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Saturday, 13 February 2010 12:26 |
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Jerry Cadagan and others in the environmental community want the public to believe that Senator Feinstein’s proposed water plan will harm the environment.
It won’t.
It is a temporary measure to get emergency water supplies to areas of the Valley hardest hit by recent water supply cuts. At best farmers will still only get 40 percent of the water supplies they’re entitled to. That 40 percent is much less than the amount of water Westside farms were getting 20 years ago and at that time salmon and other fish were doing just fine.
Isn’t it time the anti-ag folks admitted that there are other factors in the Delta that are harmful to fish and start doing something about them instead of continuing to bash farmers?
Read the more at modbee.com
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Thursday, 11 February 2010 17:00 |
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Click HERE to download a PDF of a fact sheet on Senator Dianne Feinstein's emergency water supply amendment. The proposed amendment would provide a temporary 40 percent water supply to family farms from Patterson to Bakersfield while protecting fish and the integrity of the Endangered Species Act. Click "Read more" below to view the text of the fact sheet. |
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Read more... [Feinstein Jobs Bill Amendment Fact Sheet]
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Friday, 05 February 2010 15:50 |
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Statement by Dan Nelson, Executive Director, San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority “The San Joaquin Valley secured a small measure of relief following a judge’s decision to allow an increase in pumping water to storage facilities south of the Delta during the next two weeks. The judge determined that no risk exists for salmon from the increased pumping.
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Read more... [Judge issues temporary restraining order on pumping restrictions]
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Wednesday, 04 November 2009 08:53 |
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The Legislature adjourned its special water session this morning by 6 a.m. (11-4-09) following a 2/3 vote in each house to approve an $11.139 billion general obligation bond (SBX7 2 by Cogdill) and four of five policy bills. The following analysis is provided by Bob Reeb of Reeb Government Relations, LLC--- SBX7 1 (Simitian and Steinberg), relating to Delta governance and the Delta Plan, including changes to Delta Protection Commission statutory provisions, creation of a Delta Conservancy, creation of a Delta Stewardship Council, creation of a Delta Watermaster with limited authority and authorization for a Delta Plan. This bill also sets forth the role of the Council and Department of Fish and Game relating to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan. |
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Read more... [Legislators approve \$11 billion water bond]
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Tuesday, 03 November 2009 16:35 |
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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Dennis Cardoza introduced bipartisan legislation today (11-3-09) that calls for a review of the federal biological opinions that have significantly reduced the amount of water flowing to San Joaquin Valley farmers. Congressmen Costa (D-Fresno) and Radanovich (R-Mariposa) joined as original cosponsors. Specifically, the legislation calls for a “re-consultation” of the biological opinions on Salmon and Delta Smelt that have resulted in curtailments of water deliveries to the Valley. The biological opinions place unfair blame on Valley farmers and the pumps that deliver their water as the cause for declines in the Delta fish populations. Congressman Cardoza’s legislation would require a review of all factors affecting the survival of endangered species in the Delta, rather than simply focusing on cutting back water deliveries to the Valley.
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Read more... [Valley Reps call for biological opinion reconsultation]
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