Opponents of Governor Jerry Brown's fast-track plan to build peripheral tunnels that would drain the Delta and doom salmon and other Pacific fisheries will protest the Delta Stewardship Council's vote to adopt a flawed plan in West Sacramento on Thursday, May 16 at 9:00 am.
The protest will be held in the Courtyard Area at Ramada Inn & Suites,1250 Halyard Drive, West Sacramento, 95691.
"The Delta Plan fails to comply with the law," said Bill Jennings, executive director, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance. "BDCP is simply a scheme to perpetuate an unsustainable status quo that enriches a few powerful water brokers at the expense of reliable water supplies and healthy fisheries. It is a classic shell game to benefit special interests and, if implemented, would represent a death sentence for one of the world's great estuaries."
Appearing at the protest along with Jennings will be Restore the Delta Executive Director Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla; Nick Di Croce, Environmental Water Caucus; Wendy Buckley-Stokes, Restore the Delta President, Stokes Family Farms; Kathy Miller, Delta Coalition, Stockton City Council; and dozens of picketers and protesters.
Show your opposition to Governor Brown's plan to drain the Delta by showing up at the protest Thursday. For more information, go to: www.restorethedelta.org.
Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com Twitter: @shopcraft
Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta