From yours truly at Capitol Weekly: “The price tag is up to nearly $25 billion, but the benefits are up,...
Do you need to read the Bay Delta Conservation Plan documents but don’t know where to start? Do you want...
Chapters 8 through 12 are now available at the Bay Delta Conservation Plan website. The released chapters cover implementation costs and funding sources, alternative ways to avoid harm to endangered species, and integration of independent science into the BDCP’s preparation....
On May 14th, the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee and the Senate Select Committee on the Delta held a...
The Bay Delta Conservation Plan envirnomental documents have been posted this morning. I will be working over the weekend to...
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...
Concerns about the State Water Board’s proposed San Joaquin River flow objectives, the BDCP’s effect on upstream water rights, and...
Here is the latest on the timelines for the BDCP and the Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan: BAY DELTA CONSERVATION PLAN At yesterday’s joint Senate oversight hearing on the BDCP, Department of Water Resources Director Mark Cowin told the...
Governor Brown has sent a letter to Secretary Sally Jewell and Acting Secretary Rebecca Blank urging timely federal review of...
Secretary of Natural Resources John Laird has responded to legislator’s demands that the BDCP consider the ‘Portfolio-Based Conceptual Alternative’. Mr....
Just in time for your weekend reading pleasure, these documents, now available at the Bay Delta Conservation Plan website: NMFS Progress Assessment and Remaining Issues NMFS Evaluation of Flow Effects on Survival in Vicinity of Proposed North Delta Diversions U.S....
A second public meeting on the BDCP documents was held in Sacramento on April 4th to discuss the newly released...
From yours truly at the California Water Blog: “California’s water future is at a critical juncture. The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta...
The Director of the Department of Water Resources, Mark Cowin, was the final speaker in the California Water Policy Seminar Series which concluded on March 18, 2013. Mark Cowin has worked for over 30 years at the Department of Water...