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Change certain for the delta, report says

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on October 23, 2008 at 7:43 am

From the San Francisco Chronicle:

With or without human intervention, the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta will change radically in the future, the result of climate change, invasive species and earthquakes, according to a new scientific report.

With implications for everything from drinking water supplies in California to urban planning, the study’s authors hope their work will help policymakers to revive an ecosystem widely recognized as on life support. “The delta is in crisis,” said Joseph Grindstaff, director of the CalFed Bay-Delta program, sponsor of the report and the state agency that oversees the delta. “Now and in the next year or two, we’ll make really important decisions – this report is a foundation.”

Grindstaff and others spoke during a gathering in Sacramento on Tuesday for the release of “State of Bay-Delta Science, 2008,” a 174-page report detailing the history of the delta and its myriad problems today.

The CalFed report, unveiled during a three-day conference on the delta, pulls together information from several other recent, influential studies.

Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle by clicking here. You can read the Cal-Fed report by clicking here.

October 23, 2008 · Filed Under CAL-FED

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