At the request of BDCP participants, the Delta Science Program has convened an Independent Science Review Panel to assess the scientific soundness of the effects analysis chapter (Chapter 5) of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan. The panel, which first met...
Governor Brown has directed the Department of Water Resources, the State Water Resources Control Board, the Department of Food and Agriculture, and the Office of Emergency Services to immediately convene an interagency Drought Task Force. In a letter addressed to...
From Congressman David Valadao’s website: “Today, United States Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-21) and California Senator Jean Fuller (SD-18) joined...
Last week, a segment of KQED’s Forum with Michael Krasny featured Mark Cowin, Tim Quinn, Gary Bobker, and Barbara Barrigan-Parilla discussing the Bay Delta Conservation Plan. Here’s a transcript of the show: Michael Krasny: The Brown Administration released an environmental...
Updated June 21 with latest documents released by the BDCP. There has been much posted and written about the economic analyses for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, and if all of it is spinning your eyeballs, you’re not alone. Here’s...
Senator Feinstein and Congressman Jim Costa have written a letter to Governor Brown, requesting that he address the dry conditions by declaring a state drought emergency. Two years of dry conditions have depleted reservoirs to levels not seen since 1977,...
