The Bay Delta Conservation Plan envirnomental documents have been posted this morning. I will be working over the weekend to...
With the very first Delta Plan set to be adopted in May, just how that plan would be implemented was...
From the Office of Governor Jerry Brown: “The State of California and the Obama Administration today agreed to a formal deadline of October 1, 2013 for the release of the draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) and accompanying environmental documents...
Amid the controversial remarks and charges of lack of stakeholder participation, Brown Administration officials had their chance to defend the...
As a follow-up to the story, State Water Project reliability: It’s not just about the Delta, the California Water Commission...
Concerns about the State Water Board’s proposed San Joaquin River flow objectives, the BDCP’s effect on upstream water rights, and a lack of coordination between the three major Delta planning processes underway prompted Congressmen Denham, Costa, LaMalfa, Garamendi, Nunes, McClintock,...
Here is the latest on the timelines for the BDCP and the Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan: BAY DELTA...
While there may not be an miracle cure for the ailing Delta, there is a path forward that would achieve...
Mercury contamination is a widespread problem, not just locally but also globally, and its serious effects on health are well known. It is a particular insidious problem as mercury can be a threat to people and wildlife even in areas...
Governor Brown has sent a letter to Secretary Sally Jewell and Acting Secretary Rebecca Blank urging timely federal review of...
Here’s an update from the Delta Stewardship Council on the status of the Delta Plan: “A final review of the...
With so much attention and focus on the Brown Administrations $18 billion tunnel plan, otherwise known as the Bay-Delta Conservation Plan, it could be easy to think it was the only planning process going on in the Delta. However, there...
Secretary of Natural Resources John Laird has responded to legislator’s demands that the BDCP consider the ‘Portfolio-Based Conceptual Alternative’. Mr....
The Department of Water Resources has announced negotiation sessions will begin next month for State Water Project contracts to develop...
The Eastern District Court has granted the request of the water and federal fish agencies to extend the deadline for rewrite of the Delta smelt and salmonid biological opinions by one year in order to implement an adaptive management program. ...