Media Advisory for Tuesday, March 4, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; [email protected]; Twitter: @shopcraft; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053; [email protected]; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Governor’s Water Tunnels Opponents to Release New Map: Largest Agricultural Water Users, Selenium-Damaged Land, Oil Deposits for Fracking Sacramento, CA- Restore the Delta (RTD) and Food and Water Watch, opponents of Governor Brown’s rush to build Peripheral Tunnels that would drain the Delta and doom salmon and other Pacific fisheries, announced today they will hold a teleconference on Tuesday, March 4, to release a new map depicting the overlap between the largest agricultural users of Bay-Delta water exports, land impaired by selenium concentrations that make farming unsustainable, and oil and gas basins that could be fracked. “This map will show [...]
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Delta Tunnel Opponents to Speak at Capitol Weekly Water Conference, League of Women Voters Castro Valley Meeting, Debate Westlands Water District on KMJ-AM
Media Advisory for Thursday, February 20 – Sunday, February 23, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; [email protected]; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 [email protected]; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Delta Tunnel Opponents to Speak at Capitol Weekly Water Conference, League of Women Voters Castro Valley Meeting, Debate Westlands Water District on KMJ-AM Sacramento, CA- Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s rush to build Peripheral Tunnels that would drain the Delta and doom salmon and other Pacific fisheries, announced today that Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, executive director of RTD will make several appearances in the coming days, including at a Capitol water conference, a Castro Valley League of Women Voters debate, and on KMJ-AM’s The Maddy Report, where she will take on Westlands Water District. [...]
Media Alert: Articles, Television, & Cartoons of Interest
Media Alert: Articles, Television, & Cartoons of Interest Articles and TV coverage include Restore the Delta and advocates from rally during President Obama’s visit in Fresno on 2/14/2014. River News Herald cartoon Deltastruction More cartoons: Fresno related follow 2/14/14 Sacramento Bee Ohman: GEP1LO1Q5.3 2/16/14 Sacramento Bee Ohman: Obama 11 Calif. water politics complicate Brown’s decisions Sacramento Bee-Feb 15, 2014 “This is not about picking between delta smelt and long fin smelt and … executive director of Restore the Delta, which is fighting the tunnel plan. TV coverage: President Obama Announces Plan to Drought-Stricken California President Barack Obama visited California Friday to discuss the federal response to California’s drought problem Patrick Healy NBC 4 Los Angeles Restore the Delta, Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla [...]
Media Advisory: SANDHILL CRANES EXPERTS TO WARN ABOUT HARM FROM PROPOSED WATER TUNNELS AS ANNUAL FESTIVAL OPENS: Water Export Tunnels Gamble with Threatened Cranes’ Survival
Media Advisory for: Friday, November 1, 2013 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; [email protected] CRANES EXPERTS TO WARN ABOUT HARM FROM PROPOSED WATER TUNNELS AS ANNUAL FESTIVAL OPENS: Water Export Tunnels Gamble with Threatened Cranes’ SurvivalLODI, CA – As thousands of birders gather for the annual Lodi Sandhill Crane Festival on Friday, Nov. 1, Sandhill Crane experts and advocates have announced a news conference to warn that harmful impacts from the Brown Administration’s proposed water export tunnels gamble with the threatened birds’ survival. “The Sandhill Cranes are already threatened, and the proposed tunnels gamble with their survival,” said Sally Shanks, whose family once farmed the land on Staten Island that was later sold to the State for use as a Cranes’ refuge. [...]
