Podcasts about bay delta conservation plan

Delta farmer Russell van Loben Sels, PPIC senior fellow Ellen Hanak, deputy operating officer for the Santa Clara Valley Water District Joan Maher, and executive officer of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy Campbell Ingram talk with San Francisco Chronicle deputy editorial page editor Lois Kazakoff about a major source of California's water supply, the California Delta, at a panel co-presented by Occidental College. Will the Bay Delta Conservation Plan work? What are the biggest problems facing the Delta today? And, what do Californians need to know about this part of our state?

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California Natural Resources Secretary John Laird tells why he's optimistic that the state will reach resolution on critical water decisions in the near future. A former Santa Cruz mayor and state assemblyman, Laird has long championed environmental protections and water conservation. As resources secretary, Laird is charged with completing the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, which aims to restore wildlife habitat in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta while improving the reliability of water supplies exported from the estuary. The plan includes a controversial new diversion tunnel system on the Sacramento River.

State Sen. Lois Wolk, D-Davis, (and former Davis mayor), who has a long and distinguished record on California water policy, shares her views on effective water policymaking and Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to tunnel exported water beneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Senator Wolk heads the Senate Select Committee on Delta Stewardship and Sustainability. The Jan. 7, 2013, event, was the first in a series of talks on California water policy sponsored by the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences.