“Everybody is watching this thing decay, but nobody wants to be the first to offer a compromise, because that weakens their negotiating position.”

In a thoughtful overview of the California Delta, Jay Lund, Peter Moyle, William Fleenor, and others, discuss the San Francisco Bay Delta watershed. The powerful narrative, written by David Owen, describes California's history and the dire situation facing California Water and the San Francisco Bay Delta, the largest estuary on the west coast of North and South America. Read "The Biggest Potential Water Disaster in the United States" in The New Yorker, written by David Owen. 

"[A]ny credible plan for the Delta will entail significant losses by all parties, the nonhuman ones included."