Posted by Barry Nelson in Living Sustainably , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
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 water bills. One of his requirements was particularly...continued→
Posted by Barry Nelson in Health and the Environment , Solving Global Warming
I have been working on California water issues for 25 years, and I've learned that major opportunities for transformative change doesn't come around too often. Now is one of those times. Late last week, the California Legislature released a package...continued→
Posted by Barry Nelson in U.S. Law and Policy
Adaptive management – it has become a popular term among those of us who debate the future of the complex San Francisco Bay-Delta ecosystem. This flexible approach to resource management allows for the testing of hypotheses in complex systems and,...continued→
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...continued→
Posted by Barry Nelson
On Tuesday, the Sacramento Bee reported that The Nature Conservancy has conditionally endorsed a Peripheral Canal. News about the canal always travels fast. It's one of the most controversial projects in the contentious history of California water. The canal is...continued→
