<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">My guess is that the acronym was actually meant to be for Bay Delta <i>Conveyance</i> Plan, though when I put this question to Jerry Meral during<div>the April 4th forum, he ignored it. (He did answer the other question I sent</div><div>in the same email.)</div><div>It seems high time to for this to be clarified for general public.</div><div>Moira</div>
<br><div><div>On Apr 20, 2013, at 11:06 AM, Tom Stokely wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large; ">All,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large; ">It's interesting how the Capitol Weekly article says one of the State's goals is save the Delta's ecosystems, because I was told on by Jerry Meral on April 15 that the Bay-Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) is not about saving the Delta and it never has been. How then does BDCP (Twin Tunnels) fit into the Delta Plan? </span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><a href="http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?xid=11degch0xqotcpe&utm_source=feedly#">http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?xid=11degch0xqotcpe&utm_source=feedly#</a> </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><br></font></div><table cellspacing="0" id="cmsTemplateTable" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); width: 1000px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; position: relative; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr><td id="cmsConcentricElement_box_n" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; position: relative; "><table cellspacing="0" width="100%" id="cmsConcentricElement_innerTable_n" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; position: relative; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr><td id="cmsConcentricElement_box_m" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; position: relative; "><table cellspacing="0" width="100%" id="cmsConcentricElement_innerTable_m" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; position: relative; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr><td id="cmsTemplateContent" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; position: relative; "><div id="cmsTemplateContent_start"><div id="cmsTemplateContent_inner"><div class="articleBody"><div style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; "><span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">"<font class="Apple-style-span" color="#ff2407">The goal of the BDCP is to protect the fragile Delta's ecosystem while reliably delivering water supplies to Californians."</font></font></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">This is from Restore the Delta at <a href="http://www.restorethedelta.org/or-is-it-the-point/">http://www.restorethedelta.org/or-is-it-the-point/</a> </font></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; "><div class="headline_area" style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 2.2em; margin-left: 0px; "><h1 class="entry-title" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-size: 2.6em; line-height: 1.308em; ">"Or is it the point?</h1><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: italic; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.8em; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); ">by <span class="author vcard fn" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; ">RTDJESS</span> on <abbr class="published" title="2013-04-17" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1em; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; cursor: help; font-style: normal; ">APRIL 17, 2013</abbr></div></div><div class="format_text entry-content" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.571em; "><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#111111">While speaking with a representative from the California Water Impact Network at a recent meeting with Northern California’s Native American Tribes, Jerry Meral said, “</font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#ff2f03">BDCP is not about, and has never been about saving the Delta. The Delta cannot be saved.</font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#111111">”</font></p><p style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; ">Now if Governor Brown and State officials would just stop pretending it’s a habitat plan to save fish when speaking with the press."</p><div style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); "><br></div></div></span></div><br><br><div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div><div>Tom Stokely<br>Water Policy Analyst/Media Contact<br>California Water Impact Network<br>V/FAX 530-926-9727<br>Cell 530-524-0315<br><a href="mailto:tstokely@att.net">tstokely@att.net</a><br><a href="http://www.c-win.org">http://www.c-win.org</a></div></div></span>
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