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Farmers, Salmon Both Win?
We can hardly stand the good news. Farmers, salmon both win? Can it be? Well, we know salmon can win, but can farmers win? According to the article below the San Joaquin River “restoration passed a milestone last week with approval of final environmental documents — meaning construction projects can begin for salmon-friendly alterations, such… Read more »
Water Regulations for Ponds?
Water regulations for private ponds and lakes are coming to a farm near you soon. The laws have been on the books for years, but the enforcement is new. Also new, as a part of the 2009 California water package passed by the legislature, are additional significant penalties for failure to file a Statement of Water… Read more »
Rare Display of Sanity!
In a rare display of sanity, Sacramento legislators rejected Governor Brown’s proposal to exempt the High Speed Rail Project from environmental laws. Environmentalists, farmers, and fiscal conservatives rallied together to form an unbeatable coalition to stop the Governor. Regretably, it appears some environmental organizations traded their position on this issue to agree to sending the… Read more »
Farm Worker Safety Act
There were no farm worker heat-related deaths in 2009, none again in 2010 and one (1) in 2011. Yet, the California legislature has found this to be a problem worth solving. The first thing we notice about the Farm Worker Safety Act is that it’s authored by Marina Del Rey Assemblywoman Betsy Butler. We don’t… Read more »
Devin’s Deal or Tunnel Deal?
The way we see the California water war, there’s either got to be approval of Devin Nunes’ H.R. 1837 or a giant tunnel is going to be built under the Delta. The entire Bay Delta Conservation Plan is heading toward the idea of a tunnel. That might be a good solution to the environmental situation… Read more »
Young Farmers?
The article below talks about the need for a new generation of farmers as the world population grows from seven to nine-billion by 2050. and the need to double the food supply to keep up. Someone should tell the political leaders of California who don’t seem to understand as they make it as difficult as… Read more »
FPV Board Member Helps Secure Bush for Farm Show
Former President George W. Bush will speak in Tulare at the 2012 farm show. There’s a backstory. During farm show week this year, farmer Mark Watte was recruited by Jerry Sinift, chief executive of the International Agri-Center, to give a helicopter tour of Valley farm country to retired Army Col. Jill Chambers, a veterans advocate,… Read more »
Who’s Not Bringing Their Water to the Table?
A lot of water that could make it to the Delta never gets there. It is diverted by cities like San Francisco that gets its water from Hetch Hetchy without going through the Delta. Other cities and water districts also take water out of the system before it can get to the Delta. These diversions… Read more »
Economics & Water
One of the reasons we write this newsletter is to help our readers connect the dots from water to economics to jobs. That’s why we have signs reading ‘Water = Jobs’ up and down the Valley. That’s why we try to point out that efforts to increase the height of Exchequer Dam and Shasta Dam… Read more »
Is It Rain or Pumping Restrictions?
We’ve had heavy rain and tremendous snowpack with full reservoirs for the past two years and delta smelt numbers have increased dramatically, but the NRDC concludes that it’s because of the federal court required pumping restrictions. You will remember Federal Judge Oliver Wanger’s comments to the Department of the Interior Scientists: “I find her incredible… Read more »
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