“We can follow the example of those who remembered that the role of an activist is not to navigate systems of oppressive power with as much integrity as possible, but rather to confront and take down those systems.” — Derrick Jensen Articles • Navigate or Confront • How drought management plays out in the Delta • Chipping away at all watershed protections Navigate or Confront By: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla This week, Tim Stroshane finished preparing Restore the Delta’s first Protest response to the State Water Resources Control Board, specifically the Board’s January 27, 2015 Notice of Temporary Urgency Change Petition (TUCP). The TUCP is the Board’s decision to modify D-1641 for the months of February and March, weakening Delta outflow standards, [...]
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Raising Shasta Dam is “Massive Waste of Taxpayer Money”
For Immediate Release: Friday, January 30, 2015 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; [email protected]; Twitter: @shopcraft; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 [email protected]; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Restore the Delta: Raising Shasta Dam is “Massive Waste of Taxpayer Money”: Calls on California Water Commission to Heed Federal Findings, Reject Funding, Better Options for Water Storage Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s plan to build Tunnels that would drain the Delta and doom salmon and other Pacific fisheries, today called upon the California Water Commission to reject funding the raising of Shasta Dam. A recent US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) report was highly critical of a proposal to raise the height of Shasta Dam, the US Bureau of Reclamation’s main reservoir in the Central Valley [...]
California Water Commission, Heed Stanford Study’s Findings: Ground Storage 6 Times more Effective than Surface
For Immediate Release: Friday, January 23, 2015 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; [email protected]; Twitter: @shopcraft; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 [email protected]; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Restore the Delta Calls on California Water Commission To Heed Stanford Study’s Findings: Ground Storage 6 Times more Effective than Surface Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s plan to build Peripheral Tunnels that would drain the Delta and doom salmon and other Pacific fisheries has called upon the California Water Commission (the Commission) to use science-based guidelines in setting priorities for spending Prop. 1 funds. In particular, RTD cited a recent Stanford University study showing that the benefits of groundwater storage far outweigh those of surface storage. “Any long term solution to the predictable droughts that impact California [...]
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 [...]
