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Water Wired blog: Science panel’s review of California water woes: prompting a fight?

Posted by: Maven on January 23, 2010 at 7:16 am

From Water Wired:

“The title (minus the question mark and colon) comes directly from an article by Matt Weiser in the Sacramento Bee in which he reported that the appointment of a National Academy of Sciences panel to examine California’s water problems and provide recommendations has itself generated controversy. [Disclosure notice: I [Michael Campana] am a member of the panel.]

An appropriate post the day before the panel meets in Davis.

Here’s how Weiser started his story:

An elite science panel’s work to clarify California’s water problems has become, instead, the latest front in a battle over the Delta’s endangered species.

Experts on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta say political meddling prompted the review by the National Academy of Sciences. It risks becoming a “sideshow,” they say, that could delay real solutions to California’s water woes.

Water agencies, on the other hand, say the review is essential to ensure California is on the right path because the economic stakes are so high.

Dr. Jeffrey Mount, Professor of Geology and Founding Director of UC-Davis’ Center for Watershed Sciences, is one of the aforementioned experts on Bay-Delta issues. … “

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January 23, 2010 · Filed Under Delta Issues

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