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Delta Plan Takes it Head On: Flow Standards, Water Budgets and Fees

Last week, the Delta Stewardship Council (DSC) released their fifth draft of the Delta Plan. The DSC has been tasked with crafting a Delta Plan that...

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Delta Stewardship Council Looking at Alternatives

Last Thursday, the Delta Stewardship Council (Council) revealed the seven alternatives it will analyze for its Environmental Impact Report (EIR) on the Delta...

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Finally in Laymen’s Terms: Why Bigger Isn’t Always Better

Last Friday, in one of the clearest news stories ever, the Contra Costa Times reported why a huge Delta Conveyance tunnel does not make sense in the article...

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Finally An Affordable Delta Financing Plan

On Thursday, at the request of the Delta Stewardship Council, PCL’s Jonas Minton presented to the Council On this very topic. Minton presented the top...

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Sometimes it is about the Money

Last week, the Delta Stewardship Council (the Council) released its first draft Delta Plan. There are some good things and some questionable things in this...

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BDCP: An Expensive Lesson Learned

Contrary to the common belief, the Bay-Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) actually did accomplish something worthwhile. Although the BDCP process was certainly...

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Broad Coalition Provides Recommendations to the Delta Stewardship Council

The Planning and Conservation League was pleased to help in the coordination of 30 environmental, environmental justice and fishing group’s joint comments,...

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DFG Report Finds Delta Ecosystem and its Species Thirst for More Water

On Tuesday the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) released a draft advisory report entitled, “Quantifiable Biological Objectives and Flow Criteria for Aquatic...

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State Water Resources Control Board Adopts Delta Flow Criteria

On Tuesday, the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) formally adopted its flow criteria report for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, defining the timing...

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How Much Water Does the Delta Need? Highly Anticipated Flow Criteria Released

On Wednesday, the State Water Resources Control Board released its draft flow criteria report for the Bay-Delta estuary, calling for increasing the volume of...

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