Posted by Barry Nelson in Living Sustainably , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Much of the press coverage of Governor Schwarzenegger’s bill signing press conferences have described the water package passed by the legislature last week as an “infrastructure” package, leading to the mis-impression that the purpose of this package is primarily to...
Posted by Barry Nelson in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Last Saturday, my wife and I took a canoe trip with her nieces and nephew down the Feather River to watch one of California's most dramatic natural spectacles - the fall spawning run of Chinook salmon. The kids get very...
Posted by Barry Nelson in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Two weeks ago, the Bureau of Reclamation turned the valves on Friant Dam and sent a big shot of liquid hope down to the Delta. This hope came in two forms. First, the San Joaquin has suffered for years from...
Posted by Barry Nelson in Living Sustainably , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Yesterday, just as the Senate and Assembly water committees began a joint hearing on an ambitious package of Delta and water reform bills, Governor Schwarzenegger released a letter outlining his requirements for signing any...
Posted by Barry Nelson in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
The third consecutive dry year in California has received extensive media coverage - and will receive even more attention this summer. Some simple facts and a few recent quotes from the media demonstrate the water management challenge California faces -...
Posted by Barry Nelson in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Some landscapes, like Yosemite, are literally carved in stone. Others, like the San Francisco Bay-Delta, being formed of humbler and less permanent stuff, are subject to dramatic changes over time. Indeed, we're only starting to understand what a dynamic system...
Posted by Barry Nelson in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
The Bureau of Reclamation was conceived at the start of the 20th century (originally as the Reclamation Service) to meet the needs of a world that no longer exists. Now, at the start of the 21st Century, the Bureau needs...
Posted by Barry Nelson in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
In 1982, the public rejected the Peripheral Canal at the ballot box. In the last several years, the Canal has been revived as a possible strategy to address the very real concerns about the current state of Delta levees. Too...
