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Delta Revision - Learn about the Delta and the fight over it's water

SAVE CAL BOATING!!
(Dept of Boating & Waterways)

California Governor Schwarzenegger is submitting a reorganization proposal to the State Legislature that would terminate the Dept of Boating and Waterways.

Unless you TAKE ACTION now to prevent this the Governor’s plan will become effective this Spring.

CLICK HERE to Take Action

Stop the Canal Friends,

In case you missed it, Saturday, December 8th's front page article in the Contra Costa Times entitled "Secret Study Shows Canal Back in Play" disclosed an ongoing plan by Southern California water interests and the Department of Water Resources to begin the planning process for a new canal.

In short, these outside water interests are in the process now of calculating the dollar costs for building a new canal or Delta bypass for inclusion in a Sacramento water bond that will go to the voters sometime in 2008.

This strategy is moving fast and continues behind the scenes between special interests that want to see more of our quality water moving south faster and more efficiently.

I am writing for your help. We need our local city leaders to take a formal position IN OPPOSITION TO THE BUILDING OF A NEW CANAL.

Please contact your Mayor and City Co uncilmembers as soon as possible to ask them to support a resolution in opposition to ANY MOVEMENT to build a new canal which will send our good water South and have a devastating effect on our Delta ecosystem.

Thank you, again, for your continued commitment to Stop the Canal!

Regards, Joe Canciamilla
www.StoptheCanal.org
Joe@StoptheCanal.org

The following report has been posted to the Delta Vision website:

Delta Reflections -- The Voices of Delta Agriculture: A Report from Interviews with Fourteen Delta Growers

To access the report, please visit the link:

http://deltavision.ca.gov/Context_Memos/Agriculture/Agriculture_Voices_07-26-07.pdf

ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS IN THE DELTA
Time to Call the Governor (See Below for Phone Number)

DELTA SMELT on BRINK of EXTINCTION!
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR DELTA RESIDENTS?

The Delta Smelt is the canary in the coal mine.
As the Smelt goes, so do other fish populations.
If the ecosystem collapses, so does the Delta economy.
And if water quality and quantity are this bad in the present, how does this bode for agriculture and recreation (the cornerstones of our economy) and public health (our lives)?

A just completed survey by the Department of Fish & Game found:

Scientists failed to find any smelt in 30 of 36 stations.
The survey found only 25 smelt, that is a 93% drop from 2006.
This is the worst return in the history of this survey. In fact. these numbers show TEN TIMES LESS Smelt than the previous record lows.

NO RESPONSE TO SAVE THESE FISH BY THOSE IN CHARGE:

Even though SEVERAL Delta species have been collapsing for SIX YEARS, the State has declined to commit to actions to avoid extinction.
Last year the State and Federal water projects exported near RECORD amounts of water through massive pumps in the Delta Smelt's habitat.
The State pumped 55 BILLION gallons of "EXTRA" water in January even while they were in telling the Judge there was no problem with Smelt.

MORE DELTA FISH ARE HEADED TOWARD EXTINCTION

Severe declines in multiple fish populations show that the Delta ecosystem is being ravaged. Since 2005 the State and Federal government have known about the problem, but have failed to commit to actions to save the Delta.

WHAT MUST BE DONE TO SAVE THE DELTA?

There are numerous good scientific recommendations to help the Smelt, including reductions in water exports.

Call the Governor and let him know that he should save the Delta Smelt before it's too late!

Tell the Governor to reduce the pumping and increase San Joaquin River flows throughout the first two weeks of June to save the Delta Smelt. This is the first of many actions that he must take.

Tell the Governor that if he is the "Environmental Governor," Delta species should not be going extinct under his watch.

Office of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Phone: 916-445-2841
http://www.govmail.ca.gov

The California Performance Review report on reforming and revitalizing state government has been released to the public. The entire report is available: http://www.report.cpr.ca.gov

California State Assembly