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  • Tunnels critics blast Governor Brown for trampling laws, water quality and habitat

    http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/05/23/1387233/-Tunnels-critics-blast-Governor-Brown-for-trampling-laws-water-quality-and-habitat# SAT MAY 23, 2015 AT 01:43 PM PDT by Dan Bacher In their statements to the State Water Resources Control Board on May 20, Restore the Delta (RTD) and the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) slammed the Brown administration regarding drought impacts, the installation of a drought barrier in the Delta, and violations of…

  • Tunnel opponents blast Governor’s revised Bay Delta Conservation Plan

    https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/05/01/18771746.php by Dan Bacher Friday May 1st, 2015 9:35 AM On April 30 at a press conference in Oakland, Governor Jerry Brown and federal officials unveiled controversial plans that they claim “accelerate restoration of the Delta’s ecosystem” and “fix the state’s aging water infrastructure” by building two massive underground tunnels. Environmental groups and Delta advocates…

  • Habitat fixes for California’s massive Delta tunnels scaled back dramatically

    http://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2015/04/29/ap-newsbreak-california-cuts-habitat-fix-for-delta-project By SCOTT SMITH, Associated Press FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — California officials have dramatically scaled back the habitat restoration planned during construction of two massive tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to send water to farms and millions of people. California Department of Fish and Game Director Chuck Bonham told The Associated Press Wednesday…

  • California warns of deep water rights curtailments amid drought

    http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/water-and-drought/article17920022.html BY DAVID SIDERS AND DALE KASLER 04/08/2015 8:50 PM In the week after issuing an unprecedented statewide water use reduction order, Gov. Jerry Brown labored to defend the measure’s focus on urban water use instead of agriculture, which consumes far more water than cities and towns. The drought has already pummeled farmers, Brown said,…

  • Reclamation slashed American River flows to 500 cfs!

    http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/22/1372611/-Bureau-will-cut-American-River-flows-to-500-cfs# by Dan Bacher SUN MAR 22, 2015 AT 04:20 PM PDT This year was the worst ever for steelhead returns to the Nimbus Fish Hatchery on the American River – and things aren’t getting any better with a scheduled drop in flows on the river to 500 cubic feet per second. That means low,…