Good evening, and welcome to the kqed newsroom. As 2013 comes to a close, california may have seen one of the driest years on record. Wildfires flared across the state, yet managing the states water supply has long created controversy, environmentalis environmentalists, firefighters and voters against each other. The Irrigation Water is home to much of the state and also home to wetlands and wildlife. The states proposal backed by Governor Brown would build two massive tunnels to move water from the north to the states more populist south. The state said it would also save the deltas endangered species. But critics have called it a water valve and vowed to block it. Paul rogers, san jose news, environmental writer. The draft plan was released this week. What are some of the key points and what has the reaction been like . Well, the plan is pretty intimidating to a lot of people who are just casual news observers. Its 34,000 pages. Wow. You cant even get your mind around that. But it re
Good evening, and welcome to the kqed newsroom. As 2013 comes to a close, california may have seen one of the driest years on record. Wildfires flared across the state, yet managing the states water supply has long created controversy, environmentalis environmentalists, firefighters and voters against each other. The Irrigation Water is home to much of the state and also home to wetlands and wildlife. The states proposal backed by Governor Brown would build two massive tunnels to move water from the north to the states more populist south. The state said it would also save the deltas endangered species. But critics have called it a water valve and vowed to block it. Paul rogers, san jose news, environmental writer. The draft plan was released this week. What are some of the key points and what has the reaction been like . Well, the plan is pretty intimidating to a lot of people who are just casual news observers. Its 34,000 pages. Wow. You cant even get your mind around that. But it re
Good evening, and welcome to the kqed newsroom. As 2013 comes to a close, california may have seen one of the driest years on record. Wildfires flared across the state, yet managing the states water supply has long created controversy, environmentalis environmentalists, firefighters and voters against each other. The Irrigation Water is home to much of the state and also home to wetlands and wildlife. The states proposal backed by Governor Brown would build two massive tunnels to move water from the north to the states more populistsouth. The state said it would also save the deltas endangered species. But critics have called it a water valve and vowed to block it. Paul rogers, san jose news, environmental writer. The draft plan was released this week. What are some of the key points and what has the reaction been like . Well, the plan is pretty intimidating to a lot of people who are just casual news observers. Its 34,000 pages. Wow. You cant even get your mind around that. But it rea
Good evening, and welcome to the kqed newsroom. As 2013 comes to a close, california may have seen one of the driest years on record. Wildfires flared across the state, yet managing the states water supply has long created controversy, environmentalis environmentalists, firefighters and voters against each other. The Irrigation Water is home to much of the state and also home to wetlands and wildlife. The states proposal backed by Governor Brown would build two massive tunnels to move water from the north to the states more populist south. The state said it would also save the deltas endangered species. But critics have called it a water valve and vowed to block it. Paul rogers, san jose news, environmental writer. The draft plan was released this week. What are some of the key points and what has the reaction been like . Well, the plan is pretty intimidating to a lot of people who are just casual news observers. Its 34,000 pages. Wow. You cant even get your mind around that. But it re