November 13, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Central Valley Business Times
Dr. Robert Pyke: Stronger Delta Levees Not the Entire Answer, Says Engineer
http://www.c-win.org/content/central-valley-business-times-robert-pyke-stronger-delta-levees-not-entire-answer-says-engin
 
California Water News
California Water Impact Network
C-WIN Quantifies Central Valley Paper Water
http://www.c-win.org/content/c-win-media-advisory-c-win-quantifies-central-valley-paper-water.html

CapitalPress.com
Groups Urge More Innovative Water Solutions
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/TH-water-storage-w-infobox-111312

Aquafornia.com
Hidden Opportunities for Water Storage Brought to Light
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/75852/
 
Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/11/news-articles-and-links-from-november.html
  
Water News

Agriculture News
Western Farm Press
Ag Leaders Differ on Mandatory Nitrogen Budgets
http://westernfarmpress.com/irrigation/ag-leaders-differ-mandatory-nitrogen-budgets

Monterey County Herald
Farmers Get Tips at Sustainable Ag Expo Monterey
http://www.montereyherald.com/local/ci_21983845/farmers-get-tips-at-sustainable-ag-expo-monterey
 
Levee News
Sacbee.com
Editorial: One Step Ahead On Sac River Parkway
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/11/13/4980655/one-step-ahead-on-sac-river-parkway.html
 
Fisheries News
Barry Nelson
One Fish, Two Fish - The New Bay-Delta Salmon Doubling Index...
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/bnelson/one_fish_two_fish_-_the_new_ba.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+switchboard_bnelson+%28Switchboard%3A+Barry+Nelson%27s+Blog%29
 
Environmental News

Tribal News

Habitat News

Infrastructure News
Alex Breitler's Blog
That 'Other' Tunnel
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2012/11/12/that-other-tunnel/
(Where did this come from?? First I've heard about it, any one know any thing about this?)
 
Economic News

Tourism News

California Political News
CalWatchDog.com
Cal Chamber Sues to Halt Cap and Trade
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/11/13/calchamber-sues-to-halt-cap-and-trade-auction/
 
Political News
BlackListedNews.com
Texas NDAA Nullification Bill Includes Criminal Charges for Federal Agents
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Texas_NDAA_Nullification_Bill_Includes_Criminal_Charges_for_Federal_Agents/22563/0/38/38/Y/M.html

24/7 Wall Street
The 10 Companies That Control the News
http://247wallst.com/2012/11/12/the-10-companies-that-control-the-news/#ixzz2C6deIfvk

Science News

High Speed Rail News

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
American Policy Center
Private Property Rights
http://www.newswithviews.com/DeWeese/tom226.htm
 
Public Comment Opportunities

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

 

Litigation News
North County Times
Judge Fast-Tracks Water Rate Complaint
http://www.nctimes.com/judge-fast-tracks-water-rate-complaint/article_15390d6f-9e1b-55fe-bcb5-3864aaf57e56.html
 
Events Calendar

Just For Fun

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

November 12, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Aquafornia.com
Bay Delta Water Quality Control Update
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/75827/

California Estuary Monitoring Website
http://www.water.ca.gov/bdma/docs/121024%20CEMW%20Website_Poster%20Bay-Delta%20Conference.pdf
(A new collaborative website for Bay Delta Estuary Monitoring scientists.)

California Water News
CapitalPress.com
California On Pace For Good Water Year
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/TH-water-year-w-photo-infobox-111212

Water News

Agriculture News

Levee News

Fisheries News

Environmental News

Tribal News

Habitat News

Infrastructure News

Economic News

Tourism News

California Political News

Political News
BlackListedNews.com
Sandy Aftermath: Description of Situation Inside FEMA Camp
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Sandy_Aftermath%3A_Description_of_Situation_Inside_FEMA_Camp/22527/0/38/38/Y/M.html
(And yes, there is a huge FEMA camp in South Sacramento, in case you didn't know this.)

LewRockwell.com
Camp FEMA Update: 'We Feel Like We're In a Concentration Camp'
http://lewrockwell.com/slavo/slavo128.html

Science News
Wired Science
How to watch Tomorrow's Amazing Solar Eclipse Online
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/11/total-solar-eclipse-online/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wiredscience+%28Wired%3A+Blog+-+Wired+Science%29

High Speed Rail News

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News

Events Calendar

Just For Fun

November 9-10, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Stephen Frank's California
Delta Water Be Used for 'Fracking' in Kern County
http://capoliticalnews.com/2012/10/09/delta-water-be-used-for-fracking-in-kern-cty/

Valley Economy
A Better Definition of Co-Equal Goals
http://valleyecon.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-better-definition-of-co-equal-goals.html

Lodi Sentinel
Water Deal in the Works for Lodi
http://www.lodinews.com/news/article_1d23cedd-4d74-525e-b449-c9f3b3f26167.html

DWR's Delta eNews
http://www.water.ca.gov/deltainit/docs/Delta_eNews-110812.pdf

California Water News
California Water Impact Network
Feds to Evaluate Rates Charged For Delta Water
http://www.c-win.org/content/c-win-news-sacbee-feds-evaluate-rates-charged-delta-water.html

California Water Impact Network
C-WIN's Santa Barbara Campaign
http://www.c-win.org/c-wins-santa-barbara-campaign.html

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/11/news-articles-and-links-from-november-9.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/11/news-articles-and-links-from-november-8.html

Water News

Agriculture News
CapitalPress.com
California Election Results a Mixed Bag for Ag
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/TH-election-california-w-infobox-110812

Levee News
Sacbee.com
Viewpoints: Flood Board Needs to Address Issue of Access to Our Levees
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/11/10/4974787/flood-board-needs-to-address-issue.html#disqus_thread

Fisheries News
Siskiyou Daily News
BOS Questions Flow Study
http://www.siskiyoudaily.com/article/20121109/NEWS/121109737/1001/NEWS
(I like this Board of Supervisors!!!:

District 3 Supervisor Michael Kobseff told Milliron, "I take great offense for you to say to any one of these board members, 'come to the meeting and give those comments.' When we're giving you comments and asking questions here, it's as good as gold as being at the meeting and if it's not, don't show up here again. Because I'm giving you information that you should be hearing and writing down. This is the elected body of the county. You should be paying attention." )

Appeal Democrat
Yuba River Salmon, Dam Battle Brews Anew
http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/bv1110ycwasuit-120936--.html

Environmental News

Tribal News

Habitat News

Infrastructure News

Economic News
Testosterone Pit
The Inexplicable American Consumer Revolt Against Prescription Drugs
http://www.testosteronepit.com/home/2012/11/7/the-inexplicable-american-consumer-revolts-against-prescript.html

Tourism News

California Political News
CalWatcDog.com
Prop. 31 Would Have Ended California's Republic
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/11/09/prop-31-would-have-ended-californias-republic/
I love it...'too long' and 'too complicated'.  This is a first major step in pushing back and defeating Agenda 21 in California, to the useful idiots from both parties too lazy and/or ignorant to read the entire text I say, 'thank you'!!

Political News
News With Views
Devvy Kidd -- Urgent Election Fraud Volunteers Needed...
http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd559.htm

Science News
Notes From NAP: Science Debate 2012: Critical Natural Resources
http://notes.nap.edu/2012/10/19/science-debate-2012-critical-natural-resources/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nap%2Fnotes+%28Notes+from+NAP%29#.UJ6z5md8OO4

High Speed Rail News

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
American Policy Center
Private Property Rights Defined
http://americanpolicy.org/2012/11/07/private-property-rights-defined/

Drakes Bay Oyster Company and the NPS
10/0/12 Video Illustrates NPS Misconduct
http://oysterzone.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/10-30-2012-video-illustrates-national-park-service-misconduct/
(Seems video quality is spotty.  This is important to the Delta as the proposed National Heritage Area comes under the direct control of Ken Salazar, (ok which ever appointed Napoleonic potentate appointed to Sec of Interior). 

Here is proof of NPS shenanigans on the coast.  Do NOT kid yourself for one second of one minute that eventually one of your farming/business operations won't be attacked and shut down just like this.  Heck, we know for a fact the NAS has called out the ineptitude and inaccuracies of the so-called 'science' in the BDCP.  "Two such incidences create a coincidence, THREE such instances establishes a pattern".  It's PATTERNS people that must be recognized, dots connected and utilized to defeat these illegal and immoral acts by protecting and defending our property, our Constitutions and reestablishing Rule of Law.)

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News
Couthouse Neews
California OKs Rewards For Smart Water Usage
http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/11/09/52164.htm

San Diego County Water Authority
Two Water Authority Rate Cases Against MWD to be Coordinated
http://www.sdcwa.org/two-water-authority-rate-cases-against-metropolitan-water-district-to-be-coordinated

Events Calendar
Delta Conservancy and Delta Projects Coalition
November 14, 2012

WHEN:  November 14 at 12 Noon 

WHERE: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy, 1450 Halyard Drive, Suite 6, West Sacramento, CA

BRING:  Bag lunch

ORGANIZER:  Campbell Ingram, Delta Conservancy    
E-mail:  cingram@deltaconservancy.ca.gov

Delta Conservancy
November 14, 2012
Courtland Auditorium
Delta Community Boundaries
5:00-8:00PM

Delta Protection Commission
November 14, 2012
West Sacramento Community Center
1075 W. Capitol Avenue
"Delta Working Landscapes"
5:50PM

Delta Stewardship Council
November 15, 2012
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?shva=1#inbox/13ae7bbb084e3151

Why oh WHY do the Delta-specific meetings always get slammed on the same day, same time and miles and miles apart?????  Deliberate, willfull multi-scheduling does nothing to include Delta residents.  How the hell can they when they are being scheduled same night, same time??? 

Come on Agencies, really?  REALLY????  Just more of the same old, same old....lip sevice to our communities and the letter of the law.  How's that tap-dancing on the spirit of the law working for you???  Sure as hell ain't working in our favor now, is it?

Just For Fun
Survivalist Blog
101 Unusual Things to Stock for TEOFTWAWKI (the end of the world as we know it) or SHTF (you know what hits the fan!)
http://www.thesurvivalistblog.net/101-unusual-things-to-stock-for-teotwawki-that-you-wont-see-on-many-other-lists/

October 2-4, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Burt Wilson
Public Water News Service
How to Best Save the Salmon!
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=jsitf5iab&v=001_bhMaCujxE1Ojqp7Ss8Huvx6Pm7CVu9i9iEwZIr6--l_QiAzpsN4gs9_EMPmVKAKUNuL0zKoNNb8oaL4tLlH3jwALDIQ-G-dhgQLjQAahxNvFev9kShmZg%3D%3D

Restore teh Delta
Another Win for Delta landowners
http://www.restorethedelta.org/another-win-for-delta-landowners/

Aquafornia.com
Weekend Wrap-Up
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/73961/

Napa Valley Register
Napa Pipe Still Seeks Answers to Water Issue
http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/napa-pipe-still-seeks-answers-to-water-issue/article_41be0ebc-0c40-11e2-99a6-001a4bcf887a.html?comment_form=true

California Water Impact Network
Trinity Journal
Stokely Discusses Tunnels
http://www.c-win.org/content/trinity-journal-tunnel-tensions.html

Restore the Delta
Over Troubled Water Premiere Film on Water Wars in Brentwood
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=00153jkMsybZmh4RN5o_F3YkTKKVeZSz59EBZdnkWUFm_O609x45b1DhUnwGA7VWlsx3_K37PdNb3G7SkKW_LqnQt5N-yzF9n1Pg_FZunV7OFN9dyXuGOcWyg%3D%3D

Alex Breitler's Blog
Face-Off in Fresno
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2012/10/03/face-off-in-fresno/?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

Ventura County Star
Terry: Delta Proposal Not What It Seems
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/oct/03/terry-delta-proposal-not-what-it-seems/?opinion=1

Aquafornia.com
El Nino or La Nada? Experts Unsure How Season Will Play Out
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/74156/

California Water News
Aquafornia.com
KRCR-TV
Fact Check: Does the Peripheral Canal Plan Take North State Water to Beverly Hills?
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/74211/

Napa Valley Register
Controversial Napa Pipe Housing Project Heads to Supervisors
http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/controversial-napa-pipe-housing-project-heads-to-supervisors/article_17b0a188-0de5-11e2-b7d6-0019bb2963f4.html

Aquafornia.com
San Bernardino Approves Cadiz Groundwater Project
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/74166/

Aquafornia.com
KPBS.org
Water Wauthority Asks Public to Weigh In On Proposed Desalination Agreement
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2012/oct/03/water-authority-asks-public-weigh-proposed-desalin/
(At least they have the decency to ASK their citizens to vote...not stack a vote against its citizens.)

Aquafornia.com
TheAtlanticCities.com
A Look Back at 1951's 'Big Squirt' California's Improbable Drought Remedy Concept
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2012/10/look-back-1951s-big-squirt-californias-improbable-drought-remedy-concept/3470/
(Better than tunnels!!!)

Aquafornia.com
Modesto Bee
OID Votes to Pursue Brisbane Water Sale Talks
http://www.modbee.com/2012/10/02/2398688/oid-votes-to-pursue-brisbane-water.html

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/10/news-articles-and-links-from-october-1.html

Water News
FOXNews.com
Colorado to Feds: Turn On the Water
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/02/colorado-to-feds-turn-on-water/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Aquafornia.com
Forbes.com
Water Technologies: The Wave of the Future
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccabagley/2012/09/17/water-technologies-the-wave-of-the-future-part-i/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccabagley/2012/10/01/water-technologies-part-ii-market-opportunities-and-challenges-for-water-innovation/

Aquafornia.com
Report Lists Important Factors in Indirect Factors in Indirect Water Reuse
http://www.desalination.biz/news/news_story.asp?id=6757&title=Report+lists+important+factors+in+indirect+water+reuse

Aquafornia.com
ReviewJournal.com
Environmental Groups' Letters Unlikely to Change Water Pipeline Plans
http://www.lvrj.com/news/environmental-groups-letters-unlikely-to-change-water-pipeline-plans-172568571.html

Agriculture News

Levee News
Aquafornia.com
Dredging Today
USACE Awards Sacramento Levee Construction Contracts
http://www.dredgingtoday.com/2012/10/03/usa-corps-awards-sacramento-levee-construction-contracts/

Fisheries News
Aquafornia.com
Press Democrat
Chinook Salmon Begin Return to Russian River
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20121002/articles/121009912?tc=ar

Environmental News
ACWA.com
EPA Releases New Guidelines for Water Reuse
http://www.acwa.com/news/water-quality/epa-releases-new-guidelines-water-reuse

Tribal News

Habitat News
California Water Blog
Sierra Frogs Breed Insight on River Management
http://californiawaterblog.com/2012/10/03/frogs-breed-new-insights-on-river-management/

CapitalPress.com
California Agrees to Study Protections for Gray Wolf
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/AP-California-wolf-listing-100412

Infrastructure News
Waterworld.com
Show Me the Money: Options for Meeting Water Infrastructure Funding Needs
http://www.waterworld.com/articles/print/volume-28/issue-10/editorial-features/show-me-the-money-options-infrastructure-funding.html

Economic News

Tourism News

California Political News
CapitalPress.com
California Sporting Groups Leery of Department Name Change
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/AP-California-Wildlife-Service-100212

Huffington Post
California Prop. 32: The Dolphin Group, the Proposition's Dark Messenger
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/02/california-prop-32_n_1934213.html
(Dolphin Group represents Resnick's astro-turf Coalition for a Sustainable Delta.)

Political News
ACWA.com
Federal Agencies Directed to Use Conflict Resolution on Water, Environmental Issues
http://www.acwa.com/news/federal-relations/federal-agencies-directed-use-conflict-resolution-water-environmental-issues

Science News

High Speed Rail News

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
American Policy Center
Announcing Sustainable Freedom Labs
http://americanpolicy.org/2012/10/01/announcing-sustainable-freedom-lab-sfl/

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News
Aquafornia.com
Nicholas A. Jacobs
Superior Court Invalidates SWRCB's Frost Protection Regulation
http://www.aquafornia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/10-1-12-Frost-Protection-Regulation-NAJ.pdf

Events Calendar

Just For Fun
Legends of America
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/newsletter-0912.html

September 28, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
BDCP Blog
No Guaranteed Delta Diversions
http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/blog/blog/12-09-26/No_Guaranteed_Delta_Diversions.aspx

Department of Fish and Game
California Receives Federal Grants to Support Land Acquisition and Conservation Planning for Endangered Species
http://cdfgnews.wordpress.com/2012/09/27/california-receives-federal-grants-to-support-land-acquisition-and-conservation-planning-for-endangered-species/

California Water Blog
Knowing the Delta's Past Offers New Ideas Forward
http://californiawaterblog.com/2012/09/26/knowing-the-deltas-past-offers-new-ideas-forward/

Aquafornia.com
Tina Swanson/NRDC: Feast and Famine: Time for a Reality Check on California's Quest for a Reliable Delta Water Supply
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/73819/

Daily Democrat
Delta Flood legislation Signed by Gov. Brown
http://www.dailydemocrat.com/news/ci_21629194/delta-flood-legislation-signed-by-gov-brown

Independent Voter Network
Bay Delta Conservation Plan Could Tunnel California Funds
http://ivn.us/2012/09/24/bay-delta-conservation-plan-could-tunnel-california-funds/

Mountain Democrat
Water Alliance Proves Valuable
http://www.mtdemocrat.com/opinion/water-alliance-proves-valuable/

Sacbee.com
Editorial: Legacy of Levee Encroachment Can't Be Ignored
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/25/4851247/legacy-of-levee-encroachments.html#

California Water News
The Blog of David Guy
Investing in California
http://www.waterfoodandtheenvironment.com/2012/09/27/investing-in-california/

Huffington Post
Peter Gleick: Time for a 21st Century US Water Policy
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-h-gleick/time-for-a-21st-century-u_b_1920367.html

KGET TV
Bringing Water Back to Kern River
http://www.kget.com/news/local/story/Bringing-water-back-to-the-Kern-River/WTpJKJT5WESO-sIIQFzy5Q.cspx

Water News

Agriculture News
Fresno Bee
Valley Farmers Examine Climate Change Issues
http://www.fresnobee.com/2012/09/27/3008118/valley-farmers-examine-climate.html

Levee News
Homeland Security News Wire
Infrastructure Protection Construction
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20120925-dutch-testlevee-experiment-helps-strengthen-u-s-levees-dams

Fisheries News
Recordnet.com
Sacramento River Fall Run Hits Stride
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120926/A_SPORTS/209260322

Aquafornia.com
DWR Press Release
Under Water Light and Sound Show Keep Salmon in Safer Waters
http://www.water.ca.gov/news/newsreleases/2012/092712salmon.pdf
(Well this is welcome news!)

Oroville Mercury Register
Oroville Fish Hatchery Killing Some Salmon Without Spawning
http://www.orovillemr.com/rss/ci_21650183

Sacbee.com
Viewpoints: Collaborative Solutions Will Benefit 'Pacific Salmon States'
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/27/4858396/collaborative-solutions-will-benefit.html#

ENews Park Forest
Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Vanishing Northern California Fish
http://www.enewspf.com/latest-news/science-a-environmental/36867-endangered-species-act-protection-sought-for-vanishing-northern-california-fish.html

Environmental News

Tribal News

Habitat News

Infrastructure News
Daily Democrat
$16.7M OK'd in Federal Funding for Building Intake Facility
http://www.dailydemocrat.com/news/ci_21634483/16-7m-okd-federal-funding-building-water-intake

Economic News
Capradio.org
California: The Next Fracking Frontier?
http://www.capradio.org/articles/2012/09/27/california-the-next-fracking-frontier

Tourism News

California Political News
Marin Independent Journal
Governor Signs Huffman Bills That Focus on State Parks, Salmon
http://www.marinij.com/novato/ci_21630150/governor-signs-huffman-bills-that-focus-state-parks

Political News

Science News

High Speed Rail News

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News
KMTG Natural Resources Blog
Judge Declares Russian River Frost Protection Regulation Constitutionally Void
http://kmtg-naturalresources.blogspot.com/2012/09/judge-declares-russian-river-frost.html

Department of Fish and Game
Urban Fishing anf Fish-Stocking Programs Survive Series of Lawsuits
http://cdfgnews.wordpress.com/2012/09/25/urban-fishing-and-fish-stocking-programs-survive-series-of-lawsuits/

Events Calendar

Just For Fun

September 17-28, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Burt Wilson
YouTube.com
Where Will the Water Come From?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbkPILZ-JcY
(Excellent 15 minutes of background information on the Water Grab.)

Nicky Suard, Snug Harbor Resorts
YouTube.com
Water Conveyance and Navigation History of the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta 1850-2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0RBb1uvHXw&feature=em-uploademail-new

Restore the Delta
Special to San Jose Mercury News
Barbara Barrigan-Parilla and Robert Tyke: Yo Gov. Brown Fixing Delta Levees IS Feasible
http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_21601120/barbara-barrigan-parilla-and-robert-pyke-yo-gov

Delta Stewardship Council
Christopher Knopp, Executive Director
http://deltacouncil.ca.gov/sites/default/files/documents/files/12-0917%20Knopp%20cv.pdf

Restore the Delta
Newsletter
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001sR9KXnYiTHjgMh_HCdiGmDnmeBh3tWAIkFRDfLwZr-EdpT58KRJpOmsl2U30YewB5gNtD6exTEkp19bwoK7V64VGUSHx4XE5BehcwXj5kaitwJNnyRotRg%3D%3D

Aquafornia.com
Weekend Wrap-up
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/73646/

Central Valley Business Times
Audio: State Official Talks About What May Happen to Delta
http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=21946

TheReporter.com
Solve Issue at Other End of the Delta
http://www.thereporter.com/opinion/ci_21612942/solve-issue-at-other-end-delta

Bay Delta Conservation Plan
Introduces New Blog
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=87n6dgdab&v=001T4YSeKItteXGw_BTwSUizMJjpoGUb1_TWvIABmJo9U9qUwDfn3oeTxt2lBqagxkTfwBd84EEwp6ooJy6CInXqDsjxMQB4VwGB-MJCcU6cYfqhWfltDeO03AdmtZJkWdkhgwReUT0Ge-goKYlOS9PgmpHHU_e2lA_ZGsMBHFrRW9Py0s9GybRMA%3D%3D

Aguanomics.com
Speed Blogging
http://www.aguanomics.com/2012/09/speed-blogging_26.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+aguanomics+%28Aguanomics%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Alex Breitler's Blog
How About Goats?
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2012/09/25/how-about-goats/?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

Alex Breitler's Blog
Berryhill Attacks Galgiani on Peripheral Canal
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2012/09/26/berryhill-attacks-galgiani-on-peripheral-canal/?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

California Water News
CalWatchDog.com
Politics Clogs Solutions to Delta Water Problems
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/09/25/politics-clogs-solutions-to-delta-water-problems/
(Boy is he way off.)

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/09/news-articles-and-links-from-september_17.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/09/news-articles-and-links-from-september_18.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/09/news-articles-and-links-from-september_19.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/09/news-articles-and-links-from-september_20.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/09/news-articles-and-links-from-september_25.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/09/news-articles-and-links-from-september_26.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/09/news-articles-and-links-from-september_27.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/09/news-articles-and-links-from-september_28.html

Water News
Aquadoc.com
CRS Report: Clean Water Ace and Pollutant Total Maximum Daily Loads
http://aquadoc.typepad.com/waterwired/2012/09/crs-report-.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fwaterwired+%28WaterWired%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Agriculture News
CapitalPress.com
Firm Sees Future in Local
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/djw-CNTRorangesider1-092112

Claycord.com
Gov. Brown Signs Assemblywoman Bonilla's School Garden Bill
http://claycord.com/2012/09/28/governor-brown-signs-assemblywoman-susan-bonillas-school-garden-bill/

Levee News

Fisheries News
Packard Foundation
ChartingaCourse.org
Charting a Course to Sustainable Fisheries
http://www.chartingacourse.org/

Environmental News

Tribal News

Habitat News
Lloyd G. Carter
New Riparian Restoration Connection Website
http://www.lloydgcarter.com/content/120926581_new-riparian-restoration-connection-website
(For any one doing Riparian restoration, this looks to be a good resource.)

Infrastructure News
LewRockwell.com
19 Signs That America is Being Systematically Transformed into a Giant Surveillance Grid
http://lewrockwell.com/rep3/us-giant-surveillance-grid.html
(In case you had nothing else to occupy yourself with!)

Economic News
CapitalPress.com
Campbell Closing Plants as Soup Consumption Falls
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/AP-Campbell-soup-cuts-092712

CalWatchDog.com
Now Atwater Teetering Toward Bankruptcy
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/09/27/now-atwater-teetering-toward-bankruptcy/

Tourism News
Rural Tourism Marketing
Promote Fall Agritourism
http://ruraltourismmarketing.com/2012/09/extend-your-rural-tourism-season-by-promoting-agritourism/

California Political News
Sacbee.com
The State Worker: Why We Posted California Parks Documents, Available Here
http://blogs.sacbee.com/the_state_worker/2012/09/why-we-posted-california-parks-investigation-documents-download-them-here.html
(And a bunch of them too, for those interested in this.)

Eco Farm News
GE News: No on 37 Radio Ads Littered With Falsehoods
http://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=76c0bb8f4637459fcb1d94bf3&id=b5b57e7b23&e=70f6a0af54

CalWatchdog.com
Prop. 31 is a Trojan Horse for Wealth Redistribution
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/09/27/prop-31-is-a-trojan-horse-for-wealth-redistribution/

CalWatchDog.com
Dianne Feinstein's Empty Chair
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/09/26/diane-feinsteins-empty-chair/

Political News
Roll Call
Phone Company PAC Funds Campaigns Against Republicans With Customer Over-payments
http://www.rollcall.com/issues/58_24/Phone-Company-PAC-Funds-Campaigns-Against-Republicans-217773-1.html?ET=rollcall:e14289:33852a:&st=email&pos=eam
(You can do this???  Hmph...I know I would NOT be a happy customer.)

John Rappaport
NoMoreFakeNews.com
Why They Had to Stop Ron Paul
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=4tixiugab&v=001KOjYle_zlG-2qBt9BS6ljGWp3fIoPzLblV1KRMxUISd76lM8L64Duh-h12nOcADaW6yLpvclTGM2vEIdm0i0a_5pOpQX7VORJsJ9npysriPjDdI3SukZag%3D%3D
(A good read.)

National Legal and Policy Center
USDA Submits to Shakedown by Hispanic and Women Farmers
http://nlpc.org/stories/2012/09/28/usda-submits-shakedown-hispanic-and-women-farmers

Science News
National Acadamies Press
Science Debate 2012: Science in Public Policy
http://notes.nap.edu/2012/09/24/science-debate-2012-science-in-public-policy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nap%2Fnotes+%28Notes+from+NAP%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Science Debate 2012: Fresh Water
http://notes.nap.edu/2012/09/28/science-debate-2012-fresh-water/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nap%2Fnotes+%28Notes+from+NAP%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

ScienceDaily.com
Reduced Sea Ice: Fewer Consequences Than Anticipated
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120914082552.htm

High Speed Rail News
CapitalPress.com
Feds Approve First Leg of California High Speed Rail
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/AP-California-high-speed-rail-091912

California Progress Report
CHRSA Releases Agriculture White Papers
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/chsra-releases-agriculture-white-papers

California Progress Report
When Will Daylight Come to California Coast
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/when-will-daylight-come-california-coast

California Progress Report
Is Bay Area Transit Stagnating Under the Weight of Oppressive Zoning Codes?
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/bay-area-transit-stagnating-under-weight-oppressive-zoning-codes

UN/Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
American Policy Center
Protecting Man's Rights in a Changing World
http://americanpolicy.org/2012/09/27/protecting-mans-rights-in-a-changing-world/

PublicWorks.com
Secretary Vilsack Announces USDA Has Reached Its Goal to Fund 250M in Smart Grid Improvements
http://www.publicworks.com/doc.mvc/secretary-vilsack-announces-usda-has-reached-its-goal-to-fund-m-in-smart-grid-improvements-0001?sectionCode=News&templateCode=EnhancedStandard&user=2431777&source=nl:35073

American Farmland Trust
Newsletter
http://www.farmland.org/news/newsletters/enews/2012/September.asp

News With Views
Planning Commissions, Smart Growth and Land Use, Part 2
http://www.newswithviews.com/Nelson/kelleigh167.htm

EPAAbuse.com
The End of International Environmentalism
http://epaabuse.com/9106/news/the-end-of-international-environmentalism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-end-of-international-environmentalism

Freedom Advocates
Civilian National Security Force is the Creature in Your Community
http://www.freedomadvocates.org/articles/education_transformation/civilian_national_security_force_is_the_creature_in_your_community_20120912466/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freedomadvocates+%28Freedom+Advocates+-+Articles%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Public Comment Opportunities

Litigation News
Quite a few cases here that in one way or another might be useful for the legal-minded readers in our build up to the EIR and post-survival in the Delta thereof!

Findlaw.com
USCourts.com
Brennan Ctr. for Justice at NY Univ. Sch. of Law v. U.S. Dept. of Justice
http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/540a65d2-8dc0-436c-9aff-a94280c09d23/1/doc/11-4599_opn.pdf#xml=http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/540a65d2-8dc0-436c-9aff-a94280c09d23/1/hilite/
(Concerns FOIA, and US-based NGO's.)

Findlaw.com
Council of San Benito County Governments v. Hollister Inn, Inc.
http://login.findlaw.com/scripts/callaw
(Create an email and password.  This suit is pertinent in Agenda 21 (Council of Governments and property takings under eminent domain and failure by EIR to properly address an alternative route that doesn't involve taking of private property.)

Findlaw.com
Earth Island Inst. v. U.S. Forest Service
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2012/09/20/11-16718.pdf
(Has to do with building projects within protected or Forest Service areas and intermediate indicator species.)

Findlaw.com
Wolfsen Land  Cattle Co. v. Pac. Coast Fed'n of Fishermen's Associationhttp://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/images/stories/opinions-orders/11-5113.pdf(This is a takings case arising from the government’s releases of water from a dam in central California. Downstream property owners sued in the Court of Federal Claims, alleging that the releases unlawfully impaired their property rights in the water and inundated their land.)

CapitalPress.com
Judge Tosses Russian River Water Diversion Rules
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/AP-CA-Vineyards-frost-protection-092712

Events Calendar

Just For Fun
Glenn Beck
The Project
http://email.theblaze.com/gb40/wmws/THBL/1348492402699_464/w591099.php?custcode=THBL&bid=239984643&porefererid_=239984643&pbid_=239984643&pemail=karenmedders%40gmail.com&preflname_=&preffname_=
(Something that might best interest to at least get educated as you see fit.)