Dear friends,   Update 11.16.16: McClatchyDC reports the bill passed the House Natural Resources Committee. Read article. Please continue to call Senator Barbara Boxer and Senator Dianne Feinstein at their local offices to make sure this bill dies in the Senate!   Call the local offices of Senator Dianne Feinstein and Senator Barbara Boxer and...Read More

Once again, Tim Quinn and ACWA (Assoc. of California Water Agencies) have stepped up their lobbying in advance of the lame duck Congressional session urging Congress to pass controversial drought legislation. This new letter was sent to the entire California Congressional delegation in Congress and blames the state’s water supply predicament almost entirely on protections...Read More

Dear friends,   Congress is considering two bills, H.R. 2898 (Valadao) and S. 2533 (Feinstein), that are supposed to relieve the effects of the drought for all Californians, but that really direct water away from where salmon need it most. Although Senator Feinstein's bill has several provisions that are important steps toward water sustainability in California, both bills would weaken...Read More

Dear friends,   Please join us in support of our partners, the Winnemem Wintu Tribe, at the Run4Salmon,  "a 300-mile trek that follows the historical journey of the salmon from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to the Winnemem (McCloud River) to raise awareness about the policies threatening our waters, our fish, and indigenous lifeways. It’s a dire...Read More

Dear friends, This is a great opportunity for Delta residents to ask the major Delta tunnels proponent and Delta islands purchaser, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, tough questions! We encourage you to attend, see meeting details below.  Via the Delta Protection Commission:  The Delta Protection Commission will hold its next meeting on Thursday, September 15, 2016....Read More

In case you missed it… Restore the Delta was the only Bay-Delta voice on the 1-hour "KQED Forum." Special thanks to concerned supporters and Californians who called in to ask tough questions!  Link to listen: http://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2016/07/26/delta-tunnel-project-under-scrutiny-as-hearings-begin/ KQED Forum: Public hearings began Tuesday on Governor Jerry Brown’s $14.9 billion proposal to construct two 35 -mile tunnels below the Sacramento-San Joaquin...Read More

Dear friends, Tune in at 9 am today to hear us on KQED forum. Two people on the panel will be representing the views and interests of Delta Tunnel proponents. Only Restore the Delta will be representing concerns of all uses in the Bay-Delta region so make sure to get your tough questions in and answered...Read More

Our Tumblr intern with his first blog entry on how Pokemon Go is connecting teens to the Delta in Stockton. Follow us on Tumblr for special guest blogging, infographics and more! I never expected to be in the heart of downtown Stockton in the middle of the night. It’s not the kind of thing people...Read More

Dear friends, UC Davis Extension is holding a class to educate Sacramento citizens on the Delta with an agenda of selling the public on the tunnels. We hope some of you can register for this class and share your knowledge of how this project will destroy the Delta. We will be busy at that time...Read More

Dear friends,  Restore the Delta is the only in-Delta organization with members in outside water districts that are voting as to whether or not to support and fund the Delta tunnels. We are working with our members outside the Delta to show them how to tell tunnel proponents no to supporting the project in person and...Read More