Governor Newsom, Restore the Bay-Delta!

The San Francisco Bay-Delta is dying, along with the rivers that feed it and for 20 years the people of Ca. have been fighting the government to save what was once a beautiful ecosystem. And we are still fighting. Its so past time that the State Water Board and Newsom do something to stop this destruction and hopefully offer a chance to save the SF Bay Delta. Please ACT NOW.

Follow the science, not the money.

Voluntary Agreements show little regard for the Bay Delta eco system.

We need to protect the Delta water for wildlife, fish and people.

It's time to right the wrongs of the past. Stop exporting out water need by our salmon overseas through agricultural products that are not in our interest.

Give the salmon legal standing! Then, designate them as having first priority for river water. Residents and agriculture are second and third. This sorting makes sense. (1) The fish are critically endangered while humans are not. (2) Ag has the most elastic demand for water. Food crops of different types use vastly different amounts of water. When drought is projected, Ag can switch to low-water crops. Public policy needs to be grounded in ecological science. The science is clear: there is no substitute for unimpeded stream flow to keep a healthy salmon population. Salmon return nutrients from the ocean to the land, thus fulfilling an important ecological function that benefits human beings.

Gov.Newsom: Show you care about the environment by supporting the State Water Board's goals for implementing the Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan!

Please use the Delta water wisely. I've birded this area many times and want this valuable resource protected.

Save the fish and their natural habitat !

Please be a river and delta Champion!!!!

Very disappointed in what appears to be lip service by governor Newsom but in reality is continued environmental destruction. Water diversions have killed off our salmon runs and Newsom's kowtowing to Ag business will continue to exterminate our salmon. I am a commercial and recreational salmon fisherman. This is my passion and this fish have been decimated by Newsom and previous administration's actions. Please stop this! I would happily vote for Newsom if he does but cannot do so presently with such disregard for our water and environmental resources. Truly shameful that the lobbyists are basically running the show.

The availability of water will determine our future.

Wild salmon is a special resource for California.

Help Mother Earth, not the water takers who want more & more!!this “plan” is not in best interest of fish, people or environment! Be the Governor you are telling people you are!!

Keeping our water systems safe and healthy should be the number one priority. Without clean water the whole system falls apart.

We need this waterway

Dear Governor Newsom. My family and I think you're doing a terrific job as Governor of California. Please do even more to help our environment: Please empower the State Water Board to implement the Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan.

I'm a fourth generation Californian and a lifelong environmental steward. I have testified three times before the Water Board to speak out for what is at stake and to speak up for future generations. Please do the right thing and drop your support for the Voluntary Agreements. The Voluntary Agreements are based on a minimalist approach– simply doing the bare minimum to prevent species from going extinct. A healthy ecosystem is one that is restoring its threatened populations versus just preventing them from going extinct. We must do everything possible to ensure that we can have a robust aquatic ecosystem that can survive the increasing climate extremes. I urge you to listen to your heart- and the pleas of all the fisherman, ranchers, Native Americans and scientists who work closely with the land of the Bay-Delta Watershed.

Hi I’m a Delta resident. Watching the dams on the Klamath come down save the recent massive victory Sogorea Te land trust just won makes me wonder when we as a state will begin to take better care of our precious Delta waters. Be on the right side of history on this one. No more Delta tunnels projects! Let’s restore the flows and save the fish while we still can. The Delta smelt numbers are terrifying.

I have been to the Delta and seen the subsidence. I have not been to the vast plantations planted in the dust bowls of California's deserts. But I have seen the almonds and I know most are shipped overseas. The almonds depend on water drained from the Delta. The health of the Delta is necessary to the health of the entire Bay Area system of rivers, marshes, and the bay itself. Please let the State Water Board do its job. Do not cater to Big Ag interests -- which take a mile each time government gives an inch. Please read Mark Arax's book The Dreamt Land: Chasing water and dust across California. This preference to farmers who can dig the deepest wells is scandalous. We need small farms with communities that care for one another and for the earth. Thanks for doing your job of working for the greater good of Californians now and in the future.