Recently, the State Water Resources Control Board held comprehensive hearings on the update of the Bay Delta Plan that governs how much water flows from the state’s rivers though the largest estuary on the Pacific coast. The ecological health of the San Francisco Bay Delta estuary has been at risk from inadequate freshwater flows and climate change. The state’s draft plan was criticized by Delta farmers, the fishing industry, environmental advocates and dozens of individuals. Scientists warned it will lead to ecological collapse of the estuary. The hearings also exposed friction between tribal nations living in the Bay Delta watershed and the state government’s water planning and policies. 

Other Delta news:

• Bay City News: Delta National Heritage Area’s new passport program boosts tourism, preserves history
• Daily Republic (Fairfield, Calif.): Garamendi introduces Delta heritage area passport program
• Daily Democrat (Woodland, Calif.): Yolo Basin Foundation set to host California Duck Days wildlife festival on April 25
• Daily Kos: Blog: Delta Tunnel is a death sentence for California salmon and Delta fish species