November 16-20, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Burt Wilson
Public Water News Service
Dr. Robert Pyke is New DWR Boogeyman
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=jsitf5iab&v=001OwqOR7yhbtV9odCRyUE40nsvlz65DZETdfqff2pb7JuhIErYNqQQ_ct6cUD6zgZWiFUL9jPFqz8iI9IS5bIB8ziy-2B6MsVPN9tzc5QSoMLkw33LH7ZYDw%3D%3D

Lloyd G. Carter
By request: REPEATING Budgets, Billionaires, Bonds, Big Profits and the Brown Family Parts 1 and 2
http://www.lloydgcarter.com/content/121119588_repeating-budgets-billionaires-bonds-big-profits-and-brown-family-%E2%80%93-parts-one-and-

Restore the Delta
Newsletter
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001OwqOR7yhbtV9odCRyUE40rKpyaphFn19eWGcSF89KI096es37Sz360o8m9w08QRwooCkzqpl0nBqu6XBvdSdgKqHymE7MPbCuSiQV3I9ZzJPTbmh8sczMw%3D%3D

Aquafornia.com
Weekend Wrap-Up
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/76145/

Recordnet.net
What Will Council's Sea Change Mean For the Delta/
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20121118%2FA_NEWS%2F211180309%2F-1%2Frss14&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RecordEnvironmentHeadlines+%28Environment+Headlines%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

California Water News
Siskiyou Daily News
Doubt and Distrust
http://www.siskiyoudaily.com/article/20121116/NEWS/121119855/1001/NEWS

Pacific Institute
New Analysis Argues for Transition From Water Storage to Retention
http://pacinst.org/reports/storage_to_retention/index.htm

The Valley Citizen
All You Need to Know About Water in California
http://thevalleycitizen.com/?p=1735

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/11/news-articles-and-links-from-november_19.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/11/news-articles-and-links-from-november_20.html

Water News

Agriculture News
AgProfessional.com
Light Exposure Affects Organic Weed Control
http://www.agprofessional.com/newsletters/agpro-weekly/articles/Light-exposure-affects-organic-weed-control-179734321.html

AgProfessional
Monsanto Using Farmer Trials to Prove Roundup Value
http://www.agprofessional.com/newsletters/agpro-weekly/articles/Monsanto-using-farmer-trials-to-save-Roundup-sales-179338661.html
(My question is:  How long until the weeds mutate and adapt to this round of Agent Orange, I mean Roundup programs? )

Levee News

Fisheries News
Dan Bacher
DailyKos.com
Secretary of Defense/Former CIA Director Backed MLPA Initiative
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/18/1162930/-Secretary-of-Defense-former-CIA-Director-backed-MLPA-Initiative

Recordnet.net
Spawning Experiment Takes Salmon Upstream
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20121120%2FA_NEWS%2F211200310%2F-1%2Frss14&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RecordEnvironmentHeadlines+%28Environment+Headlines%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Environmental News
Dan Bacher
Indybay.org
Coastal Commission Rejects PG&E Seismic Testing Plan
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/11/16/18725854.php

Lloyd G. Carter
Patricia Schifferle Responds to Selenium Polluters on San Joaquin River
http://www.lloydgcarter.com/content/121117587_patricia-schifferle-responds-selenium-polluters-san-joaquin-river

Tribal News

Habitat News
SFGate.com
Wildlife HabitatPatterns Changing
http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Wildlife-habitat-patterns-changing-4046806.php#page-2

OpEdNews.com
Kern River Preserve, Audubon Saviors of Birds and Riparian Ecosystems
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Kern-River-Preserve-Savio-by-Tracy-Turner-121115-386.html

Sacbee.com
Reform Urged for Wildlife Services - Wildlife Investigation
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/11/18/4994107/reform-urged-for-wildlife-services.html#mi_rss=Environment

Infrastructure News

Economic News

Tourism News

California Political News
CalWatchDog.com
Secrecy Pollutes First CA Cap and Trade Auction
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/11/20/secrecy-pollutes-first-ca-cap-and-trade-auction/

Albany Tribune
California Is Destroying Itself: The U.S. Is Next
http://www.albanytribune.com/17112012-california-is-destroying-itself-the-u-s-is-next-oped/#.UKkWPGewVfI

CalWatchDog.com
It's Official: California Now a Third World Republic
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/11/18/its-official-california-now-a-third-world-republic/

Political News
American Policy Center
Private Property Ownership Is The Only Way to Eradicate Poverty
http://americanpolicy.org/2012/11/19/private-property-ownership-is-the-only-way-to-eradicate-poverty/

Science News

High Speed Rail News
Sacramento Business Journal
Sacramento County Rejects Ag Request to Delay HSR
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2012/11/20/high-speed-rail-delay-rejected-calif.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_sacramento+%28Sacramento+Business+Journal%29

Huffington Post
California High Speed Rail Lawsuit Blocked by Judge
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/17/california-high-speed-rail-lawsuit_n_2150455.html?show_comment_id=207209660#comment_207209660
(This article shows how far from Rule of Law we've come.  Also indicates that all farming/agriculture interests in the Prime Soils areas of the state unite to protect and defend their land from both HSR and the Tunnel Debacle.  There is a bigger picture and higher agenda to both of these questionable projects and it's time for us Regular Folk to wake up and act.)

h/t Nature Watch
SFGate.com
Judge Backs California High Speed Over Farmers
http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Judge-backs-Calif-high-speed-rail-over-farmers-4042693.php

h/t Nature Watch
San Jose Mercury News
In California's Central Valley, Farmers Fight In Their Fields and In Court to Block HSR
http://www.mercurynews.com/california-high-speed-rail/ci_22003475/californias-central-valley-farmers-fight-their-fields-and#1

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
Canada Free Press
National Heritage Sites and Agenda 21
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/51160#When:17:40:14Z
(Excellent article on yet another valid reason to oppose and object to a National Heritage Area designation for the Delta.)

Canada Free Press
Make Thanksgiving 2012 an "Agenda 21 Knowing Thanksgiving
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/51207#When:14:10:21Z

American Policy Center
Yesterday Looked Hopeless...That's Changing!
http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=3af5d41d21ad9fce53c86ba9d&id=05457a9500&e=75b5b6dbb8

Public Comment Opportunities
Natural Resources Agency
Bay Delta Conservation Plan Public Meeting
November 29, 2012
http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/Home.aspx

Litigation News
h/t Nature Watch
UTSanDiego.com
Lawsuit Could Threaten SD Water Supplies Part 2 of 3
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/nov/14/lawsuit-could-threaten-sd-water-supplies/?page=2#article

SierraWave.com
State Air Board Rules Against LADWP
http://www.sierrawave.net/15277/state-air-board-2/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sierrawave+%28Sierra+Wave%3A+Eastern+Sierra+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Fresno Bee
State: LA Must Do More to Stem Dust
http://www.fresnobee.com/2012/11/20/3073134/state-la-must-do-more-to-stem.html

Events Calendar
Aquafornia.com
Calendar
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/76150/

Just For Fun
Wired Science
Second Cutest Book Ever: ZooBorns Goes Exotic
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/11/zooborns-next-generation-gallery/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wiredscience+%28Wired%3A+Blog+-+Wired+Science%29

Wall Street Journal
Quarterbacks Speak Fluent Gibberish
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323353204578129381777622430.html?mod=e2tw
(There's always something to be applied to every day life from a football analogy...and it's almost Turkey/Football Day!)

NOTICE: USACE Appllication to Increase Delta Exports

Subject: PN SPK-199900715 - Contra Costa County, CA (UNCLASSIFIED)
From: "Imamura, Eileen R SPK" <Eileen.R.Imamura@usace.army.mil>
Date: Thu, November 08, 2012 3:53 pm
To: "Guthrie, William H SPK" <William.H.Guthrie@usace.army.mil>

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED

Caveats: NONE

 

 

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District has posted Public Notice SPK-1999-00715 to www.spk.usace.army.mil/Media/RegulatoryPublicNotices.aspx

 

Applicant: State of California Department of Water Resources (DWR), Bay-Delta Office, Room 215-26, P.O. Box 942836, Sacramento, CA 94236, Attn: Robert Pedlar:

 

The applicant's project purpose is to increase water diversions out of Old River into the Clifton Court Forebay (CCF) to cover water supply reductions taken to protect sensitive fisheries.  The SWP would capture water provided through the Environmental Water Account (EWA) to recover water supply costs associated with previous reductions in SWP diversions undertaken to benefit Bay-Delta fishery resources.  The maximum daily diversion rate into CCF during the months of July, August, and September, in calendar years 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016, would increase from 13,870 acre-feet (af) to 14,860 af and the maximum three-day running average diversions would be increased from 13,250 af to 14,240 af.  This project is located in Tracy, in Contra Costa County, California, in Section 20, Township 1 South, Range 4 East, MDB&M.

 

Written comments and/or a request for a paper copy of the notice may be submitted to William Guthrie at the US Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, Regulatory Division, Room 1480, 1325 J Street, Sacramento, CA  95814-2922, email: william.h.guthrie@usace.army.mil.  

 

Comments must be received by December 10, 2012.

 

Eileen Imamura

Regulatory Assistant, Regulatory Division

US Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District

1325 J Street, Room 1350, Sacramento, CA  95814-2922

916-557-5262  FAX:  916-557-7803

Eileen.R.Imamura@usace.army.mil

 

Let us know how we're doing.  Please complete the survey at: http://per2.nwp.usace.army.mil/survey.html

 

Information on the Regulatory Program.

http://www.spk.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory.aspx

July 20-22, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
LATimes.com
Letters: What to do with Delta Water
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jul/12/opinion/la-le-0712-thursday-water-20120712
(Three representative letters, telling but representative.  The third letter actually gets it correct.)

DWR
Delta eNews
http://www.water.ca.gov/deltainit/docs/Delta_eNews-071912.pdf

Atlanta Journal
Calif, Federal Officials to Reveal Water Plan
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/calif-federal-officials-to-1482227.html

Huffington Post
California Water Plans: Jerry Brown's Tunnel Proposal Sparks Controversy
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/21/california-water-plans_n_1692002.html

Washington Post
Calif., Federal Officials Set to Announce Controversial Plan for New Massive Water Facility
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/energy-environment/calif-federal-officials-set-to-announce-controversial-plan-for-new-massive-water-facility/2012/07/21/gJQACPyQ0W_story.html

Daily Democrat
Solano County Wants Say in Delta Plans
http://www.dailydemocrat.com/news/ci_21131779/solano-county-wants-say-delta-plans

Stockton Record
Delta Folk Have Their Say in Film
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120722/A_NEWS0803/207220303/-1/A_NEWS02

Sacbee.com
Editorial: Delta Water Deal Defers Key Details, At Considerable Risk
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/22/4646320/delta-water-deal-defers-key-details.html

KQED
The deal with the Delta (California's Big Ole' Watering Hole)
http://blogs.kqed.org/lowdown/2012/07/20/the-deal-with-the-delta-the-skinny-on-californias-big-water-fountain/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-deal-with-the-delta-the-skinny-on-californias-big-water-fountain

KQED
California's Delta Blues: A Parched History
http://blogs.kqed.org/lowdown/2012/07/20/californias-delta-blues-a-parched-history/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=californias-delta-blues-a-parched-history

Tom Hogan Law
Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta: Let the Water Wars Begin!
http://www.tomhoganlaw.com/2012-07-21/sacramento-san-joaquin-river-delta-let-the-water-wars-begin/879626

California Water News
Sacbee.com
Viewpoints: Reducing L.A.'s Reliance on Delta is Good for All
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/22/4646312/reducing-las-reliance-on-delta.html

Water News

Agriculture News

Levee News

Fisheries News

Environmental News
CapitolPress.com
CCA Opposes Spotted Owl Critical Habitat Expansion
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/TH-spotted-owl-w-infobox-072312

Tribal News
NOYO News
California Legislators Back Request to Delay Canal Announcement
http://noyonews.net/?p=6653

Infrastructure News

Economic News

Tourism News
RuralTourismMarketingBlog.com
Customer Service: Your Sustainable Competitive Advantage
http://ruraltourismmarketing.com/2012/07/customer-service-your-only-sustainable-competitive-advantage-in-a-big-box-world/

California Political News
Fox and Hounds
Powerful California State Agency Plans Gasoline Price Increases
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2012/07/powerful-california-state-agency-plans-gasoline-price-increases/
(Are they suicidal? Homicidal? Or seriously brain impaired??)

Wired.com
California Starts Up a Privacy Enforcement Unit
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/07/california-privacy-unit/

Assemblyman Bill Berryhill
Reacts to California Parks Scandal
http://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=1db924ff5d229c83877fef9df&id=0a079efeae&e=d9503a764f

Visaliatimesdelta.com
State Parks Department Accused of Hiding Assets
http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/article/20120721/NEWS01/307210014

Examiner.com
California Parks & Recreation Director Resigns
http://www.examiner.com/article/california-parks-recreation-director-resigns

CalWatchDog.com
State Parks Director: Negligent or Incompetent?
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/07/20/state-parks-director-negligent-or-incompetent/

Claycord.com
Senator DeSaulnier Calls fpr Creation of Transportation Inspector General
http://claycord.com/2012/07/21/senator-desaulnier-calls-for-creation-of-transportation-inspector-general/
(Inspector General??  And we live in what country???)

Political News

Science News

High Speed Rail News
Examiner.com
California High-Speed Rail is Signed into Law by Gov. Jerry Brown
http://www.examiner.com/article/california-high-speed-rail-is-signed-into-law-by-gov-jerry-brown
(Excellent comment.)

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
News With Views
Tennessee Governor Haslam, Water Rights and Agenda 21 Corruption, Part 7
http://www.newswithviews.com/Nelson/kelleigh163.htm

Impeach Obama
Was Colorado Shooting Staged by the Government?
http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/was-colorado-shooting-staged-by-the-government/

Examiner.com
Democrats Double Down on Demands for Gun Control
http://www.examiner.com/article/democrats-double-down-on-demands-for-gun-control

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News

Events Calendar
Restore the Delta
California Water Impact Network
July 25th Noon West Steps of the Capitol
Tell the Governor NO on the Canal
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001PcleU6K0CjgKc6262qi5Po-KsXi-75bVRozY9l9nOyv1d1kq9xbz6Y6I0XiTKLFHGpaaDOlBSSLWmnv_4AuNziX2ObuEGc24DRmyYrT5J99suACGuwyxqg%3D%3D

Just For Fun

July 2, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Looks like everyone has gone to their respective corners for the day!

California Water News
ACWA.com
Senate Committee Votes to Move Water Bond
http://www.acwa.com/news/state-legislation/senate-committee-votes-move-water-bond

Water News
Inkstain Blog
Checking the Conventional Wisdom on the Clean Water Act
http://www.inkstain.net/fleck/2012/07/checking-the-conventional-wisdom-on-the-clean-water-act/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JfleckAtInkstain+%28jfleck+at+inkstain%29

Agriculture News
CapitalPress.com
Fish and Game-related Bills Concern Farm Groups
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/TH-fish-and-game-w-photo-infobox-070312

Ag Professional
Official New Name is DuPont Pioneer
http://www.agprofessional.com/newsletters/agpro-weekly/articles/Official-new-name-is-DuPont-Pioneer-160579795.html

Fisheries News
Dan Bacher
Conflicts of Interest, terminally Flawed Science Taint MLPA Initiative
http://blogs.alternet.org/danbacher/2012/07/02/conflicts-of-interest-terminally-flawed-science-taint-mlpa-initiative/

Environmental News
California Watch
Small Sea-Level Changes Could pose Big Problems for Calif. Coast
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/small-sea-level-changes-could-pose-big-problems-calif-coast-16883

California Political News
Fox and Hounds
Gov. Brown and His Friends Try to Rig the Election
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2012/07/gov-brown-friends-try-rig-election/

Fox and Hounds
Molly Munger Will Win this Case Against 'King' Jerry in the Court of Public Opinion
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2012/07/molly-munger-will-win-case-against-king-jerry-court-public-opinion/

CalWatchDog.com
Jerry Brown: An Enlightened Despot?
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/07/02/jerry-brown-an-enlightened-despot/

Political News
The Humble Libertarian
Solan.com
Glenn Greewald: Dianne Feinstein Targets Press Freedom
http://www.salon.com/writer/glenn_greenwald/

Unexamined Premises
John Roberts and the Cloward-Piven Strategy
http://pjmedia.com/michaelwalsh/2012/07/02/john-roberts-and-the-cloward-piven-strategy/?singlepage=true

Canada Free Press
Are You the Forgotten Man?
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/47796#When:22:14:38Z

Economic Policy Journal
Rand Paul Wants Reading Time for Senate Bills
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2012/07/rand-paul-wants-reading-time-for-senate.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+economicpolicyjournal%2FYZSb+%28EconomicPolicyJournal.com%29

Science News
Whiskey and Gunpowder
The Race Between Science and Politics
http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/the-race-between-science-and-politics/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+whiskeygunpowder+%28Whiskey+%26+Gunpowder%29

High Speed Rail News
Fox and Hounds
Five Reasons the California High-Speed Rail Proect Shouldn't Get More Money
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2012/07/5-reasons-california-high-speed-rail-project-shouldnt-get-more-money/

California Progress Report
Will Tea Party Democrats Destroy California HSR?
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/will-tea-party-democrats-destroy-california-hsr
(I certainly hope so!)

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
National Center for Policy Analysis
Free Markets Equal Sustainable Development
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=22089&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ncpadpd+%28Daily+Policy+Digest%29

The Foundry
UC Berkeley Ready for Soviet Invasion
http://blog.heritage.org/2012/07/02/uc-berkeley-ready-for-soviet-invasion/
(This is a tad scary!)

American Policy Center
When Loving Your Country Marks You as a Domestic Terrorist
http://americanpolicy.org/2012/07/02/when-loving-your-country-marks-you-as-a-domestic-terrorist/

Litigation News
Find Law
Outfitter Properties, LLC v. Wildlife Conservation Board
http://login.findlaw.com/scripts/callaw?dest=ca/caapp4th/slip/2012/c065100.html&DCMP=NWL-pro_envtl

Events Calendar
Delta Stewardship Council
Meeting Notice
July 12, 2012
Ramada Inn, West Sacramento
http://deltacouncil.ca.gov/sites/default/files/documents/files/Meeting%20Notice%20July%2012,%202012.pdf

June 7, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Alex Breitler's Blog
Stockton's Delta Thirst
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2012/06/06/stocktons-delta-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&utm_content=Google+Reader
(Posted a comment here.  These outside whiners forget about Area of Origin protections.  Stockton isn't being hypocritical, Stockton finally did something smart...Water districts Butte? Modesto?...think twice or even three times before selling your 'Area of Origin' water and water rights.  Once that pump is turned on and the junkies get their fix, there's no shutting the mainline down.  Wake up...once that water ships out, its gone for good.)

Aquafornia.com
Chico Enterprise Record
Ten-year Deal in the Works for Butte County's Water Contract From Lake Oroville
http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_20802195/ten-year-deal-works-butte-countys-water-contract
(This is what I'm referring to above.)

Aquafornia.com
Modesto Bee
Van Groningen: Water Sale Would Reduce Costs for MID Customers
http://www.modbee.com/2012/06/05/2229527/water-sale-would-reduce-costs.html
(Read comment by WaterForCrops, she/he gets it right.)

Aquafornia.com
Delta Vision Foundation Report Card Links
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/68188/

Aquafornia.com
Congressman Denham
House Approves Denham Amendment to Prohibit Reintroduction of Salmon into Insufficient San Joaquin River Habitat
http://denham.house.gov/press-release/house-approves-denham-amendment-prohibit-reintroduction-salmon-insufficient-san-0

ACWA.com
Ag-Urban Members to Participate in Delta Plan Stakeholder Panel
http://www.acwa.com/news/delta/ag-urban-members-participate-delta-plan-stakeholder-panel

SFGate.com
Restore the Delta
Votes Will Kill a Peripheral Canal
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/06/06/ED3N1OTR0S.DTL
(Quite frankly, no we won't...all of our legal and political protections will have been 'gamed' and/or 'Executive Ordered' into nonexistence.  Not unless our judicial system prevails under Rule of Law.)

Aquafornia.com
Contra Costa Times
East Bay Water District Turns to eBay to Help Lower Costs
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_20800034/east-bay-water-districts-turns-ebay-help-lower?source=rss
(Finally, a couple of agencies actually doing something right!)

California Water News
Aquafornia.com
Sacbee.com
15 California Counties Eligible for Drought Loss Loans
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/07/4544506/15-california-counties-eligible.html

Aquafornia.com
MontereyCountyWeekly.com
Dry Future Fee Critical to Meet State
http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/news/2012/jun/07/dry-future/

Aquafornia.com
Monterey Herald
PUC Judge Predicts Rough Rod Ahead for Cal Am Water Project
http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/news/2012/jun/07/dry-future/

Aquafornia.com
Bakersfield.com
Lake Tahoe Water Level Hits Likely Annual High
http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/Lake-Tahoe-water-level-hits-likely-annual-high-157596015.html

Aquafornia.com
Sonoma County Gazette
Sonoma County Summer Stream Maintenance Begins
http://www.sonomacountygazette.com/cms/pages/sonoma-county-news-article-367.html

Aquafornia.com
Voice of Orange County
Community Editorial: Water District Responds to Activist's Allegations
http://voiceofoc.org/community_editorial_board/article_4e25beb4-b06c-11e1-a80e-0019bb2963f4.html

Aquafornia.com
CBS Los Angeles
Lawmakers Consider Charging LA County Property Owners to Improve Water Quality
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/06/06/lawmakers-consider-charging-la-county-property-owners-to-improve-water-quality/

Water News
Aquafornia.com
Union of Concerned Scientists
The Connections Between Our Energy and Water
http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/our-energy-choices/energy-and-water-use/energy-and-water.html

Aquafornia.com
National Geographic
Groundwater Depletion Accelerates Sea-Level Rise
http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/our-energy-choices/energy-and-water-use/energy-and-water.html

Agriculture News
Aquafornia.com
Fresno Bee
Fresno State Focusing on Water Projects
http://www.fresnobee.com/2012/06/06/2864110/david-zoldoske-fresno-state-focusing.html

Aquafornia.com
Santa Maria Sun
Farming's Dark Side?
http://www.santamariasun.com/cover/8321/farmings-dark-side/

Levee News

Fisheries News
Aquafornia.com
Fish and Game Commission Adopts Marine Protected Areas Approves Stakeholder-Designed Restricted Areas
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/68157/
(Several links.)

Environmental News
Aquafornia.com
Ventura County Reporter
Fracking: Full Disclosure Note Required
http://www.vcreporter.com/cms/story/detail/fracking_full_disclosure_not_required/9880/

Economic News

Tourism News

California Political News

Political News

Science News

High Speed Rail News

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News
Aquafornia.com
PLF Blog
Plain Talk in a Ninth Circuit Dissent
http://blog.pacificlegal.org/2012/plain-talk-in-a-ninth-circuit-dissent/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=plain-talk-in-a-ninth-circuit-dissent

KMTG Natural Resources Blog
SWRCB and DWR Weigh in on Area of Origin Debate
http://kmtg-naturalresources.blogspot.com/2012/06/state-water-resources-control-board-and.html
(Note to rant above...know the difference between SWP and CVP water origination and delivery, and protections of origin thereof!!)

Events Calendar

Just For Fun

May 15, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Science Blog
Floating Robots Use GPS-Enabled Smartphones to Monitor Water
http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_20615981/bill-seeks-clarify-groundwater-oversight

Dan Bacher
Alertnet.org: Delta Stewardship Council Releases Plan Recommending Canal
http://blogs.alternet.org/danbacher/2012/05/15/

Aquafornia.com
Delta Plan Reactions
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/66868

Aquafornia.com
Critic Blasts Newest Plan to 'Save the Delta'
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/66869

Aquafornia.com
Joe Grindstaff to Retire?
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/66830

Aquafornia.com
Final Staff Draft Delta Plan Released
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/66827

Restore the Delta
Restore the Delta Responds to Delta Stewardship Council's Release of Plan
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001fTNlOr47SjuWDcMSJ3jymRKPSxzSrx7WWfbbDP9Mm9ovToCnUx3mJFVCCJwZa54rSjLmQOB71P3yLyA5pkLlDPQl5B7eM60BN5ODA5yJmG8v7WW_Jrlo2w%3D%3D

Aquafornia.com
Weekend Wrap-Up
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/66793

Delta National Park
Maps are Great at That
http://www.deltanationalpark.org/blog/view/maps_are_great_at_that/
(Link to KQED's interactive maps and historical data for the Delta.)

Aquafornia.com
California Greening Blog: Water Budgets Meet Financial Budgets in CA Water Wars
http://www.cagreening.blogspot.com/2012/05/water-budgets-meet-financial-budgets-in.html
(Interesting read)

California Water News
Aquafornia.com
Contra Costa Times: Bill Sees to Clarify Groundwater Oversight
http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_20615981/bill-seeks-clarify-groundwater-oversight

Aquafornia.com
KQED Climate Watch: After Dry Rainy Season, Falifornia Faces High Wildfire Risk
http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2012/05/14/after-dry-%E2%80%98rainy-season%E2%80%99-california-faces-high-wildfire-risks/
(Aah, California...if it isn't one thing...it's the other!)

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/05/news-articles-and-links-from-monday-may_14.html

Water News
Environmental Research Web
Study Finds Stream Temperatures Don't Parallel Warming Climate Trend
http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/49599

Agriculture News
Ag Professional
Soil Moisture Monitoring Research on Tomatoes
http://www.agprofessional.com/newsletters/agpro-weekly/articles/Soil-moisture-monitoring-research-on-tomatoes-150991255.html

CapitalPress.com
District Projects to Improve Ag Water Efficiency
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/TH-irrigation-projects-w-infobox-051412

CapitalPress.com
Del Monte Closing Kingsburg Peach Processing Plant
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/AP-CA-Del-Monte-Kingsburg-plant-051512

Levee News

Fisheries News
Aquafornia.com
Study Suggests Steelhead Trout Lose When Water is Low in Wine Country
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/66852

Dan Bacher
Alternet.org: Diver Convicted of Poaching Lobsters in Marine Reserve
http://blogs.alternet.org/danbacher/2012/05/13/

Environmental News

Tourism News

Economic News

California Political News
The Foundry
California's High-Speed Spending Spree
http://blog.heritage.org/2012/05/14/californias-high-speed-spending-spree/

Political News

Science News

High Speed Rail News
CalWatchDog.com
Bullet Trains, Green Jobs and The War Between Data and Storytelling
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/05/15/bullet-trains-green-jobs-and-the-war-between-data-and-storytelling/

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
News With Views
Mind Control and Smart Growth
http://www.newswithviews.com/Nelson/kelleigh151.htm

Canada Free Press
Convenient Lies and Governance of the Earth
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/46702#When:11:04:20Z

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News

Events Calendar
Sacramento River Watershed Program
2012 State of the Sacramento River Watershed Forum
May 22, 2012
http://www.sacriver.org/ourwork/conferences/2012-state-sacramento-river-watershed-forum
(Scholarships are available.)

Delta Stewardship Council
May 24, 2012 Meeting Agenda
http://deltacouncil.ca.gov/sites/default/files/documents/files/May%2024,%202012%20Meeting%20Notice.pdf

Just For Fun

April 25, 2012 Delta Water and News Links, 2nd Post

Delta News
Assemblyman Bill Berryhill's Website
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/65840
(Woo Hoo!!)

Aquafornia.com
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/65845
More links to Berryhill's Victory!
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/65845

Dan Bacher
Indybay.org
Bill Requiring Cost-Benefit Analysis of Peripheral Canal Clears Committee
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/04/24/18712037.php

Restore the Delta
Consumer, Environmental Advocates Succeed in Passing Cost-Benefit Analysis
http://www.restorethedelta.org/1746

Restore the Delta
Newsletter
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001UQ183hrEIiGpVkyFbfrY-ifz8M2rCftx9QNTUF-6EXD5_BkpuV91A0BlOGGZkh7L8xQe_VB6ixwiJ-AuOhQzClXukPnuO8wATP_gPAnx1IS0SinGdfACYg%3D%3D

ACWA.com
Federal Bill Includes Funding for California Water and Other Measures
http://www.acwa.com/news/federal-relations/federal-bill-includes-funding-california-water-and-other-measures

California Water News
ACWA.com
Mark Cowin Confirmed as DWR Director
http://www.acwa.com/news/state-legislation/cowin-confirmed-dwr-director

ACWA.com
Round Table Aims to Improve ESA Implementation
http://www.acwa.com/news/endangered-and-invasive-species/roundtable-aims-improve-esa-implementation

Aquafornia.com
SFGate.com
Spin Cycle on the California Water
http://blog.sfgate.com/opinionshop/2012/04/24/spin-cycle-on-the-california-water/

Aquafornia.com
NYTimes.com
The Water Fight that Inspired 'Chinatown'
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/25/the-water-fight-that-inspired-chinatown/
(A little reminder of one of the reasons we've ended up where we are today!)

Aquafornia.com
LA Daily News: DWP Pursuing 10.5% Electric, 5% Water Hikes
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_20472360/dwp-pursuing-10-5-electric-5-water-hikes?source=rss

Aquafornia.com
Sacbee.com: $22.5 Million Water Rate Hike Backed for California American Water Co.
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/04/25/4440020/225-million-water-rate-hike-backed.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region

Aquafornia.com
San Jose Mercury News: Late Rains Help East Bay Water District
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_20470841/late-rains-help-east-bay-water-district

Aquafornia.com
LATimes.com: Feud Between 2 Little-Known Water Agencies Costs Consumers
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-water-wars-20120425-106,0,2187837.story
(My when the web begins to unravel!)

Water News
Aguanomics.com
Speed Blogging
http://www.aguanomics.com/2012/04/speed-blogging_25.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+aguanomics+%28Aguanomics%29

Aquafornia.com
Deseret News: Utah Groups Join Legal Challenge to Nevada Groundwater Pumping Plan
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865554531/Utah-groups-join-legal-challenge-to-Nevada-groundwater-pumping-plan.html

Agriculture News
The Daily Caller
Child Labor Laws Farming
http://dailycaller.com/2012/04/25/rural-kids-parents-angry-about-labor-dept-rule-banning-farm-chores/
(In order to transform an agrarian-based society, you must eliminate or transform the agrarians and what better way than this?)

Aquafornia.com
Ag Alert: Farm Groups Seek Changes to Coast Water Program
http://agalert.com/story/?id=4131

LewRockwell.com
Food Freedom News: Another Way to Kill US Farmers: Seize Their Bank Accounts on Phony Charges
http://lewrockwell.com/rep3/feds-seize-farmer-bank-accounts.html
(Isn't this what you call a 'shake down'?)

CapitalPress.com
Strawberry Commission to Do Without MAP Funds This Year
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/TH-strawberries-MAP-042512
(Nice to see investments made to domestic marketing!)

The Humble Libertarian
Judy Morris Report: How Sweet It Is - For Big Sugar Daddies & Other Corporate Welfare Queens
http://judymorrisreport.blogspot.com/2012/04/how-sweet-it-is-for-big-sugar-daddies.html

Levee News

Tourism News
Sacramento Business Journal
Sacramento Convention and Visitors Bureau Offers Searchable Winery Website
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2012/04/24/sacramento-wineries-guide-visitors-burea.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_sacramento+%28Sacramento+Business+Journal%29

Fisheries News
Lloyd G. Carter
Cowardice at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
http://www.lloydgcarter.com/content/120425557_cowardice-us-fish-and-wildlife-service

Environmental News
Science Blog
Geophysicists Employ 'Fingerprints' to ID Sources of global Sea Level Rise
http://scienceblog.com/53650/geophysicists-employ-fingerprints-to-id-sources-of-global-sea-level-rise/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogrssfeed+%28ScienceBlog.com%29

Political News
Delta Tea Party Patriots
Tom McClintock Speaks Stop IRS Harassment of TEA Parties
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=g5prq4hab&v=001UQ183hrEIiFpK-ge5CUdZ3mtrhpm1ftLjr2hfbqS_BwFlts50p6UWB66b2Jqtv29QITlcWa3EnhgeKeJ89A5bN7rlpf0ygShJHYaSA_bYmbqeV7lBWgmfxnvXBnethkjJ_3dKdaqzg5LRXZ2PYnbVqNev2OahV5wlNh20rbTC1VAsHwYe5GKp48jmRwhOZ9wRmb1v1d5-Bd2zWTC06YhIsvWt0tdAaAt_5McI0VbF3E%3D

Fox and Hounds
Steinberg's Initiative Proposal and Prop 13
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2012/04/steinbergs-initiative-proposal-and-prop-13/
(Whatever it takes to get around that 2/3 majority?...If politicians would legislate within the means of its income, we would not be in the predicament.  Prop 13 works, it's the political process that has failed.)

PatriotPost.com
Does Comedy Central Have a Right to Freedom of Speech?
http://patriotpost.us/opinion/terence-jeffrey/2012/04/25/does-comedy-central-have-a-right-to-freedom-of-speech/

The Humble Libertarian
Mail Online: Weeping Four-Year Old Girl Accused of Carrying a Gun by TSA...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2134280/Weeping-year-old-girl-accused-carrying-GUN-TSA-officers-hugged-grandmother-passing-security.html
(Is this what we have really become?? I think I'd much rather face a 'terrorist' in the sky than continue this unabashed assault on our babies.  The emotional harm done is inexcusable.)

CalWatchDog.com
Proposition 29 Why Should Voters Care?
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/04/25/proposition-29-why-should-voters-care/

Science News

New Scientist
Real-Time GPS Sensor Could Give Earlier Quake Warning
http://lewrockwell.com/rep3/feds-seize-farmer-bank-accounts.html

Science Blog
That's Amore! Pizza Seasoning Component Kills Prostate Cancer Cells
http://scienceblog.com/53640/thats-amore-pizza-seasoning-component-kills-prostate-cancer-cells/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogrssfeed+%28ScienceBlog.com%29
(Oil of Oregano is awesome!)

Science Blog
Daily dark Chocolate Might Keep the Doctor Away
http://scienceblog.com/53644/daily-dark-chocolate-might-keep-the-doctor-away/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogrssfeed+%28ScienceBlog.com%29
(Always good news!)

Science Blog
List of the Top 10 Toxic Chemical Suspected to Cause Autism and Learning Disabilities
http://scienceblog.com/53686/list-of-the-top-10-toxic-chemicals-suspected-to-cause-autism-and-learning-disabilities/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogrssfeed+%28ScienceBlog.com%29

Science Blog
Let the Sun Shine In: Intense Light Prevents, Treats Heart Attacks
http://scienceblog.com/53683/let-the-sun-shine-in-intense-light-prevents-treats-heart-attacks/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogrssfeed+%28ScienceBlog.com%29

High Speed Rail News

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News

Events
Restore the Delta Fundraiser
Saturday, May 19, 2012
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001UQ183hrEIiGpVkyFbfrY-jIWtSPwNnK_xw5Ruw_IWWrCcNW9v_wRc_LKPvZsFIPWw-81QS0GuQFdQdG_Oa7muijUrSBYgAZuF8-kUUgecLB6h9WpNesGxw%3D%3D

Just For Fun

April 24, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Reminder via Delta Protection Commission
Water Education Foundation's Delta Levee Standards Conference
May 2, 2012
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/65694
(Important information from Mike Machado, Delta Protection Commission:  "This is important to tell DWR that the Delta shouldn't settle for a lessor standard that is being proposed".  It is critical in-Delta residents and interests attend.  Scholarships are available for this conference.  Contact the Water Education Foundation from the link above for scholarship information.  


Scholarships are 50% or $65 instead of $125 per person.  I've applied for mine!  Please take advantage of scholarship opportunities so we may continue to be involved in this ever-increasing expensive and time-consuming progress.


Sacramento River Watershed Program
2012 State of the Sacramento River Forum
May 22, 2012
http://sacriver.org/ourwork/conferences/2012-state-sacramento-river-watershed-forum
(Scholarships are available for this one as well.  It is important that those who can attend do attend.  Faces of locals in the room is important, voices at the microphone are critical.  


All of these different processes occurring concurrently, it is hard to keep up with it all...but one face and voice in the room is priceless, compared to none at all.  


Please take advantage of scholarships offered, they are intended to enable private citizens and small businesses the opportunity to attend and participate.)


Delta Stewardship Council
Council Letter to Little Hoover Commission
http://deltastewardshipcouncil.createsend1.com/t/ViewEmail/r/CB37070B076D82E8/7C0F276835B38C546D5E5F9A8728A5A6

Via Alex Breitler's Blog
Tom Zuckerman's Testimony before LHC, 4/25/12
http://www.lhc.ca.gov/reorg/reorg/GRP%201%202012/ZuckermanApr12.pdf
(Excellent testimony, as usual.  Thank you, Mr. Zuckerman!!)

Inkstain Blog
Isenberg: You Want More Storage? Who's Gonna Pay?
http://www.inkstain.net/fleck/2012/04/isenberg-you-want-more-storage-whos-gonna-pay/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JfleckAtInkstain+%28jfleck+at+inkstain%29

This gets to the heart of an issue I’ve been thinking about: the possibility that we’ve really seen the last of the West’s great concrete...

 (Among the top three reasons for the BDCP is concrete, lots and lots of concrete.  Lots and lots of concrete equals lots and lots of heavy equipment required equals Mr. Feinstein and Co., just one of their octopus-arms in this.)

The Humble Libertarian
Mail Online
Is There a Drone in Your Neighborhood?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2134376/Is-drone-neighbourhood-Rise-killer-spy-planes-exposed-FAA-forced-reveal-63-launch-sites-U-S.html
(FYI...MWD has used drone technology in the Delta.)

California Water News

Water News
Hydraulically Inclined
A Few Good Reads (4/23/12)
http://ayresriverblog.com/2012/04/23/a-few-good-reads-42312-the-slow-climb-out-of-recession/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HydraulicallyInclined+%28Hydraulically+Inclined%29
(A link to Delta levees)

Aquadoc.com
Oregon Water Markets: IWW and INR White Paper
http://aquadoc.typepad.com/waterwired/2012/04/oregon-water-markets-iww-and-inr-white-paper.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fwaterwired+%28WaterWired%29

Agriculture News

Levee News

Tourism News

Fisheries News
California Watch
Chicago Aquarium Offers to Take Salmon-Eating Sea Lion
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/chicago-aquarium-offers-take-salmon-eating-sea-lion-15885
(What I would like to know now is, how in the world do these mammals develop 'pre-cancerous genital herpes'??  Maybe a direct reflection of the toxins and altered natural processes in our ocean and fresh water environments?  Maybe lack of enough wild food for them?  Maybe surfaces they scoot along??  Well, regardless of the source, it is disturbing.

I'm not a fan of indiscriminate 'takings' of wildlife, but if sea lions appearing in this dam have this disease, maybe euthanizing them is the kinder, humane thing to do...just saying.)

American Thinker
Where Are the Rolling Heads from NOAA?
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/04/where_are_the_rolling_heads_from_noaa.html

Environmental News
EPAAbuse.com
ALEC Releases Economy Derailed: State-by-State Impacts of the EPA Regulatory Train Wreck
http://epaabuse.com/6536/news/alec-releases-economy-derailed-state-by-state-impacts-of-the-epa-regulatory-train-wreck/?utm_source=EPA+Abuse&utm_campaign=add74e7b7d-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email

Canada Free Press
Soros or ALEC: Whom Would the Founders Support?
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/46222#When:09:55:32Z
(Explains who and what American Legislative Exchange Council is.)

(PS I hate it when these websites automatically play videos.)

Political News
Right Pundits
Nancy Pelosi Wishes You Pay More Taxes
http://www.rightpundits.com/?p=10030&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RightPundits+%28Right+Pundits%29
(She believes in redistributing all wealth BUT her .01%ers...Or what's mine is mine and what's your's is mine. I like to believe there's a 'special' place in Heaver for Nancy!)

Science News


High Speed Rail News

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
e360
As Threats to Biodiversity Grow, Can We Save World's Species?
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/as_threats_to_biodiversity_grow_can_we_save_worlds_species/2518/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Earthzine+%28Earthzine%29
(From Yale and more 'sustainable' theory, under the subcategory of BS.)

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News

Events

Just For Fun
Heritage Foundation Launches Online Guide to the Constitution
http://blog.heritage.org/2012/04/24/morning-bell-do-you-know-what-the-constitution-really-means/

FoxNews.com
Volcano Behind Atlantis Legend Re-Awakens
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/04/24/volcano-behind-atlantis-legend-re-awakens/

March 13, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Restore the Delta
Special Thanks to Our Friends In the Delta!
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001QkDMjGI5V9Z1DAE9pATdvlsYfzeAZxH9Da1Xu3SXGq8g3ylXo3-WzooHcu_1mQrYP44_02VdKjcCz0Bmlk5dD-Y5oS3x6uPnduAQBkClXVD4TFs_c71ykw%3D%3D

Aquafornia.com
Webcast Link for Senate's Natural Resources and water Committee Oversight Hearing on BDCP
and Delta Plan
http://aquafornia.com/archives/63584

Aquafornia.com
SFGate.com: Jane Wagner-Tyack/Barbara Barrigan Parilla: Stop the Delta Water Grab
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/03/12/EDCE1NJOE4.DTL
(Excellent article!)

Alex Breitler's Blog
Hearing Highlights
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2012/03/13/hearing-highlights/?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

California Water News
Aquafornia.com
NorthCountyTimes.com
Bradley J. Fikes: North County Protesters Tell MWD Board They're Tired of High Water Rates
http://www.nctimes.com/business/region-north-county-protesters-tell-mwd-board-they-re-tired/article_976d8b81-38f4-55fd-b52b-59998f1d57d0.html

Aquafornia.com
YouTube.com
UC Davis Thomas Harter: Beneath the Tulare Lake Basin
http://aquafornia.com/archives/63634

Aquafornia.com
ContraCostaTimes.com
Jim Johnson: Water Forum Hope to Build Consensus
http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_20159349/water-forum-hope-build-public-consensus

Aquafornia.com
KGO-TV Dan Ashley: Nevada Gives California Environmentalists Ultimatum over Tahoe Compact
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/assignment_7&id=8578419

CapitalPress.com
Tim Hearden: Peer Review gives Thumbs-Up to Klamath Report
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/TH-klamath-peer-review-w-infobox-031612

California Watch
Stett Holbrook: Farming Communities Facing Crisis Over Nitrate Pollution, Study Says
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/farming-communities-facing-crisis-over-nitrate-pollution-study-says-15258

Aquafornia.com
Sacbee.com
Viewpoints: Thomas Harter and Jeff Lund:
Risks, Costs Will Rise From Contamination of Drinking Water
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/03/13/4332058/risks-costs-will-rise-from-contamination.html#mi_rss=Opinion
(At first I thought Lund just never slept or shut up...but realized it's really simple, he's just following predetermined marching orders and is following the flow chart of 'talking points' in pre-approved, correct order.)

Aquafornia.com
California Water Blog
Alena M. Lopez:
Growing Costs and Concerns for Drinking water in the Tulare Basin and Salinas Valley
http://californiawaterblog.com/2012/03/12/growing-costs-and-concern-for-drinking-water-in-the-tulare-basin-and-salinas-valley/
(See what I mean??)

CapitalPress.com
Gosia Wozniacka: California Nitrate Contamination Spreading
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/AP-Drinking-water-nitrates-031312

Science Blog
Nitrate in Drinking Water Poses Health Risks For Rural Californians
http://scienceblog.com/52721/nitrate-in-drinking-water-poses-health-risks-for-rural-californians/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogrssfeed+%28ScienceBlog.com%29

California Farm Water Coalition
Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/03/news-articles-and-links-from-march-13.html

Water News
CapitalPress.com
Angela Charlton: Protesters, Long Time Disputes Weigh on Water Forum
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/AP-EU-World-water-031212

BBC News
Hosepipe Ban to be Imposed in Drought Hit Parts of UK
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17340844?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+Earthzine+%2528Earthzine%2529
(But of course the Olympics and the Queen's Jubilee won't be affected by the drought...)

Agriculture News
Aquafornia.com
Santa Clara County: Carly Gelsinger: Farmers Say No to Water Run-Off Rules
http://www.gilroydispatch.com/news/san_martin_county/farmers-say-no-to-water-runoff-rules/article_f3c89b24-6cb1-11e1-9ef2-001a4bcf6878.html

Aquafornia.com
TheCalifornian.com
Sarah Jane Keller: Water Board Meets on Ag Run-Off for Central Coast
http://www.thecalifornian.com/article/20120313/NEWS01/203130308/Water-board-meets-ag-runoff-rules-Central-Coast

CapitalPress.com
Romney Ag Advisers Include Three Californians
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/TH-romney-advisors-031612

KVNO News
Kathleen Masterson: Harvest Public Media: Climate Change and Regulations Worry California Farmers
http://www.kvnonews.com/2012/03/climate-change-and-regulations-worry-california-farmers/

AgProfessional.com
House Ag Committee Outlines Budget Priorities
http://www.agprofessional.com/newsletters/agpro-weekly/articles/House-Ag-Committee-outlines-budget-priorities-141818403.html

AgProfessional.com
EPA Urged to Adopt Florida Nutrient Criteria Rule
http://www.agprofessional.com/newsletters/agpro-weekly/articles/TFI-urges-EPA-to-adopt-Florida-nutrient-criteria-rule-141749033.html

AgProfessional.com
Quantifying Nutrient Losses From Organic Systems
http://www.agprofessional.com/newsletters/agpro-weekly/articles/Quantifying-nutrient-losses-from-organic-systems-142103253.html

AgProfessional.com
CDFA Now Has Authority Over Organic Fertilizers
http://www.agprofessional.com/newsletters/agpro-weekly/articles/CDFA-now-has-authority-over-organic-fertilizers-142094603.html

NaturalNews.com
Mike Adams: Support 'Local Farms, Food and Jobs Act' to Help Decentralize Food System
http://www.naturalnews.com/035214_local_food_farms_jobs.html

Economics News
CalWatchDog.com
Wayne Lusvardi: Four New California Cities Might Dissolve
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/03/13/four-new-california-cities-might-dissolve/

The Foundry Blog
Derek Scissors, PhD: The Rare Earths Distraction
http://blog.heritage.org/2012/03/13/the-rare-earths-distraction/

Aguanomics.com
David Zetland: It's All About Winners and Losers
http://www.aguanomics.com/2012/03/its-all-about-winners-and-losers.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+aguanomics+%28Aguanomics%29

Aguanomics.com
David Zetland, Multiple Priority Disorder
http://www.aguanomics.com/2012/03/multiple-priority-disorder.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+aguanomics+%28Aguanomics%29

The link in the article
http://www.worldwaterforum6.org/en/commissions/thematic/#thematic-framework
(Read through this link.  For those of your following the flow charts of UN/Stakeholder-driven processes, click around, see how the Delta stuff's underlying drivers are UN based.  Look at the relationships of the NGO's/Stakeholders to the corporate and political movers and shakers and their direct participation/influence into our water issues.

And please remember, private citizens, land and property owners are NEVER 'stakeholders'; generally, we are the 'stakes' that have been erroneously claimed by squatters.)

Fisheries News

Environmental News
Wired.com
Science Now: Some Corals May Adapt to Warming Seas
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/03/corals-ocean-temperature/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wiredscience+%28Blog+-+Wired+Science%29

Wired.com
Brandon Keim: Mysterious Hog Farm Explosions Stumps Scientists
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/03/hog-manure-foam/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wiredscience+%28Blog+-+Wired+Science%29
(PeeeEuuuwww on a good day!  Explosions, oh my!)

Political News
English.Pravda.Ru
Dianna Cotter: Arizone Sheriff Finds Obama Presidential Qualifications Forged
http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/07-03-2012/120708-arizona_sheriff_obama-0/
(Russia gets it right...why can't we?)

California Watch
Joanna Lin: US Senate to Vote on Timber Payments for Rural Schools
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/us-senate-vote-timber-payments-rural-schools-counties-15272

Science News

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development

Litigation News
Aquafornia.com
San Diego County Water Authority
Public Records Show Shadow Government Controlling the Metropolitan Water District of
Southern California
http://www.sdcwa.org/public-records-reveal-shadow-government-controlling-metropolitan-water-district-southern-california

NorthCountyTimes.com
Bradley J. Fikes: 'Shadow Government' Controls Water Rates, SDCWA Says
http://www.nctimes.com/business/shadow-government-controls-water-rates-san-diego-county-water-authority/article_bb1c4b61-0eb1-5e9a-8d42-62aa872f4340.html

Aquafornia.com
UTSanDiego.com
Michael Gardner: Water Agencies' Feud Ramps Up
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/mar/12/sdcwa-vs-metropolitan-feud-escalates-as-rate/

CapitalPress.com
Tim Hearden: Group Threatens Suit Over Siskiyou County Dam
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/TH-siskiyou-threat-w-infobox-031612

Aquafornia.com
Sacbee.com, Matt Weiser
Sacramento Group Sues to Pull Beetle From Endangered List
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/03/13/4332514/sacramento-group-sues-to-pull.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region

Oroville Mercury Register: Lawsuit File to Take Valley Elderberry Beetle Off Threatened List
http://www.orovillemr.com/rss/ci_20160792

Liberty Blog
So Much for Regulatory Common Sense: The Sad Tale of the Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle
http://blog.pacificlegal.org/2012/so-much-for-regulatory-common-sense-the-sad-tale-of-the-valley-elderberry-longhorn-beetle-continues/

Events
Delta Tea Party Patriots
Candidate Forum, March 20, 2012
Congressional District 3: Rick Tubbs
Solano County Supervisor District 5: Michael Reagan and Skip Thomson
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=g5prq4hab&v=001QkDMjGI5V9aQaETKIBcJWGqZFrdbbgFzpySf0iRTryvzdz40MsiEDaPYZFOHwdAWwyN73DLzqhw2acifvE8Y3WBwchJFRPXaRrL__fcEh7tF4jX11LN-zXC93jy-WGl0cA6AhLM74Es%3D

Just For Fun
Guardian.com
Shark Feeding Frenzy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2012/mar/12/shark-feeding-frenzy-australia-video?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Earthzine+%28Earthzine%29
(Kinda related to this one...we're the tiny fish, enviro's are the tuna fish, and Feinie and Friends are the feeding frenzied sharks.)

Wired.com
Daniela Hernandez: Condor Cam Update: Chick Has Hatched
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/03/condor-cam-update-hatched/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wiredscience+%28Blog+-+Wired+Science%29

Wired.com
Science: Watch a Live Feed of Tonight's Northern Lights
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/03/live-feed-aurora/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wiredscience+%28Blog+-+Wired+Science%29
(Good links, including last night's recorded show)

Just Stupid
Dayton Daily News
Jackie Borchardt: Bill Introduced to Regulate Men's Reproductive Health
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/bill-introduced-to-regulate-mens-reproductive-health-1341547.html
(Oh my...really?  You can hardly get a man to go to the doctor for something simple, let alone this 3-ring circus??  How do you like Nanny in your business?)