“Guardians of the Estuary: Community Leaders in the Delta” was inspired by the Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition’s (‘DTEC’) Civil Rights Complaint filed with the US Environmental Protection Agency against the State Water Resources Control Board. Cintia Cortez, Restore the Delta’s Policy Analyst and coordinator of DTEC, shares more information about the petition and complaint filed...Read More
LA Times Editorial: L.A. may not get another wet winter for a while. We should prepare for drier times This past weekend, the Los Angeles Times Editorial Board published an opinion, highlighting that despite positive progress, more needs to be done in Los Angeles to prepare for the inevitable return of drought conditions in the...Read More
By: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla While we continue our work around the Bay-Delta Plan, the Delta tunnel, and our US EPA Petition, the positive projects for the future of the region are also moving forward. We are very happy to announce the publication of the Rice Farming Handbook for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. This book not only...Read More
Restore the Delta responds to Gov. Newsom’s $50 million salmon population spending plan Restore the Delta’s latest opinion piece sheds light on Gavin Newsom’s divisive tactics in pitting marginalized communities and tribes against each other to fight over water resources, particularly regarding the controversial Delta Conveyance Project. Newsom’s administration, along with State Water Contractors, are accused of...Read More
By: Barbara Barrigan-ParrillaWhile the struggle to protect the Delta’s waterways and lands continues, Restore the Delta is moving forward building out positive programs and developing new leaders. Our Zeitgeist is pure: the positive future that we continue to put forward will win.That doesn’t mean that there will not be legal, policy, and political struggles over...Read More
Restore the Delta note: Thanks to Port City Marketing, we have a beautiful new website. Please check it out and let us know how we did. Also, you can read in more detail about our work. Coverage of Restore the Delta’s response to the Department of Water Resources’ petition to change the point of diversion for the Delta tunnel.Restore the...Read More
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
Before we continue with the blog below, we want to thank our contributors who have helped us keep this vitally important work for the estuary going. This weekend is the 15th anniversary and start of the 16th year of work by Restore the Delta! If you have been busy this summer and unable to contribute to Our...Read More
by Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla and Tim Stroshane These are the undead ideas of California “water policy” today: A Delta Conveyance Project. New Dams and Reservoir Storage. Voluntary Agreements. Such ideas are put forward by the water industry—and few others—as “solutions” to California’s seeming chronic shortage of water. These ideas have been defeated time and time again...Read More
By Tim StroshaneIt is Drinking Water Week, according to the American Water Works Association and the Delta Stewardship Council. When not paying attention to the ever-present and necessary news about the novel coronavirus pandemic spreading COVID-19 disease, in the middle of March we began hearing about California re-entering drought. (Courthouse News Service and Los Angeles Times.)So this week...Read More
