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What’s the Biggest Problem in the Delta?
As the Bay Delta Conservation Plan comes closer and closer to becoming a reality, the NorCal interests are getting more and more opposed. The Sacramento Bee is trying their best to poo-poo the idea that sewage, ammonia, pathogen and pharmaceutical pollution from their sewage treatment plant are to blame for the Delta’s demise, and are merely being used as misguided arguments by water… Read more »
The Valley Water Pledge
The article below asks farmers to stand together on Valley water policy. We think it’s a good idea. But, easier said than done. However, we’ve been working on something that might start the process. It’s called: The Valley Water Pledge. If you’re a local elected official at any level, please hit the ‘reply’ button and let… Read more »
The BDCP Is Here!! (Sort Of)
The Bay-Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) is about a lot of things, but there’s one thing where the debate will focus, the size of the tunnels bringing water to the Central Valley and Southern California. Originally, the BDCP proposed twin tunnels conveying 15,000 cubic feet per seconds (cfs). Last year the 15,000 cfs was dropped to 9,000… Read more »
Keystone XL Pipeline Does Little Environmental Harm, U.S. Finds
The Obama administration today moved one step closer to approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, concluding in a draft environmental impact statement that the project would not accelerate global greenhouse gas emissions or significantly harm the natural habitats along its route. The report, done by the State Department, suggests that the proposed 875-mile pipeline, which… Read more »
The ‘Farmer’ Ad in the Super Bowl
A lot of people, especially farmers, loved the Paul Harvey ‘Farmer’ commercial for Dodge trucks that ran in the Super Bowl. We want to remind our readers that Dodge might love farmers, but legislators in both the state legislature and many in Congress do not. The Paul Harvey ad is one of the very few… Read more »
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar stepping down in March
Ken Salazar, the Secretary of the Department of the Interior, will soon resign and leave his federal post in March. It’s not an easy job. There are inherent tensions between nurturing industry and protecting the environment, between the pull to serve as a steward for public lands and the push to use that land for… Read more »
Rx for California
In Joel Kotkin’s article “Prescription for an Ailing California” he says the “biggest challenge facing the state is the demise of upward mobility for the vast majority of Californians, and the rise of an increasingly class-ridden, bifurcated society. The cure: Economic growth.” Of particular interest to Families Protecting the Valley are thoughts Mr. Kotkin has… Read more »
Normal Isn’t Normal Any More!
Because of pumping restrictions due to smelt and salmon in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta there may never be a normal water year again for Valley farmers. Or maybe we should just say normal isn’t anywhere near the 100% farm contracts say are supposed to be delivered. Even if this is a normal snow year, water experts are… Read more »
Flawed Science
More water agencies are daring to fight biological opinions that they believe are flawed, including the Yuba County Water Agency that believes a biological opinion that calls for removing Englebright and Daguerre Point dams has “a host of problems, including flawed science, failure to consider other environmental impacts from its recommendations and unreasonable deadlines for compliance.” … Read more »
How Much for S.J. River Restoration? Part 2
In September we published a newsletter called “How Much For S.J. River Restoration?” in which we quoted various sources and their differing prices for the cost of the restoration. The confusion continues. Today there is a story in several newspapers around the state about chinook salmon being released into the river,”a small but pivotal act in… Read more »
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