Editing Central Valley Project (section)

==CVP resources==

[[File:Central Valley Organizations Chart.png|thumb|Federal, state and non-governmental organizations involved in the Central Valley]]
*  The [[United States Department of the Interior|U.S. Dept. of Interior]]'s [[United States Bureau of Reclamation|US Bureau of Reclamation]] is the federal agency that manages the CVP: [https://www.doioig.gov/reports?report_type=7Semi-annual Annual reports 1995-to present]
* The [[United States Department of Energy|U.S. Dept. of Energy]]'s [[Western Area Power Administration]] oversees distribution of the CVP's federally produced electricity
* The [[United States Army Corps of Engineers|U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]]<ref>{{cite web |title=US Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District |url=https://www.spk.usace.army.mil/ |website=spk.usace.army.mil |publisher=U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |access-date=7 December 2019}}</ref> manages 17 of the Central Valley Project dams including its [https://www.spk.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Dam-Safety-Program/ dam safety alert system]
* [https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/habitat-conservation/west-coast-federal-energy-regulatory-commission-licensed Licensed Hydroelectric Projects] at the [[Federal Energy Regulatory Commission]]
* The [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] Central Valley Regional Office [https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/endangered-species-conservation/water-operations-central-valley-california monitors the CVP's Endangered Species Act Operations]
* [https://www.justice.gov/enrd/central-valley-project U.S. Department of Justice - Central Valley project Environment and Natural Resources Division]
* [https://ca.water.usgs.gov/projects/central-valley/about-central-valley.html -  U.S. Geological Survey's California Central Valley Water Science Center]
* [https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2009/3057/  USGS California Central Valley Groundwater Study Tool]
* [https://waterdata.usgs.gov/ca/nwis/gw/ USGS Groundwater Data for California]
* [https://ca.water.usgs.gov/projects/central-valley/cvhm-texture-model.html Central Valley Hydrologic Model: Texture Model]
* [https://www.usgs.gov/centers/werc/science/goose-population-dynamics-california-central-valley-and-pacific-flyway?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects USGS Goose Population Dynamics in the California Central Valley and Pacific Flyway]
* [http://centralvalleymonitoring.org/ Central Valley Watershed Monitoring Directory]
* [https://codes.findlaw.com/ca/water-code/ Findlaw California Water Code Search Engine]
* The [[California State Water Project]] (SWP) is managed by the [[California Department of Water Resources]] 
* [https://water.ca.gov/Programs/Flood-Management/Flood-Planning-and-Studies/Central-Valley-Flood-Protection-Plan Central Valley Flood Protection Plan]
* [https://www.acwa.com/ Association of California Water Agencies]
* [https://www.acwa.com/about/directory/ Directory - Association of California Water Agencies]
* [https://www.svwqc.org/    Sacramento Valley Water Quality Coalition (SVWQC)]
* [http://climate.calcommons.org/article/central-valley-change Overview of Projected Climate Change in the California Central Valley | California Climate Commons]
* [http://www.calwaterassn.com/about-cwa/regulated-water-utilities-in-california/  Regulated Water Utilities in California | California Water Association]
* The [[California Reclamation Districts]] are the legal districts that manage the Central Valley's levees
* [https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/drinking_water/programs/districts/ California Water Districts]
* [https://water.ca.gov/Programs/State-Water-Project/History Ca. Dept. of Water Resources: Central Valley History]
* [https://water.ca.gov/LegacyFiles/waterplan/docs/cwpu2009/0310final/v4c16a01_cwp2009.pdf Chronology of Major Litigation Involving the CVP and SWP] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303164457/https://water.ca.gov/LegacyFiles/waterplan/docs/cwpu2009/0310final/v4c16a01_cwp2009.pdf |date=March 3, 2020 }}
* [http://calsport.org/fisheriesblog/?p=322 The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance's Listen to the River peer review summary]
* The [[California Water Plan]] is the state's official water policy with the latest version completed in 2013 
* [[Water in California]] Summarizes the history and details of the state's water policy issues. 
* California's [[Irrigation district]]'s 92 public self-governing subdivisions<ref>{{cite web |title=Water Special Districts: A Look at Governance and Public Participation |url=https://lao.ca.gov/2002/water_districts/special_water_districts.html |website=lao.ca.gov |access-date=7 December 2019}}</ref> of the State that purchase water from the CVP
* [https://www.cvacoop.com/ Central Valley Ag - CVA]
* [https://mavensnotebook.com/ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK | California Water news]
* [https://watershed.ucdavis.edu/education/water-primer UC Davis: California Water Primer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204164219/https://watershed.ucdavis.edu/education/water-primer |date=February 4, 2020 }}
* [http://waterusersconference.com/planning.html Mid-Pacific Water Users' Conference] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030182518/http://waterusersconference.com/planning.html |date=October 30, 2020 }}
* [https://www.watereducation.org/about-us-1 Water Education Foundation]
* [https://www.loc.gov/item/2008677051/ Library of Congress - Central Valley Project]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=tE-7AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA3 CVP annual construction costs 1935-1959]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=tE-7AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA688 1945 U.S. Bureau of Reclamation 160-acre Legal analysis]
* [https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=United%20States.%20Bureau%20of%20Reclamation US Bureau of Reclamation Documents - Hathi Trust Digital Library]
* [https://archive.org/details/centralvalleypro00writrich "The Central valley project"] by [[Federal Writers' Project]] (U.S.) California, 1942<ref>{{cite web |title=New Deal Programs: Federal Writers' Project |url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/newdeal/fwp.html |website=loc.gov |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=7 December 2019}}</ref>
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=6opNAQAAMAAJ 1956 Congressional Library on authorizing Documents Central Valley Project - Includes detailed timeline]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=Q112Pbb8j0wC 1,600 page investigation of USBR that includes the Reclamation Reform Act of 1979: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy]
* [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31210025008267&view=image&seq=1 1984 Information Bulletin #2 U.S. BUREAU of RECLAMATION - KESTERSON RESERVOIR - AND WATERFOWL - Impacts]
* 1986 - The [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31210018923712&view=image&seq=5 Agreement between the United States of America and the State of California for coordinated operation of the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project]
*  [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwBoJIg6xTs The Grapes of Wrath Movie] & [[The Grapes of Wrath|book]]
* [[Cadillac Desert (film)|Cadillac Desert documentary]] & [[Cadillac Desert|book]]
* [[Farmworker]] movements in California from the [[National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry|Grange]], [[Industrial Workers of the World|IWW]] and the [[Wheatland hop riot]], the [[Bracero program|Bracero's]] to the [[United Farm Workers]]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=LkSO4UjnPMUC&pg=PA92 Bitter Harvest, a History of California Farmworkers, 1870-1941 By Cletus E. Dani] 
* [[Dorothea Lange#Resettlement Administration|Dorothea Lange Central Valley]] - [http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/dorothea-lange-biography-with-photo-gallery/3097/ PBS Biography]
* [http://www.sjphoto.com/gcvp-home.html The Great Central Valley Project by Stephen Johnson, Robert Dawson and author Gerald Haslam]
* The [[Southern Pacific Transportation Company|Southern Pacific railroad]], currently known as [[BNSF Railway]] was the Central Valley's largest owner and played a major role in its evolution, from the [[Mussel Slough Tragedy]], the [[California Development Company]]'s [[Salton Sea]], its land grabs<ref>{{cite web |last1=Barnes |first1=Peter |title=The Great American Land Grab |url=http://peter-barnes.org/article/the-great-american-land-grab/ |website=peter-barnes.org |date=June 5, 1971 |publisher=New Republic |access-date=4 December 2019}}</ref>
* California's version of [[Pork barrel]] [[Iron triangle (US politics)|politics]] started with the [[California water wars|Owens Valley]] land and water takings by the city of [[Los Angeles]] with a PBS documentary series Part 1<ref>{{cite web |title=Cadillac Desert Mulholland's Dream |url=https://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~martins/hydro/case_studies/cadillac_desert.htm |website=ldeo.columbia.edu |access-date=7 December 2019}}</ref> and movie [[Chinatown (1974 film)]]
* The Central Valley is also the home to one of the country's [[History of oil in California through 1930|oldest]] and largest [[California oil and gas industry|oil & gas]] industries, that includes the [[Pollution in California|environmental]] controversial.<ref>{{cite news |last1=RONAYNE |first1=KATHLEEN |last2=OXFORD |first2=ANDREW |title=California governor criticizes increase in fracking permits |url=https://apnews.com/41bd259cb6eb469a946c449947934fac |access-date=7 December 2019 |work=Associated Press |date=12 July 2019}}</ref> use of [[Hydraulic fracturing|fracking]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Hydraulic Fracturing in California |url=https://www.conservation.ca.gov/dog/general_information/Pages/HydraulicFracturing.aspx |website=conservation.ca.gov |publisher=Ca. Dept. of Conservation |access-date=7 December 2019 |archive-date=December 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230045029/https://www.conservation.ca.gov/dog/general_information/Pages/HydraulicFracturing.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hydraulic Fracturing in California |url=https://california.lawi.us/hydraulic-fracturing/ |website=california.lawi.us |access-date=7 December 2019 |archive-date=December 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207195208/https://california.lawi.us/hydraulic-fracturing/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>