatchDog.com
A New Way to Combat Global Warming in California
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/08/20/a-new-way-to-combat-global-warming-in-calif/
(Love it!!)

Sacbee.com
Another View: Panel More Crucial Than Ever to Imperiled Delta
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/08/19/4736603/panel-more-crucial-than-ever-to.html

Sacbee.com
Viewpoints: Restore Public Trust to Water Law
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/08/19/4736609/restore-public-trust-to-water.html

CalWatchDog.com
Government Octopus is Strangling State
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/08/20/government-octopus-is-strangling-state/

Political News
The Survivalists Blog
FreedomOutpost.com
Small Buisness Owner Sends Biden Packing - 'Your Didn't Build That'
http://freedomoutpost.com/2012/08/small-business-owner-sends-biden-packing-you-didnt-build-that/
(:D)

Science News

High Speed Rail News

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
ImpeachObama.com
Treaties Vs. The Constitution
http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/treaties-vs-the-constitution/


Canada Free Press
Agenda 21: 'The Agenda That Wasn't Really There
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/48898#When:00:46:08Z

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News
Aquafornia.com
Appeal-Democrat
Is It Time To Pay Up?
http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/water-118780-yuba-western.html

Find Law
City of Corona v Liston Brick Co. or Corona
http://login.findlaw.com/scripts/callaw
(This is free, but you must create your login to access the article.  I'd say Liston's legal team didn't do a very good job representing their client...)

OneNewsNow.com
California Fund Founder Convicted of Insider Trading
http://www.onenewsnow.com/AP/Search/US/Default.aspx?id=1658090
(It's a start, now, let's hold our elected officials to the same insider trading standards.  Well, I say to a higher standard as most of them do believe they are above the law.)

Events Calendar

Just For Fun
Ag Professional
What About Your Emotional Intelligence?
http://www.agprofessional.com/special-sections/business/What-about-your-emotional-intelligence-166580916.html?view=all

June 13, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Inkstain Blog
The Sacramento Delta and the Colorado River - a Comparison
http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/49913
(Good read.)

ACWA.com
ACWA Submits Comments on Sixth Draft Delta Plan
http://www.acwa.com/news/water-news/acwa-submits-comments-sixth-staff-draft-delta-plan

Aquafornia.com
Sacbee.com
Viewpoints: Only Strong Leadership Will Help Us Address the Delta's Challenges
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/13/4557530/only-strong-leadership-will-help.html
(And of course, by 'leadership' they mean the Foundation's cherry-picked mouth-piece.)

Aquafornia.com
Contra Costa Times
Dublin, San Ramon Pleasanton to Use More recycled Water
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_20840040/dublin-san-ramon-pleasanton-use-more-recycled-water?source=rss

California Water News
Aquafornia.com
LATimes
Jessica Yu's 'Last Call at the Oasis' Made Her a Water Activist
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-morrison-yu-20120613,0,5109657.column

Aquafornia.com
California to Stop Buying Electricity From Nevada Coal-Burning Power Plant
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/68442/

Aquafornia.com
Scientific American
Pollution, Poverty and People of Color: Don't Drink the Water
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=pollution-poverty-people-color-dont-drink-water

Aquafornia.com
High Desert Star
Cadiz is Committed to Supporting Local Jobs
http://www.hidesertstar.com/opinion/article_8e4cd748-b52b-11e1-ab5f-0019bb2963f4.html

Aquafornia.com
Siskiyou Daily News
Klamath Dam Survey Inspires Bill Amendment
http://www.siskiyoudaily.com/news/x721959980/Klamath-dam-survey-inspires-bill-amendment
(More proof DoI knows how to invest our tax dollars wisely.)

Aquafornia.com
LATimes.com
Yosemite's Tenaya Lake Area Being Renovated
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-yosemite-tenaya-20120612,0,784193.story

Aquafornia.com
Ridgecrest Daily Independent
Navy Endorses IWV Water Plan
http://www.ridgecrestca.com/news/x465797323/Navy-endorses-IWV-water-plan

Aquafornia.com
Environmental Expert
West Basin to Double Water Conservation to Six Billion Gallons by 2020
http://www.environmental-expert.com/news/west-basin-to-double-water-conservation-to-six-billion-gallons-by-2020-299318

Aquafornia.com
UTSanDiego.com
Entities Responsible for Bay Sediment Clean-Up File Plans
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/jun/13/tp-entities-responsible-for-bay-sediment-cleanup/

Water News
Aquafornia.com
Las Vegas: State Officials Investigating Cause of Fatal Tunnel Breach
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/68385/

Agriculture News
CapitolPress.com
More Rancher Sign Up for Sage Grouse Initiative
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/TH-sage-grouse-w-photo-infobox-061312

Aquafornia.com
Capitol Radio
Reducing Farm Run-Off to Improve Drinking Water
http://www.capradio.org/articles/2012/06/12/reducing-farm-run-off-to-improve-drinking-water?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CapitalPublicRadioLatestNewsRSS+%28Capital+Public+Radio%3A+Latest+News+RSS%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Aquafornia.com
IVPressOnline.com
IID Looks to Pay for TMDL Program
http://www.ivpressonline.com/news/ivp-iid-looks-to-pay-for-tmdl-program-20120612,0,6078842.story

Levee News

Fisheries News

Environmental News
Aquafornia.com
UTSanDiego.com
Odds of El Nino's Arrival Pegged at 50/50
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/jun/11/tp-odds-of-el-ninos-arrival-pegged-at-5050/
(I say, let's make this fun and just flip a coin!)

Aquafornia.com
MarketWatch.com
Metropolitan Board Authorizes Ozone Retrofit at District's Oldest Water Treatment Plant
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/metropolitan-board-authorizes-ozone-retrofit-at-districts-oldest-water-treatment-plant-2012-06-12

Aquafornia.com
NBC 4
"Fracking" in California a New Target of Protest
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Fracking-Protested-California-Baldwin-Hills-Culver-City-Oil-Gas-158702185.html

Aquafornia.com
NPR
The Salton Sea Fades Away, and a Town With It
http://www.npr.org/2012/06/12/154860717/californias-salton-sea-slowly-fading-away

Aquafornia.com
MyDesert.com
Salton Sea State Recreation Area Closure Opposed by Chambers
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20120524/LIFESTYLES0106/120524008/Salton-Sea-State-Recreation-Area-closure-opposed-by-chambers?odyssey=nav%7Chead

Tribal News

Economic News

Tourism News

California Political News
The Humble Libertarian
Newgeography.com
Is Perestroika Coming in California?
http://www.newgeography.com/content/002895-is-perestroika-coming-in-california?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Newgeography+%28Newgeography.com+-+Economic%2C+demographic%2C+and+political+commentary+about+places%29
(This could be a good thing!)

CalWatchDog.com
Bad Actors, Lousy Script, in CA Budget 'Play'
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/06/13/bad-actors-lousy-script-in-ca-budget-play/
(You'd think these clowns would have their 'act' down pat by now.)

Political News
Canada Free Press
A Massive Land and Water Grab
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/47281#When:22:45:47Z

Science News
Environmental Research Web
Insight: Precipitation Frequency Regulates Summer Soil Moisture
http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/49913

High Speed Rail News
California Watch
No Document Exists on Bullet Train's Speed, Lawsuit Claims
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/no-document-exists-bullet-trains-speed-lawsuit-claims-16573
(Hmmm....now if only we can come up with some legal loopholes of our own to stop a peripheral bleed-out.)

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News
Aquafornia.com
Monterey Herald
CPUC Judge: End Regional Desal Project
http://www.montereyherald.com/local/ci_20843260/cpuc-judge-end-regional-desal-project

Events Calendar
Aquafornia.com
Committee Hearing on Government Reorganization Plan Today
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/68417/
(Links to the link!)

CapitolPress.com
Rural Sheriffs to Discuss Counties' Woes at Meeting
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/TH-sheriff-s-rally-061312

Just For Fun

April 9, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
California Delta Guardians
Welcome to California Delta Guardians
http://caldelta.org/wp/blog/2012/03/15/hello-world/

Bay Institute: Gone With the Flow
http://caldelta.org/wp/blog/2012/03/20/bay-institute-gone-with-the-flow/

California...Introducing 'Your Future Mighty Sacramento River'
http://caldelta.org/wp/blog/2012/04/08/california-rivers/

What's the 'Value' of Our Water
http://caldelta.org/wp/blog/2012/04/08/whats-the-value-of-our-water/

Aquafornia.com
SFGate.com
California's Water Wars Could Heat Up
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/04/06/INAT1MNV59.DTL
(Who knows? Might be fun to watch her 'dance' to all her puppet-masters this election season.)

California Water News
CalWatchDog.com
Wayne Lusvardi: Cadiz Creates Water Out of Thin Air
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/04/09/cadiz-creates-water-out-of-thin-air/

ACWA.com
ACWA Submits Scoping Comments on Desal Policy
http://www.acwa.com/news/desalination/acwa-submits-scoping-comments-desal-policy

Aquafornia.com
Weekend Wrap-Up and Upcoming Calendar
http://aquafornia.com/archives/65004
(Why reinvent a wheel??)

Aquafornia.com
Water Education Foundation:
Common Core Standards
http://aquafornia.com/archives/65015

Aquafornia.com
Merced Sun-Star
Military Group's Los Banos Visit Focuses on Ag Water
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2012/04/09/2301264/military-groups-los-banos-visit.html
(Some how I think this just might come back and bite someone's back side...just saying.)

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/04/news-articles-and-links-from-april-9.html

Water News
Aquafornia.com
The Republic
Pooling Resources Swimming Spot Was Unused, So Couple Turned It Into a Rainwater Garden
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/HOME-ENV-POOL-CONVERSION_7700171/HOME-ENV-POOL-CONVERSION_7700171/

Flood Control News
Aquafornia.com
Oroville Mercury Register
Butte County Bypass Just a Small Piece of Multi-Billion-Dollar State Flood Plan
http://www.orovillemr.com/news/ci_20354552/butte-county-bypass-just-small-piece-multi-billion

Agriculture News
Ag Professional
Fruit and Veggie Farmers Talk About Pesticide Use
http://www.agprofessional.com/newsletters/agpro-weekly/articles/Fruit-and-veggie-farmers-talk-about-pesticide-use-145914055.html

Levee News
Alex Breitler's Blog
If There Were No Levees
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2012/04/09/if-there-were-no-levees/?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

Tourism News

Fisheries News

Environmental News
Aquafornia.com
Redding.com
Dan Taylor: Turn On the Spigot for Klamath Refuge
http://www.redding.com/news/2012/apr/09/dan-taylor-turn-on-the-spigot-for-klamath-refuge/?partner=RSS

Political News
CalWatchDog.com
Katy Grimes
California Needs Adult Supervision
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/04/09/ca-needs-some-adults/

Patriot Post
Cards Stacked Against Us? Don't Play Their Game
http://patriotpost.us/commentary/2012/04/09/cards-stacked-against-us-dont-play-their-game/
(Substitute a few words and subject matter, this is good advice!)

Science News

Ag Professional
El Nino Possible After U.S. Summer
http://www.agprofessional.com/newsletters/agpro-weekly/articles/El-Nino-possible-after-US-summer-146318115.html

High Speed Rail News
California Progress Report
Alan Kandel:
Metrolink Stands Behinds Its Incremental, Yet More Expensive Positive Train Control Program
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/metrolink-stands-behind-its-incremental-yet-more-expensive-positive-train-control-program
 
Agenda 21/Sustainable Development

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News

Events
Aquafornia.com
Water Education Foundation
Coming Up in May: Delta Levees Standards Conference
http://aquafornia.com/archives/65008

Just For Fun
Fast Company
Why Every Monday Matters
http://www.fastcompany.com/1829978/why-every-monday-matters?partner=homepage_newsletter

April 5, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Southern California Water Committee
April is Earthquake Preparedness Month, Time to Protect Our Water Supply
http://www.socalwater.org/news/press-releases/135-april-is-earthquake-preparedness-month-time-to-protect-our-water-supply
(The ultimate in So Cal propaganda.)

California Water News
Aquafornia.com
Recorderonline.com: Corps to Allow More Water in Success Lake
http://www.recorderonline.com/news/acre-52271-corps-success.html

Aquafornia.com
Contra Costa Times: East Bay MUD's $32 Million Upgrade Diverts Waste
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_20318423/east-bay-muds-32-million-upgrade-diverts-waste

Aquafornia.com
North County Times: Water Authority Studies Building Its Own Pipeline to Imperial Valley
http://www.nctimes.com/business/region-water-authority-studies-building-its-own-pipeline-to-imperial/article_e580178a-af83-5472-866e-0b3f501e9a0f.html

ACWA.com
e-Newsletter Round-Up of Last Week's News
http://www.acwa.com/newsletter/acwa-enews/acwa-e-news-april-4-2012

ACWA.com
Region 3 Members Sit Down with ACWA Leadership
http://www.acwa.com/blog/region-3-members-sit-down-acwa-leadership

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/04/news-articles-and-links-from-april-4.html

Water News

Agriculture News
Aquafornia.com
Appeal-Democrat: Flood Plan Worries Yuba-Sutter Farmers
http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/plan-115106-flood-sutter.html 

Levee News
ACWA.com
Bipartisan Letter Urges Corps to Reconsider Policy on Levees, Vegetation
http://www.acwa.com/news/federal-relations/bipartisan-letter-urges-corps-reconsider-policy-levees-vegetation

Tourism News

Fisheries News

Environmental News
ACWA.com
State Asks Energy Companies to Report of Fracking Operations
http://www.acwa.com/news/groundwater/state-asks-energy-companies-report-fracking-sites

Political News
Fox and Hounds
Dianne Feinstein's Common Sense on Lawsuit Abuse
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2012/04/dianne-feinsteins-common-sense-on-lawsuit-abuse/
(This is Round 2 in an election year!)

Aquafornia.com
Sacbee.com
Enough With the End-Runs On Key Water Issues
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/04/04/4389211/enough-with-the-end-runs-on-key.html#disqus_thread
(Yep...must keep eyes on Feinstein at all times...)

Science News

High Speed Rail News
California Watch
Kings County Vents Frustrations to Leaders of HSR Agency
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/kings-county-vents-frustrations-leaders-high-speed-rail-agency-15632

Fox and Hounds
High Speed Rail Won't Be Built With Carbon Credits
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2012/04/high-speed-rail-wont-be-built-with-carbon-credits/

Claycord.com
Senator DeSaulnier Seeks Comprehensive Statewide Passenger Rail Plan
http://claycord.com/2012/04/03/senator-desaulnier-seeks-comprehensive-statewide-passenger-rail-plan/#comments
(Oh Good grief...!)

Economic Policy Journal
Free Market Railroad
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2012/04/free-market-railroad.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+economicpolicyjournal%2FYZSb+%28EconomicPolicyJournal.com%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
(Isn't this how it's supposed to be??)

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
Across the Fence
Congressman Nunes: Job Killers Loose in National Parks
http://nunes.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=288905
(These restrictions come from Land or Travel Management Plans, tied back to Agenda 21.)

ImpeachObama.com
California Dreamin' Jerry Brown Style
http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/california-dreamin-jerry-brown-style/

Sacramento Business Journal
Sacramento Approves Moving Ahead with Development Work On Arena
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2012/04/04/sacramento-council-arena-predevelopment.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_sacramento+%28Sacramento+Business+Journal%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

CalWatchDog.com
Katy Grimes: Sacramento Stimulus Arena
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/04/04/sacramento-stimulus-arena/

The Humble Libertarian
Telegraph: Surgery Bans Elderly Patient Over Her Carbon Footprint
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/9184693/Surgery-bans-elderly-patient-over-her-carbon-footprint.html
(You can't make this stuff up.)

Public Comment Opportunities
Delta Conservancy
Strategic Plan Public Work Sessions
http://www.deltaconservancy.ca.gov/docs/meeting_materials/march_2012/DC_StratPlan_Public_Work%20Sessions_Agenda_032912.pdf

Link for Strategic Plan
http://www.deltaconservancy.ca.gov/docs/DC_StratPlan_Draft_Version_Public_Comment_032712.pdf

Litigation News

Events

Just For Fun
Aquafornia.com
San Leandro Patch: Anthony Chabot, the Water King
http://sanleandro.patch.com/articles/anthony-chabot-the-water-king#photo-9450392

Part 2: The Water King Dams San Leandro Creek
http://sanleandro.patch.com/articles/the-water-king-dams-san-leandro-creek#photo-9480033

Learn Liberty
Trail of Tears, They Knew it Was Wrong
http://www.learnliberty.org/videos/trail-tears-they-knew-it-was-wrong?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Twitter%20Update&utm_content=The%20Trail%20of%20Tears%20is%20a%20story%20of%20how%20a%20powerful%20group%20gained%20at%20the%20expense%20of%20a%20defenseless%20minority%3A
(A lesson from the past that could well play out again in the Delta future...)

Aquadoc.com
Water Wired: What Do We Talk About Most? Word Count Analysis: AWRAs GOS Conference Papers
http://aquadoc.typepad.com/waterwired/2012/04/what-do-we-talk-about-most-.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fwaterwired+%28WaterWired%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

March 19, 2012 Delta Water and News Morning Post

"Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them." --Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution, 1833 

Delta News
San Francisco Chronicle
SFGate.com, Wyatt Buchanan: Delta's Pipe's Impact On Water Bills Could Sink Plan
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/03/18/MN8T1NM371.DTL&ao=all#ixzz1pXuvdQKu
(Excellent front-page article...thank you, Peter Stone for the h/t!)

California Water News

Water News

Agriculture News

Environmental News
Science Blog
Air Emissions Near Fracking Sites May Impact Health
http://scienceblog.com/52813/air-emissions-near-fracking-sites-may-impact-health/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogrssfeed+%28ScienceBlog.com%29

Political News

Many Links to Executive Order 12919

News With Views: Dave Hodges: America's Addiction to War and Madness
http://www.newswithviews.com/Hodges/dave118.htm

Canada Free Press
Online Before It Was News: Obama Executive Order: Peacetime Martial Law!
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/45319#When:21:33:51Z

Canada Free Press
Alan Caruba: The Fear of Martial Law
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/45336#When:23:30:25Z

Canada Free Press
Sher Zieve: Congress Ignores Obama's Overt Exec Order and Coup Against U.S. Citizens
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/45328#When:13:00:06Z

FarmWars.com
Dave Hodges: Obama's Legalization of Slavery
http://farmwars.info/?p=8066&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FarmWars+%28Farm+Wars%29

Canada Free Press
A.M. Costa Rice Staff: America's Journalistic History
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/45347#When:12:31:34Z

Canada Free Press
Jim O'Neill: A Man For All Treasons and the U.S. Constitution
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/45345#When:11:57:33Z

Canada Free Press
Billie J. Tucker: Liberty Alert - March 19, 2012 Religious Freedom
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/45346#When:10:06:24Z

I'm no fan of Snopes...this is what they have to say.  Oh boy, our trouble truly runs deep...
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/ndrp.asp

Examiner.com
C SPAN 2 Tape Shows Holder Saying People Must Be Brainwashed On Guns
http://www.examiner.com/conservative-in-national/cspan-2-tape-shows-holder-saying-people-must-be-brainwashed-on-guns

And now, if we still have a Congress...
RollCallPolitics.com
John Stanton: Cracking the Whip a Big Job For Rep. Kevin McCarthy
http://www.rollcall.com/issues/57_111/Cracking-the-Whip-a-Big-Job-for-Rep-Kevin-McCarthy-213177-1.html?ET=rollcall:e12527:80123808a:&st=email&pos=eam

And if we are still 'allowed' to freely travel America, this just made the Bucket List's Top 5...I see a photography road trip coming on!!
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/45348#When:10:08:58Z

Science News
EarthSky.org
View From Space: 2012 Snow Cover Compared to 2011 Snow Cover
http://earthsky.org/earth/view-from-space-2012-snow-cover-compared-to-2011-snow-cover?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Earthzine+%28Earthzine%29

Co.Exist.com
James Fowler: 10 Points On The Science of Spreading the Word
http://www.fastcoexist.com/1679502/10-points-on-the-science-of-spreading-the-word

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development

Litigation News

Events

Just For Fun
Lightstalking.com
Jason Row: Antarctica: Photographing the End of the World
http://www.lightstalking.com/antarctica

Wired Science
Brandon Kiem: Dawn Chorus, Primeval Forest and Jaguars at Night: Listen to Nature's Orchestra
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/03/great-animal-orchestral/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wiredscience+%28Blog+-+Wired+Science%29

“High principle is not set by adhering to low precedent,” said Dr. Ernest Holmes. 

Delta Water and News Links, March 01, 2012

Delta News
Headliner today!
Aquafornia.com
Manteca Bulletin
Wyatt Buchanan: You Will Have No Real Say As Voter on Peripheral Canal 2.0
http://www.mantecabulletin.com/section/38/article/35968/
(EXCELLENT!!!)

California Water Impact Network
Dan Bacher,
HR 1837 Passes House Corporate Welfare Republicans Vote to Make California Salmon Extinct
http://www.c-win.org/content/hr-1837-passes-house-dan-bacher-corporate-welfare-republicans-vote-make-california-salmon-ex

Aquafornia.com
Office of the White House

Whitehouse.gov
http://www.acwa.com/news/delta/state-releases-key-draft-bdcp-documents-public-review

Aquafornia.com
Office of Jerry McNerney
http://aquafornia.com/archives/62913

Aquafornia.com
Office of John Garamendi
http://aquafornia.com/archives/62909
List of Groups Opposing HR 1837
http://democrats.naturalresources.house.gov/content/files/2012-02-28_DOC_1837OppositionList.pdf

Aquafornia.com
Office of Devin Nunes
http://nunes.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=282697

Aquafornia.com
Office of Dianne Feinstein
http://aquafornia.com/archives/62943
(Oh my the fence post must be really, really uncomfortable right about now!)

Aquafornia.com
Office of Grace Napolitano
http://aquafornia.com/archives/62915

Aquafornia.com
MercedSun-Star.com
Denham, Co-Sponsor, Backs Valley Water Reliability Act on House Floor
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2012/02/29/2250244/denham-co-sponsor-backs-valley.html

Aquafornia.com
Office of Dennis Cardoza
http://cardoza.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=87&itemid=830

Aquafornia.com
MercedSun-Star.com
Farm Bureau Federation Says Water Bill Refocuses on Sate's Water Problems
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2012/02/29/2250251/farm-bureau-federation-says-water.html

Aquafornia.com
Center for Biological Diversity
http://aquafornia.com/archives/62911

Aquafornia.com
Southern California Water Committee
http://aquafornia.com/archives/62907

ACWA.com
Lisa Lien-Mager
House Approves Bill on California Water
http://www.acwa.com/news/federal-relations/house-approves-bill-california-water

Alex Breitler Blog
Fact Check: Tracy's Thirst
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2012/02/29/fact-check-tracys-thirst/?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

Across the Fence
MarkMekler.com
http://blog.burrard-lucas.com/2012/02/beetlecam-lions-masai-mara/
(Unfortunately, this is what happens when one only follows any party line/politics; sooo... what? Our farmers up north are expendable but those deliberately and willfully farming in arid/desert locations that HAVE to pipe their water in to irrigate toxic lands should be 'saved? WTF?)

CapitalPress.com
Gosia Wozniacka: Controversial California Bill Passes US House
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/AP-California-water-bill-022912

Aguanomics.com
David Zetland: Speed Blogging
http://www.aguanomics.com/2012/03/speed-blogging.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+aguanomics+%28Aguanomics%29

California Water News
Aquafornia.com
SFGate.com
Lois Wolk: Time To Get Real About California's Water
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/02/29/EDH81NE0I6.DTL

Aquafornia.com
BayInstitute.org
Gary Bobker: BDCP's Own Study Shows Plan Could Lead to Species Declines and Extinction
Actual Impacts to Delta Ecosystem Could Be Worse Than Study Shows
http://www.bay.org/newsroom/press-releases/22912-bdcp%E2%80%99s-own-study-shows-plan-could-lead-to-species-declines-and-extinct

Aquafornia.com
ACWA.com
Tim Quinn: Statement on Release of BDCP Documents
http://aquafornia.com/archives/62979

Aquafornia.com
SFGate.com
Peter Fimrite: Water Initiative Seeks Hetch Hetchy Alternative
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/02/29/BAUL1NE5JS.DTL

Aquafornia.com
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Editorial: Compromise Right Move on Desal Vote
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/opinion/ci_20076457

Aquafornia.com
MontereyCountyWeekly.com
Kera Abraham: Water Wooing
http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/news/2012/mar/01/water-wooing/

Chanceofrain.com
Emily Greene: High Good, Low Bad Mead in February 2012
http://chanceofrain.com/2012/02/high-good-low-bad-mead-in-february-2012/

Aquafornia.com
Recordnet.com
Alex Breitler: Worries Mount For Sierra, Water Supply
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120301/A_NEWS/203010329
(I'm looking at about 4 feet of snow out in the open up here and still falling!)

Aquafornia.com
San Jose Mercury News
Editorial: Conservation is Needed Despite Full Reservoirs
http://www.mercurynews.com/editorials/ci_20073792?source=rss

Aquafornia.com
Union Democrat
Margie Hiser: Water Board Punts on Pipeline Decision
http://www.uniondemocrat.com/News/Local-News/Water-board-punts-on-pipeline-decision?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+UnionDemocrat+%28The+Union+Democrat%2C+Sonora%2C+CA+News%2C+Sports%2C+%26+Weather%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
(Nice to see a district not blindly jump at federal funds!)

Water News
CapitalPress.com
Austin, TX
Colorado River Rice Farmers Await Irrigation Word
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/AP-TX-LCRA-rice-farmers-030112
(hmmm, I did not know rice was grown there...)

Agriculture News

Fishery News
Aquafornia.com
California Water Blog
Jeff Lund: Have Our Salmon and Eat Them Too. Rethinking Salmon Hatcheries in the Central Valley
http://www.times-standard.com/guest_opinion/ci_20077573

Aquafornia.com
Times Standard Online
Hayley Hutt: Klamath Parties Stall Restoration
http://www.times-standard.com/guest_opinion/ci_20077573

Environmental News
Aquafornia.com
Appeal-Democrat
Brad van der Meer: Feds Negative on Yuba River Dams
http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/dams-114198-yuba-species.html
(Maybe USACE should not be the ones operating dams in California, just a thought.)

Aquafornia.com
Redding Record Searchlight
Editorial: Dam-Busting Drive Smashes Integrity, too
http://www.redding.com/news/2012/mar/01/editorial-dam-busting-drive-smashes-integrity/?partner=RSS
(What category to file under, Water? Environmental? Science? Potential Scientific Fraud???)

Political News
California Progress Report
Sara Robinson, Alternet.com
Ayn Rand Worshippers Must Face Facts: Blue States Are the Providers, Red States Are the Parasites
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/ayn-rand-worshippers-must-face-facts-blue-states-are-providers-red-states-are-parasites
(I'm stunned...I should't be, but I am...)

CalWatchDog.com
Katy Grimes: Assemblyman Calls CARB Out
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/02/29/assemblyman-calls-carb-out/

Science News

High Speed rail
California Progress Report
Alan Kandel: Two Rail Tales: Momentum Builds for SMART While Yreka Western Loses Ground
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/two-rail-tales-momentum-builds-smart-while-yreka-western-loses-ground

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development

Litigation News

Events

Just For Fun
Burrard-Lucas Blog
BeetleCam v. the Lions of the Masai Mara
http://blog.burrard-lucas.com/2012/02/beetlecam-lions-masai-mara/
(Really cool images!)

Delta Water and News Links, Febryar 26, 2012

Delta News
SFGate.com
Tom Philip: Delta Planning in 2012, No Drought of Activity
http://blog.sfgate.com/tphilp/2012/02/26/delta-planning-in-2012-no-drought-of-activity/

Aquafornia.com
thecalifornian.com
Paul C. Barton, DC: Tiny Delta Smelt Still Provokes Water Fight in Central Valley
http://www.thecalifornian.com/article/20120225/NEWS01/202250337/Tiny-delta-smelt-still-provokes-water-fight-Central-Valley

Aquafornia.com
Appeal-Democrat.com
Ben van de Meer: Yuba Agencies Getting Less Federal Credit for Levee Upgrades
http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/levee-114112-local-agencies.html

California Water News
Aquafornia.com
ContraCostaTimes.com
Lisa Vorderbrueggen: Clean Water Ballot Smells
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_20045335/vorderbrueggen-clean-water-bill-smells?source=rss
(FYI CoCo County is 100% Agenda 21)

Aquafornia.com
Santa Cruze Sentinel
Margie Kern-Marshall, Karen Minkowski and Steve Pleich:
The Desal Debate: "Right to Vote" Taps Into Groundswell
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/opinion/ci_20047960

Aquafornia.com
The Bay Citizen
Louise Rafkin: The Sunol Water Temple
http://aquafornia.com/archives/62579

Aquafornia.com
CBS-LA Investigation Reveals Water Executives Spending Money Like Water (MWD)
http://aquafornia.com/archives/62589
(You mean there's actually valid investigative reporting left these days??)

Aquafornia.com
Ridgecrestca.com
John V. Ciani: Water Board Adopts EIR, Rejects Project
http://www.ridgecrestca.com/news/x1288988676/Water-Board-adopts-EIR-rejects-project

Aquafornia.com
NeonTommy.com
LA River Revitalization Progressing But Decades From Completion
http://www.neontommy.com/news/2012/02/la-river-revitalization-progressing-decades-away-completion

Aquafornia.com
MercedSun-Star.com
Joshua Emerson Smith: State Officials Say Plan For Metered Farm Water Still Needs Work
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2012/02/25/2244357/state-officials-say-plan-for-metered.html

Water News
Aquafornia.com
Mydesert.com
Keith Matheny: Barbara Boxer Lobbies for Water Standards in Light of Chromium-6 Findings
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20120226/NEWS07/202260337/Investigation-Lawmaker-lobbies-water-standards?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Frontpage

Agriculture News

Environmental News
Aquafornia.com
Western Farm Press: EPA Advances Controversial Guide Clarifying CWA Scope
http://westernfarmpress.com/cotton/epa-advances-controversial-guide-clarifying-cwa-scope?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WesternFarmPress+%28Western+Farm+Press%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Political News
Examiner.com
Anthony Martin: Homeland Security Lied to Congress About Spying on Citizens
http://www.examiner.com/conservative-in-national/report-homeland-security-lied-to-congress-about-spying-on-citizens

Science News

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
Aquadoc.com
Water Wired: Zut Alors! Double Your Fun in Marseille: Alternative World Water Forum
http://aquadoc.typepad.com/waterwired/2012/02/zut-alors-double-your-fun-alternative-world-water-forum-14-17-march-marseille.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fwaterwired+%28WaterWired%29
(This my friends, IS Agenda 21 on the International scene...it is pervasive to say the least!)

Litigation News

Events

Just For Fun

Delta and Water News Links, February 13, 2012

Delta News
Press Release Restore the Delta
Sustainability Forum on Water and the Delta
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001e5WobZtxxKQmuBNUc2iBfYzpVNCzOvmZz_CuyhPgCnagl--wdnNpnEX4oChqbgbfPhTNoK1O5o-ZI8QWQWUNSr4w6EjGVpGFtNNstAbi0ztiYEs0RQ_1Gg%3D%3D

News from Restore the Delta
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001e5WobZtxxKQmuBNUc2iBfQiMDU2FxDhUS1FAhKFSufrIuQcSa_jQI9Ktu4az_l0ktfzbtA_3J1DwtgHWeUaZksL_EaDySFNGJ8aleCPPwRJq5O1F5fqPOA%3D%3D

California Water Impact Network
Strengthening Levees Makes More Sense Than a Peripheral Canal
http://www.c-win.org/content/strengthening-levees-makes-more-sense-peripheral-canal-say-experts-cv-business-times.html

California Water Impact Network
Burt Wilson Reliable Water Ruse a Ploy
http://www.c-win.org/content/reliable-water-ruse-ploy-siphon-water-south-burt-wilson-sac-news-and-review.html

California Water Impact Network
Environmental Water Caucus/Dan Bacher
http://www.c-win.org/content/environmental-water-caucus-realistic-plan-delta-dan-bacher-indybay.html

Aquafornia.com
Delta Stewardship Council Preliminary Summary of Comments Delta Plan Draft EIR
http://deltacouncil.ca.gov/sites/default/files/documents/files/Preliminary%20Summary%20of%20Comments%20on%20Delta%20Plan%20Draft%20EIR%2002081%20%28JWA%20comments%29.pdf

Aquafornia.com
DredgingToday.com
Congressman McNerney Announces Funding for Stockton Port Dredging
http://www.dredgingtoday.com/2012/02/13/mcnerney-announces-funding-for-stockton-port-dredging-usa/

Northern California Water Association
Links to their individual blogs
http://www.norcalwater.org/blog/

Water News
Aquafornia.com
Santa Cruz Sentinel Cathy Kelly Group Kicks Off Campaign to Put Desal Before Santa Cruz Voters
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_19950385
(Scroll the comments...well, well, well look who shows up once again!  Whenever there's major infrastructure to be built, you know these two will be influencing the process somewhere.)

Aquafornia.com
Stanford Daily Inter-Dorm Water Conservation Competition Kicks Off
http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/13/inter-dorm-water-conservation-competition-kicks-off/

Aquafornia.com
Waterpowermagazine.com International Water Power and Dam Construction
http://www.waterpowermagazine.com/story.asp?sectionCode=46&storyCode=2061740
(Excellent article...technical without being impossible!)

Aguanomics.com
David Zeitland We Can No Longer Waste Water Like Romans
http://www.aguanomics.com/2012/02/we-can-no-longer-waste-water-like.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+aguanomics+%28Aguanomics%29

Aquadoc.com
Water Wired SWRR Meeting:  Sustainable Initiatives for Managing California's Natural Resources
http://aquadoc.typepad.com/waterwired/2012/02/swrr-meeting-sustainability-initiatives-for-managing-californias-natural-resources.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fwaterwired+%28WaterWired%29

Aquafornia.com
Santa Clarita Valley Signal
Karen Jonas Chloride Removal Options Outlined
http://www.the-signal.com/section/36/article/59894/

California Farm Water Coalition
Farm Water News Mike Wade
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/02/news-articles-and-links-from-feb-13.html

Agriculture News
Agprofessional.com
Ron Goldy, Michigan State University Extension
Soil Type Influences Irrigation Strategy
http://www.agprofessional.com/newsletters/agpro-weekly/articles/Soil-type-influences-irrigation-strategy-139042714.html
(Kind of a Irrigation 101 for soils)

Sacramento Business Journal
Center for Land-Based Learning's Irvine Award for McNamara
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2012/02/13/irvine-award-mcnamara-land-based-learnin.html

Political News


Events
Northern California Water Association
20th Annual Water Meeting March 9th
http://www.norcalwater.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/NCWA-Annual-Meeting-Invitation-2012-flyer.pdf

Litigation News
Aquafornia.com
Legal Planet Blog Ninth Circuit Dumps US Forest Service's Sierra Plan Bureaucratic Speak
http://legalplanet.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/ninth-circuit-dumps-u-s-forest-services-sierra-plan-bureaucratic-speak/

Environmental News
Capital Press
Tim Heardon Uncertainties Cloud State's Carbon Offset Opportunities
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/TH-forest-carbon-w-photos-infobox-021712

Earthzine.com
New Scientist Fred Pearce Earth Summit is Doomed to Fail Say Leading Ecologists
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21465-earth-summit-is-doomed-to-fail-say-leading-ecologists.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Earthzine+%28Earthzine%29

Sacramento Business Journal
Melanie Turner PG&E Has Record 300 Bids for Renewable Energy Projects
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2012/02/13/pge-has-record-300-bids-renewable-energy.html

Sacramento Business Journal
Michael Shaw City Offers Option to File Building Plans Electronically
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2012/02/13/sacramento-online-building-plan-submit.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_sacramento+%28Sacramento+Business+Journal%29

Zap!Crackle!Pop!
Gary Hunt New Energy Realities: A Low Gas Prices Scenario
http://insightadvisor.wordpress.com/2012/02/12/new-energy-realities-a-low-gas-prices-scenario/

Science News
Aquafornia.com
Santa Cruz Sentinel Tanya Lewis
Davenport Marine Biologist Takes an Unconventional Approach to Saving the Oceans
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_19952020

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development News

Just For Fun
BreitbartTV.com
More from Chuck Woolery! Chuck Woolery Prepares For Zombie Apocalypse
http://www.breitbart.tv/chuck-woolery-prepares-for-zombie-apocalypse/

Fast Company The Psychology Behind Movie Poster Designs
http://www.fastcompany.com/1815812/the-psychology-behind-movie-poster-designs?partner=homepage_newsletter