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Delta landowners heading to court: Dozens refuse state access for peripheral canal survey

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on May 4, 2009 at 7:46 am

From Stockton’s Record:

No, thank you.

Three dozen Delta landowners are headed to court after refusing state water officials’ requests to access their lands as part of a peripheral canal study.

The state Department of Water Resources in the fall sent landowners a sort of permission slip, but about half refused to sign.

What the state is asking for, one farmer said, is a double insult: to drill holes, dig pits and intrude on private property for an environmental review that could lead to construction of a canal – an endgame for the Delta, in his eyes.

“First, you’re basically letting them interrupt your farming operation, and then they come out and cut you off at the knees (with a canal). Supporting something like that runs against the grain for everyone,” said 56-year-old Steve Coldani, whose family has farmed Terminous Tract west of Lodi since the 1920s. Coldani is a trustee for Reclamation District 548, one of 13 defendants in San Joaquin County.

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May 4, 2009 · Filed Under Peripheral Canal

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