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The Tale of Two Tunnels: Gov. Brown’s Tainted BDCP Process Versus Honestly Solving the Problem
When I first interviewed California’s Secretary of Natural Resources John Laird, I was thrilled to meet a man with a great reputation as a conservationist. As a newly-minted reporter, I hoped that he and Gov. Brown would bring positive change to California’s deteriorating environment. But the conversation quickly shifted from Laird’s life story to the Bay Delta Conservation … Continue reading
The BDCP Meeting(s) Get Heated: A Benefits Analysis, Angry Environmental Groups, 57 Threatened Species & 100,000 Acre-Feet
The Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP), also known as the twin tunnels or the latest version of the peripheral canal, recently held two public meetings with all the big players present, but with some interesting twists. Presentations, given in the customary tight-lipped monotone, were interrupted by fiery environmental groups and the frank questions and remarks … Continue reading
Water Measures Request Third Party
EDITORS NOTE: Earlier this year, Investigative Reporter Deanna Lynn Wulff discovered the Peripheral Canal‘s 12 Billion dollar projection may be closer to 40 billion. SACRAMENTO - Assemblyman Bill Berryhill announced April 24, 2012 that the Assembly Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife passed out two common sense water measures, Assembly Bills 2421 and 2422. AB 2421 requires that an … Continue reading
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Bilingual Weekly, LLC is a news organization that produces everyday news online, online news videos that includes local spotlight interviews in both English and Spanish and a weekly email newsletter. Bilingual Weekly is most famous for its weekly news publication, delivered throughout San Joaquin County. The print publication is the only 99.9% Spanish and English newspaper in San Joaquin County (as of … Continue reading
Public Trust Recommendations & the Delta: How much water is that?
http://www.bilingualweekly.com | By Deanna Lynn Wulff California’s Chinook salmon came back this fall, due in part to good ocean conditions and abundant water, but the Delta, the largest estuary on the West Coast, is still in critical condition. “Thirty-three species are endangered, and likely to go extinct within the next 25 to 50 years, if not … Continue reading
The Delta Water Wars Heat Up
http://www.bilingualweekly.com | By Deanna Lynn Wulff (bw news) STOCKTON, CA – Stockton is ground zero for the nation’s biggest and most troubling water war – nearly 25 million Californians get their water from the Delta, which surrounds the city in an intricate pattern of rivers, farms and levees. But the Delta faces multifaceted environmental and political … Continue reading
An Interview with California’s Secretary of Natural Resources – John Laird
http://www.bilingualweekly.com Special to bw by Deanna Lynn Wulff CALIFORNIA- John Laird has a pivotal and powerful position. As the new California Secretary of Natural Resources, he is at the center of controversial issues such as Delta water management and park and wildlife protection.
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