Weekend Wrap-Up: BDCP; Legislation
Welcome back! Here’s the weekend wrap-up:
At the top of the scroll: “Top Water Official Linked to Tunnel Plans to Retire,” reported The Sacramento Bee in an article Sunday about Jerry Meral, deputy secretary of the state’s Natural Resources Agency.
On the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, editorials included “Hard Truths About California’s Water Future” in the Los Angeles Times; “Bay Delta Plan a Solid Start for Water Future” in the San Francisco Chronicle; “Brown’s Tunnel Vision on State Water Plan” in U-T San Diego, and “Southern Californians Must Get Worried About Water” in the Los Angeles Daily News. In The Sacramento Bee, “More Storage May Be California’s Most Important Water Issue,” was the topic for Dan Walters’ column. In the Los Angeles Times, George Skelton’s Capitol Journal column was headlined “Shaky Rationale Behind Brown Tunnel Plan.”
On-topic legislative-related articles were “California Plans Tighter Control of Fracking, But Not Enough for Some” in the New York Times along with “Congress Balks at Finding a Fix for Looming Flood Insurance Hikes” and “Lawmakers Sow Yosemite Seeds, But Harvest So Far Unclear” from the McClatchy Washington Bureau.
Water Word of the Week: Aquafornia’s Water Word of the Week from sister site Aquapedia, the Water Education Foundation’s free interactive online water encyclopedia, is Water Conservation. To learn more, read the post titled “Water Conservation: Aquafornia Water Word of the Week.”
Last Week’s Top Stories: The most viewed story was “State Lawmakers Call for Drought Emergency,” from the Associated Press. Excluding news articles, “Tunnels Debate In Court Next Week,” a post on the Alex Breitler Environment blog (Stockton Record), received the most views.
What’s on the Calendar? This week’s events include an Independent Science Review Panel Briefing on the BDCP Effects Analysis and a Brown Bag Seminar, “Adaptive Management in Action — The Process of Stream Restoration at Mono Lake,” both on Wednesday, Dec. 18, and a Delta Stewardship Council meeting Thursday, Dec. 19.