Boaters will have enhanced access between the Sacramento River and the central Delta this weekend. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced it will open the Delta Cross Channel Gates “to improve recreational boating access in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.”  The gates are scheduled to open at 10 a.m. Saturday (June 6), and will remain open through 10 a.m. Monday (June 8). … The Delta Cross Channel facility is a gate-controlled diversion channel on the east bank of the Sacramento River, about 30 miles downstream of Sacramento. It facilitates the diversion of fresh water from the Sacramento River into the interior Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to the Central Valley Project and State Water Project conveyance.

Other Delta news:

• The Sacramento Bee (Calif.): Own this entire private island in Sacramento region for $39,000
• Bureau of Reclamation: News release: Bureau of Reclamation to open Delta Cross Channel Gates
• Daily Kos: Blog: Experts to give rebuttal testimony to State Water Board on Calif. Delta tunnel boondoggle