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Restore the Delta @restorethedelta.bsky.social · 19h

🌟 Now Hiring: Canvassers for Stockton, CA's Mormon Slough Area!

🔗 Apply by October 19th: bit.ly/4o4tqLH

Join Restore the Delta’s Mormon Slough Restoration team to help share info, survey residents & advocate for Stockton’s Mormon Slough!

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Restore the Delta @restorethedelta.bsky.social · 6d

🚨 The government shutdown won’t only negatively affect people in DC, it’ll also devastate California water…

At a press conference, the CA Department of Water Resources left a lot unsaid, and with California’s rainy season running from October to April, what’s next?

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Restore the Delta @restorethedelta.bsky.social · 8d

💰🚫 California’s Delta Conveyance Project ignores California’s cost-of-living crisis. Dr. Jeff Michael provides key info on how the Dept. of Water Resources’ assumptions about growth and housing capacity in Southern California are inflated and unreliable...

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Restore the Delta @restorethedelta.bsky.social · 12d

🤔 Did you know California now has the highest poverty rate in the nation, tied with Louisiana, according to @theguardian.com?

And yet with 7 million Californians unable to afford basic needs, the state is still pushing for the Delta Tunnel, a 45-mile, $60-100 billion project...

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Restore the Delta @restorethedelta.bsky.social · 12d

Celebrating #CaliforniaNativeAmericanDay! Today is a day to honor California’s Indigenous people and learn about Native American culture throughout history. We are incredibly grateful to work alongside tribes throughout the Delta that continue to guide our work and advocacy.

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Restore the Delta @restorethedelta.bsky.social · 14d

Spotlighting our Volunteer Voices! 🎤

Last Saturday, Restore the Delta joined partners & volunteers for National #Coastalcleanupday at Stockton’s Mormon Slough. Despite years of challenges in the area, our community showed that together, anything is possible!

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Restore the Delta @restorethedelta.bsky.social · 16d

🛥 Happy Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Week!

📸 Please enjoy these photos taken throughout the Delta by one of our former interns, Haley! Can you identify any of these locations?

🔗 Learn more about how you can celebrate the Delta here: bit.ly/4pPKDKO

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Restore the Delta @restorethedelta.bsky.social · 18d

⭐ That’s a wrap on National #CoastalCleanup Day!

Together, our volunteers collected 410 lbs of trash! 👏

We are extremely grateful for the Stockton/San Joaquin EmergencyFood Bank for hosting us and for our partners & community members. Follow us here for more Delta events and ways to get involved!

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Restore the Delta @restorethedelta.bsky.social · 20d

#POV: Working with our Gen Z Interns✌️

We can always count on them to spread peace while stopping the spread of HABs 😉

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Restore the Delta @restorethedelta.bsky.social · 26d

#ICYMI: Newsom's Push to Fast-Track Delta Tunnel Fails

This week has been a historic turning point for Tribes, environmental justice organizations, fishing groups, conservation advocates, and Delta communities!

🔗Read more: bit.ly/3JYcHLu

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Restore the Delta @restorethedelta.bsky.social · 27d

🚨 Coalition Stops Trailer Bills Threatening the Bay-Delta and Communities

Now advancing real water solutions rooted in creating local jobs, affordability for rate payers, and watershed restoration, the coalition is also calling for an end to the 45-mile-long tunnel.

🔗 bit.ly/461HY90

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Restore the Delta @restorethedelta.bsky.social · 27d

✍️ LAST DAY to sign up for this year's Mormon Slough Coastal Cleanup!

Join Restore the Delta and the Stockton Emergency Food Bank for California Coastal Cleanup Day! 🌿

🗓️ September 20, 2025, from 9AM -12PM
📍 7 W Scotts Ave, Stockton, CA 95203

🔗 Click to RSVP: bit.ly/4n1qHT0

#stocktonca

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Restore the Delta @restorethedelta.bsky.social · 28d

🚨 Delta Communities, Tribes, and Advocates Defeat Newsom’s Delta Trailer Bills!

With support from legislative leaders, we were able to stop Gov. Newsom’s trailer bills that threatened the Bay-Delta estuary, Tribal sovereignty, and clean water.

🔗 bit.ly/4mgsouV

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Restore the Delta @restorethedelta.bsky.social · 28d

🌊💪 YOU DID IT! Because of your calls, emails, rallies, and signs, we stopped ALL the Delta trailer bills!

With the support of over 50 Tribes, environmental justice, and Delta community organizations, the legislature listened and took action. We thank all of our supporters for your nonstop support!

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Restore the Delta @restorethedelta.bsky.social · 29d

#ICYMI: “Father Knows Best” isn’t a water policy for California’s future

Pieces in Maven's Notebook & the Sacramento News & Review shine a light on how California’s water future cannot be dictated by costly tunnel projects and rushed legislation.

🔗 bit.ly/3JSzCrv

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Restore the Delta @restorethedelta.bsky.social · 29d

🚨 ACTION ALERT: WE ARE DOWN TO WIRE, PLEASE CALL NOW!

🔗Find your legislators and supervisors here: bit.ly/4gkWJHl

Call your State Reps and Delta County Supervisors and tell them “NO to CEQA trailer bills for the Bay-Delta Plan and NO to the Delta Conveyance Project”!

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Restore the Delta @restorethedelta.bsky.social · Sep 8

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Restore the Delta @restorethedelta.bsky.social · Sep 8

We ask that the #CAlegislature say NO to CEQA trailer bills for the Bay-Delta Plan and NO to the Delta Conveyance Project. The proposed Delta tunnel would devastate our communities, harm the environment, and threaten the future of democracy for water in California.

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Restore the Delta @restorethedelta.bsky.social · Sep 8

🚨 ACTION ALERT: CALL YOUR LEGISLATORS & DELTA COUNTY SUPERVISORS

🔗 Find your legislators and supervisors here: bit.ly/4gkWJHl

Call your State Reps and Delta County Supervisors and tell them “NO to CEQA trailer bills for the Bay-Delta Plan and NO to the DCP”.

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Restore the Delta @restorethedelta.bsky.social · Sep 6

🚨 ACTION ALERT: CALL YOUR LOCAL LEGISLATORS AND DELTA COUNTY SUPERVISORS

Call your State Reps and Delta County Supervisors and tell them “NO to CEQA trailer bills for the Bay-Delta Plan and NO to the Delta Conveyance Project”.

🔗 FIND YOUR REPS: bit.ly/4gkWJHl

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Restore the Delta @restorethedelta.bsky.social · Sep 5

📢 Our Rally for the Delta is TODAY!
 Join us at the California State Capitol or tune in LIVE via YouTube! 🎥

🔗 Watch: bit.ly/3I2Rdwm

Rally for the Delta and Press Conference in Sacramento, CA!

YouTube video by Restore the Delta

www.youtube.com

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Restore the Delta @restorethedelta.bsky.social · Sep 4

📣Join us TOMORROW at our Rally for the Delta!

📆 When: Friday, September 5, 2025, 10:30 AM – 12 PM
📍Where: Sacramento State Capitol, West Steps
☀ Bring a hat, sunscreen, water, and a sign against the Tunnel!

🐟 Click to RSVP: bit.ly/3Jx3YQi

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Restore the Delta @restorethedelta.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚨 A coalition of environmental justice orgs, Tribes, Delta advocates, and taxpayer groups today sent a letter to the California Leadership and Members of the Budget Committees, urging them to reject Governor Newsom’s proposed Delta Tunnel.

🔗Read more: bit.ly/4615L7x

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Restore the Delta @restorethedelta.bsky.social · Sep 4

#ICYMI: Tribal leaders are calling out CA’s failure to protect tribal water uses & warning against backroom moves to fast-track the Delta tunnel. Meanwhile, corporate landowners like Chevron are becoming more involved in CA farmland and water policy.

🔗 Read more: bit.ly/41B6N96

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Restore the Delta @restorethedelta.bsky.social · Sep 3

POV: Our Gen Z staff wants you to stop the Delta Tunnel!😫

🔗 CLICK THE LINK TO RSVP: bit.ly/3Jx3YQi

#environmentalscience #sacramentoca #genzscript #fyp

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