This coming weekend, August 16th, a mass flotilla, The Million Boat Float, will leave Antioch and follow the Sacramento River to the State Capitol to show legislators how many passionate people are united to protect the Delta's waterways.

The flotilla will leave Antioch at 9 a.m. and meet in Sacramento at 7 p.m. Sunday evening for a riverfront rally.

Monday the 17th at 11 a.m., Delta supporters will hold a rally on the West Steps of the Capitol to let legislators and the governor hear their opposition to the peripheral canal, as well as to the Delta fishing and recreation communities being left out of the creation of new governance processes for the Delta.

For more information including schedules and boat staging areas, go to: www.millionboatfloat.org or contact Million Boat Float Coordinator Bruce Connelley at bconnelley@comcast.net or 925-625-7467. People near Sacramento can call 916-761-4726 or go to www.organicsacramento.org or www.northdeltacares.org.