December 3, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Feds Kill Drakes Bay Oyster Company Marin County, California
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GSvw1xQPps&feature=youtu.be
(Please watch this important YouTube, it is worth the time to listen.)

Gracelinks.org
Fiji Water and its Parent Company Leaves Locals High and Dry
http://www.gracelinks.org/blog/1165/fiji-water-and-its-parent-company-leave-locals-high-and-dry
(YESSS!!!  Someone else just hits the nail on the head here.  And as I said before, two such events make a coincidence, three such events creates a pattern.)

LATimes.com
Kern County Farmers Take On Oil Industry
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-kern-oil-20121204,0,5416495,full.story
(This has potential impacts on Delta farmland too.  We all know the rich natural gas and oil deposits in the Delta will eventually be tapped...after it has been depopulated first, of course.

The issue is CEQA exemptions and fast-tracking permitting processes in oil, high speed rail and peripheral what-evers, steamrolling over agriculture, private property, duly-elected local-government public processes and genuine environmental concerns in their paths regardless of geographic locations within California.)

Media Alert
Restore the Delta
Over Troubled Waters Selected Best Documentary Short in the Nevada Film Festival
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001ljJ4p7aX-nGEei8kjzkN_JJZKx9g_dgXQlvNtUku1l7WSxBNWR3qcApU1S6C5l4xwHJCv8F-FcBCV6v0diYUK0Azf4npayVUQ6MFmBwBff3t5W94InPnlA%3D%3D

Aquafornia.com
Weekend Wrap-Up
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/76751/

California Water News
Hydraulically Inclined
A Few Good Reads
http://ayresriverblog.com/2012/12/03/a-few-good-reads-12212-what-if-a-superstorm-strikes-napa-flood-protection-completed-and-northern-ca-avoids-serious-flooding/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HydraulicallyInclined+%28Hydraulically+Inclined%29

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/12/news-articles-and-links-from-december-3.html

Water News
National Wildlife Federation
Water Pathway What Can Schools Do About Water
http://www.nwf.org/Eco-Schools-USA/Become-an-Eco-School/Pathways/Water.aspx
(More youth green/brainwashing occurring in our government-run public education system.)


Agriculture News
AllGov.com
Is Fracking Contaminating U.S. Livestock?
http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/is-fracking-contaminating-us-livestock-121203?news=846369

Levee News

Science News

Fisheries News
San Jose Mercury News
Squid Fishermen Wrap Up Another Banner Year
http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_22111419

Aquafornia.com
Chico Enterprise Record
Fish Lost and Found Among Talks at AquAlliance Conference
http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_22113587/fish-lost-and-found-among-talks-at-aqualliance?source=rss

Wildlife News

Environmental News
NakedCapitalism.com
Sepp Holzer: Aquaculture Synergy of Land and Water
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/12/sepp-holzer-aquaculture-synergy-of-land-and-water.html
(Comments worth a scan, too.)

Delta Tributaries Mercury Council
DTMC Meeting Summary
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=skitmfcab&v=001ljJ4p7aX-nHkP7djs-f5rfeAIFh8fDEqzcDvyUAewsO-pOixNzz39EfsKsuky5ydn-cTjTqvHEmGmWHithX_tRHzF7i-MMIkOLdTirQ5mxYZutif4o4T9CvyiVrqjG37cAHUg8FQ6OfiDf6Gccch0jOMEEo_VOLrlkEqGktHnh0FE37-koUC-IHhYX4-3QmTAZT16vGgRVL2-0zfZT2hV9kwOOXGwLacUPmdyrfXrjKi9sjNdIboBCGJ0UkDtnxs3MuLLeSwnKMJdV2TPbHrMtpxR1p2zpEd63uQf547ou-fyejRRhc-CPmVxDLm0tyrGj5EtZoETLHqtwLAKnA98YF1C5_DI8km

Habitat News

Infrastructure News
ReviewJournal.com
Workers Begin Maintenance on Lake Mead Tunnel Digger
http://www.lvrj.com/news/workers-begin-maintenance-on-lake-mead-tunnel-digger-181802921.html
(This tunnel is 600 feet below the surface, but one would think the machinery would be about the same to desecrate, I mean demolish, oops...dig the tunnels in the Delta.)

Economic News

Tourism News

Tribal News

National Political News
PJ Media
The PJ Tatler Feinstein "Well Over 100" Threat Warnings Against Benghazi Mission at Time of Attack
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/12/02/feinstein-well-over-200-threat-warnings-against-benghazi-mission-at-time-of-attack/
(All I have to say is this...there were four individuals that watched all of this play out in real time.  Issuing orders to 'stand down', repeatedly...and they were able to sleep that night.

I also remember the fast backpedaling DiFi had to do the last time she came out aggressively about security leaks at the Administration...she's reading from talking points herself.  Just saying.)

California Political News
San Jose Mercury News
California Democrats' Super-Majority Powers Will Be Short Lives
http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_22111497/california-democrats-supermajority-powers-will-be-short-lived
(chuckling...Darrel Steinberg reminds me of Mel Brooks' governor character in Blazing Saddles. Always has, always will.)

Allgov.com
Controversies: Private Prison Company Muscles into Law Enforcement Creating Occupants for Its Prisons
http://www.allgov.com/news/controversies/private-prison-company-muscles-into-law-enforcement-creating-occupants-for-its-prisons-121203?news=846368
(Disturbing on a couple levels...Richard Blum, Mr. Feinstein, has direct ties to this corporation.)

BlacklistedNews.com
Private Prison Corporation Accused of Partnering With Violent Gangs to Run Jail
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Private_Prison_Corporation_Accused_Of_Partnering_With_Violent_Gangs_To_Run_Jail/22894/0/0/0/Y/M.html

BlackListedNews.com
Ninth Circuit Gives the A-OK for Warrantless Home Video Surveillance
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Ninth_Circuit_Gives_the_A-OK_For_Warrantless_Home_Video_Surveillance/22884/0/38/38/Y/M.html

High Speed Rail News

Sustainable Development/Agenda 21
Regional Council of Rural Counties
Barbed Wire Newsletter
http://www.rcrcnet.org/rcrc/index.cfm/news/barbed-wire/barbed-wire-november-30-2012/#Spotted_Owl
(On the surface, this seems ok.  It is comprised of elected Supervisors from each member county, that's ok.  But then when clicking around the website one sees this is tied to Council of Goverments, Inc. (COG's' and other Agenda 21-related organizations.)  Herein lies a problem...having rural counties' different needs and perspectives adequately represented in proper political realms is correct.  It is the other inappropriate (Unconstitutional alliances, etc.) realms and associations that makes these things detrimental to local elected representative government...undermines and seeks to dismantle this very process.  Ultimately plays part and parcel to wealth redistribution.)

Here are the 2011-12 Policy Principles, Revised
http://www.rcrcnet.org/rcrc/assets/File/2011_12%20Policy_Principles_Revision_Revised.pdf
   
Follow-up Links to yesterday's bombardment of Agenda 21 links.
http://narc.org/narc-hosting-map-21-implementation-roundtables/

The link to the webcast tomorrow, December 4, 2012
1:30-3:00PM EST, 10:30AM-12:00PM PST
http://mediasite.yorkcast.com/webcast/Viewer/?peid=1031e0b9e5e941428bc91917b546fa891d

The Classic Liberal
Conservatives on Fire
The United Nations An Evil Institution. We Are Living in a World Gone Mad
http://conservativesonfire.wordpress.com/2012/11/27/the-united-nations-_-an-evil-institution-we-are-living-in-a-world-gone-mad/

The Classic Liberal
http://the-classic-liberal.com/thecl-report-its-good-to-be-king/
(Many links to other articles, the site is not what you're thinking by its name.)
    
Written Comment Opportunities

Litigation News

Events Calendar

Just For Fun
California Progress Report
Women Invent a Better World
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/women-invent-better-world
(I didn't know most of this...I say...right on, girl power!!!)

Canada Free Press
Following Orders: The Death of Vince Foster, Clinton White House Lawyer
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/51475#When:11:25:44Z

December 1-2, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Freedom Advocates.com
Agenda21News.com
http://agenda21news.com/
(New website devoted to this subject and posting of next link that is critical to the Legal Delta.)
http://agenda21news.com/2012/11/u-n-agenda-21-being-implemented-in-solano-county-ca/#more-588
(This is important to the Delta residents.  At a National Heritage Area informational meeting in 2011, a representative from the Bay Area in general and Carquinez Straits organization in particular, that helped sway the vote to change the boundaries of the Delta National Heritage Area to be moved further west to abutt One Bay Area and ABAG on the western most edge of Carquinez Straits.  Please pay attention to the extra layers of potential land and land use confiscation in the future.  FYI, Contra Costa County is also ICLEI or Agenda 21.  That's two out of the five Delta counties.) 

Heather Gass
CitizensTownHall.org
http://citizenstownhall.org/home.html

Citizens Town Hall
Updated copy of ICLEI Charter
http://www.iclei-europe.org/fileadmin/templates/iclei-europe/files/content/Membership/ICLEI_Charter/ICLEI_Charter_2011-Final.pdf

State Department
Fact Sheet NGOs
http://www.humanrights.gov/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/FactSheet-NGOsInTheUS.pdf

International Institute for Sustainable Development
http://www.iisd.org/business/

Aquafornia.com
Bureau of Reclamation
Increasing Flows on Lower American River
http://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/newsrelease/detail.cfm?RecordID=41548

Aquafornia.com
Redding.com
Steal North State's Water? There Are Subtler Methods
http://www.redding.com/news/2012/dec/01/editorial-steal-north-states-water-there-are/?partner=RSS

Water markets are a promising tool, but they deserve skepticism. Los Angeles, after all, paid cash money for the Owens Valley's water. We all know how that ended.

California Water News
Hydraulically Inclined
Urban Streams
http://ayresriverblog.com/2012/11/30/urban-streams/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HydraulicallyInclined+%28Hydraulically+Inclined%29

Aquafornia.com
Lawsuit Pushes for Ag Water Rule
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/76713/

Aquafornia.com
Appeal Democrat
Tax Question Pops Up on Yuba County Levee
http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/state-121513-property-land.html

Water News

Agriculture News
Red Bluff Daily News
California Farm Bureau to Hold Annual Meeting
http://www.redbluffdailynews.com/news/ci_22105719/california-farm-bureau-hold-annual-meeting
(My opinion, California Farm Bureau should be supporting ALL farmers and stop quasi pitting one group of farmers against another, period.  How can the Bureau file suits to protect farmland against High Speed Rail in the Central Valley, yet do absolutely nothing as a state-wide organization to support farmers and farmland in the Delta against the ill-fated Peripheral Anything??

Both supposed projects are nothing more than wealth redistribution, land theft and water heisting in its finest form.  The deliberate breaking up of long-held, original California founding families holdings is deliberate, willful and being perpetuated upon all of us under the guise of 'water supply reliability' and 'ecosystem restoration' and will come down via inverse condemnation, declarations of 'critical habitat', 'buffer zones', anything NPS wants to put out as 'science' (potential NHA designation ala Drakes Bay, folks.) 

The California Farm Bureau should make a united stand against ANY theft of ANY of California's Prime Soil rated agriculture lands.  After all, that's what they organized for in the first place, to protect, defend, advocate and lobby for ALL farmers in their organization, correct???

There is one better alternative to the Delta boondoggle that would actually resolve most of the ecosystem, and supply reliability issues, do the least amount of harm to the geographic areas involved, ecosystem and private property while providing the highest return on investment of all resources dedicated to such resolutions.  It is the Western Delta Intake Concept put forth by Dr. Robert Pyke. 

Neither these two con jobs are nothing more than hijacking of our public processes and resources for personal gain by a very, very, very small circle of people, to the complete and utter devastation of California and her citizens from Oregon to Mexico borders.)

KGET TV 17
Local Farmers Ready to Fight Irrigation Order
http://www.kget.com/news/local/story/Local-farmers-ready-to-fight-irrigation-order/7cEB4aMFBkaYDvG9dODpyQ.cspx?rss=91

Levee News

Science News

Fisheries News
h/t Nature Watch
SFGate.com
Protected Green Sturgeon Habitat Upheld
http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Protected-green-sturgeon-habitat-upheld-4082583.php#ixzz2DmVSmgBc

Dan Bacher Indybay.org
Federal Judge Upholds Habitat Protections for Green Sturgeon
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/12/01/18726950.php

Wildlife News

Environmental News
WashingtonPost.com
Climate Skeptic Group Works to Reverse Renewable Energy Mandates
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/climate-skeptic-group-works-to-reverse-renewable-energy-mandates/2012/11/24/124faaa0-3517-11e2-9cfa-e41bac906cc9_story.html?hpid=z4

Habitat News

Infrastructure News

Economic News

Tourism News

Tribal News

National Political News
Economic Policy Journal
The Feinstein Amendment to NDAA What the Senate Just Passed
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2012/12/the-feinstein-amendment-what-senate.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+economicpolicyjournal%2FYZSb+%28EconomicPolicyJournal.com%29

BlackListedNews.com
The Government Can Still Black Bag Any American
http://www.blacklistednews.com/The_Government_Can_Still_Black_Bag_Any_American/22866/0/38/38/Y/M.html

California Political News
MontereyHerald.com
California Public Records Act FORA's Bane
http://www.montereyherald.com/opinion/ci_22106535/california-public-records-act-foras-bane

High Speed Rail News

Sustainable Development/Agenda 21
Freedom Advocates
Regionalism Your Blueprint to Serfdom
http://www.freedomadvocates.org/articles/illegitimate_government/regionalism_-_the_blueprint_for_your_serfdom_20121201468/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freedomadvocates+%28Freedom+Advocates+-+Articles%29

Freedom Advocates
Transit Corridors Plans: Cramped Quarters and Limited Mobility
http://www.freedomadvocates.org/articles/transportation/transit_corridor_plans%3a_cramped_quarters_and_limited_mobility_20121130467/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freedomadvocates+%28Freedom+Advocates+-+Articles%29

Right Pundits
Will Obama Approve Keystone XL Pipeline?
http://www.freedomadvocates.org/articles/transportation/transit_corridor_plans%3a_cramped_quarters_and_limited_mobility_20121130467/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freedomadvocates+%28Freedom+Advocates+-+Articles%29
(Given that it runs parallel to and is incorporated into the Texas Transit Corridor, of course he will.  We just have to watch the dog and pony show, put up with some extortion from the Left of the Right and viola! you have approval.)

Written Comment Opportunities

Litigation News
Aquafornia.com
Silicon Valley Mercury News
No Word on Legal Action by West Marin Oyster Operation; People Express Outrage
http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_22105673?source=rss

Events Calendar

Just For Fun
NewsWithViews.com
Piercing the Veils
http://www.newswithviews.com/Yates/steven156.htm

NewsWithViews.com
The Ugly Capitalist
http://www.newswithviews.com/Gregory/williams127.htm
(Both interesting reads.)

LewRockwell.com
Mark Twain
Corn Pone Opinions
http://lewrockwell.com/orig/twain5.1.1.html

November 30, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
PJ Tatler
Feinstein Slams Salazar for Using 'Bad Science' to Kill Historic Oyster Farm
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/11/30/feinstein-slams-salazar-for-using-false-science-to-kill-historic-oyster-farm/

Delta Stewardship Council
Release of Draft Delta Plan and other documents
http://deltastewardshipcouncil.createsend1.com/t/ViewEmail/r/A64C0524F6485631/7C0F276835B38C546D5E5F9A8728A5A6

Dan Bacher
Indybay.org
Delta Stewardship Council Releases Final Draft Plan
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/11/30/18726846.php

Restore the Delta
eNewsletter
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001J8BvtJGIt7sIMkclSfLxgUx4h8FxBvz2iN-OHxmdM-8SSwKwiFEEhLBMMwBr2fJsQ65aP6KpQMer5FuwVykPHg7kJ_KlzcRsMDdel4xLqyFpg-OkbjbwQw%3D%3D

Restore the Delta
Press Release
Final Delta Plan Continues to be Inefficient
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001J8BvtJGIt7sIMkclSfLxgUx4h8FxBvz2iN-OHxmdM-8SSwKwiFEEhLBMMwBr2fJsQ65aP6KpQMer5FuwVykPHg7kJ_KlzcRsMDdel4xLqyFpg-OkbjbwQw%3D%3D

Dr. Jeff Michael
Valley Economy Blog
Initial Thoughts on the BDCP Economic Analysis Presentation
http://valleyecon.blogspot.com/2012/11/initial-thoughts-on-latest-bdcp.html

Sacramento Business Journal
Cost-Benefit Analysis of BDCP in the Works
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2012/11/30/cal-nat-resources-cost-bay-delta-plan.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_sacramento+%28Sacramento+Business+Journal%29

Sacramento Business Journal
Port Commission Asks to Reallocate Funds for West Sacramento Bridge Project
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2012/11/30/port-comission-asks-funds-bridge.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_sacramento+%28Sacramento+Business+Journal%29

Dan Bacher
Indybay.org
Environmental Water Caucus Slams BDCP
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/11/29/18726782.php

Dr. David Zippin and Jennifer Pierre of ICF International gave a somewhat confusing presentation responding to the comments. At one point, Pierre stated in regard to a question on Delta outflows, "I don't know how to explain the numbers."

If you can't explain the numbers, then maybe the project shouldn't be built...)

Aquafornia.com
BDCP Press Release
State Water Contractors
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/76635/
Aquafornia.com
Recordnet.net
Mokelumne On tap
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121130/A_NEWS/211300316

California Water News
Aquafornia.com
Santa Clarita Valley News
SCV Could Weather Disruption in State Water Supply
http://scvnews.com/2012/11/29/scv-could-weather-disruption-in-state-water-supply-officials-say/
(As it should be...well done, Santa Clarita!)

“The way we’ve insulated ourselves is a combination of a diverse water-supply portfolio and water-banking programs that firm up the reliability and availability of our state water supply,” Masnada said.

Aquafornia.com
Weekend Weather Updates
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/76597/

UTSanDiego.com
Water Authority Approves Desalination Contract
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/nov/29/water-authority-votes-approve-desalination-contrac/

Fox and Hounds
Beware - A Water Supply Disaster
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2012/11/beware-a-water-supply-disaster/
(This is more like it...finally, someone addressing the fact that So Cal's concrete ditch is their biggest threat or liability to their 'water supply reliability'...not the levees in the Delta.

Not to mention this concrete ditch has subsided in some areas up to four feet.  That's a 4 foot sink hole or drop off in that ditch.  I'd be more concerned about that coupled with the fact it runs parallel to the San Andreas fault, but hey, what do I know???)

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/11/news-articles-and-links-from-november_30.html

Water News

Agriculture News

Levee News

Science News

Fisheries News

Wildlife News

Environmental News
Aquafornia.com
Contra Costa Times
Drakes Bay Oyster Co. Forced to Leave Point Reyes National Seashore
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_22090748/drakes-bay-oyster-co-forced-leave-point-reyes?source=rss

Habitat News

Infrastructure News

Economic News
CalwatchDog.com
The Govt. Wants Your 401(k) Plan
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/11/30/the-govt-wants-your-401k-plan/

Investors Business Daily: “Retirement is an American’s reasonable expectation. We put money into investment plans so that our work today funds our hard-earned leisure of tomorrow. But many in Washington see our investment accounts not as the expressions of well-planned, disciplined decisions but as untapped reservoirs of wealth they can drain to fix the problems that they caused.”

Tourism News

Tribal News

National Political News
Economic Policy Journal
An Elitist Gets Grilled and Doesn't Like It
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2012/11/an-elitist-gets-grilled-and-doesnt-like.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+economicpolicyjournal%2FYZSb+%28EconomicPolicyJournal.com%29
(Actually worth watching...Gergen spins like a top!)

Conservativebyte.com
Gitmo Detainees in Your Backyard
http://conservativebyte.com/2012/11/gitmo-detainees-in-your-backyard/

Link to the report on Sen. Feinstein's website
http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=617e2735-349d-447c-8fc6-78d2a3a00bc5

DiscoverTheNetworks.com
President's Radical Court Choice
David Hamilton
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=2395&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fpmdtn+%28FrontPage+Magazine+%C2%BB+Discover+the+Networks%29

California Political News
CalWatchDog.com
Lawmakers Seek Probe of CA Refineries
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/11/30/lawmakers-seek-probe-of-ca-refineries/
(She's a busy little bee, isn't she?  You can bet a bottom dollar any new refineries built in California will have Coker pumps in them.  Coker is the pump that refines denser more toxic crude, guess who owns stock in Coker??? )

High Speed Rail News

Sustainable Development/Agenda 21

Written Comment Opportunities

Litigation News

Events Calendar

Just For Fun

November 29, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Restore the Delta
eNewsletter
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001fgXe_62hM0lq3zQgL2-rXvbw3iO9Zmph58zg_4t-xx2Ud5SOEPiV-XWY7JNYGRX_xbyOCrzHEMoe6a0Qkp5-dgl5CDLFpvogpLLmNKMEyaobcxTnoa6iUg%3D%3D

Trinity Journal
County Formally Opposes Peripheral Tunnels Plan
http://www.trinityjournal.com/news/environment/article_4f970806-3907-11e2-86fe-001a4bcf6878.html

Aquafornia.com
PPIC Report
California's Water Market, By the Numbers
http://www.ppic.org/main/publication.asp?i=1041
(We all know who's buying what from whom...incestuous I say.)

Aquafornia.com
Sacbee.com
Viewpoints: Water Management Strategies Help State Deal With Dry Times
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/11/29/5017279/water-management-strategies-help.html
(The planted article for the Bechtel-sponsored PPIC report listed above.)

Aquafornia.com
LATimes.com
Disruption of Water Delivery Could Devastate LA County Economy
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-water-economy-20121130,0,2532914.story
(Ugh..)

Aquafornia.com
Daily Democrat
Water Agency Scores 'Milestone' Pact with Conaway Group
http://www.dailydemocrat.com/news/ci_22088526/water-agency-scores-milestone-pact-conaway-group

California Natural Resources Agency
BDCP Blog Karla Nemeth
BDCP: A 21st Century Solution
http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/Blog/Blog/12-11-28/BDCP_A_21st_Century_Solution.aspx

California Water News
Water Food Environment Blog
Managing Water for Multiple Beneficial Uses
http://www.waterfoodandtheenvironment.com/2012/11/28/managing-water-for-multiple-beneficial-uses/

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/11/news-articles-and-links-from-november_29.html

Water News

Agriculture News

Levee News

Science News

Fisheries News
Recordnet.net
San Joaquin River Milestone
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20121129%2FA_NEWS%2F211290324%2F-1%2Frss14&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RecordEnvironmentHeadlines+%28Environment+Headlines%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Wildlife News

Environmental News
Packard Foundation
Understanding Opportunities for West Coast Conservation
http://www.packard.org/2012/10/understanding-opportunities-for-west-coast-conservation/

Habitat News

Infrastructure News

Economic News
Reuters.com
Shuck and Awe California Oyster Farm Loses to Environmentalists
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/30/us-californa-oysters-idUSBRE8AT05O20121130
(Like no one saw this coming.)

Tourism News

Tribal News
Dan Bacher
Indybay.org
North Coast Marine Protected Areas Go Into Effect December 19
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/11/29/18726748.php

National Political News
The Daily Caller
Sen. Dianne Feinstein GAO Report Shows GITMO can Be Closed Without Jeopardizing National Security
http://dailycaller.com/2012/11/29/sen-dianne-feinstein-gao-report-shows-gitmo-can-be-closed-without-jeopardizing-national-security/
(Hmmm...)

PJ Media
Feinstein, Tea Party Sen. Lee Wage War on Obama's Indefinite Detention Powers
http://dailycaller.com/2012/11/29/sen-dianne-feinstein-gao-report-shows-gitmo-can-be-closed-without-jeopardizing-national-security/
(She's up to something...)

California Political News
San Jose Mercury News
California Lawmakers Prescribe Transparency and Independence for Megaprojects
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_22084924/california-lawmakers-prescribe-more-transparency-and-independence-megaprojects?source=rss

BlacklistedNews.com
PR Watch
Corrections Corporation of America Used in Drug Sweeps of Public School Students
http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/11/11876/corrections-corporation-america-used-drug-sweeps-public-school-students
(Blackrock, Inc. owns this corporation, Richard C. Blum via ITT Educational Services is tied to Blackrock, Inc.; now the above actions by his wife make more sense.  I knew his cotton-pickin' fingers were in this somewhere...this just barely scratches the surface.

Here's a interactive Muckety Map...click around you'll be stunned at all the networks and connections you'll expose! 
http://www.muckety.com/Richard-C-Blum-Associates-Inc/5030394.muckety

High Speed Rail News

Sustainable Development/Agenda 21

Written Comment Opportunities

Litigation News

Events Calendar

Just For Fun

November 27-28, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Jeffrey Michael
BDCP Blog Falsely Claims UC Davis Report Models BDCP, and UC Davis Researches Edit the Misleading Blog Post
http://valleyecon.blogspot.com/2012/11/bdcp-blog-falsely-claims-uc-davis.html

Delta Protection Commission Elects New Vice Chair
http://rivernewsherald.org/dpc_11-21-2012.html

River News Herald
DSC Hears Potential Science Plan
http://rivernewsherald.org/deltastewardship_11-21-2012.html

River News Herald
Delta Conservancy Holds Forum in Courtland
http://rivernewsherald.org/deltaconservancy_11-21-2012.html
(Again...)

Manteca Bulletin
Plans to Expand SJ River Wildlife Refuge Seek Public Input
http://www.mantecabulletin.com/section/1/article/59847/

Sacbee.com
After House Fire, Natomas Homeowner Finds Flood Law a Catch-22
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/11/27/5012141/after-house-fire-natomas-homeowner.html#disqus_thread

California Water News
CalWatchDog.com
Policy, Not Shortage, Causing Water Crisis
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/11/26/policy-not-shortage-causing-water-crisis/

ACWA.com
California Awards $34M in River Parkways Grants
http://www.acwa.com/news/water-news/california-awards-34-million-river-parkways-grants

Aquafornia.com
Office of Representative Napolitano
Statement on Colorado River Deal
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/76498/

Water News

Agriculture News
CalWatchDog.com
Business Closings Bring Huge Losses
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/11/28/business-closings-bring-huge-losses/
(No mention of the impact to the growers of the tomatoes and other produce...)

Blacklistednews.com
Bloomberg
DuPont Sends in Former Cops to Enforce Seed Patents
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/print/2012-11-28/dupont-sends-in-former-cops-to-enforce-seed-patents-commodities.html

Modesto Bee
Stanislaus Ag Water Cleanup Backed
http://www.modbee.com/2012/11/27/2472475/stanislaus-ag-water-cleanup-backed.html

Levee News

Science News

Fisheries News
Press Democrat
Hailing Record Salmon Run on Russian River
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20121126/OPINION/121129714/1043/opinion?Title=PD-Editorial-Hailing-record-salmon-run-on-Russian-River&tc=ar

Marin Independent Journal
Endangered Coho Salmon Make Early Return to Marin Creeks
http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_22069480

CapitalPress.com
Salmon Release is Step in California River Restoration
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/AP-CA-River-restoration-112812

Wildlife News

Environmental News

Habitat News

Infrastructure News

Economic News
Peak Oil
Fracking Industry Keeps Eye on Obama; EPA Report Could Doom its Future
http://peakoil.com/publicpolicy/fracking-industry-keeps-eye-on-obama-epa-report-could-doom-its-future/

Tourism News

Tribal News
h/t Dan Bacher
Censored News: Hopi Message 2012 'World Waters at Risk' Prophecy
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2012/11/hopi-message-2012-world-waters-at-risk.html

National Political News
EPA Abuse
Exclusive: DOE Corruption-Appointed and Elected Officials Should Face Prison Time
http://epaabuse.com/10006/editorials/exclusive-doe-corruption-appointed-and-elected-officials-should-face-prison-time/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=exclusive-doe-corruption-appointed-and-elected-officials-should-face-prison-time

ImpeachObama.com
An Open Letter to Gun-Grabbing Senator Dianne Feinstein
http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/an-open-letter-to-gun-grabbing-senator-dianne-feinstein-2/

Fox News
Exclusive: Feinstein Commissioned Report on Housing Gitmo Detainees in U.S.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/11/28/exclusive-feinstein-commissioned-report-on-housing-gitmo-detainees-in-us/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29

California Political News

High Speed Rail News

Sustainable Development/Agenda 21
GodfatherPolitics.com
Boston Tea Party Was Act of Terrorism Says New School Lesson Plan
http://godfatherpolitics.com/8273/boston-tea-party-was-act-of-terrorism-says-new-school-lesson-plan/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GodfatherPolitics+%28Godfather+Politics%29
(This is disturbing.)

Written Comment Opportunities

Litigation News
Best Best & Kreiger
Appellate Court Upholds Historic Groundwater Management Plan
http://bbklaw.com/?t=40&an=16285&format=xml

Events Calendar
BDCP Public Meeting
1:30-5:00 PM, November 29, 2012
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=87n6dgdab&v=001KdaRoZmLBVyAJewhUlHSsaVoAeo9g6Hx_qlUUAQtZNNq6ym4QJOqVZ9TwWmzqHRsesMoN8MlOlDiMAVq85Ap7OCLcl6LbavHZqC37vhZDA9wp3jke5M0Hd3lMluqGY3eWB87GlrAp0EIbG-XeutcBw3iySRvf4X98bINS-pR9DdxHt0IlRXAqw%3D%3D

Just For Fun
Wired Science
Photo of the Day
Space Rose
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/02/space-photo-of-the-day/?pid=5521
(This is pretty!)

YouTube.com
Chuck Woolery on Assault Weapons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evEg1VNfX3o&feature=player_embedded&ytsession=vLMy8L_rp5skLRMguZK09XGjBH02fxMurBwMvJB4TPnrmGKlmwMUjoVMEfVhCexwJGyW4GJh7lGIHho_vhm94-YNxdRaAI9-x8EKB-7wx0BLT__336J0sBvbgH-Vxw3_lol1WIkeMM4oEg_JsL5LAiGc35rQV6JMPgmqgfcX4RKq5peiWU5IcU69YLULm6N_hb2rWJPgGpt5da87b76Tf1ZrzoPxk01dDff0JuZVnNo

November 26, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

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

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

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

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

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

California Water News

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

Agriculture News

Levee News

Science News

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

Wildlife News

Environmental News

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

Infrastructure News

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

Tourism News

Tribal News

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

California Political News

High Speed Rail News

Sustainable Development/Agenda 21

Written Comment Opportunities

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

Events Calendar

Just For Fun

November 22-25, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
The Reporter
Opinion: Supervisor Michael Reagan
Proposed Delta Plans Show Little Concern for Those Living There
http://www.thereporter.com/opinion/ci_22062626/opinion-proposed-delta-plans-show-little-concern-those
(Excellent article.)

Recordnet.net
A Long Way to Go...40 Years After Clean Water Act SJ Still Polluted...
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20121125%2FA_NEWS%2F211250316%2F-1%2Frss02&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RecordnetNewsHeadlines+%28Recordnet+News+Headlines%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

California Water News
Sacbee.com
Fire Burns in Plant Linked to Oroville Dam
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/11/23/5005403/fire-burns-in-plant-linked-to.html

AccuWeather.com
A Stormy Pattern Setting Up
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-blogs/clark/a-stormy-pattern-setting-up/1904298

Water News

Agriculture News
Fox News
The Drive for Grass-Fed Beef
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/11/23/drive-for-grass-fed-beef/

CapitalPress.com
Interior Secretary to Decide California Oyster Farm's Fate
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/AP-CA-Oyster-farm-dispute-112112

Levee News

Science News

Fisheries News
Press Democrat
Record Number of Salmon Return to Russian River
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20121122/ARTICLES/121129876/1033/news?Title=Record-salmon-run-in-Russian-River&tc=ar

SFGate.com
Salmon Still Not Receiving Promised Water
http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/openforum/article/Salmon-still-not-receiving-promised-water-4058134.php

Wildlife News

Environmental News
LATimes
Australian Scientists Find Excess Greenhouse Gas Near Fracking
http://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-australia-fracking-leakage-20121116,0,7039884.story

Ventura County Star
Siegel: Fracking Harms Environment Planet's Climate
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/nov/24/siegel-fracking-harms-environment-planets/

Habitat News
Willits News
Feds to Double Habitat for Spotted Owl ...
http://www.willitsnews.com/ci_22048972/feds-double-habitat-spotted-owl-california-oregon-washington

Infrastructure News

Economic News
GodfatherPolitics.com
Which Politician Do You Want Your Christmas Shopping to Support?
http://godfatherpolitics.com/8203/which-politician-do-you-want-your-christmas-shopping-to-support/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GodfatherPolitics+%28Godfather+Politics%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Tourism News

Tribal News

National Political News
CalWatchDog.com
Giving Up Liberties For Safety
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/11/25/giving-up-liberties-for-safety/

California Political News
SFGate.com
Cap-and-Trade Market Seems Fraud-Proof
http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Cap-and-trade-market-seems-fraud-proof-4060315.php
(Yeah...and I was born last night and dropped off the turnip truck this morning.)

Sacbee.com
First Cap-and-Trade Auction a Bust for California Budget
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/11/22/5004811/first-cap-and-trade-auction-a.html

San Jose Mercury News
Money from California Carbon Auction Less than Expected
http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_22048734/money-from-california-carbon-auction-less-than-expected
(Seems to me one would logically think, if you drive manufacturing and related industries, or perpetrators of GHGs out of the state, then there aren't any players left to play 'the game'...duh.)

High Speed Rail News
Fox News
Party Train From California to Las Vegas Could Hit Tracks in 2013
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/23/party-train-from-california-to-las-vegas-could-hit-tracks-in-2013/

Sustainable Development/Agenda 21
News With Views
Debra Rae-- New Social Contract: Old Strategy, Part 1
http://www.newswithviews.com/Rae/debra223.htm

California Economic Summit
Video: Newsom California Economy Made of 'Two Worlds'
http://www.caeconomy.org/reporting/entry/video-newsom-california-economy-made-of-two-worlds
(FYI, California Economic Summit is Agenda 21-based.)

Written Comment Opportunities

Litigation News

Events Calendar

Just For Fun
National Academies Press
Must Reads From NAP
http://notes.nap.edu/2012/11/24/must-reads-from-joseph-henry-press/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nap%2Fnotes+%28Notes+from+NAP%29#.ULJqcmewVfI

News With Views
Greg Evensen I'm Tired and I Want to Go Home
http://www.newswithviews.com/Evensen/greg177.htm
(Worthwhile read.)