FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, February 12, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; [email protected]; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 [email protected]; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta In case you missed it… San Francisco Chronicle Drought should make state rethink water policy February 7, 2014 “…Drought is a product of nature, but some think the drought emergency is the result of mismanaged water resources. With Shasta, Oroville and Folsom reservoirs full last spring in what was already shaping up as a second dry year, the state increased pumping to water districts in the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California rather than decreasing pumping as planned. “Droughts are known; emergencies happen when people ignore facts and overpromise water supplies,” said Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, executive director of Restore the Delta. [...]
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Media Release: SF Chronicle “Drought should make state rethink water policy” + Mercury News editorial “California needs a more balanced approach to water”
Media Advisory for 2/10: Where Did All the Water Go? Water Buffaloes, Egregious Mismanagement & Better Water Policies
Please click here for Action Alert: President Obama to Visit Fresno on 2/14 to Talk About Drought Assistance Media Advisory for Monday, February 10, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; [email protected]; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 [email protected]; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Where Did All the Water Go? Water Buffaloes, Egregious Mismanagement & Better Water Policies Restore the Delta to Release New Charts Showing Who Got the Water; Experts to Outline New Policies, Alternatives to Tunnels 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 they will hold a teleconference on Monday, Feb. 10, during which experts will release new information showing where California’s [...]
LA Times: Drought offers an opportunity to consider water policy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; [email protected]; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 [email protected]; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta In case you missed it… Los Angeles Times Drought offers an opportunity to consider water policy California must prepare to capture and store water to be used during future, inevitable shortages. George Skelton Capitol Journal 6:01 PM PST, January 19, 2014 SACRAMENTO — So it’s official: We are in a serious drought. That means this: Next comes serious flooding. But we’ll still be in a declared drought. That’s just the nature of California weather patterns — and water politics. A drought proclamation, as issued by Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday, changes the political climate. It focuses public attention on [...]
