September 14, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Burt Wilson
Public Water News Service
Whoever Heard of "Peripheral Tunnels?"
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=jsitf5iab&v=001IgkAmL3YG5uxNzXhH2_l4a5J6Vw1h3NgOALG9Ykk431x05exc_0pPMWbrAcNtG76vwQlh3pZgiTdF1eXYlusqzK8QviuImgU2YtQj_VIauQ%3D

Sacbee.com
Delta Tunnel Project to Receive Endangered Species Grant
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/08/15/4726741/delta-tunnel-project-to-receive.html

Restore the Delta
Press Release: Levee Fix is Feasible
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001IgkAmL3YG5uxNzXhH2_l4RSVqh_0YzZU2B0l_TY4TCHfNXm_RV3m3TIdNReE-g77pm-__5vtBi2516aAPBLuMylwiFs3Rk71hKRAxk8oTvTIEgtdXdD3wQ%3D%3D

Modesto Bee
California's Water Belongs to All of Us
http://www.modbee.com/2012/09/12/2370874/states-water-belongs-to-all-of.html
(Sure, but only after Area of Origin needs are met first, and in excess water years, but hey you know, those little facty things.)

California Department of Fish and game
New Study Provides Detailed View of Pre-Development Delta
http://cdfgnews.wordpress.com/2012/09/13/new-study-provides-detailed-view-of-pre-development-delta/

The purpose of the study was, “not to go back, but to understand how this landscape worked so we can re-establish ecologically functional and cost-effective habitats within the contemporary landscape,” said SFEI-ASC Senior Scientist Robin Grossinger.

DWR's Delta e News
http://www.water.ca.gov/deltainit/docs/Delta_eNews-091312.pdf

Alex Breitler's Blog
Celebrating a Scourge
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2012/09/13/3802/?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
(I like the Competitive Plant Herding event myself!!)

Aquafornia.com
Delta Conservancy Delta Dialogues
http://delta.groupaya.net/2012/09/13/when-seeing-is-hearing-new-understandings-arise/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DeltaDialogues+%28Delta+Dialogues%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
(One 'ah ha' moment down, several thousand more to go!)

Aquafornia.com
Delta Conservancy Delta Dialogues
The Fruit of the Dialogue?
http://delta.groupaya.net/2012/09/12/the-fruit-of-the-dialogues/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DeltaDialogues+%28Delta+Dialogues%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Aquafornia.com
Press Release: San Joaquin Tributaries Authority
Delta's Management Blasted as Fragmented and Wasteful
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/73309/

Aquafornia.com
Central Valley Business Times
Delta's Management Blasted as Fragmented and Wasteful
http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=21889


Aquafornia.com
The Press.net
Visitor Center Offers Gateway to the Delta
http://thepress.net/bookmark/20140357/article-Visitor+center+offers+gateway+to+the+Delta+#.UFJqP5w6mzA.twitter

Aquafornia.com
Fresno Bee
Ick! Volunteers to Rid San Joaquin River of Dirty Diapers
http://www.fresnobee.com/2012/09/13/2991590/ick-volunteers-to-rid-san-joaquin.html

Aquafornia.com
ThePress.net
Twin Tunnels Project Churns Controversy
http://www.thepress.net/view/full_story/20058414/article-Twin-tunnels-project-churns-controversy

California Water News
NCWA.com
100 Years for a a Moment: California Rice Experiment Station
http://www.norcalwater.org/2012/09/10/100-years-for-a-moment-california-rice-experiment-station/

ACWA.com
New CUWA Report Highlights Efforts on Water Supply Reliability
http://www.acwa.com/news/water-news/new-cuwa-report-highlights-efforts-water-supply-reliability 

ACWA.com
Comment Letter Submitted on Toxicity Policy
http://www.acwa.com/news/regulatory-affairs/comment-letter-submitted-toxicity-policy

Aquafornia.com
Delays Mount for Proposed Carlsbad Desal Project
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/73319/

Aquafornia.com
YubaNet.com
NID Board Approves Environmental Study for Crombie Canal
http://yubanet.com/regional/NID-Board-Approves-Environmental-Study-for-Combie-Canal-Upgrade.php#.UFOqi2dvCO5

Aquafornia.com
The Valley Citizen
How the Modesto Irrigation District Lost Trust and Credibility
http://thevalleycitizen.com/?p=1493

Aquafornia.com
IID Reaches Out to Public with QSA Information Session
http://articles.ivpressonline.com/2012-09-12/largest-agriculture-to-urban-water-transfer_33796080

Aquafornia.com
Calaveras Enterprise
Water Pact on Agenda
http://www.calaverasenterprise.com/news/article_dbe80aa8-fc2b-11e1-bbce-001a4bcf887a.html

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/09/news-articles-and-links-from-september_13.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/09/news-articles-and-links-from-september_14.html

Water News

Agriculture News
Aquafornia.com
The Produce News
Central San Joaquin Farmers Feel Ignored in Historic Water Quality Efforts
http://www.producenews.com/index.php/news-dep-menu/test-featured/8769-central-san-joaquin-valley-farmers-feel-ignored-in-historic-water-quality-efforts

Aquafornia.com
Imperial Valley Press
Farmers: QSAA May Pose Unreasonable Financial Burdons
http://articles.ivpressonline.com/2012-09-12/qsa_33796044

Levee News

Fisheries News
LodiNews.com
Salmon Surging Daily in Sacramento River
http://www.lodinews.com/sports/columnists/mike_faught/article_6a3a11b9-58f9-5ba6-bf94-025666d2f0e9.html

Aquafornia.com
Discovery.com
Veterans to Help Restore Rivers
http://news.discovery.com/earth/veterans-to-help-restore-rivers-120912.html

Aquafornia.com
Siskiyou Daily News
Iron Gate Hatchery Facility in Need of Improvements
http://www.siskiyoudaily.com/article/20120911/NEWS/120919940

Dan Bacher
Indybay.org
Irrigator Petition to De-list Klamath Coho Salmon Rejected
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/09/12/18721544.php

Environmental News
ACWA.com
Sierra Nevada Counservancy Approves $2.2 Million in Grants for Watershed Projects
http://www.acwa.com/news/water-news/sierra-nevada-conservancy-approves-22-million-grants-watershed-projects

Aquafornia.com
Record Redding Searchlight
Water Speak Gives California's Environmental Management an 'F'
http://www.redding.com/news/2012/sep/12/speaker-gives-californias-environmental-managers/

Tribal News
Dan Bacher
The DailyKos.com
Will Tribal Scientists Be Invited to Marine Protected Area Conference?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/11/1130368/-Will-Tribal-scientists-be-invited-to-marine-protected-area-conference

Habitat News
Aquafornia.com
Recorder.net
Bill Allos State to Fight Spread of Spongeplant
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20120911%2FA_NEWS%2F209110316%2F-1%2Frss14&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RecordEnvironmentHeadlines+%28Environment+Headlines%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Infrastructure News
Aquafornia.com
USGS: Groundwater Conditions and Land Subsidence Along California Aqueduct
http://ca.water.usgs.gov/projects/central-valley/california-aqueduct-subsidence.html

Economic News

Tourism News

California Political News
Bill Berryhill Accepts Candidate Forum
http://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=1db924ff5d229c83877fef9df&id=70435c886d&e=d9503a764f

CalWatchdog.com
Bicycle Nuts Driving Local Traffic Issues
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/09/14/bicycle-nuts-driving-local-traffic-issues/

Aquafornia.com
Daily News
California Governor Pleads with Voters to Pass Tax-Hike Measure
http://www.dailynews.com/elections/ci_21518765/california-gov-jerry-brown-pleads-voters-pass-tax-video?source=rss

Political News

Science News

High Speed Rail News

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
News With Views
Kelleigh Nelson: Planning Commissions, SMART Growth and Land Use, Part 1
http://www.newswithviews.com/Nelson/kelleigh166.htm

California Progress Report
Sustainable Communities Bills Sent to Governor Brown
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/sustainable-communities-bills-sent-governor-brown
(Any one else see who has benefited most?  Former owner of Catellus sold Union Station, and look at the government contracting companies' stock ownerships, nice tidy double-dip profits on public infrastructure.  Ain't it great to live in California these days???)

National Center for Policy Analysis
Fuel Economy Rules Trump Smart Growth
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=22355&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ncpadpd+%28Daily+Policy+Digest%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News
Pacific Legal Foundation
Today's Delta Smelt Hearing: What You Need to Know
http://blog.pacificlegal.org/2012/todays-delta-smelt-hearing-what-you-need-to-know/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=todays-delta-smelt-hearing-what-you-need-to-know

The Foundry
Government Agencies Using Criminal Law for Self-Promotion
http://blog.heritage.org/2012/09/13/government-agencies-using-criminal-law-for-self-promotion/

Aquafornia.com
The Courthouse News Service
Power of Experts in Smelt Case Faces Scrutiny
http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/09/11/50165.htm

Aquafornia.com
Merced Sun-Star
MID and Mariposa in a Water Fight
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2012/09/12/2533308/mid-and-mariposa-in-a-water-fight.html

Aquafornia.com
Sierrawave.com
Forest Service to LADWP Nothing New in MCWD Facilities
http://www.sierrawave.net/14167/forest-service-to-ladwp/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sierrawave+%28Sierra+Wave%3A+Eastern+Sierra+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Events Calendar
Sacramento River Watershed Program
2012 Watershed Moment Reception
http://www.sacriver.org/events/srwpevents/2012-watershed-moment-reception 
October 18, 2012

Just For Fun
LewRockwell.com
160 Reasons to Stock Coconut Oil in Your Larder
http://survivalsherpa.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/160-reasons-to-stock-coconut-oil-in-your-larder/

The Foundry
Get Ready for Constitution Day with 10 Steps to Save the Confirmation
http://blog.heritage.org/2012/09/14/10-steps-to-save-the-constitution/

September 13, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
The Reporter
Challengers Square Off at Forum with Solano County's Lois Wolk, Mariko Yamada
http://www.thereporter.com/news/ci_21514743/challengers-square-off-at-forum-solano-countys-lois-wolk-mariko

Alex Breitler's Blog
Brown: Levee Fix Is Not 'Feasible'
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2012/09/12/brown-levee-fix-is-not-feasible/?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
(OK, just peeled myself off the ceiling.  If this article doesn't confirm the 'fix' is in, ta think?)

Delta advocates would probably steer him toward a plan recently completed by the Delta Protection Commission, which concludes the levees can be improved for a fraction of the price of the twin tunnels.

California Water News
Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/09/news-articles-and-links-from-september_12.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/09/news-articles-and-links-from-september_11.html

Water News

Agriculture News

Levee News

Fisheries News
Dan Bacher
Dailykos.com
Packard Foundation Funds Group Backing GMO-Fed Farmed Salmon
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/12/1130912/-Packard-Foundation-funds-group-backing-GMO-fed-farmed-salmon
(Anyone else see the common denominator thread here??  One person sits on the BoD of every organization listed here except AquaChile, and he currently resides on the Delta Vision Foundation, coincidence?  Well, let's see "two such events create a coincidence, three such events create a pattern"...think about it.)

Environmental News
Earthzine.com
NASA Earth Observatory
Another Foggy Day in San Francisco
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=79119&src=eorss-iotd&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Earthzine+%28Earthzine%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Tribal News

Habitat News

Infrastructure News

Economic News
What's Up With That?
Government Gone Wild: California DFG Diverts Fishing and Hunting License Monies to Study Climate Change
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/09/10/government-gone-wild-california-deptartment-of-fish-and-game-diverts-fishing-and-hunting-license-monies-to-study-climate-change/

Tourism News
CaliforniaCountry.org
Growing on the River
http://www.californiacountry.org/features/article.aspx?arID=1081
(Excellent piece on Michael and Amber McDowell's Farming.)

Rural Tourism Marketing
Website Design for Customers Not Tech
http://ruraltourismmarketing.com/2012/09/how-not-to-design-an-expensive-website-that-probably-wont-work-anyway/

California Political News

Political News
LewRockwell.com
A Republic, Not a Democracy by Ron Paul
http://lewrockwell.com/paul/paul821.html

Science News
USGS Survey
Survival and Migration Route Probabilities of Juvenile Chinook Salmon in the S/SJ River During Winter 2009-10
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr20121200

High Speed Rail News
CapitalPress.com
Farmers Criticize High Speed Rail
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/AP-CA-High-speed-rail-091212

California Progress Report
Xpresswest Has $1.5B in Private Investors and a Strong Argument for Victorville
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/xpresswest-has-15-billion-private-investors-%E2%80%93-and-strong-argument-victorville

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News

Events Calendar
Wine Tasting Fundraiser
Friends of Clarksburg Library
Sunday, September 16th
Heringer Family Ranch
http://www.clarksburglibraryfriends.org/wine-tasting.html

Just For Fun

September 10, 2102 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Delta National Park
An Argument Against Going Backward
http://www.deltanationalpark.org/blog/view/an_argument_against_going_backward/
(The original post is offensive on several points.  Excellent rebuttal by Restore the Delta and Chris Gulick, worth the time to read, and by all means, if you have a comment or opinion, please add it to the discussion.)

Science Blog
Using 'Velcro' to Clean Up Heavy Metal Pollution
http://scienceblog.com/56499/using-velcro-to-clean-up-heavy-metal-pollution/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogrssfeed+%28ScienceBlog.com%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
(Hey...something that just might work in the Delta!)

Aquafornia.com
Weekend Wrap-Up
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/73066/

Roberta Long
Mountain Democrat
Water Alliance Stands Up for Northern California Water Users
http://www.mtdemocrat.com/news/north-state-water-alliance-stands-up-for-northern-california-water-users/

Aquafornia.com
Press Democrat
Guerneville's Vira Burgerman, A Mermaid with a Message
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20120909/ARTICLES/209091008?tc=ar
(Hey, maybe we can get her to 'swim' up the main channel of the Sacramento River, seeing how so much salt water intrudes in our fresh water environment!)

Aquafornia.com
Times-Standard Online
Supes to Discuss State's New Water Tunnel Project
http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_21502568/supes-discuss-states-new-water-tunnel-project-trinity?source=rss

Aquafornia.com
Sacbee.com: Another Viewpoint
CEQA Reform Bill Leaves Safeguards in Place
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/09/4798952/ceqa-reform-bill-leaves-safeguards.html#mi_rss=Opinion

Comment:  Sorry but the bill as drafted had loopholes big enough to put those tunnels through sideways.  May not have been your intent, but the language as drafted did do that.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/09/4798952/ceqa-reform-bill-leaves-safeguards.html#mi_rss=Opinion#storylink=cpy

California Water News
Aquafornia.com
Recorder.net
The Value of a River
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120910/A_OPINION01/209100303/-1/A_OPINION

Aquafornia.com
BYTimes.com
Hetch Valley Measure Pits Bay Area Against Environmentalists
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/10/science/earth/hetch-hetchy-valley-measure-pits-bay-area-against-environmentalists.html?_r=1

Aquafornia.com
USGS
Delta-Mendota Canal: Groundwater Conditions and Land Subsidence
http://ca.water.usgs.gov/projects/central-valley/delta-mendota-canal.html
(I think the southern end of the state should worry more about correcting this subsidence in their concrete ditch, than worry about island subsidence in the Delta. 
Not so much for the aqueduct.  So Cal must take care of their real infrastructure deficiencies in securing a more reliable water supply before we literally destroy one of Nature's most beautiful of estuaries and drain it dry to satisfy So. Cal's insatiable desire for more.)

Aquafornia.com
Imperial Valley Press
DuMars Asks IID to Rethink Options
http://articles.ivpressonline.com/2012-09-09/president-john-pierre-menvielle_33719198

Aquafornia.com
Imperial Valley Press
IID Directors Weigh In On QSA Plan B
http://articles.ivpressonline.com/2012-09-09/qsa_33719200

Aquafornia.com
SiskiyouDaily.com
Two Hot Topics
http://www.siskiyoudaily.com/article/20120906/NEWS/120909902/0/SEARCH

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/09/news-articles-and-links-from-september_10.html

Water News
Science Codex
Bureaucrats Say Water is the Biggest Thing the UN Security Council Has to Worry About
http://www.sciencecodex.com/former_world_leaders_call_on_un_security_council_to_recognize_water_as_a_top_concern-98120
(How's about the UN Security Council just mind its own business???)

Agriculture News

Levee News

Fisheries News

Environmental News

Tribal News

Habitat News

Infrastructure News

Economic News

Tourism News

California Political News
California Capitol
Proposition 37: Beware of Trial Lawyers Lurking in Your Food
http://www.californiascapitol.com/calcap/2012/09/proposition-37-beware-of-trial-lawyers-lurking-in-your-food/
(Geez...can't we pass a simple proposition with a simple mandate to accurately label foods containing products that contain GMO components???  Well this being Kalifornia...apparently...noooooo.)

CalWatchDog.com
Brown, Dem Leg Ignore Aftermath
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/09/10/ca-lawmakers-dont-care-about-aftermath/

CalWatchDog.com
Totalitarians Run California
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/09/10/totalitarians-run-california/

Political News
News With Views
Conservative Lawmakers to Investigate Obama's Abuse of Power
http://www.newswithviews.com/BreakingNews/breaking175.htm
(Who knows, maybe this investigation will have some real teeth to it.)

AllGov.com
Reagan-Appointed Judge Blasts Obama for Abuse of Executive Power Regarding Guantanamo Prisoners
http://www.allgov.com/news/controversies/reagan-appointed-judge-blasts-obama-for-abuse-of-executive-power-regarding-guant%C3%A1namo-prisoners-120910?news=845262

Under the Obama MOU, counsel for the detainees would be unable to access classified information, Guantánamo officials could cite “operational needs and logistical constraints” at any time to prevent a detainee’s access to lawyers, and Guantánamo’s military commander would have “final and unreviewable discretion” to enforce the MOU.

Slamming the last provision, Lamberth wrote that “If the separation-of-powers means anything, it is that this country is not one ruled by executive fiat. Such blanket, unreviewable power over counsel-access by the executive does not comport with our constitutional system of government.”

LewRockwell.com
Judge Napolitano on the Virtues of Private Justice
http://lewrockwell.com/wile/wile58.1.html
(Good interview with Judge Napolitano)
 
National Center for POlicy Analysis
Who Plans Best for Natural Disasters?
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=22342&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ncpadpd+%28Daily+Policy+Digest%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Science News
Aquafornia.com
Reno Gazette ournal
Underwater Forest Shows Fallen Leaf Lake Once Suffered From 'Mega Drought'
http://www.rgj.com/article/20120909/NEWS/309090055/Underwater-forest-shows-Fallen-Leaf-Lake-once-suffered-from-megadrought-
(Certainly makes the bona fide drought of 1977-1982 look like a quick stroll in the sand, doesn't it?)

High Speed Rail News

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News
Aquafornia.com
Imperial Valley Press
Seeley Water District to File Grand Jury Response
http://articles.ivpressonline.com/2012-09-09/scwd_33719193

Events Calendar
Aquafornia.com
Calendar Notes
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/73061/

Just For Fun

September 7, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Dan Bacher
The Fish Sniffer
The Real Delta Doozy
http://www.fishsniffer.com/fishingnews/details/the-real-delta-doozy-privatizing-profits-and-socializing-costs/

The real "Delta Doozy" is how "public" agencies and their political allies have allowed corporations to socialize profits and privatize profits in the export of massive amounts of water to agribusiness and southern California water interests.

DWR's Delta eNews
http://www.water.ca.gov/deltainit/docs/Delta_eNews-090612.pdf

Planetizen.com
Can California's Delta Plan Balance Infrastructure Investment with Environmental Protections
http://www.planetizen.com/node/58302
Northern California Farmers Decry $14 Billion Water Plan
http://www.planetizen.com/node/58013

Aquafornia.com
Sacbee.com
Viewpoints: Collaboration Needed to Solve Water Problems
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/07/4795607/collaboration-needed-to-solve.html
(Oh the BS meter is up into the orange-red level this morning.)

Aquafornia.com
State Water Contractos' Doozy of the Day
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/72984/
(See what I mean...orange-red, tinging in the neighborhood of DefCon5 Red.)

Aquafornia.com
Congressman John Garamendi
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/72982/

Alex Breitler
Stockton Recorder
S.. River's Return May Generate 11,000 Jobs
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120906/A_NEWS/209060318

California Water News
Aquafornia.com
The Valley Citizen
Read the Letter the Bee and MID Didn't Want You to See
http://thevalleycitizen.com/?p=1470

Aquafornia.com
Sierrawave.com
DWP Well Drilling Projects Continue
http://www.sierrawave.net/14061/dwp-well-drilling/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sierrawave+%28Sierra+Wave%3A+Eastern+Sierra+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Aquafornia.com
Department of Water Resources
DWR Awarded Top Honors for Central Valley Flood Plan
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/72880/

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/09/news-articles-and-links-from-september_6.html

Water News
NYTimes.com
At Water Auctions, Oil Drillers Join Wary Farmers
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48927796/ns/us_news-the_new_york_times/#.UEoR1mdvCO4

Aquafornia.com
NYTimes.com
Struggle for Water in Colorado with Rise of Fracking
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/06/us/struggle-for-water-in-colorado-with-rise-in-fracking.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Agriculture News

Levee News

Fisheries News
Aquafornia.com
San Jose Mercury News
NOAA Announce Detailed Coho Salmon Recovery Plan
http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_21484856/feds-announce-central-coast-coho-salmon-recovery-plan?source=rss

Environmental News
Aquafornia.com
Press Democrat
Future of Jenner Headlands Taking Shape with New Plan
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20120904/articles/120909881?tc=ar

Aquafornia.com
Enviornmental Leader
Water Treatment as the Mediator in Fracking Discussion
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/09/04/water-treatment-as-the-mediator-in-the-fracking-discussion/

Tribal News

Habitat News
Aquafornia.com
fishnewseu.com
US Salmon Hit the Pits
http://www.fishnewseu.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8893:us-salmon-hit-the-pits&catid=46:world&Itemid=56

Infrastructure News

Bay Area Reporter: Leave Hetch Hetchy Alone
http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=68019

Economic News
Aquafornia.com
UC Davis/Howitt: Pricing Solutions to California's Water Impasse
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/72976/

Tourism News

California Political News

Political News
ImpeachObama.com
ForgeryGate Larry Klayman's Historic Letter to DNC Legal Counsel
http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/forgerygate-larry-klaymans-historic-letter-to-dnc-legal-counsel/

The thrust of Larry Klayman’s letter to Attorney Bauer and the DNC is that as chief legal counsel, he cannot recommend that they place candidate Obama’s name on the Official Certificates of Nomination, or OCON’s, which they are required to submit to election officials in all fifty states. The bottom line, according to Attorney Klayman, is that given the refusal of Hawaii Registrar for Vital Statistics, Alvin Onaka, to verify the key facts of Obama’s birth as well as the validity of the birth certificate itself (posted at whitehouse.gov), when requested to do so by Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett, back on March 30^th, there is no legally-allowable basis for any official to accept the document as proof of identity. It simply can’t be done legally! 

FoxNews.com
Tensions Run High as Venue Downsize, Security Upgrade Cause Convention Chaos
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/06/tensions-run-high-as-venue-downsize-security-upgrade-cause-convention-chaos/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
(If you liked the past four years of Obama politics, this is just a little bit of what you can expect if reelection is successful:

Those with bowl seating who were not delegates were told to find seats on the second-floor level -- though the second-floor level had 100 seats behind the stage with no view of speakers or the giant TV screen inside the stadium.

"There are 100 seats left -- that's it -- with obstructed view," a Time Warner arena worker told those trying to enter. Even then, only those with certain passes were allowed in. 

Adding insult to injury, those denied seats behind the stage later tried to use the ATM outside the nearby gate but found it out of order.

"Really? Really?” a man wearing a tall Obama hat said to no one in particular before running down the concourse. "No seat, no cash," he said.

I say,'yes, really...REALLY, with this administration, if you stand up for your rights, you lose your seat!  And, well get used to it, there is no money, no cash, nothing as long as the current course we are on continues unobstructed.  So how do you like it now Liberals?  Rank and file people are truly second-class citizens in the Democrats' eyes.  Shameful if they had any conscience.)

Learn Liberty
Should Majorities Decide Everything?
http://www.learnliberty.org/videos/should-majorities-decide-everything?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+learnliberty+%28LearnLiberty%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
(Interesting reading.)

American Thinker
'These'
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/09/these.html
(Required reading!)

Science News
Eco Farm
Mounting Evidence of Bug-Resistant Corn Seen by EPA
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=zhfwzbcab&v=0013-zw4rcnoTsKcwTQCG-VBfxReFV-W4Kl1aQudLBenxZEFtx2ofASGMAnU9M3RG8egSteg36yVDwW13ifhn4pVG-kevHe-1ghxyzaw0ZUrdkyyqnJY--JoPD9CpajctMUdUpGd2LAbtc%3D

High Speed Rail News

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News
San Diego County Water Authority
Judge Orders MWD to Begin Producing Documents in First Round of Discovery
http://www.sdcwa.org/judge-orders-mwd-begin-producing-documents-first-round-discovery-water-authority-rate-challenge

Today’s court hearing was a continuation of an August 3 hearing, in which Judge Kramer again rejected MWD’s arguments that the Water Authority was entitled to no discovery in the case. For the past eight months, MWD has vigorously tried to avoid any discovery in the case, filing numerous legal challenges to the court’s January 6, 2012 ruling that granted discovery, including a writ petition with California’s 1st Appellate District Court of Appeal. MWD’s writ was summarily denied by the Court of Appeal in April.

AllGov.com
Justice Dept. Accuses BP of 'Gross Negligence' Over Gulf Oil Spill
http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/justice-dept-accuses-bp-of-gross-negligence-over-gulf-oil-spill-120907?news=845236
(Kinda sounds like a shake-down to me.)

Pacific Legal Foundation
PLF Blog
Delta Smelt Appeal Hearing Next Week
http://blog.pacificlegal.org/2012/delta-smelt-appeal-hearing-next-week/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=delta-smelt-appeal-hearing-next-week

Aquafornia.com
Central Basin Praises Ruling by LA Superior Court Judge
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/72978/

Aquafornia.com
OC Weekly
Santa Margarita Water District Sued Over Lead Role in Mojave Groundwater Project
http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2012/09/santa_margarita_water_district.php

Aquafornia.com
Somach Simmons & Dunn
Ninth Circuit Petition Review of EPA-Issued Waste Discharge Permit...
http://www.somachlaw.com/alerts.php?id=180

Events Calendar

Just For Fun
PJ Media
Drunkblogging Barack Obama's DNC Speech
http://www.somachlaw.com/alerts.php?id=180

FoxNews.com
No reports of damage After Two Light Earthquakes Strike California
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/09/07/no-reports-damage-after-two-light-earthquakes-strike-california/
(Fresno area AND Beverly Hills??  Oh the irony!)

CalWatchDog.com
Time to Break Up California?
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/09/06/time-to-break-up-california/
(I think this method is about as good as any and certainly better than the proposed Regional revenue sharing (stealing) councils currently being thrown at us.)

September 6, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Dan Bacher
Red, Green and Blue
California's Peripheral Canal - Not Yet in the Bag

“They had to start over – trying to become a legitimate agency and a legitimate plan,” [Burt] Wilson continued. “To me, the BDCP is walking on tenuous ground every step it takes. The reason for that is because their authority doesn’t come from the people of California, as it should, through a vote.”
Red Green & Blue (http://s.tt/1mw7l)

The California Spigot
Lack of Equality in Delta Water Plan Evokes Feminist Principle: Think Globally, Act Locally

One thing not present at the meeting was equality. Peltier's district (along with a few other big contractors) had everything to do with writing the plan; the rest of the stakeholders, little or nothing. How did it happen and what do we do about the prospect of a multibillion dollar project being built – the largest water infrastructure project in California since 1960 – without a vote of the people or the legislature? Moreover, the five Delta counties – Contra Costa, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano and Yolo – whose water supply and agricultural land will be affected, oppose the plan. They have not had a role in its creation. http://californiaspigot.blogspot.com/2012/09/lack-of-equality-in-delta-water-plan.html

Land Use Professor's Blog
Anything but Peripheral: An Occasional Blog Series on California's Delta
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/land_use/2012/09/anything-but-peripheral-a-blog-series-on-californias-delta-part-1-a-second-chance-for-the-peripheral.html

But arguably the most important single document in bringing the peripheral canal proposal back from the dead, and one of the most important documents in changing people's opinion about the canal, was a 2007 report by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), Envisioning Futures For the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, that spoke about the current status of the Delta, and why something big needs to be done there.  And fast. 
More about the ecosystem of the Delta, and the PPIC report, in the next installment.

(Boy, just think where we could/would be if this weren't being perpetuated by the Resource Legacy/Packard Foundation-funding/UC Davis 'science'-delivering machine???) 
  
Switchboard at NRDC
BDCP Ignores New EPA Bay-Delta Action Plan
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/bnelson/bdcp_ignores_new_epa_bay-delta.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+switchboard_bnelson+%28Switchboard%3A+Barry+Nelson%27s+Blog%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
(Good article by Barry Nelson...Same old out of the same old; excellent comments by Burt Wilson and Carolee Kreiger)

Aquafornia.com
Bilingual Weekly
The BDCP Circus Continues - Toilets, Tunnels, Exports & Scientific Data Ignored
http://bwnews.us/2012/09/05/the-bdcp-circus-continues-toilets-tunnels-exports-scientific-data-ignored/
  
Aquafornia.com
Capitol Weekly
Bill Jennings
A Peripheral Tunnel Is a Bad Idea
http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?xid=10u6dc08v2xpyr1
  
California Water News
ACWA.com
Water Agencies Offer Fact Sheets on BDCP
http://www.acwa.com/news/delta/water-agencies-offer-fact-sheets-bdcp
(In my opinion, the best source of 'Delta Doozies' out there!!!!  At least the SWC won't have to look far or dig deep for doozies.)

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/09/news-articles-and-links-from-september_5.html

Water News
Aquadoc.com
Inforgraphic: Where Is All the Water?
http://aquadoc.typepad.com/waterwired/2012/09/infographic-where-is-all-the-water.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fwaterwired+%28WaterWired%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Agriculture News
Environmental Policy Web
No-Till Farming Helps Capture Snow and Soil Water
http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/yournews/50686

Aquafornia.com
KMTG Natural Resources Blog: SWRCB Decides to Stay Provisions of Central Coast Agriculture Order
http://kmtg-naturalresources.blogspot.com/2012/09/state-water-resources-control-board.html

Levee News

Fisheries News
The Foundry
Save the Whales? No, Save NOAA
http://blog.heritage.org/2012/09/05/save-the-whales-noaa/
(Very interesting how the liberal left virtually 'eats their own young', so to speak.)

Environmental News

Tribal News

Habitat News
NYTimes.com
Live and Let Live: Humans and Tigers
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/04/live-and-let-live-humans-and-tigers/?partner=rss&emc=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Earthzine+%28Earthzine%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Infrastructure News
Central Valley Business Times
Water Contractors May Escape Full Cost of Governor's Twin Tunnel Scheme
http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=21818

“Currently, the plan is to split the costs this way: 75 percent exporters; 10 percent Bureau of Reclamation; 10 percent State Water Bond; … 5 percent Other,” says Restore the Delta.

Aquafornia.com
The Planning Report
MWD's Jeff Kightlinger Endorses Governor's Preferred Delta Fix
http://www.planningreport.com/2012/09/05/mwd-s-jeff-kightlinger-endorses-governor-s-preferred-delta-fix

Economic News
Reason.com
California Goes Bankrupt
http://reason.com/archives/2012/07/20/california-goes-bankrupt

Sacramento Business Journal
Sac Bee Begins Charging for Digital Access
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/melanie-turner/2012/09/bee-begins-charging-for-digital-access.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
(Well, we'll see where that leaves this blog...I refuse to pay for subscriptions to online news sources.  What might be a 'success' for NY Times, will probably not be quite as successful for McClatchey...or the ability for blogs such as these to pass along information.  We'll see what develops in the near future.)
   
Tourism News
Sacramento River Delta Blog
Freeport's Mi Pueblo Mexican Grill Earns Food Safety Award of Excellence
http://www.sacramentoriverdelta.net/2012/09/05/freeports-mi-pueblo-mexican-grill-earns-food-safety-award-of-excellence/
 
California Political News
Aguanomics.com
Costs, Benefits, Politics and Corruption
http://www.aguanomics.com/2012/09/costs-benefits-politics-and-corruption.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+aguanomics+%28Aguanomics%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Although the economics of system efficiency or benefits from water use may be clear, it's in the political sphere that the distribution of costs and benefits from water is determined.*

Political News
National Center for Policy Analysis
Libertarian Roots of the TEA Party
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=22336&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ncpadpd+%28Daily+Policy+Digest%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Science News

High Speed Rail News
California Progress Report
Environmental Justice Does Not Mean What They Think It Means
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/environmental-justice-does-not-mean-what-they-think-it-means
(Probably one of the most offensive, racist articles my blood pressure could handle.  Sooo, if you're white, and a white farmer at that, you're not protected by any form of 'environmental justice' when these huge, destructive projects come barreling through your properties and long-established communities?  We're supposed to bear the brunt of 'fixing' all of California's problems on our backs??  Well, Progressive/Lefties, when you're next to starving and have no prime soils left to grow the food you rely upon for your sustenance, then what, Smart Ass, then what??)

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
American Policy Center
Agenda 21 Talked About on the House Floor in 1992
http://americanpolicy.org/2012/09/06/agenda-21-talked-about-on-the-house-floor-1992/

Public Comment Opportunities
Delta Stewardship Council
Red Line Version of Draft Delta Plan
http://deltacouncil.ca.gov/delta-plan/current-draft-of-delta-plan

Litigation News
Aquafornia.com
WaterWorld
Nation's Governors, Counties, State Legislatures Become Involved in Storm Water Runoff Cases Before U.S. Supreme Court
http://www.waterworld.com/news/2012/09/06/nation-s-governors-counties-state-legislators-become-involved-in-stormwater-runoff-cases-before-u-s.html

Events Calendar
Delta Stewardship Council
Register Now for the 2012 Bay Delta Science Conference
http://deltastewardshipcouncil.createsend1.com/t/ViewEmail/r/8CACF1C96EB83CF5/7C0F276835B38C546D5E5F9A8728A5A6

Just For Fun
PJ Media
Drunk Blogging Bill Clinton's DNC Speech
http://pjmedia.com/blog/drunkblogging-bill-clintons-dnc-speech/
(Too good not to post!  Can't wait to see tonight's blogging on Obama's speech...hehehe!)

September 4, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Burt Wilson
Public Water News Service
State Water Contractors are 'Delta Doozies'
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=jsitf5iab&v=001AQflCIZUlQ66ld9NxbJKMSGVQY7JOuwmZw2Lpqp7qM0bGv6AcUVZimtu0-LHMsjkQNVqrdi4g0-Aj0k3hH4l8BIjGEcprEr-XXLyhm3X8AUYPUOLbgvEBQ%3D%3D
(This site paid for by public monies from public agencies is questionable at best.  It is also propaganda and perpetuation of misstatements and half-truths.  Oh all right...outright lies.  I wonder if they would have the decency to call out their own 'doozies'?  After all, facts are stubborn things.)

Dan Bacher
Indybay.org
Peripheral Tunnel Plans Released at Public Meeting
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/09/02/18720823.php

News from Restore the Delta
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001AQflCIZUlQ66ld9NxbJKMZri8spPdC93mj8IincDWci9hbfLpRElY3NQFumWZo-9Ruh-FZOigAZsndlEJ2aAa7m8iUALcIWK3e98wVj_tTVjmsegPotmMA%3D%3D

Aquafornia.com
Weekend Wrap-Up
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/72768/

Claycord.com
FREE: Tour the Contra Costa Water District Facilities in September and October
http://claycord.com/2012/09/03/free-tour-the-contra-costa-water-district-facilities-in-september-october/

California Water News
The Valley Citizen
Farm Bureau Says Water Sale Illegal But Bee Won't Tell the Public
http://thevalleycitizen.com/?p=1452

Clearly the Modesto Bee and the MID hope to accomplish the sale by way of strong public support, but the people have a right to know the whole story so they can make a fully informed decision. The Stanislaus County Farm Bureau has earned the respect of Valley citizens and deserves to be heard.

Aquafornia.com
Napa Valley Register
Water Conservation, Frequently Asked Questions
http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/city-update/water-conservation-frequently-asked-questions/article_62549eb2-f641-11e1-8203-001a4bcf887a.html?comment_form=true

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/09/news-articles-and-links-from-september.html

Water News
Aquafornia.com
Mother Nature Network
The Clean Water Act Turns 40
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/blogs/the-clean-water-act-turns-40

Agriculture News
CapitalPress.com
Food Hubs Connect School Districts with Farmers
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/AP-food-and-farm-food-hubs-090412

Farm Wars
Seeds of Monopoly - Monsanto and Goldman Sachs
http://farmwars.info/?p=9136&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FarmWars+%28Farm+Wars%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
(A good read, self-sufficiency is always best.)

Ag Pro Weekly
Wal-Mart Joins Agriculture Sustainability Group
http://www.agprofessional.com/newsletters/agpro-weekly/articles/Wal-Mart-joins-agriculture-sustainability-group-167828785.html
(Sustainable with Wal-Mart? Coca Cola?? Much like these same companies invading organic, for what that was worth.)

Ag Pro Weekly
Agriculture, the Fed Has Been Watching You
http://www.agprofessional.com/newsletters/agpro-weekly/articles/Agriculture-the-Fed-has-been-watching-you-167977916.html

Levee News

Fisheries News
Packard Foundation
Press Release
Three Foundations Invest More Than $10 Million in Marine Stewardship Council
http://www.packard.org/2012/09/three-foundations-invest-more-than-10-million-in-marine-stewardship-council/
(Hmmm...another Packard Foundation-funded 'Stewardship Council'.)

Environmental News

Tribal News

Habitat News

Infrastructure News

Economic News

Tourism News

California Political News
CalWatchDog.com
California Government Gone Wild
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/09/04/government-gone-wild/

CalWatchDog.com
The Complete Guide to John Burton's Tirades, Outbursts and Expletives
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/09/04/the-complete-guide-to-john-burtons-tirades-outbursts-and-expletives/

Eco Farm
In a Surprising Contradiction, Nestle Official Says GMO's Aren't Necessary
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=zhfwzbcab&v=001AQflCIZUlQ6FI3GIPyG5NpANtnocpuyFUMuprtW_kjG9xrVzVmCkxOb_0zGD2oeEV-J7cH2nZFhuej9L9ugINWlCoAsR9z1yxP-5FVL-js2m5pjqqIT7E-1_-H5xmxNmF3H7MI5C_DM%3D

Political News
The Survivalist Blog
Martial Law by Executive Order
http://www.thesurvivalistblog.net/martial-law-by-executive-order/
(If you believe this could not or would not ever happen, then why the E.O.'s granting unprecedented power to one individual?  That one currently sitting in 'power' in the W.H.)

LewRockwell.com
Obama's Dream by Thomas Sowell
http://lewrockwell.com/sowell/sowell108.html

Infowars.com
Activist Put On Terror Watch List to Prevent Him From Protesting DNC
http://www.infowars.com/activist-put-on-terror-watchlist-to-prevent-him-protesting-dnc/

“This isn’t a protest,” one member of the group told the Charlotte Observer during a march last night. “This is an articulation of the boundaries of the police state.”

Science News
Science Codes
The Eyes Do Have It: Men See Differently Than Women
http://www.sciencecodex.com/the_eyes_have_it_men_do_see_things_differently_to_women-97729


Wired Science
Three Smart Things About Water
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/08/st_3st_water/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wiredscience+%28Wired%3A+Blog+-+Wired+Science%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Science Codes
Review Finds Some Evidence for 'Chemo Brain' in Breast Cancer Survivors
http://www.sciencecodex.com/review_finds_97764some_evidence_for_chemo_brain_in_breast_cancer_survivors_moffitt_cancer_center_says-

High Speed Rail News

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
TheBlaze.com
President Obama Issues Executive Order on Carbon Emissions and Industrial Effeciency
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/in-case-you-havent-heard-president-obama-issued-a-major-executive-order-last-week/
(Just what we need, another Presidential empirical fiat...can any one say 2/3 vote in Congress to overturn an E.O.???)

Alex Breitler's Blog
On the Agenda 21
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2012/09/04/on-the-agenda-21/?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

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News
Aquafornia.com
Sierrawave.com
LADWP and MCWD Want to Put Lawsuit on Hold to Negotiate
http://www.sierrawave.net/14004/ladwp-and-mcwd-want-to-put-lawsuit-on-hold-to-negotiate/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sierrawave+%28Sierra+Wave%3A+Eastern+Sierra+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
(Hmmm...I'd say if LADWP is wanting to 'negotiate' instead of litigate...MCWD must have DWP by some short hairs.)

Events Calendar
Restore the Delta
Grand Classique
September 8, 2012
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001AQflCIZUlQ66ld9NxbJKMZri8spPdC93mj8IincDWci9hbfLpRElY3NQFumWZo-9Ruh-FZOigAZsndlEJ2aAa7m8iUALcIWK3e98wVj_tTVjmsegPotmMA%3D%3D
(Online ticket sales end this Wednesday.)

Just For Fun
Earthzine.com
NASA Earth Observatory
Sutter Buttes
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=79049&src=eorss-iotd&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Earthzine+%28Earthzine%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

September 3, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Dan Bacher
Fish Sniffer
Peripheral Tunnel Plan Details Released at Public Meeting
http://www.fishsniffer.com/blogs/details/peripheral-tunnel-plan-details-released-at-public-meeting/

“They are trying to take charge and represent this new plan as a phoenix rising out of the ashes,” said Burt Wilson of Public Water News Service. “The original BDCP crashed and burned. It failed once with the National Academy of Scientists, who said the plan just supported conveyance. Then the latest attempt was trashed by the Independent Science Board, who said the plan could hasten the extinction of winter run Chinook salmon, Delta smelt and longfin smelt." 

Aquafornia.com
Press Telegram
Jeffrey Kightlinger Breaking State's Gridlock on Reliable Water Future
http://www.presstelegram.com/opinions/ci_21438571/jeffrey-kightlinger-breaking-states-gridlock-reliable-water-future
(Excellent comments by Bill Wells, CA Delta Chamber of Commerce and Burt Wilson, Public Water News Service.)

Aquafornia.com
State Water Contractors BDCP 
http://swc.org/issues/bay-delta-conservation-plan
(I soo wanted to say BDCP propaganda website!)
Aquafornia.com
Recorder.net
Water Talks Have City on Edge...
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20120901%2FA_NEWS%2F209010318%2F-1%2Frss02&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RecordnetNewsHeadlines+%28Recordnet+News+Headlines%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Some groups have already signed confidentiality agreements to participate in the talks, but officials clarified this week that for now, at least, the informal proceedings are open to the public.

Later they may go behind closed doors.

Aquafornia.com
The Planning Report
Deputy Resources Secretary erry Meral Expresses Optimism over Gov. Brown's Delta Plan
http://www.planningreport.com/2012/08/31/deputy-resources-secretary-jerry-meral-expresses-optimism-over-gov-browns-delta-plan

EBMUD and the Delta
http://www.ebmud.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/Delta%20Fact%20Sheet_August%202012.pdf  
 
Aquafornia.com
Sacbee.com
Greater Sandhill Cranes Glide Into California's Central Valley Early This Year
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/08/news-articles-and-links-from-august-31.html

Aquafornia.com
Daily Democrat
Marble, Davies: Woodland Will Move Forward on Providing Reliable Water Source of Water
http://www.dailydemocrat.com/guestopinions/ci_21455299/marble-davies-woodland-will-move-forward-providing-reliable

The Valley Citizen
MID Water Sale - Amnesia or Worse?
http://thevalleycitizen.com/?p=1440

California Water News
FoxNews.com
Small Earthquake in Beverly Hills
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/09/03/earthquake-reported-in-los-angeles-area/
(Think maybe Someone's not too happy with say, one particular Beverly Hills couple??  Just a thought!)

Nature Watch
SF Examiner
SF's 'Water Insurance' Plan Spurs Outcry

The Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency estimates the potential economic impacts of water shortages in its four-county service area as exceeding $1 billion per year of drought.

Read more at the San Francisco Examiner: http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2012/09/sfs-water-insurance-plan-spurs-outcry#ixzz25QWSd8wX

(As one commenter stated:  Who is the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency and just where did they come from??)

Aquafornia.com
Sacbee.com
Editorial: Flood Agency Infighting Puts Us at Risk
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/02/4777252/stuart-leavenworth-flood-agency.html

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Sacbee.com
Viewpoints: Risk from Climate Change Linked with Social Factors
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/02/4777248/risk-from-climate-change-linked.html

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Mountain Democrat
California Rambling: Waterwheels of the Warner Valley
http://www.mtdemocrat.com/opinion/california-rambling-waterwheels-of-the-warner-valley/

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SFGate.com
Fighting Words on Prop F 
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Fighting-words-on-Prop-F-3822761.php

Aquafornia.com
Sierrawave.com
Crystal Geyser Plans Bottling Plant Expansion
http://www.sierrawave.net/13972/crystal-geyser-plans/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sierrawave+%28Sierra+Wave%3A+Eastern+Sierra+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/08/news-articles-and-links-from-august-31.html

Water News

Agriculture News
Aquafornia.com
SFGate.com
California Corn Reaps Benefit of Drought
http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/California-corn-reaps-benefit-of-drought-3832512.php

Levee News
Aquafornia.com
Appeal Democrat
What's Next for Levee Repairs?
http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/flood-119137-board-sutter.html
 
Fisheries News

Environmental News
Aquafornia.com
Press Democrat
Sonoma County to study Impacts on Russian River Water Quality
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20120901/ARTICLES/120909985?tc=ar

Tribal News

Habitat News
Aquafornia.com
Marin Independent Journal
New Plan Looks to Improve Tomales Bay Water Quality by Permitting Moorings and Addressing Waste
http://www.marinij.com/westmarin/ci_21446016/new-plan-looks-improve-tomales-bay-water-quality

Science Codex
Tigers Take the Night Shift to Coexist With People
http://www.sciencecodex.com/tigers_take_the_night_shift_to_coexist_with_people-97715

Infrastructure News
Aquafornia.com
Mountain Democrat
EID OKs Bid on 14-Mile Tunnel Fix-Up
http://www.mtdemocrat.com/news/eid-lets-on-14-mile-tunnel-fix-up/

Economic News

Tourism News

California Political News
Aquafornia.com
Whittier Daily News
Governor Sign Bill Taking Groundwater Power from Central Basin Municipal Water District
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_21429904/governor-signs-bill-taking-groundwater-power-from-central

Political News
Canada Free Press
Hurricane Hypocricy

“No one can forget the iconic picture of President George Bush flying on Air Force one..looking down at New Orleans during Katrina,” gushed NBC’s Andrea Mitchell just before the beginning of the Republican convention. Katrina hit New Orleans on August 29, 2005. Bush flew over the city two days later. Hurricane Issac also hit Louisiana on August 29th. Thus a question for Andrea and her pals: Will you “remember” that the current president didn’t even bother to fly over, much less visit Louisiana until September 3rd? And will you tell the American people he had no plans to do so until Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney visited the flood-ravaged areas of that state last Friday and forced his hand?  
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/49220#When:09:55:26Z

Canada Free Press
The Medium Is The Message, Cowboy
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/49227#When:10:27:34Z

When someone needs to “go down” or be “let go,” an adult does the job and does it decisively. Eastwood is really the standard bearer for all the cowboys who go into battle and stand for good and against evil. But as the man on the platform with a future President of the United States, his role was also that of the man calmly and courageously telling the world that a new sheriff is in town, a man who like the cowboy of old will take on the bad guys, keep his promises, and take care of us and our families. Plainspeak instead of bafflegab, the world and America breathed a sigh of relief. The message was delivered effectively, received, and understood.
It certainly was in China, at any rate…

Canada Free Press
The Sand Man Cometh...
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/49228#When:10:25:32Z

“A torrential downpour that struck Charlotte on Saturday afternoon damaged the Mount Rushmore-style sand sculpture bust of President Obama—an ominous beginning to what many fear is a plagued convention.” (Washington Times, Sept. 1, 2012)  “Workers were trying Saturday afternoon to reform the base of the sculpture, built from sand brought in from Myrtle Beach, S.C., pounding and smoothing out the sand that had washed off the facade of the waist-up rendering of the chief executive.”

(This is just too good to pass up!  I think maybe God/Universe is replying symbolically to their symbols...oh the irony!!)
  
Canada Free Press
From Republic to Nanny State
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/49227#When:10:27:34Z

You see, no where in there does it dictate that the state shall tell a man what he can do with his property, nor does it tell mankind that the state grants Rights, that we live under the ‘privilege’ of the state.  Nowhere does it say that the state shall provide solely for our protection, but that we are entitled to protect ourselves.

The College Conservative
The RNC Power Grab
http://thecollegeconservative.com/2012/08/30/the-rnc-power-grab/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+cnnewslink+%28Collegiate+Network+Newslink+Feed%29&utm_content=FeedBurner

There are some conservatives who love the Republican Party so much they will not step back and ask themselves if the party is really lovable. The rest of us have a message to deliver to those love-blinded enthusiasts.  This week the party was anything but lovable. Michelle Malkin wrote on Wednesday:
“I have no patience for the Republican party-bots telling these front-line soldiers to shut up in the name of unity — and to hide ‘in-fighting’ because the Left will publicize it… It should be publicized.”

Economic Policy Journal
Roger Stone on the Republican Party
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2012/09/roger-stone-on-republican-party.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+economicpolicyjournal%2FYZSb+%28EconomicPolicyJournal.com%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

"I think the country is in desperate trouble," he said. "I hate to say I'm pessimistic, but I'm very pessimistic. The party that I once thought stood for individual liberty has morphed into the same party as the Democrats. They're both big government, Wall Street–dominated parties. 

Science News
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SFGate.com
Drakes Bay Review Inconclusive on Harm
http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Drakes-Bay-review-inconclusive-on-harm-3829448.php

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Marin Independent Journal
New Assessment Finds Federal Environmental Review of Drakes Bay Oyster Co. Lacks Detail
http://www.marinij.com/westmarin/ci_21435013/new-assessment-finds-federal-environmental-review-drakes-bay

Aquafornia.com
Press Release: NAS Report Sheds Little Light on Drakes Estero
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/72670/

High Speed Rail News

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News
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Hi-Desert Star
Groups Sue Over Cadiz Water Draw
http://www.hidesertstar.com/news/article_015163e2-f3d6-11e1-b85a-0019bb2963f4.html

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Center for Biological Diversity
Cadiz Water project Challenged in Court
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2012/cadiz-water-project-08-31-2012.html

Lloyd G. Carter
Fishing and Conservation Groups Win First Round to Curb Selenium Discharges into the SF Bay Estuary
http://www.lloydgcarter.com/content/120903578_fishing-and-conservation-groups-win-first-round-curb-selenium-discharges-sf-bay-de

Events Calendar
Delta Stewardship Council
Meeting Notice
September 13, 2012
Room 447 Capitol Building
http://deltacouncil.ca.gov/sites/default/files/documents/files/Sept_13_2012_Meeting_Notice_With_Closed_Session_0.pdf

Just For Fun
American Thinker
Looking Back at Lewis and Clark
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/09/looking_back_at_lewis_and_clark.html
(A long, but worthwhile read.)