An email I received about Prop. 1
Dear Friends,
I am sending you these links because I am very concerned that if Proposition 1
passes, it will have devastating consequences for Northern California. Despite this,
most of the people I have spoken to have not even heard of Proposition 1. How could
they? Proposition 1 was completely left out of the California General Election
Guide and the Sample Voter Information Pamphlet. And unfortunately I am expecting
that Prop 1 which is a State Proposition will pass because predictably all of
Southern California, LA and the SF Bay Area will vote for it because everybody
needs water to survive.
Governor Brown is touting Proposition 1 as a solution to California’s drought. This
same governor has given the green light to fracking California which uses
millions/billions of gallons of water and then pumps toxic chemicals into the ground
permanently poisoning the ground water, entire watersheds and likewise wells on
which people depend for their water. One of the links below, is to local
investigative journalist, Will Parrish’s article, “California’s North Coast Water
Relics” published in the AVA and Ukiah Blog which provides a detailed map of plans
that have been proposed which not surprisingly is a map of Northern California. My
friend, Gladys who is a retired journalist herself, said it simply after reading
Will’s article, “I had no idea.”
Likewise our current infrastructure is based on the Culture of “Drain Age” and
because of this, instead of a single raindrop infiltrating into the ground and
taking 100 years to reach the ocean, the majority of the rain that falls is
drained/culverted and quickly diverted/directed to the ocean. We have entered the
“Retain Age” where our very survival depends on rethinking our relationship to water
and on slowing it down, spreading it out and sinking it into the soil to rehydrate
the land and our aquifers. Increasing the organic matter in the soil by even 1%
increases the capacity of the land to hold an extra 14 liters of water per square
meter. Bunch grasses, trees and bushes convert 60-80 % of their energy into carbon
that they exude through their roots to feed beneficial soil microbes. The more
carbon in the soil, the better plants grow, the more water the soil can hold which
helps to keep the creeks and rivers flowing longer. Likewise, carbon filters and
purifies the water. Carbon in the soil and in trees reduces the amount of green
house gases in the atmosphere to help moderate the climate and mitigate climate
catastrophe.
http://theava.com/archives/35990 (California’s North Coast Water Relics)
beings as whole became part of the solution and enhancers of the water hydrological cycle.
From: Will Parrish
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2014 1:24 PM
Subject: They Want Every Drop of Water
Dear mailing list,
Here's my piece from this week's Anderson Valley Advertiser. The key to the piece is
the map accompanying it, which you'll need to click on the link to view:
http://theava.com/archives/35990. It's insane. Can you imagine five more dams (as
large as 700 feet tall) on the Eel River, reservoirs that flood Bell Springs, Round
Valley, etc., reservoirs that submerge most of the main stems of the Eel and Klamath
Rivers, and lots of other similarly insane infrastructure, all for the purpose of
transferring these waters via tunnels and aqueducts to megalopolises and
agribusinesses across the state? The State of California can, and it was trying to
pursue all of these things not very long ago.
Best wishes,
Will
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