The State of Bay-Delta Science 2008
The State of Bay-Delta Science 2008 report is the CALFED Science Program’s first extensive effort at compiling, synthesizing, and communicating the current scientific understanding of the San Francisco Bay Estuary and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta ecosystems. Intended for resource managers, policymakers, and the public, the report provides relevant scientific information in context to help make important policy choices about the Delta. This first report focuses on what was learned during the first stage of the CALFED Program and provides a basis for upcoming decisions during CALFED’s stage 2, the Delta Vision Strategic Plan, and other Delta planning initiatives. The full report is scheduled for release in spring 2008.
Preview Chapter Now Available
The State of Bay-Delta Science 2008: Summary for Policymakers and the Public is a preview chapter from the full report and highlights important new perspectives on water management in the bay-Delta system. The summary defines seven new perspectives and their policy implications, three contributions of science to the policy making process, and a pathway forward to ensure continued high quality, policy relevant Bay-Delta Science.
You can download the pre-release chapter of the full report, State of Bay-Delta Science 2008: Summary for Policymakers and the Public.
The attached document is in PDF and requires a free PDF reader available from Adobe at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
Full Report Available Spring of 2008
The full State of Bay-Delta Science 2008 report highlights our current state of knowledge for the Estuary-Delta system divided among the four CALFED Program objectives: water supply reliability, levee system integrity, water quality, and ecosystem restoration. Additional chapters provide the historical context for Delta science and policy, a synthesis of our knowledge of the system, and recommendations to decision-makers. The report emphasizes our new understanding about the importance of external influences on the Delta-Estuary ecosystem services, the scale of demands on those services, the importance of uncertainty in our understanding of the Delta, and the influence management decisions have on the entire system. Most importantly, the report concludes with a number of urgent policy recommendations for helping the Delta while meeting California’s needs. Future reports will continue this analysis.
The full State of Bay-Delta Science 2008 report is scheduled for publication in spring of 2008, and will be available here on the CALFED Science Program website.
