Friday February 27, 2026
Maven’s Notebook —
An unlikely coalition of farmers and water managers, who in the past would be at loggerheads over the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, are banding together in an effort to move the needle on how to better manage this unique resource.
“When I told my father about this group, his quote was, ‘Why would you want to hang out with those guys down south that want to steal your water?’ Delta farmer Tom Merwin told a seminar audience gathered at World Ag Expo in February. “That has been ingrained in us for generations. We’ve all tried to make headway in our respective regions, but it’s failed.”