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The Delta Independent Science Board and the Delta Stewardship Council will hold the following public meetings this month. In accordance with the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, meeting notices detailing the agendas, public comment opportunities, logistics, and more will be posted on our events web page 10 days prior. Revised notices will be issued if changes arise.

Dr. Janet (Jan) K. Thompson is being honored by her peers as the recipient of the 2026 Brown-Nichols Science Award. A research scientist with the United States Geological Survey who has studied the Bay-Delta for more than fifty years, she has fundamentally changed the way we understand and manage the estuary. Jan’s work has reshaped the conceptual model of the estuary by connecting disciplines that are often considered separately and demonstrating the central role of benthic communities in driving ecosystem dynamics.

At the request of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the Delta Science Program is facilitating an independent scientific peer review of new lines of evidence for effects on fish from the long-term operations of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project, and the resulting impacts on their populations.