December 8-10, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water News

Agriculture News

Levee News

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

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

Fisheries News

Wildlife News

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

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

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

Habitat News

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

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

Tourism News

Tribal News

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Events Calendar

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

December 6, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

"In the affairs of men's hearts the Universal Father may not always have his way; but in the conduct and destiny of a planet the divine plan prevails; the eternal purpose of wisdom and love triumphs."


Delta News
New No-Drilling Ocean Preserve off Sonoma Coast by California Democratic Lawmakers

The group, led by Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-San Rafael, and Sen. Barbara Boxer, is asking Obama to sign an executive order establishing a new offshore national monument extending from Bodega Bay near the Marin County-Sonoma County border north to Point Arena in Mendocino County.

The signatories included Northern California Democrats Jackie Speier, Zoe Lofgren, George Miller, Barbara Lee, John Garamendi, Mike Thompson, Anna Eshoo and Sam Farr.

San Jose Mercury News
http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_22130618/california-democratic-lawmakers-pushing-president-barack-obama-create
(Are you freaking kidding me???  By executive order, those of us that own coastal property now have YET ANOTHER LAYER OF FEDERAL crap to be subjugated to.)

Judge OKs Delta Reservoirs Project
Recordnet.net
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20121206%2FA_NEWS%2F212060321%2F-1%2Frss14&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RecordEnvironmentHeadlines+%28Environment+Headlines%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Peripheral Tunnel Opponents Debunk State's Efforts to Distance New Project from Peripheral Canal
Restore the Delta
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001Mk_gIOuRuDYVIp3dccnKfZIP1FYKGoNtz-OZmZMpBrxpBpPiTbOApYeEaXvew35fhwg1FLwCf0taebnx46V7GMVX4pmpDyHttMD-4MQ0MsOUJaFTRW0VhQ%3D%3D

Deepwater Horizon: Who's Lying to Congress?

The Obama Administration's thesis is available in the reports by the president's Oil Spill Commission, which did its work under co-chairmen former Senator Bob Graham (D-FL) and William K. Reilly, Founding Partner of Aqua International Partners LP.

American Thinker
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/12/deepwater_horizon_whos_lying_to_congress.html

DWR's Delta eNews
http://www.water.ca.gov/deltainit/docs/Delta_eNews120612.pdf

California Water News
MWD To Vote on Support of Legislative Action to Raise Shasta Dam
Dan Bacher
Dailykos.com
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/12/05/1167557/--MWD-to-vote-on-support-for-legislative-action-to-raise-Shasta-Dam

MWD's Communications and Legislation Committee Board of Director Recommendations
Legislative year 2012
http://mwdh2o.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=12&event_id=208&meta_id=66253

Aquafornia.com
California's Water Market an Update
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/76922/

Water News

Agriculture News

Levee News

Science News
Tamoxifen Trial Should Prompt Breast Cancer Patients to Reconsider Treatment Options
ScienceBlog.com
http://www.sciencecodex.com/tamoxifen_trial_should_prompt_breast_cancer_patients_to_reconsider_treatment_options-103405

High Fructose Consumption, Higher Diabetes
High Fructose Corn Syrup is derived from GMO corn not conventional hybrid corn.
Life Extension
http://www.lef.org/news/LefDailyNews.htm?NewsID=17042&Section=DISEASE&utm_source=DailyHealthBulletin&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Disease&utm_content=Body+Title&utm_campaign=DHB_121204

Fisheries News

Wildlife News

Environmental News
LADWP Pulls Leases Under Dry Lake Air Monitors
Sierrawave.com
http://www.sierrawave.net/15652/lake-air-monitors/

Lord Monckton Evicted From UN Climate Summit After Challenging Global Warming 'Escorted from the hall and security officers stripped him of his UN credentials'
Blacklistednews.com
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Lord_Monckton_evicted_from_UN_climate_summit_after_challenging_global_warming_--_%27Escorted_from_the_hall_and_security_officers_stripped_him_of_his_UN_credentials%27__/22955/0/0/0/Y/M.html

Habitat News

Infrastructure News

Economic News

Tourism News

Tribal News

National Political News
The Other America
Canada Free Press
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/51568#When:13:04:56Z

California Political News
Post-Pension Reform Law, Let the Public Employee Gaming Begin
and being done quite well by MWD's executive suite
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/12/06/post-pension-reform-law-let-the-public-employee-gaming-begin/

High Speed Rail News

Sustainable Development/Agenda 21
Muckety Maps
William K. Reilly and Richard C. Blum & Associates, Inc.
http://www.muckety.com/Query?name=William+K.+Reilly+and+University+of+California%2C+Davis+and+Richard+C.+Blum&prev=William+K.+Reilly+and+University+of+California%2C+Davis+and+Richard+C.+Blum&SearchResult=4690&SearchResult=5030394&graph=MucketyMap

William K. Reilly and University of California, Davis
http://www.muckety.com/Query?name=William+K.+Reilly+and+University+of+California%2C+Davis+and+Richard+C.+Blum&prev=William+K.+Reilly+and+University+of+California%2C+Davis+and+Richard+C.+Blum&SearchResult=4690&SearchResult=5011138&graph=MucketyMap

William K. Reilly, Richard C. Blum and University of California, Davis
http://www.muckety.com/Query?name=William+K.+Reilly+and+University+of+California%2C+Davis+and+Richard+C.+Blum&prev=William+K.+Reilly+and+University+of+California%2C+Davis+and+Richard+C.+Blum&SearchResult=1326&SearchResult=4690&SearchResult=5011138&graph=MucketyMap

Written Comment Opportunities

Litigation News
Federal Appeals Court Likely to Invalidate Obama's Recess Appointments
Breitbart News
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/12/05/Federal-Appeals-Court-Likely-to-Invalidate-Obama-s-Recess-Appointments?utm_source=e_breitbart_com&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Breitbart+News+Roundup%2C+December+6%2C+2012&utm_campaign=20121206_m114477316_Breitbart+News+Roundup%2C+December+6%2C+2012&utm_term=More

Events Calendar
Delta Conservancy Program and Policy Subcommittee Meeting
December 12, 2012
3:00-5:00PM
http://www.deltaconservancy.ca.gov/docs/meeting_materials/december_2012/Agenda_2012_12_14.pdf

Just For Fun
A Pioneer Christmas in the Old West
Legends of America
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-christmas.html

December 5, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

"It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself." --Thomas Jefferson


Delta News
Goodbye Property Rights a MUST READ
Article finally chronicles William K. Reilly's efforts to put Agenda 21 into effect in America
http://www.newswithviews.com/Coffman/mike137.htm
 
BDCP Plan Doomed to Eventual Failure
Burt Wilson's Public Water News Service
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=jsitf5iab&v=001oA2V4_LfOV0ctXZjmt4QPcOa2StF9eFff5CEBJwsCo-m0oaIv0RiIb95dubfYXDV0jf9ulNsfZ1cBI5sJnYULa3-h9Ft3SM4UG_BQ7HMit7hdfA-JF6HKA%3D%3D

BDCP Maps Show Rise in Courtland Water Table
Excellent article, quoting Nicky Suard, Snug Harbor Resorts
River News Herald
http://rivernewsherald.org/bdcp_11-21-2012.html

Delta Plan Close to Completion

45 Day Comment Period Commenced 11/30/12
Sacramento River Delta
http://www.sacramentoriverdelta.net/2012/12/05/delta-plan-close-to-completion/

Delta Plan Nears End; Districts Optimistic
Union Democrat
http://www.uniondemocrat.com/News/Local-News/Delta-plan-nears-end-districts-optimisti?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+UnionDemocrat+%28The+Union+Democrat%2C+Sonora%2C+CA+News%2C+Sports%2C+%26+Weather%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Editorial: Be Skeptical of Water Promises

"If history has taught us anything about water in California, it's that everybody should be extremely skeptical when somebody who wants to take your water says, "Don't worry."
That point was driven home again last week in Chico at a two-day water conference hosted by AquAlliance.
Water managers and biologists spoke about promises made and promises broken. Despite assurances that fisheries and river ecosystems would not be harmed, stories about the health of the Trinity River, Mono Lake, San Joaquin River and more prove otherwise."

Chico Enterprise Record
http://www.chicoer.com/editorials/ci_22119363/editorial-be-skeptical-water-promises?

State Water Board Sacramento Co. Must Comply With Waste Treatment Requirements
Sacramento Business Journal
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2012/12/05/state-water-sacramento-waste-water-treat.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

California Water News
State Water Leaders Herald New Collaborative Era in Water Planning
The usual line-up, usual blah, blah...
ACWA.com
http://www.acwa.com/news/water-news/state-water-leaders-herald-new-collaborative-era-water-planning

Oakdale, San Francisco Reps Mull Water Sale at Conference
Modesto Bee
http://www.modbee.com/2012/12/04/2481946/oid-sf-reps-to-mull-water-sale.html

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/12/news-articles-and-links-from-december-5.html

Water News
Journal of Environmental Management
All-In Water Auctions
David Zetland
Aguanomics.com
http://www.aguanomics.com/2012/12/woo-hoo.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+aguanomics+%28Aguanomics%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Agriculture News
This just made my morning...
National FFA Organization
Farming Gangnam Style
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX153eYcVrY&sns=tw
 
Levee News

Fisheries News
New Northern California MPAs Go Into Effect Dec. 19th
Dan Bacher
Indybay.org
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/12/04/18727158.php
 
Wildlife News

Environmental News
Pavley Takes Oath of Office, Introduces Fracking Bill
SCVNews.com
http://scvnews.com/2012/12/03/pavley-takes-oath-of-office-introduces-fracking-bill/

Habitat News

Infrastructure News

Economic News

Tourism News
From the Delta to Kaneohe Bay
Jeff Hart's Tule Queen II has been sold to Kaneohe Bay
Alex Breitler's Blog
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2012/12/05/from-the-delta-to-kaneohe-bay/?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

Tribal News

National Political News

California Political News
"When a bill becomes “Lipperized,” it is altered into a far different bill than the original. Or the bill will die in a committee upon Lipper’s orders.

“’He has more influence than some senators,” said state Sen. Tony Strickland, R-Thousand Oaks, “but that’s not necessarily a compliment,” the Los Angeles Times reported in 2009. ” ‘You can’t fault Kip for being good at what he does,” Strickland said, “but I personally believe the voters would rather that the power lies with the people they elected.’”
CEQA Reforms Blow Political Smog Over State
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/12/05/ceqa-reforms-blow-political-smog-over-state/

Science News
Chemtrails and Horizontal Gene Transfer
Warm Wars
http://farmwars.info/?p=9583&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FarmWars+%28Farm+Wars%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Breath Test Could Possibly Diagnose Colorectal Cancer
Science Blog
http://scienceblog.com/58270/breath-test-could-possibly-diagnose-colorectal-cancer/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogrssfeed+%28ScienceBlog.com%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
 
High Speed Rail News

Sustainable Development/Agenda 21
Yep, this critical...enough to post it twice!

Published in 1973, the nationally based Use of Land was a companion to the Club of Rome’s internationally based Limits of Growth. The Use of Land was edited by William Reilly, who would later be appointed by George H. W. Bush as the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1989. Reilly also attended the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, where he advised President Bush to sign the UN Agenda 21, thereby committing the United States to Agenda 21. 

 (As well as a member of the Delta Blue Ribbon Task Force; which through funding from the Packard Foundation, yes he sits on that BoD too, has morphed into the Delta Vision Foundation.  In addition to all of his other vast and varied international obligations which can be accessed here: http://www.muckety.com/William-K-Reilly/4690.muckety )
Goodbye Property Rights a MUST READ
Article finally chronicles William K. Reilly's efforts to put Agenda 21 into effect in America
http://www.newswithviews.com/Coffman/mike137.htm

Discerning the Times
Resources That Answer Your Questions
http://www.discerningtoday.org/

Written Comment Opportunities

Litigation News
Supremes Nearly Laugh L.A. Storm Water Case Out of Court
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/12/05/supremes-nearly-laugh-l-a-storm-water-case-out-of-court/

Last-Minute EPA Policy Change Angers Supreme Court
Cnn.com
http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/03/us/court-epa-logging/

California Oyster Farm Sues U.S. Government to Keep Business
This is not about 'privatizing' Drakes Estero, this is about the U.S. Government honoring its word (Native Americans can snort/laugh at that one) of renewing leases in 40 year intervals in perpetuity.  I find the missing word 'perpetuity' somewhat disturbing.  Without that critical word inserted into the dialogue, then it does appear the U.S. Gov't can opt not to renew the leases.  Don't forget this is a 'working landscape' in this NPS controlled area...I also say "heads up potential 'willing sellers' in the Delta, this can happen to you'.
News and Insight Thomas Rueters
http://newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com/California/News/2012/12_-_December/California_oyster_farm_sues_U_S__government_to_keep_business/

A Park, an Oyster Farm and Science Epilogue
NYTimes.com
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/04/a-park-an-oyster-farm-and-science-epilogue/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Owner of Drakes Bay Oyster Co. Says He Will Fight Ruling to Shut Down Operation
San Jose Mercury News
http://www.mercurynews.com/food-wine/ci_22121341/owner-drakes-bay-oyster-co-says-he-will?source=rss

Events Calendar

Just For Fun
Video: Eyewitness to President Lincoln's Assassination
From 1956 'I've Got a Secret'
Economic Policy Journal
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2012/12/video-eyewitness-to-president-lincolns.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+economicpolicyjournal%2FYZSb+%28EconomicPolicyJournal.com%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
 

December 4, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Critical Alert
Working Landscapes, NPS, Perpetuity, Sound Familiar?  What is happening over at Drakes Bay, can and will happen eventually in the Delta.  Did the DPC just address 'working Delta landscapes' at their last meeting.  Well, take a good hard look at a 'working landscape' that came under control of the NPS (National Heritage Area, anyone?).  

The Federal Government has reneged on its contract with these private property owners to renew 40 year leases into perpetuity, which was why the EASEMENTS/SALES went through...and now look at where they are.
 
Please watch this critical piece from Drakes Bay Oyster Company prior to Salazar's decision to NOT renew leases guaranteed in 40 year terms into perpetuity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GSvw1xQPps&feature=youtu.be

Then read this article. 
Family Owned California Oyster Farm to Fight Federal Government Over Lease
FoxNews.com 
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/12/04/family-owned-california-oyster-farm-to-fight-federal-government-over-lease/

Delta News
Melinda Terry, NDWA: “We really don’t have an avenue in this process, and it’s been very frustrating,” Terry told Deputy Secretary for Natural Resources Jerry Meral. “My one plea is going to be, when you come out with your draft (plan), please don’t indicate that it really had the input of these stakeholders and that we helped develop it. My agency will be put in a position to refute that.”
Keeping Promises
Alex Breitler's Blog
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2012/12/04/keeping-promises/?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

Environmental Water Caucus Blasts BDCP
Press Release Environmental Water Caucus
http://www.aquafornia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Press-Release-BDCP-Nov-2012.pdf

Press Release: Delta Plan Nears Completion; 2 Final Reviews Underway
Delta Stewardship Council
http://deltacouncil.ca.gov/enewsletter/stories/december-2012/delta-plan-nears-completion-2-final-reviews-under-way

December 13, 2012 Meeting Notice
Delta Stewardship Council
http://deltacouncil.ca.gov/sites/default/files/documents/files/December%20_13_2012_Meeting_Notice.pdf

California Water News
NOAA, California Partner to Improve Forecasts of Powerful "Atmospheric Rivers"
NOAA Website
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2012/20121203_atmosphericrivers.html

1982 vs Today Resources Agency Releases New BDCP Fact Sheet
Southern California Water Committee
http://marketing.proofinteractive.com/hostedemail/email.htm?CID=21272095296&ch=C56A42636CB879E4C8C8DA751DE3D1B4&h=fd941426b82d352e5e6e5caaafcbe5ab&ei=Th2l04LNV

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/12/news-articles-and-links-from-december-4.html

Water News
This article talks about transporting fresh water from other locations to frack near Chesapeake Bay.  Do NOT think this could or would never happen with Delta water.
Salamander Threat Part of 'Fracking' Water Switch
The Columbus Dispatch
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/12/03/salamander-threat-part-of-fracking-water-switch.html

Controversies: Fracking Companies Clash with Grain Shippers and Army Corps of Engineers Over Use of Missouri River Water
AllGov.com
http://www.allgov.com/news/controversies/fracking-companies-clash-with-grain-shippers-and-army-corps-of-engineers-over-use-of-missouri-river-water-121204?news=846376 
 
Accounting for Water Flows
Aguanomics.com
http://www.aguanomics.com/2012/12/accounting-for-water-flows.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+aguanomics+%28Aguanomics%29
 
Agriculture News
CFBF President Calls for Political Activism
CapitalPress.com
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/TH-cfbf-meeting-w-photo-infobox-120412

Levee News

Science News
Like Pinocchio, Your Nose Shows When You Lie
FoxNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/12/04/like-pinocchio-your-nose-shows-when-lie/

Fisheries News
Coho Reprieve: Scott Valley Streams Finally Flow!
Klamblog
http://klamblog.blogspot.com/2012/12/coho-reprieve-scott-valley-streams.html

Wildlife News

Environmental News

Habitat News

Infrastructure News

Economic News
California to Collect 1% Fee on Lumber and Wood Products
(Anyone else see where this is headed??)
LATimes.com
http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-california-collect-lumber-fee-20121203,0,148257.story

Tourism News

Tribal News

National Political News
Courage and Integrity: A Message to All Truth-Tellers Who Refuse To Be Silenced By the Status Quo
Mike Adams, The Health Ranger
NaturalNews.com
http://www.naturalnews.com/038192_truth-telling_courage_new_media.html

Draft Judge Napolitano for President 2016 Committee Launched
Economic Policy Journal
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2012/12/draft-judge-napolitano-for-president-in.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+economicpolicyjournal%2FYZSb+%28EconomicPolicyJournal.com%29

California Political News
Dan Walters - An Overhaul of CEQA Looms Large
Modesto Bee
http://www.modbee.com/2012/12/03/2479159/dan-walters-an-overhaul-of-ceqa.html

Sen. Steinberg Answers Prop. 13 Question Sort Of
Fox and Hounds
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2012/12/sen-steinberg-answers-the-prop-13-question-sort-of/

Beware of Lawmakers Selling Prop. 13 Snake Oil 
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/12/04/beware-of-lawmakers-selling-prop-13-snake-oil/

Assembly Speaker Announces Committee Chairs for New Legislative Session
ACWA.com
http://www.acwa.com/news/state-legislation/assembly-speaker-announces-committee-chairs-new-legislative-session

High Speed Rail News

Sustainable Development/Agenda 21

This is day two of propaganda push from MAP-21 
Video: Better Highways, Railways, Ports Means Better California Economy
California Economic Summit
http://www.caeconomy.org/reporting/entry/better-highways-railways-ports-means-better-california-economy

ALERT: U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities Vote Tuesday
Bear Witness Central
http://bwcentral.org/2012/12/alert-u-n-convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-vote-tuesday/

Senate Rejects U.N. Disability Treaty
Canada Free Press
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/51517#When:23:50:59Z

Written Comment Opportunities

Litigation News
"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, writing for the court, said the appeals court was mistaken. Ginsburg said that "government-induced flooding of limited duration, but severe impact, can amount to a taking of property warranting just compensation."'
Supreme Court Says Government Can Be Liable for Floods
FoxNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/12/04/supreme-court-says-government-can-be-liable-for-floods/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29
 
Events Calendar

Just For Fun
Click to Full Screen and turn up to speakers, this one is fun!
Best Christmas Lights Display
http://www.flixxy.com/best-christmas-lights-display.htm#.UL5MF6z4KSo

Firefox Security and Privacy Settings
TheSurvivalistBlog.com
http://www.thesurvivalistblog.net/firefox-security-and-privacy-settings/

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

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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??? )

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