Pre-development Delta report from SFEI

The San Francisco Estuary Institute-Aquatic Science Center is pleased to announce the publication of its latest report, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Historical Ecology Investigation: Exploring Pattern and Process. The report is the culmination of several years of research synthesizing thousands of pieces of historical evidence with contemporary scientific understanding. The report provides new information about how the Delta functioned to provide habitat for native species and includes dozens of rarely seen historical accounts, maps, and photographs. For more information, please see today's press release.

The report and Geographic Information System (GIS) data are available for download here. Printed copies of the report will be available in several weeks, at a cost of $75 each (plus tax/shipping).

Media Contacts:
Robin Grossinger, Senior Scientist, San Francisco Estuary Institute-Aquatic Science Center, (510) 746-7380 (office), 510 326 3732 (cell), or robin@sfei.org

Carl Wilcox, Policy Advisor to the Director for the Bay-Delta, California Department of Fish and Game, (707) 738-4134, or cwilcox@dfg.ca.gov

Useful Delta Documents

Some delta resources for us out there:

Delta Vision Status and Trends Report
General website
Report PDF

DRMS Phase 1 Report
http://www.water.ca.gov/floodmgmt/dsmo/sab/drmsp/phase1_information.cfm

DRMS Technical Memoranda
http://www.water.ca.gov/floodmgmt/dsmo/sab/drmsp/techmemos.cfm

Envisioning Futures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (BOOK) By Jay R Lund 2007
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=HR9A--fs2qoC&oi=fnd&pg=PP14&dq=lund+2007+delta&ots=toBkES8aSl&sig=xafR0-lAYR1tPBp0H37xN6D3T5E#PPP1,M1

Delta Protection Commission Annual Reports
http://www.delta.ca.gov/annual/default.asp

Delta Protection Commission Background Reports
http://www.delta.ca.gov/plan/background.asp

Delta Atlas
http://baydeltaoffice.water.ca.gov/DeltaAtlas/index.cfm

Other Interesting Links
http://www.ppic.org/main/mapdetail.asp?i=858
http://www.ppic.org/main/mapdetail.asp?i=853

The Delta Blues

A great source of maps and animations about the Delta is the Public Policy Institute of California. See their map of a possible future delta; and their animation of another possible future delta (underwater).

Delta news: new plans for more dams?

Two articles about the Governor's plan for the Delta:Governor's panel warns delta must be fixed from the SF Chron; and Delta Vision Task Force Proposes Peripheral Canal, More Dams from the San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center.