Write a letter today!

California family farmers need your help and support to ensure that new contracts for water from the Central Valley Project are renewed without delay.  You can provide important help by writing a letter today to:

The Honorable Gale Norton
Secretary, United States Department of the Interior
1849 C Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20240 

Tell Secretary Norton you support California family farms and the important contribution they make to California's economy.  Tell Secretary Norton the Central Valley Project is vital to the survival of family farms in California.  Tell Secretary Norton you support her department's efforts to finalize new contracts for Central Valley Project water.

Sample Letter in Support of CVP Contract Renewals

Current Date

The Honorable Gale Norton
Secretary
United States Department of the Interior
1849 C Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20240

Dear Secretary Norton;

I am writing to urge the Department of Interior to continue to negotiate and renew long-term contracts with California cities and farmers for CVP water and support those contracts already executed.

The Central Valley Project has provided untold benefits to the state as a whole, in increased tax revenues, the development of vibrant rural communities throughout the state, the creation of jobs, the success of cities and industries and the production of clean, inexpensive hydroelectric power.  California farmers have used CVP water to create some of the most productive farmlands in the world.  As a result, our state leads the nation in farm production. 

Renewal of Central Valley Project contracts is consistent with federal law and will continue a visionary compact that was made some 50 years ago between the United States and California's cities, farmers, farm workers and small, farm-based communities.

The process of negotiating new CVP contracts has been lengthy, subject to a great deal of environmental review and analysis, fair and open for all to see and participate in.  Californians support their family farmers and appreciate the Department of the Interior's resolve to abide by the law and renew long-term CVP contracts.    

Sincerely,

Your Name