by Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla Tunnel UpdateThe California Department of Water Resources published the final Environmental Impact Report for the Delta Conveyance Project on December 8, 2023, and a Notice of Determination (NOD) on December 21, 2023. The NOD represents the final administrative published record for a proposed project by the lead agency, which in this case...Read More
Tunnel Vision: Gov. Newsom’s Ambitious Water Plan Divides Californians – AP 12/13/23Jon Rosenfield, science director for San Francisco Baykeeper, said California already diverts more than half of the water flowing through Central Valley rivers for farms and big cities, which threaten native species of fish. “The science clearly demonstrates that fish need increased river flows to...Read More
Delta Tunnel EIR Released, Restore the Delta Reax – Restore the Delta 12/8/23 SACRAMENTO – Today, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) released a final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed Delta Conveyance Project (Delta Tunnel).Newsom administration advances Delta Tunnel project despite environmental opposition – Los Angeles Times 12/9/23Newsom’s tunnel proposal, as outlined in the state’s final...Read More
For Immediate Release: 12/8/23 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org SACRAMENTO – Today, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) released a final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed Delta Conveyance Project (Delta Tunnel). The proposal would construct new water intake facilities on the Sacramento River in the North Delta to fill a...Read More
For Immediate Release: 12/8/23Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org SACRAMENTO – Today, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) will release a final Environmental Impact Report for Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed Delta Conveyance Project (Delta Tunnel). The proposal would construct new water intake facilities on the Sacramento River in the North Delta to fill a single...Read More
Alliance of Sportfishing and Environmental Groups Petition California and Feds to Protect SF Bay White Sturgeon – San Francisco Baykeeper 11/29/30Today, San Francisco Baykeeper, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, the Bay Institute, and Restore the Delta petitioned the California Fish and Game Commission to list the California white sturgeon as threatened under the California Endangered Species Act. Separately, these...Read More
For Immediate Release: 11/29/23 North America’s largest and oldest fish are declining fast, as more threats loom. Today, San Francisco Baykeeper, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, the Bay Institute, and Restore the Delta petitioned the California Fish and Game Commission to list the California white sturgeon as threatened under the California Endangered Species Act. Separately, these groups petitioned Secretary of...Read More
‘Deep disappointment’: Global climate envoy Newsom is alienating environmentalists at home – The Sacramento Bee 11/29/23 Gov. Gavin Newsom has been positioning himself as a global climate leader this year, evangelizing California environmentalism in China and at the United Nations. But at home, he is increasingly at loggerheads with leading environmentalists. Environmental groups and tribes say...Read More
Dear Friends, This year, I would like to depart from our usual update, and share a very personal story with all of you about what drives my work at Restore the Delta and how my personal story has led to our developing a dynamic young staff working for a sustainable and just future for the...Read More
Column: This water project is expensive, wasteful and ecologically damaging. Why is it being fast-tracked? – Los Angeles Times 11/21/23Newsom and other Sites advocates have tried to justify the project with flagrantly misleading statistics. As Newsom said when announcing his certification, the reservoir would hold “up to 1.5 million acre-feet of water, enough for 3 million households’...Read More
