Sacramento, CA– Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s rush to build Peripheral Tunnels that would drain the Delta and doom salmon and other Pacific fisheries, announced today they will hold a protest on Tuesday, Mar. 11, as Interior Secretary Jewell, one of the three people needed to approve the project, tours a pumping station. RTD will call upon Sec. Jewell to not support the tunnels, to let federal scientists do their job without political interference, and to embrace better policies for a sustainable water future.
“Secretary Jewell should not be misled that the peripheral tunnels are of any value in meeting California’s water challenges, and we implore her not to support this boondoggle that benefits mainly a handful of unsustainable mega-growers,” said Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, executive director of RTD. “The Secretary needs to know where our water is going to decide whether to spend billions to continue feeding water buffaloes, or to change direction. The Peripheral Tunnels are the wrong answer to our water scarcity. The secretary should meet with Delta farmers and community leaders, not just Westlands and exporting water districts.”
WHAT:
Restore the Delta protest: Dear Secretary – No Tunnels!
WHEN:
11:30 am, Tuesday, March 11, 2014
WHERE:
Harvey O. Banks Delta Pumping Plant, Byron, CA
2.5 miles southwest of the Clifton Court Forebay, 11.5 miles (19 km) northeast of Livermore
WHO:
Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Ex. Dir., Restore the Delta
Restore the Delta is a 15,000-member grassroots organization committed to making the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta fishable, swimmable, drinkable, and farmable to benefit all of California. Restore the Delta works to improve water quality so that fisheries and farming can thrive together again in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
