Delta Independent Science Board Meetings

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 4: 2023 Draft Staff Report to the Sacramento/Delta update to Bay-Delta
  • Agenda Item 4: Draft Comments on the Sacramento / Delta Draft Staff Report
  • Agenda Item 5: Final EIR for the Delta Conveyance Project by the California Department of Water Resources
  • Agenda Item 8: Final Decision-making under Deep Uncertainty Review Prospectus
  • Agenda Item 9: Final Subsidence Review Prospectus
  • Agenda Item 10: Final Food-webs Review Prospectus
  • Agenda Item 10: Food-webs Briefing Paper
• Public Correspondence:
  • URGENT Request for Adequate Time to Review Delta Conveyance Project Final EIR from Bob Wright (received 12/13/23)
    • Available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov

• Meeting Notice
• Save-the-Date: Decision-making Under Deep Uncertainty Seminar #5
• Decision-making under Deep Uncertainty Playlist

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Delta ISB Draft Work Plan
  • Agenda Item 2: Re: Comments on the Sacramento / Delta Draft Staff Report
  • Agenda Item 3: Outreach Highlights Report from Council’s January 2024 Meeting
  • Agenda Item 3: Legislative Update from Council’s January 2024 Meeting
  • Agenda Item 3: 2023 Council Annual Report Information Sheet
  • Agenda Item 3: 2023 Annual Review
  • Agenda Item 3: Review of the Long-Term Operations of the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project
  • Agenda Item 5: Delta Lead Scientist from Council’s January 2024 Meeting
  • Agenda Item 5: State of Bay-Delta Science 2022 Executive Summary
  • Agenda Item 6: Final EIR for the Delta Conveyance Project by the California Department of Water Resources
  • Agenda Item 7: Final Decision-making under Deep Uncertainty Review Prospectus
  • Agenda Item 8 Final Subsidence Review Prospectus
  • Agenda Item 9: Final Food-webs Review Prospectus
  • Agenda Item 9: Food-webs Briefing Paper
  • Agenda Item 9: Draft Food-webs Review

• Meeting Notice
• Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Gary Lamberti
• Seminar Recording

• Meeting Notice
• Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Lisamarie Windham-Myers
• Seminar Recording

• Meeting Notice
• Delta Lead Scientist Recruitment Flyer
• Seminar Recordings

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 3: Final EIR for the Delta Conveyance Project by the California Department of Water Resources
  • Agenda Item 3: DWR’s Change in Point of Diversion Petition for the Delta Conveyance Project to the State Water Resources Control Board
  • Agenda Item 4: Draft Delta Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms Monitoring Strategy
  • Agenda Item 4: Draft ISB Comments on Draft Delta Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms Monitoring Strategy
  • Agenda Item 5: Final Food-webs Review Prospectus
  • Agenda Item 5: Food-webs Briefing Paper
  • Agenda Item 5: Draft Food-webs Review (dated 2/14/24)
  • Agenda Item 5: Revised Draft Food-webs Review (dated 3/18/24)
  • Agenda Item 6: Decision-Making under Deep Uncertainty Seminar Playlist
  • Agenda Item 7: Delta Lead Scientist Recruitment Flyer
  • Agenda Item 7: Delta Lead Scientist Candidate Seminars Playlist
• General Public Correspondence:
  • CMIP5 models project wetter trends than observed in western US from California Water Research (received 2/21/24)
  • Concerns expressed by Delta local flood agencies at August 2021 DLIS hearing from California Water Research (received 2/21/24)
  • Supplemental Comments on USACE Draft EIS for the Delta Conveyance Project from Bob Wright (received 2/26/24)
    • Re: Comment Letter – Sacramento/Delta Draft Staff Report from Bob Wright

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Review of the draft Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring Strategy for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
  • Agenda Item 3: Delta Lead Scientist Appointment Recommendation
  • Agenda Item 4: Council Priorities
  • Agenda Item 4: Council’s Legislative Update
  • Agenda Item 4: Council’s Outreach and Highlights Report
  • Agenda Item 6: Delta Lead Scientist Report from the Council meeting
  • Agenda Item 6: 2025 Delta Research Awards
  • Agenda Item 6: Notice of Board Workshop on Proposed Voluntary Agreements Related to Sacramento/Delta Update to Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan
  • Agenda Item 7: Draft Food-webs Review (dated 4/17/24)
  • Agenda Item 8: Final EIR for the Delta Conveyance Project by the California Department of Water Resources
  • Agenda Item 8: DWR’s Change in Point of Diversion Petition for the Delta Conveyance Project to the State Water Resources Control Board
  • Agenda Item 10: Draft Subsidence Review Outline
  • Agenda Item 11: Draft Decision Making under Deep Uncertainty Seminar Synthesis Appendix
  • Agenda Item 11: Decision-Making under Deep Uncertainty Seminar Playlist
• General Public Correspondence:
  • Beneficial uses REC1 and REC2 are not being adequately protected from California Water Research (received 3/22/24)

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Press Release - Council Appoints Delta Lead Scientist
  • Agenda Item 3: Final EIR for the Delta Conveyance Project by the California Department of Water Resources
  • Agenda Item 3: DWR’s Change in Point of Diversion Petition for the Delta Conveyance Project to the State Water Resources Control Board
  • Agenda Item 3: Fish and Aquatic Effects Analysis for the LTO of the CVP and SWP Final Panel Letter (ca.gov)
  • Agenda Item 4: Public Review Draft Delta Plan Five-Year Review 2024 with Performance Measure Report Cards
  • Agenda Item 4: Public Review Draft Performance Measure Report Cards - Technical Section Supporting the Delta Plan Five-Year Review Report
  • Agenda Item 6: Draft Food-webs Review (dated 4/17/24)
  • Agenda Item 8: Draft Subsidence Review Outline
• General Correspondence:
  • Stefan Rahmstorf on the risk of reaching a tipping point for the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation from California Water Research (received 4/30/2024)

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Letter - Congratulations on Hosting a Successful IEP Workshop
  • Agenda Item 3: Draft Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring Strategy for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
  • Agenda Item 3: Delta ISB Comments on Draft Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring Strategy for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
  • Agenda Item 4: Draft Grand Challenges to Delta Science
  • Agenda Item 5: Public Review Draft Delta Plan Five-Year Review 2024 with Performance Measure Report Cards
  • Agenda Item 5: Public Review Draft Performance Measure Report Cards - Technical Section Supporting the Delta Plan Five-Year Review Report
  • Agenda Item 5: Draft Delta ISB Comments on Draft Delta Plan 5-year review
  • Agenda Item 7: Draft Food-webs Review (dated 4/17/24)
  • Agenda Item 7: Delta ISB Food-web Review Public Comments
    • Sam Bashevkin (received 5/21/24)
    • California Department of Water Resources (received 5/28/24)
    • Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy (received 6/12/24)
    • Steve Culberson (received 6/13/24)
    • Sacramento Area Sewer District (received 6/13/24)
    • San Joaquin Audubon Society (received 6/13/24)
  • Agenda Item 8: Draft Subsidence Review Outline
• General Public Correspondence:
  • Delta ISB refusing to sign off on draft Delta Plan performance measures due to lack of external review from California Water Research (received 5/22/24)
  • Western NA hydroclimate could be shifting back to a wet regime. What does that mean for the Delta ecosystem? from California Water Research (received 5/22/24)
  • DYK: Limitations of CALSIM model in representing reservoir operations with climate change? from California Water Research (received 5/22/24)
• Presentations:
  • Agenda Item 4: Draft Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring Strategy for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
  • Agenda Item 4: Draft Grand Challenges for Delta Science
    • Presentation slides are available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov

• Revised Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 3: Comments on the Delta Plan Five-Year Review, 2024, with Performance Measure Report Cards
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta Lead Scientist Report from the Council’s May Meeting
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta Lead Scientist Report from the Council’s June Meeting
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta Science Program Independent Science Peer Review
  • Agenda Item 5: Draft Food-webs Review (dated 4/17/24)
  • Agenda Item 5: Delta ISB Food-web Review Public Comments
    • Sam Bashevkin (received 5/21/24)
    • California Department of Water Resources (received 5/28/24)
    • Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy (received 6/12/24)
    • Steve Culberson (received 6/13/24)
    • Sacramento Area Sewer District (received 6/13/24)
    • San Joaquin Audubon Society (received 6/13/24)
  • Agenda Item 7: Delta ISB’s Daft Subsidence Review
• General Public Correspondence:
  • Could we see the western NA hydroclimate shift towards a wetter pattern? from California Water Research (received June 21, 2024)

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Report - Delta Drought Response Pilot Program - Water Year 2023
  • Agenda Item 4: Outreach Highlights Report from Council’s July Meeting
  • Agenda Item 4: Legislative Update from Council’s July Meeting
  • Agenda Item 5: Draft Food-webs Review (dated 4/17/24)
  • Agenda Item 5: Delta ISB Food-web Review Public Comments
    • Sam Bashevkin (received 5/21/24)
    • California Department of Water Resources (received 5/28/24)
    • Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy (received 6/12/24)
    • Steve Culberson (received 6/13/24)
    • Sacramento Area Sewer District (received 6/13/24)
    • San Joaquin Audubon Society (received 6/13/24)
  • Agenda Item 7: Delta ISB’s Draft Subsidence Review (dated 7/2/24)
  • Agenda Item 7: Delta ISB’s Draft Subsidence Review (dated 8/9/24)
  • Agenda Item 8: Final EIR for the Delta Conveyance Project by the California Department of Water Resources

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Delta ISB Chair-elect News Release
  • Agenda Item 2: Council Draft Tribal and Environmental Justice Issue Paper
  • Agenda Item 3: IEP Food-webs Synthesis Proposal
  • Agenda Item 4: Draft Food-webs Review (dated 4/17/24)
  • Agenda Item 4: Revised Food-webs Review (dated 9/3/24)
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta ISB Food-web Review Public Comments
    • Sam Bashevkin (received 5/21/24)
    • California Department of Water Resources (received 5/28/24)
    • Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy (received 6/12/24)
    • Steve Culberson (received 6/13/24)
    • Sacramento Area Sewer District (received 6/13/24)
    • San Joaquin Audubon Society (received 6/13/24)
  • Agenda Item 6: Delta ISB’s Draft Subsidence Review (dated 7/2/24)
  • Agenda Item 6: Delta ISB’s Draft Subsidence Review (dated 8/9/24)
  • Agenda Item 7: Final EIR for the Delta Conveyance Project by the California Department of Water Resources
  • Agenda Item 7: Operations Plan for the Delta Conveyance Project by the California Department of Water Resources
  • Agenda Item 7: Delta ISB’s Draft Review of the Final EIR for the Delta Conveyance Project
• General Public Correspondence:
  • Comments on Bureau of Reclamation DEIS (EIS No. 20240131) on Long-Term Operations of the CVP and SWP from Sierra Club and Other Public Interest Organizations (received 9/6/24)
  • Comments on Bureau of Reclamation DEIS (EIS No. 20240131) on Long-Term Operations of the CVP and SWP from Planning Conservation League and Other Public Interest Organizations (received 9/9/24)
  • Expert elicitation workshop on dimensions of uncertainty in CalSim3 from Dr. Laurel Larsen (received 9/10/24)
• Presentations:
  • Agenda Item 3: IEP Food-webs Synthesis Proposal by Dr. Rosemary Hartman
    • Available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov

• Day 1 Meeting Notice (Tour)
• Day 2 Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Delta ISB’s Final Memo on the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Delta Conveyance Project
  • Agenda Item 2: Press Release for New Chair
  • Agenda Item 3: Draft Climate Science Research Symposium Prospectus
  • Agenda Item 3: Delta Plan Five-Year Review 2024
  • Agenda Item 3: Appendix to the Delta Plan Five-Year Review 2024
  • Agenda Item 5: Council Draft Tribal and Environmental Justice Paper

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta Lead Scientist Report from Council’s October 2024 Meeting
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta Lead Scientist Report from Council’s September 2024 Meeting
  • Agenda Item 4: DWR’s Golden Mussel Fact Sheet
  • Agenda Item 4: California’s Invaders: Golden Mussel (CDFW Website)
  • Agenda Item 6: Draft Emerging Climate Research Symposium Prospectus
    • The Delta ISB received the following correspondence on its draft emerging climate research symposium:
      • Lucy Andrews (received 10/29/24)
      • Richard Norgaard (received 10/31/24)
  • Agenda Item 7: Council Draft Tribal and Environmental Justice Paper
  • Agenda Item 7: Delta ISB Draft Comments on Draft Tribal and Environmental Justice Paper

• Day 1 Meeting Notice (Tour)
• Day 2 Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 4: Draft Emerging Climate Research Symposium Prospectus
    • The Delta ISB received the following correspondence on its draft emerging climate research symposium:
      • Lucy Andrews (received 10/29/24)
      • Richard Norgaard (received 10/31/24)
      • Todd Plain (received 11/14/24)
      • California Department of Water Resources (received 11/14/24)
      • Denise Colombano (received 11/14/24)
      • Gonzalo Castillo (received 11/19/24)
      • Morgan Chow (received 11/19/24)
      • Delta Conservancy (received 11/20/24)
      • Lisamarie Windham-Myers (received 11/27/24)
  • Agenda Item 5: Draft Delta Adapts Adaptation Plan
  • Agenda Item 7: State Water Project Delivery Capability Report
  • Agenda Item 8: Council Draft Tribal and Environmental Justice Paper
  • Agenda Item 8: Delta ISB Draft Comments on Draft Tribal and Environmental Justice Paper (dated 11/5/24)
  • Agenda Item 8: Revised Delta ISB Draft Comments on the Draft Tribal and Environmental Justice Paper (dated 11/20/24)
• General Public Correspondence:
  • Briefing: Trump administration plans to eradicate climate change references, restructure NOAA and NMFS, fire "Deep state" civil servants from California Water Research (received 11/8/24)
  • Social network weaving for climate adapt at blog post from California Water Research (received 11/8/24)

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 3: Council’s December 2022 Outreach Highlights Report
  • Agenda Item 3: Council’s December 2022 Legislative Highlights Report
  • Agenda Item 4: Council’s December 2022 Delta Lead Scientist Report
  • Agenda Item 4: Proposals for Voluntary Agreements to Update and Implement the Bay-Delta Plan
  • Agenda Item 4: FAQ Draft Scientific Basis Report Supplement in Support of Proposed Voluntary Agreements for the Sacramento River, Delta, and Tributaries Update to the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Water Quality Control Plan
  • Agenda Item 4: Draft Scientific Basis Report Supplement in Support of Proposed Voluntary Agreements for the Sacramento River, Delta, and Tributaries Update to the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Water Quality Control Plan
  • Agenda Item 5: Delta ISB’s Final Delta Conveyance Project Environmental Impact Report Review
  • Agenda Item 5: Environmental Impact Statement for the Delta Conveyance Project
• Presentations:
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta Lead Scientist Report
    • Available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov
• General Public Correspondence:
  • Untitled Public Comment Letter from California Water Research (received 12/8/22)
  • Co-production of knowledge -- AGU session & research paper (received 12/8/22)
  • Information on Long Covid and cognitive impairment from California Water Research (received 12/22/22)
  • The Delta Conveyance Project is NOT a solution to drought and climate change from various individuals
    • Available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Delta Lead Scientist Report from the Council’s January 2023 Meeting
  • Agenda Item 2: Legislative Update from the Council’s January 2023 Meeting
  • Agenda Item 2: Outreach Highlights Report from the Council’s January 2023 Meeting
  • Agenda Item 2: 2022 Council Annual Report
  • Agenda Item 2: State of Bay-Delta Science
  • Agenda Item 2: Delta Science Tracker
  • Agenda Item 3: Delta ISB’s Final Delta Conveyance Project Environmental Impact Report Review
  • Agenda Item 3: Environmental Impact Statement for the Delta Conveyance Project
  • Agenda Item 3: Draft Comments on the Delta Conveyance Project Environmental Impact Statement
  • Agenda Item 4: Proposals for Voluntary Agreements to Update and Implement the Bay-Delta Plan
  • Agenda Item 4: FAQ Draft Scientific Basis Report Supplement in Support of Proposed Voluntary Agreements for the Sacramento River, Delta, and Tributaries Update to the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Water Quality Control Plan
  • Agenda Item 4: Draft Scientific Basis Report Supplement in Support of Proposed Voluntary Agreements for the Sacramento River, Delta, and Tributaries Update to the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Water Quality Control Plan
• General Correspondence:
  • Public Notice regarding SPK-2019-00899, Application, Delta Conveyance from California Water Research (received 1/19/23)
  • Comments for Feb 15th Meeting on the Delta Conveyance from Samantha Smith (received 2/11/23)

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Delta ISB’s Final Delta Conveyance Project Environmental Impact Report Review
  • Agenda Item 2: Environmental Impact Statement for the Delta Conveyance Project
  • Agenda Item 2: Revised Draft of the Delta Conveyance Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement (dated 2/28/23)
  • Agenda Item 3: Proposals for Voluntary Agreements to Update and Implement the Bay-Delta Plan
  • Agenda Item 3: FAQ Draft Scientific Basis Report Supplement in Support of Proposed Voluntary Agreements for the Sacramento River, Delta, and Tributaries Update to the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Water Quality Control Plan
  • Agenda Item 3:: Draft Scientific Basis Report Supplement in Support of Proposed Voluntary Agreements for the Sacramento River, Delta, and Tributaries Update to the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Water Quality Control Plan
  • Agenda Item 3: Draft Delta ISB Comments on the Scientific Basis for Implementation of Voluntary Agreements (dated 2/28/23)
• General Public Correspondence:
  • “Known unknowns” about increases in extreme events, climate dynamics, and deep uncertainty about climate model projections from California Water Research (received 2/23/23)
  • Subject: USACE DEIS Legal Deficiencies--Supplemental DEIS Required from Bob Wright (received 2/22/23)
  • Environmental and fishing group comments on the Scientific Basis for the VAs from California Water Research (received 2/22/23)
  • Request for State Board Action to Ensure Compliance with the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan and Decision 1641 in February (Delta Outflow Objective: Port Chicago X2) (received 2/22/23)
  • Public Comments at Today's Delta ISB Meeting from Tuolumne River Trust (received 2/16/23)
  • Delta Tunnel Project from Penelope Lepome (received 2/15/23)
  • Comments on Delta Conveyance EIS and Voluntary Agreements (Agenda item 3 and 4) from Karen Jacques (received 2/15/23)
  • Public Comment: Delta Independent Science Board Meeting - Agenda Item 3 & 4 from Lionel Mares (received 2/15/23)
  • Comment for Delta ISB Meeting, Agenda Item 4 from Jo Coffey (received 2/14/23)

• Revised Day 1 Meeting Notice
• Revised Day 2 Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Delta ISB Comments on the Scientific Basis for Implementation of Voluntary Agreements for the Sacramento River, Delta, and Tributaries
  • Agenda Item 2: Delta ISB Comments on the Delta Conveyance Project Environmental Impact Statement
  • Agenda Item 2: Delta ISB Workplan
  • Agenda Item 3: Council 2023 Workplan
  • Agenda Item 3: Council 2022 Annual Report
  • Agenda Item 3: Outreach Highlights Report
  • Agenda Item 3: Legislative Update
  • Agenda Item 3: Delta Lead Scientist Report
  • Agenda Item 4: Harmful Algal Bloom Workshop Summary
  • Agenda Item 5: Delta Science Tracker
  • Agenda Item 7: Draft Prospectus - Decision-making under Deep Uncertainty
  • Agenda Item 9: Draft Prospectus - Subsidence Reversal
  • Agenda Item 10: Draft Prospectus - Food-webs
• General Public Correspondence:
  • Reference on climate adaptation from California Water Research
  • Comments on Draft EIS for the Delta Conveyance Project from Bob Wright

• Meeting Notice
• Decision-making under Deep Uncertainty Seminar Series Save-the-Date Flyer (Alice Hill)
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Alice Hill Bio
  • Agenda Item 3: Revised Subsidence Reversal Prospectus (4/17/22)
  • Agenda Item 3: Revised Food-webs Prospectus (4/20/23)
  • Agenda Item 3: SWRCB’s April 4 Public Meeting Recording: Quarterly Delta Lead Scientist Report
  • Agenda Item 4: Adaptive Management Forum Agenda
  • Agenda Item 4: Revised Decision-making under Deep Uncertainty Prospectus (4/17/23)
• Public Correspondence:
  • Talk on new research on Atlantic Multidecadal Variability from California Water Research (received 4/4/23)

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 4: Revised Subsidence Reversal Prospectus (4/17/23)
    • The Delta ISB received the following public comments on its draft prospectus for its subsidence reversal review.
      • Matt Lees (received 5/1/23)
      • Tom Zuckerman (received 5/8/23)
      • Dennis Baldocchi (received 5/12/23)
  • Agenda Item 5: Revised Food-webs Prospectus (4/20/23)
    • The Delta ISB received the following public comments on its draft prospectus for its food-webs review.
      • Brett Harvey (received 5/12/23)
  • Agenda Item 6: Revised Draft Prospectus on Decision-making under Deep Uncertainty (5/15/23)
    • The Delta ISB received the following public comments on its draft prospectus for its food-webs review.
      • Law Offices of Michael A. Brodsky
  • Agenda Item 6: Decision-making Under Deep Uncertainty Seminar #2 Flyer
• General Correspondence:
  • 2023 California flooding -- some background from California Water Research (received 5/12/23)

• Day 1 Meeting Notice
• Day 2 Meeting Notice (Boat Tour)
• Posting-meeting Working Session Notice and Agenda
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 3: Outreach Highlights Report from the Council's May 2023 Meeting
  • Agenda Item 3: Legislative Update from the Council's May 2023 Meeting
  • Agenda Item 5: Revised Food-webs Prospectus (4/20/23)
    • The Delta ISB received the following public comments on its draft prospectus for its food-webs review.
      • Brett Harvey (received 5/12/23)
      • Steve Culberson (received 5/25/23)
      • Pacific Gold Agriculture, LLC (received 5/26/23)
      • California Water Research (received 5/31/23)
  • Agenda Item 5: Revised Food-webs Prospectus (6/23/23)
    • This version considers the above public comments.
  • Agenda Item 6: Open Forum Questions
  • Agenda Item 8: Revised Draft Prospectus on Decision-making under Deep Uncertainty (5/15/23)
    • The Delta ISB received the following public comments on its draft prospectus for its decision-making uncertainty review.
      • Law Offices of Michael A. Brodsky (received 5/16/23)
      • BJ Miller (received 5/18/23)
  • Agenda Item 9: Revised Subsidence Reversal Prospectus (4/17/23)
    • The Delta ISB received the following public comments on its draft prospectus for its subsidence reversal review.
      • Matt Lees (received 5/1/23)
      • Tom Zuckerman (received 5/8/23)
      • Dennis Baldocchi (received 5/12/23)
      • Steve Culberson (received 5/25/23)
      • Gilbert Cosio (received 5/31/23)
      • Louise Conrad (received 5/31/23)
  • Agenda Item 10: Capstone report: Could Kelp Aquaculture Have a Future in California? A State Policy Briefing Book (escholarship.org)
  • Agenda Item 10: StoryMap: Could California Have a Future with Kelp Aquaculture? (arcgis.com)
• General Correspondence:
  • California Water Research (received 5/17/23)
  • California Water Research (received 5/18/23)

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Delta Lead Scientist Recruitment Flyer
  • Agenda Item 2: About the California Water Boards
  • Agenda Item 3: Delta Lead Scientist Report from the Council’s June 2023 Meeting
  • Agenda Item 3: Outreach Highlights Report from the Council’s June 2023 Meeting
  • Agenda Item 3: Legislative Update from the Council’s June 2023 Meeting
  • Agenda Item 3: 2023 IEP Workshop Playlist
  • Agenda Item 5: Revised Draft Prospectus on Decision-making under Deep Uncertainty (5/15/23)
    • The Delta ISB received the following public comments on its draft prospectus for its decision-making uncertainty review.
      • Law Offices of Michael A. Brodsky (received 5/16/23)
      • BJ Miller (received 5/18/23)
      • John Helly (received 6/22/23)
      • Michael Whitehead (received 6/22/23)
      • Francis Coats (received 6/22/23)
      • Richard Norgaard (received 6/26/23)
      • Alejo Kraus-Polk (received 6/26/23)
      • Department of Water Resources (received 6/26/23)
      • Brett Milligan (Appendix A) (received 6/21/23)
      • Lisa Lucas (Appendix A) (received 6/21/23)
      • Laurel Larsen (Appendix A) (received 6/22/23)
  • Agenda Item 5: Revised Draft Prospectus on Decision-making under Deep Uncertainty (7/11/23)
    • This version addresses public comments. For a track change version, please contact disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov.
  • Agenda Item 6: Revised Subsidence Reversal Prospectus (4/17/23)
    • The Delta ISB received the following public comments on its draft prospectus for its subsidence reversal review.
      • Matt Lees (received 5/1/23)
      • Tom Zuckerman (received 5/8/23)
      • Dennis Baldocchi (received 5/12/23)
      • Steve Culberson (received 5/25/23)
      • Gilbert Cosio (received 5/31/23)
      • Louise Conrad (received 5/31/23)
  • Agenda Item 6: Revised Draft Prospectus on Subsidence (7/11/23)
    • This version addresses public comments. For a track change version, please contact disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov.
  • General Correspondence:
    • Re: Supplemental Comments on the Draft EIR for the Delta Conveyance Project from Bob Wright (received 6/29/23)
      • 4 Exhibits to supplemental comment letter from Bob Wright (received 6/29/23)
    • Federal and state conflict of interest issues with UC Climate Action Initiative grant from California Water Research (received 7/12/23)
      • Available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 3: Council’s July Legislative Update
  • Agenda Item 3: Council’s July Outreach Highlights Report
  • Agenda Item 3: Delta Plan 5-Year Review Update
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta Lead Scientist Report
  • Agenda Item 5: Delta ISB Member Recruitment Flyer
  • Agenda Item 5: Delta Lead Scientist Recruitment Flyer
  • Agenda Item 6: Draft Pyrethroid Research Plan by the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
  • Agenda Item 7: 2019 Delta Science Plan
  • Agenda Item 7: Grand Challenges for Delta Science Information Sheet
  • Agenda Item 8: Final Decision-making under Deep Uncertainty Prospectus
  • Agenda Item 8: Decision-making under Deep Uncertainty Seminar Series Save-the-Date Flyer (Andrew Parker and Jody Wong)
  • Agenda Item 9: Draft Food-webs Workshop Agenda
  • Agenda Item 9: Final Food-webs Review Prospectus
  • Agenda Item 11: Final Subsidence Review Prospectus

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 3: Delta Lead Scientist Report
  • Agenda Item 3: Council’s August 2023 Legislative Update
    • Update on Senate Bill 544 (Bagley Keene Open Meeting Act: Teleconferencing)
  • Agenda Item 3: Council’s August 2023 Outreach Highlights Report
  • Agenda Item 4: Draft Pyrethroid Research Plan by the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta ISB Draft Comments on Draft Pyrethroid Plan (dated 9/7/23)
  • Agenda Item 5: Draft Food-webs Workshop Agenda
  • Agenda Item 5: Final Food-webs Review Prospectus
  • Agenda Item 6: Final Subsidence Review Prospectus
  • Agenda Item 7: Final Decision-making under Deep Uncertainty Prospectus
  • Agenda Item 8: Save-the-Date Flyer Decision-making Under Deep Uncertainty Seminar #3 (Brett Milligan)
  • Agenda Item 11: Delta Lead Scientist Recruitment Flyer

• Meeting Notice
• Recruitment Flyer

• Meeting Notice
• Save-the-Date
• Final Subsidence Review Prospectus
• Panelist Bios
• Background Materials:
  • Solutions for subsidence in the California Delta, USA, an extreme example of organic-soil drainage gone awry by Deverel et al. (2020)
  • Carbon Sequestration and Subsidence Reversal in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta and Suisun Bay: Management Opportunities for Climate Mitigation and Adaptation by Windham-Myers et al. (2023)
• General Public Correspondence:
  • California Water Research (received 10/4/23)

• Meeting Notice

• Meeting Notice
• Save-the-Date
• Call For Posters Link
• Final Food-Webs Prospectus
• Briefing Paper
• Poster Abstracts
• Speaker Profiles

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Delta ISB Comments on the Draft Pyrethroid Control Program and Research Plan
  • Agenda Item 4: 2023 Draft Staff Report to the Sacramento/Delta update to Bay-Delta
  • Agenda Item 4: Draft Comments on the Sacramento / Delta Draft Staff Report
  • Agenda Item 5: Council Meeting Outreach Highlights Report
  • Agenda Item 5: Council Meeting Legislative Update
  • Agenda Item 6: California Sacramento-San Joaquin Green Sturgeon: A Comprehensive Review by Sam Pyros (California Sea Grant State Fellow) and Steve Culberson (IEP Lead Scientist)
  • Agenda Item 8: Final Decision-making under Deep Uncertainty Review Prospectus
  • Agenda Item 9: Final Subsidence Review Prospectus
  • Agenda Item 10: Final Food-webs Review Prospectus
  • Agenda Item 10: Food-webs Briefing Paper
• Public Correspondence:
  • Supplemental Comments on DWR Draft EIR for the Delta Conveyance Project from Bob Wright (received 11/21/23)
    • Available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Bay-Delta Hydrology 101 Summary
  • Agenda Item 3: Delta ISB Comment’s on the Notice of Preparation for the Delta Conveyance Project
  • Agenda Item 3: August 2020 Summary of DWR’s Update to the Delta ISB on the Delta Conveyance Project
  • Agenda Item 7: Staff Report: Delta Plan Performance Measures 2021 Year in Review
    • Performance Measures Guidebook
    • Performance Measures Dashboard
  • Agenda Item 7: DPIIC Restoration Subcommittee Fact Sheet
  • Agenda Item 8: Delta Lead Scientist Staff Report
  • Agenda Item 9: Delta Science Program’s Request to Review the draft 2022-2026 Science Action Agenda
    • 2022-2026 Science Action Agenda Public Review Draft
  • Agenda Item 9: Delta ISB’s Draft Review of the Draft 2022-2026 Science Action Agenda
  • Agenda Item 10: Draft Water Supply Reliability Review (dated 9/1/21). The Delta ISB received the following public correspondence on this draft report:
    • Richard Norgaard (received 10/8/2021)
    • Ben Bray (received 10/13/2021)
    • Thomas Zuckerman (Central Delta Water Agency) (received 10/14/2021)
    • Central Delta Water Agency (received 10/15/2021)
    • Westlands Water District (received 10/15/2021)
    • State Water Contractors (received 10/15/2021)
    • California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, California Water Impact Network, Aqualliance, and California Water Research (received 10/15/2021)
  • Agenda Item 12: Planning Future Reviews Summary Document
• Background Materials:
  • Water Supply Reliability Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Component 1 Summary
  • Science Needs Assessment Briefing Paper
• Presentations (available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov)
  • Agenda Item 2: Overview of State Water Project and Central Valley Projects by John Leahigh (DWR) and Kristin White (USBR)
  • Agenda Item 3: Delta Conveyance Project Update by Carrie Buckman (DWR)
  • Agenda Item 7: Delta Stewardship Council and Executive Office Chair Report

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Delta ISB’s Review of the 2022-2026 Science Action Agenda Review
  • Agenda Item 3: Delta Stewardship Council 2021 Annual Report
  • Agenda Item 3: DPIIC Restoration Subcommittee Fact Sheet
  • Agenda Item 4: Draft Water Supply Reliability Review (dated 9/1/21). The Delta ISB received the following public correspondence on this draft report:
    • Richard Norgaard (received 10/8/2021)
    • Ben Bray (received 10/13/2021)
    • Thomas Zuckerman (Central Delta Water Agency) (received 10/14/2021)
    • Central Delta Water Agency (received 10/15/2021)
    • Westlands Water District (received 10/15/2021)
    • State Water Contractors (received 10/15/2021)
    • California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, California Water Impact Network, Aqualliance, and California Water Research (received 10/15/2021)
  • Agenda Item 4: Revised Draft Water Supply Reliability Review (dated 2/2/2022)
  • Agenda Item 5: Delta Lead Scientist Report
  • Agenda Item 5: Delta Governance Brown Bag Seminar Series
  • Agenda Item 5: Delta Science Fellowship
  • Agenda Item 6: Delta ISB Bay-Delta Conservation Plan Chapter Assignments
  • Agenda Item 6: Delta ISB Comment’s on the Notice of Preparation for the Delta Conveyance Project
  • Agenda Item 7: Planning Future Reviews Summary Document
  • Agenda Item 9: Moyle et al. (2018)
    • This report was provided by Dr. Peter Moyle as background reading for the Delta ISB.
• Presentations (Available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov)
  • Agenda Item 3: Delta Stewardship Council Chair and Executive Officer Report
  • Agenda Item 6: Past Delta ISB Reviews on the Bay-Delta Conservation Plan and California WaterFix
  • Agenda Item 8: Using food web models to support management of the Atlantic menhaden fishery for multi-species benefits by Dr. Andre Buchheister, Humboldt State University
  • Agenda Item 9: Delta Fishes: Key Players in a Novel Ecosystem by Dr. Peter Moyle, UC Davis
• General Correspondence
  • Current controversy over operations of the State Water Project and the Central Valley Project (received 1/12/2022)
  • Comments on 1/13 Delta ISB presentations from Tom Zuckerman (received 1/14/22)
  • Governor's Office of Planning and Research (OPR): Integrated Climate Adaptation & Resiliency Program (ICARP) Updates from California Water Research (received 1/14/22)
  • Sharing SCC's White Paper on Alternatives to the DCP California Water Research (received 1/19/22)
  • Network weaving in the DPIIC Restoration Subcommittee efforts

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 3: Proposed 2022 Delta Stewardship Council Priorities
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta Lead Scientist Report
  • Agenda Item 6 - Delta Science Program Assessment of the Impact and Value of the Delta Independent Science Board
  • Agenda Item 7: Draft Water Supply Reliability Review (2/2/22)
  • Agenda Item 7: Draft Monitoring Enterprise Review (10/12/21)
  • Agenda Item 11: Delta Science Program & National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis 2021 Synthesis Working Group
  • Agenda Item 12: Yarnell et al. (2015)
    • Suggested Reading from Dr. Yarnell, as part of presentation.
  • Agenda Item 12: Stein et al. (2021)
    • Suggested Reading from Dr. Yarnell, as part of presentation.
• General Public Correspondence:
  • Bill introduced to mandate DSC do annual water supply reliability estimation for Delta flows from California Water Research (received 2/24/22)
• Presentations (available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov)
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta Lead Scientist Report
  • Agenda Item 6: Delta Science Program Assessment of the Impact and Value of the Delta Independent Science Board
  • Agenda Item 10: Overview of CDFW Incidental Take Permit on the Long-term Operations of the State Water Project
  • Agenda Item 10: Overview of the NMFS Biological Opinion on the Long-term Operations of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project
  • Agenda Item 10: Overview of the USFWS Biological Opinion on the Long-term Operations of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project
  • Agenda Item 11: Delta Science Program and National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis Working Group
  • Agenda Item 12: California Environmental Flows Framework
  • Agenda Item 13: Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan
• Background Materials:
  • Delta ISB’s Non-native Species Review

• Day 1 Meeting Notice (Field Tour)
• Day 2 Meeting Notice (In-person Meeting)
• Day 1 Meeting Materials:
  • Dutch Slough Tidal Marsh Restoration Project
  • Big Break Regional Shoreline
  • DWR’s West Delta Program
  • Whale’s Belly Subsidence Reversal Restoration Project
  • Whale’s Mouth Habitat Restoration Project
  • Sherman Island Levee Setback Project (Mayberry Slough)
• Day 2 Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 5: News Release – The Council Appoints New Members to the Delta ISB
  • Agenda Item 7a: Final Monitoring Enterprise Review
  • Agenda Item 7b: Draft Water Supply Reliability Estimation Review (dated 2/2/22)
  • Agenda Item 8: Planning Future Reviews
• Background Materials:
  • Delta Science Strategy
  • Maven’s Notebook: State, Federal Agencies Announcement Agreement with Local Water Suppliers to Improve the Health of Rivers and Landscapes
  • Maven’s Notebook: State, Federal Agencies and Sacramento River Settlement Contractors Agree on Approach for 2022 Water Operations on the Sacramento River
  • Maven’s Notebook: An Update on the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan
• General Public Correspondence:
  • Re: Assessment of the Value and Impact of the Delta ISB from California Water Research (received 3/9/22)
  • Re: Comments on presentations at March 10, 2022 meeting from California Water Research (received 3/18/22)
  • Statutory and Constitutional Transparency Requirements from California Water Research (received 4/5/22)
  • Re: Delta Independent Science Board coordination and administration from California Water Research (received 4/6/22)
• Presentations:
  • Agenda Item 6: Delta Science Strategy and Delta ISB Thematic Reviews

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 3: Outreach Highlights Report
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta Lead Scientist Report
  • Agenda Item 4: 2022-2026 Science Action Agenda
  • Agenda Item 5a: Monitoring Enterprise Review Summary Sheet
  • Agenda Item 6: Revised Science Needs Assessment Outline
  • Agenda Item 8: Draft Response to the Delta ISB’s Assessment of the Impact and Value of the Delta ISB
  • Agenda Item 9: Draft Memo from Dr. Lund: Evaluating Best Available Science for Delta Conveyance Proposals
    • Delta ISB Bay Delta Conservation Plan Chapter Assignments
• Background Materials:
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta ISB’s Review of the DRAFT Science Action Agenda
  • Agenda Item 5a: Monitoring Enterprise Review (Final)
  • Agenda Item 5b: Water Supply Reliability Review (Draft)
  • Agenda Item 5c: Non-native Species Review (Final)
  • Agenda Item 6: Delta Science Funding and Governance Initiative
  • Agenda Item 6: Letter to DPIIC (dated 2/11/2019)
  • Agenda Item 8: Assessment of the Impact and Value of the Delta ISB

• Revised Day 1-2 Meeting Notice
• Day 3 Meeting Notice (Tour)
• Day 1-2 Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Delta ISB Comment’s on the Notice of Preparation for the Delta Conveyance Project
  • Agenda Item 2: Delta Conveyance Update Summary (August 2020)
  • Agenda Item 2: Delta Conveyance Update Summary (January 2022)
  • Agenda Item 2: Delta Conveyance Project Environmental Impact Report Preliminary Page Counts
  • Agenda Item 3: Delta ISB Bay-Delta Conservation Plan Chapter Assignments
  • Agenda Item 3: Delta Plan 1a: Best Available Science
  • Agenda Item 3: Delta Plan Appendix C: Adaptive Management and the Delta Plan
  • Agenda Item 6: Delta ISB Response to the Delta Science Program Assessment
  • Agenda Item 7: April 2022 Outreach Highlights Report
  • Agenda Item 7: Council’s April 2022 Legislative Report
  • Agenda Item 9: Delta ISB Operating Guidelines
  • Agenda Item 11a: Delta ISB Non-native Species Review
  • Agenda Item 11b: Delta ISB Monitoring Enterprise Review
  • Agenda Item 11c: Delta ISB Water Supply Reliability Review
  • Agenda Item 12c: Discussion Topic – Environmental Flows and a Resilient Delta
• Day 3 Meeting Materials:
  • Jones Pumping Plant and Tracy Fish Collection Facility Information Sheet
  • Fish Conservation and Culture Lab Website
  • Delta Cross Channel Information Sheet
• General Public Correspondence:
  • Background information on conflict over Voluntary Agreement Framework from California Water Research (received 5/18/2022)
  • Major California Senate proposal involving the Delta Independent Science Board and unresolved governance issues from California Water Research (received 5/25/2022)
  • Re: Please provide full support for the Delta Independent Science Board in this year’s budget negotiations (received 5/31/2022)
  • JUNE 2: Budgeting for Climate Resilience in California w/ Senator Bob Wieckowski from California Water Research (received 6/1/2022)
  • The Delta Conveyance Project is NOT a solution to drought and climate change from various individual (received 6/6 to 6/7/2022)
• Presentations (available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov):
  • Agenda Item 2: Delta Conveyance Project Update by the California Department of Water Resources
  • Agenda Item 3: Delta Plan: Best Available Science Framework
  • Agenda Item 13a: Swimming upstream: A Year with the Delta Science Program by Allegra La Ferr, California Sea Grant State Fellow
  • Agenda Item 13b: Out of the Woods and into the Delta by Kristine Grace Cabugao, Delta ISB Postdoctoral Scholar
  • Agenda Item 13c: Anadromous Science: Researching Climate Change from the Ocean to the Delta by Lillian McCormick, Delta ISB Postdoctoral Scholar

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 3: Legislative Update
  • Agenda Item 3: Outreach Highlights Report
  • Agenda Item 4: Questions to DWR
  • Agenda Item 5: Delta ISB Comment’s on the Notice of Preparation for the Delta Conveyance Project
  • Agenda Item 5: Delta Conveyance Update Summary (August 2020)
  • Agenda Item 5: Delta Conveyance Update Summary (January 2022)
  • Agenda Item 5: Delta Conveyance Project Environmental Impact Report Preliminary Page Counts
  • Agenda Item 5: Delta Conveyance Update Summary (June 2022)
  • Agenda Item 5: Delta Conveyance Project EIR Review Template
  • Agenda Item 5: Delta Conveyance Project Chapter Assignments Draft
    • Available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov
  • Agenda Item 6: Delta Lead Scientist Report
  • Agenda Item 7: Operating Guidelines
  • Agenda Item 7: Proposed Amendments to the Operating Guidelines
  • Agenda Item 8c: Final Water Supply Reliability Estimation Review Report
  • Agenda Item 8c: Final Water Supply Reliability Estimation Review Summary Sheet
• General Public Correspondence:
  • Re: Legislature approves audit of 2021 runoff forecasts and drought preparation by DWR and the Water Board from California Water Research (received June 30, 2022)
  • The Delta Conveyance Project is NOT a solution to drought and climate change from various individuals
    • Available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov
• Presentations (available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov):
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta Conveyance Project Update by the California Department of Water Resources
  • Agenda Item 7: Operating Guidelines

• Day 1 Meeting Notice (August 11, 2022)
• Day 2 Meeting/Tour Notice (August 12, 2022)
• Proposed Tour Agenda (August 12, 2022)
• Day 1 Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Revised Operating Guidelines
  • Agenda Item 3: Outreach Highlights Report (June 2022)
  • Agenda Item 3: Legislative Report (July 2022)
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta Lead Scientist Report (July 2022)
  • Agenda Item 4: Collaborative Adaptive Management Team: Assessment of Reviews of Long-term Monitoring Programs and Objectives
  • Agenda Item 4: San Francisco Estuary Blueprint
  • Agenda Item 5: Anticipating California Delta Futures
  • Agenda Item 7: Draft Work Plan
  • Agenda Item 9b: Monitoring Enterprise Review Journal Draft
  • Agenda Item 10: Delta Plan Chapter 4 Amendment (Protect, Restore, and Enhance the Delta Ecosystem)
  • Agenda Item 10: Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment Final Environmental Impact Report
  • Agenda Item 11: Draft Delta Conveyance Project Environmental Impact Report
  • Agenda Item 11: Delta ISB Delta Conveyance Project Review Template
  • Agenda Item 11: Delta ISB Delta Conveyance Project EIR Review Chapter Assignments
• Day 2 Meeting Materials:
  • State Water Project Facilities Website
  • Jones Pumping Plant and Tracy Fish Collection Facility Information Sheet
  • Fish Conservation and Culture Lab Website
• General Correspondence:
  • Blog post: The eye of the storm and the State Water Resources Control Board from California Water Research (received July 19, 2022)
  • EIR Tunnel Review from Tom Zuckerman (received July 19, 2022)
  • Please clarify the peer review process for the design and proposed operations of the Delta Conveyance project from California Water Research (received July 25, 2022)
  • Re: Best Available Science for “Delta as Place” Considerations in Delta Conveyance Project EIR from the Delta Protection Commision (received August 6, 2020)
    • Attachment from the Delta Protection Commission
    • This was received in August 2020. On July 26, 2022, the Delta Protection Commission asked for this public correspondence to be re-circulated.
  • Availability of DCP Engineering Product Reports and Technical Memos from California Water Research (received August 2, 2022)
  • The Delta Conveyance Project is NOT a solution to drought and climate change from various individuals
    • Available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov
  • EIR Delta Conveyance from Tom Slater (received August 8, 2022)
    • Available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov
• Presentations (Available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov)
  • Agenda Item 10: Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment by the Delta Stewardship Council

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 3: Water Supply Reliability Estimation Blog
  • Agenda Item 4: Legislative Update (August 2022)
  • Agenda Item 4: Outreach Highlights Report (July 2022)
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee Restoration Subcommittee Draft Work Plan
  • Agenda Item 5: Delta Lead Scientist Report (August 2022)
  • Agenda Item 6: Draft Delta Conveyance Project Environmental Impact Report
  • Agenda Item 6: Delta ISB Delta Conveyance Project Review Template
  • Agenda Item 6: Delta ISB Delta Conveyance Project EIR Review Chapter Assignments
  • Agenda Item 6: Delta Conveyance Project Draft EIR Virtual Public Hearings Information
  • Agenda Item 6: Delta ISB Extension Request Letter
  • Agenda Item 6: REVISED Delta Conveyance Project Draft EIR Review Outline
• General Public Correspondence:
  • 2022 Draft EIR Links from Osha Meserve to the Delta Independent Science Board (received 8/11/2022)
  • California Water Research Blog Posts and Technical Information on the Delta Conveyance Project (received 9/9/12)
  • Matt Conover provide an oral comment on 9/12 to staff for the Delta ISB to review the Huang and Swain (2022) article, as the Delta ISB completes the Delta Conveyance Project EIR Review.
  • The Delta Conveyance Project is NOT a solution to drought and climate change from various individuals
    • Available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Council Outreach Highlights Report
  • Agenda Item 2: Council Legislative Update
  • Agenda Item 2: Delta Lead Scientist's Report
  • Agenda Item 4: Draft Delta Conveyance Project Environmental Impact Report
  • Agenda Item 4: Change Sheet for the Delta Conveyance Project Draft EIR
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta ISB Delta Conveyance Project Review Template
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta ISB Delta Conveyance Project EIR Review Chapter Assignments
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta Conveyance Project Draft EIR Virtual Public Hearings Information
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta ISB Extension Request Letter
  • Agenda Item 4: REVISED Delta Conveyance Project Draft EIR Review Outline

• Day 1 Meeting Notice
• Day 2 Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 3: October 2022 Council Outreach Highlights Report
  • Agenda Item 3: October 2022 Council Legislative Update
  • Agenda Item 3: Council Response to the Delta ISB Water Supply Reliability Review
  • Agenda Item 5: Delta ISB’s Draft Review of the Delta Conveyance Project Environmental Impact Report
  • Agenda Item 5: Draft Delta Conveyance Project Environmental Impact Report
  • Agenda Item 5: Change Sheet for the Delta Conveyance Project Draft EIR
  • Agenda Item 5: Delta ISB Delta Conveyance Project Review Template
  • Agenda Item 5: Delta ISB Delta Conveyance Project EIR Review Chapter Assignments
  • Agenda Item 5: Delta Conveyance Project Draft EIR Virtual Public Hearings Information
  • Agenda Item 5: Delta ISB Extension Request Letter
  • Agenda Item 5: REVISED Delta Conveyance Project Draft EIR Review Outline
  • Agenda Item 6: October 2022 Delta Lead Scientist Report
  • Agenda Item 7: Revised Proposal Anticipating California Delta Futures

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Delta Lead Scientist’s Report from the Council’s November 2022 Meeting
  • Agenda Item 2: Outreach Highlights Report from the Council’s November 2022 Meeting
  • Agenda Item 3: Science supporting decision-making under deep uncertainty
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta ISB’s Draft Review of the Delta Conveyance Project Environmental Impact Report (10/28/22 version)
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta ISB’s Revised Draft Review of the Delta Conveyance Project Environmental Impact Report (12/1/22 version)
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta ISB’s Appendix A: Additional Comments on Individual Chapters of the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Delta Conveyance Project
  • Agenda Item 4: Draft Delta Conveyance Project Environmental Impact Report
  • Agenda Item 4: Change Sheet for the Delta Conveyance Project Draft EIR
• Public Correspondence:
  • The Delta Conveyance Project is NOT a solution to drought and climate change from various individuals
  • Feedback on your November 3 Zoom session from John Armstrong (received 11/4/22)
    • Available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov

• Meeting Notice
• Zoom Registration
  • To join the webcast, please register before the meeting via Zoom.
  • After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions to join the webcast. If you have a computer microphone, you will have the option to receive audio and provide oral comments through your computer. If not, please dial the phone number listed in your confirmation email.
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 4: Adaptive Management Forum Agenda
  • Agenda Item 4: Steelhead Workshop Flyer
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta Lead Scientist Report
  • Agenda Item 5: Draft Science Needs Assessment Recommendations
• Presentation (Available upon request by e-mailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov)
• Background Materials:
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Component 1 Summary
  • Science Needs Assessment Briefing Paper
  • Delta ISB Letter to DPIIC on the urgency and opportunities for improving Delta interagency science
  • Delta Science Funding and Governance Initiative Implementation Report

• Meeting Notice
• Zoom Registration
  • To join the webcast, please register before the meeting via Zoom.
  • After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions to join the webcast. If you have a computer microphone, you will have the option to receive audio and provide oral comments through your computer. If not, please dial the phone number listed in your confirmation email.
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Draft Delta ISB 2021 Workplan
• Presentations:
  • Agenda Item 2: Delta ISB Workplan Discussion Presentation (Available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov)
• Background Materials:
  • Water Supply Reliability Prospectus
  • Non-native species Review Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Prospectus
  • Science Needs Assessment Briefing Paper

• Meeting Notice
• Zoom Registration
  • To join the webcast, please register before the meeting via Zoom.
  • After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions to join the webcast. If you have a computer microphone, you will have the option to receive audio and provide oral comments through your computer. If not, please dial the phone number listed in your confirmation email.
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 3: 2020 Delta Stewardship Council Annual Report
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta Adapts Draft Vulnerability Assessment
  • Agenda Item 6: Draft Science Needs Assessment Proposal to the Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee (2/10/21)
  • Agenda Item 7: Water Supply Reliability Review Outline (2/1/21)
• Presentations:
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta Adapts Draft Vulnerability Assessment Presentation (available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov)
• Background Materials:
  • Water Supply Reliability Prospectus
  • Delta Science Funding and Governance Initiative Implementation Report
  • Science Needs Assessment Briefing Paper

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 5: Draft Delta ISB Workplan
• Background Materials:
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Prospectus
  • Science Action Agenda
  • Water Supply Reliability Prospectus
  • Delta Science Funding and Governance Initiative Implementation Report
  • Science Needs Assessment Briefing Paper

• Meeting Notice
• Revised Meeting Notice
• Public Comments
  • Comment Letter from California Water Research: Re: Request that Item #4 be “Informational Only,” that consideration of Item #5 be postponed, that a briefing on the proposed legislation affecting the Delta Independent Science Board (DISB) be put on the next agenda.
• Presentations (available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov)
  • Agenda Item 2: Reflections from Delta ISB Fellow
  • Agenda Item 4: Initial Findings from the Delta ISB Assessment by the Delta Science Program
  • Agenda Item 6: Delta Lead Scientist Report

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 4: Approaches to Future Delta ISB Reviews

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Final Thematic Program Review Report: The Science of Non-native Species in a Dynamic Delta
  • Agenda Item 6: Delta Lead Scientist Report

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Final Thematic Program Review Report: The Science of Non-native Species in a Dynamic Delta
  • Agenda Item 2: Summary Sheet: The Science of Non-native Species in a Dynamic
  • Agenda Item 2: Delta ISB Article: Preparing Scientists, Policy-Makers, and Managers for a Fast-Forward Future
• Agenda Item 5b: Excerpts of the Delta ISB’s Water Supply Reliability Review (dated 6/9/21)
• Agenda Item 6: Approaches to Future Delta ISB Reviews
• Public Comments:
  • Comment Letter from California Water Research: Update on SB 821 regarding Delta ISB contracts, CWR comment letter
    • Attachment: Re: SB 821 (Senate Natural Resources & Water Committee)—Support/Amend
• Presentations:
  • Agenda Item 4: “From the Delta and back again” by Jennica Moffat (available by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov)
• Background Materials:
  • Water Supply Reliability Review Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Component 1 Summary
  • Delta Science Funding and Governance Initiative Implementation Report

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta Stewardship Council Staff Report on Contract with the University of California, San Diego, California SeaGrant
  • Agenda Item 5: Delta Lead Scientist Report
  • Agenda Item 5: Stakeholder Views of the Delta ISB
  • Agenda Item 6b: Monitoring Enterprise Review Excerpts (available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov)
• Presentations:
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta Lead Scientist Report (available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov)
• Public Comments:
  • Discussion of Delta ISB situation at June 24, 2021 DSC Meeting” from California Water Research (received June 29, 2021)
  • Public comments at 6/24/21 Delta Stewardship Council meeting regarding DISB funding” from Regional San
  • SB 821 amended to increase compensation & add urgency clause from California Water Research
• Background Materials:
  • Water Supply Reliability Review Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Component 1 Summary

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Delta Protection Commission on Senate Bill 821
    • Delta Protection Commission Staff Report
    • Delta Protection Commission Draft Support Letter on Senate Bill 821
      • Delta Protection Commission Final Support Letter on Senate Bill 821
  • Agenda Item 3: Monitoring Enterprise Review Excerpts (available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov)
• Public Correspondence:
  • Re: SB 821 (Committee on Natural Resources and Water): Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: Delta Independent Science Board - REQUEST FOR SIGNATURE from the Delta Counties Coalition (received July 14, 2021)
  • July 28-30: White House Listening Sessions on Scientific Integrity and Evidence-Based Policymaking from California Water Research (received July 24, 2021)
  • Update: Delta Protection Commission vote on SB 821 position, Water Board Chair expresses support, comments to White House listening session from California Water Research (received August 4, 2021)
• Presentations (available by request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov):
  • Overview of the United States Geological Survey by Mike Chotkowksi
  • Overview of the NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center by Rachel Johnson
  • Overview of the United States Bureau of Reclamation by Joshua Israel
  • Overview of the California Department of Water Resources by Lenny Grimaldo
  • Overview of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife by Carl Wilcox
• Background Materials:
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Component 1 Summary

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta Stewardship Council Staff Report (July 2021) on the Contract for Delta ISB Post-Doctoral Scholars
  • Agenda Item 7: Draft Monitoring Enterprise Review (dated 9/8/2021)
  • Agenda Item 8: Draft Water Supply Reliability Review for Public Comments (dated 9/1/2021)
• Public Correspondence:
  • The ISB Monitoring Enterprise Review from the Coalition for a Sustainable Delta (received August 26, 2021)
  • On scientific confluence and the challenges of avoiding a ghastly future in California water from California Water Research (received September 15, 2021)
  • Thank you for Your Service from Heinrich Albert (received September 16, 2021)
• Presentations:
  • Agenda Item 9: Overview of the Delta Science Program by Dr. Laurel Larsen (available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov)
• Background Materials:
  • Water Supply Reliability Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Component 1 Summary

• Revised Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: 2021 Delta Invasive Species Symposium
  • Agenda Item 3: DPIIC Restoration Subcommittee Fact Sheet
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta Lead Scientist Report
  • Agenda Item 4: Adapting Restoration for a Changing Climate Symposium Flyer
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta Governance Survey
  • Agenda Item 5: Draft Monitoring Enterprise Review (dated 10/12/21)
  • Agenda Item 6: Stakeholder Views of the Delta ISB
  • Agenda Item 8: Draft Water Supply Reliability Review (dated 9/1/21)
• Public Correspondence:
  • Prior to the Delta ISB’s October 19, 2021, meeting, the Delta ISB received the following public correspondence:
    • Letter to Delta ISB members re SB 821 and next steps from California Water Research (received 10/13/2021)
    • Data on recreational users of the delta from Francis Coats (received 10/13/2021)
  • In addition, the Delta ISB received the following public correspondence on its water supply reliability review (dated 9/1/2021):
    • Richard Norgaard (received 10/8/2021)
    • Ben Bray (received 10/13/2021)
    • Thomas Zuckerman (Central Delta Water Agency) (received 10/14/2021)
    • Central Delta Water Agency (received 10/15/2021)
      • Attachment 1: Recommendations for an Effective Water Change
      • Attachment 2: Delta Water Facilities
        • Both attachments available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov
    • Westlands Water District (received 10/15/2021)
    • State Water Contractors (received 10/15/2021)
      • Attachment: Table of Comments
        • Available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov
    • California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, California Water Impact Network, Aqualliance, and California Water Research (received 10/15/2021)
• Presentations (Available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov)
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta Lead Scientist Report by Laurel Larsen
  • Agenda Item 7: Delta Independent Science Board Reinvigorated by Steve Brandt
• Background Materials:
  • Water Supply Reliability Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Component 1 Summary

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Delta ISB Postdoctoral Scholar Recruitment Flyer
  • Agenda Item 2: Delta ISB Member Recruitment Flyer
  • Agenda Item 4: Draft Assessment of the Impact and Value of the Delta Independent Science Board
  • Agenda Item 8: Draft Monitoring Enterprise Review (dated 10/12/21)
    • Steve Culberson (received 11/9/2021)
    • Stacy Sherman (received 11/12/2021)
    • Regional San (received 11/12/2021)
    • State Water Contractors (received 11/12/2021)
  • Agenda Item 9: Draft Water Supply Reliability Review (dated 9/1/21). The Delta ISB received the following public correspondence on this draft report.
    • Richard Norgaard (received 10/8/2021)
    • Ben Bray (received 10/13/2021)
    • Thomas Zuckerman (Central Delta Water Agency) (received 10/14/2021)
    • Central Delta Water Agency (received 10/15/2021)
      • Attachment 1: Recommendations for an Effective Water Change
      • Attachment 2: Delta Water Facilities
        • Both attachments available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov
  • Westlands Water District (received 10/15/2021)
  • State Water Contractors (received 10/15/2021)
    • Attachment: Table of Comments
      • Available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov
  • California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, California Water Impact Network, Aqualliance, and California Water Research (received 10/15/2021)
• General Public Correspondence
  • ISB from Francis Coats (received on 10/31/2021)
  • Notes from California Delegation briefing from COP26 from California Water Research (received 11/15/2021)
• Presentations (available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov)
  • Agenda Item 3: Planning Retreat Overview by Stephen Brandt
  • Agenda Item 4: Draft Assessment of the Delta ISB by the Delta Science Program
• Background Materials:
  • Water Supply Reliability Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Component 1 Summary
  • 2017 Planning Retreat Summary
  • 2020 Planning Document

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Delta Invasive Species Symposium
  • Agenda Item 5a: Draft Monitoring Enterprise Review (dated 10/12/21). The Delta ISB received the following public correspondence on this draft report:
    • Steve Culberson (received 11/9/2021)
    • Stacy Sherman (received 11/12/2021)
    • Regional San (received 11/12/2021)
    • State Water Contractors (received 11/12/2021)
    • Delta Protection Commission (received December 11/18/2021)
  • Agenda Item 5b: Draft Water Supply Reliability Review (dated 9/1/21). The Delta ISB received the following public correspondence on this draft report:
    • Richard Norgaard (received 10/8/2021)
    • Ben Bray (received 10/13/2021)
    • Thomas Zuckerman (Central Delta Water Agency) (received 10/14/2021)
    • Central Delta Water Agency (received 10/15/2021)
    • Westlands Water District (received 10/15/2021)
    • State Water Contractors (received 10/15/2021)
    • California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, California Water Impact Network, Aqualliance, and California Water Research (received 10/15/2021)
  • Agenda Item 7: Delta Science Program’s Request to Review the draft 2022-2026 Science Action Agenda
    • 2022-2026 Science Action Agenda Public Review Draft
• General Public Correspondence
  • Comments on Integrated conceptual models of the Delta ecosystem from California Water Research (received 11/16/2021)
• Presentations (available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov)
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta Lead Scientist Report by Dr. Laurel Larsen
  • Agenda Item 7: Science Action Agenda by Rachael Klopfenstein and Henry DeBey
• Background Materials:
  • Water Supply Reliability Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Component 1 Summary

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 5: Preliminary Draft Delta Plan Chapter 4 (Protect, Restore, and Enhance the Delta Ecosystem)
    • Preliminary Draft Appendix Q2 (Delta Plan Amendments)
    • Preliminary Draft Appendix 3a (Delta Plan Amendments)
    • Preliminary Draft Appendix 4a (Delta Plan Amendments)
    • Preliminary Draft Appendix 8a (Delta Plan Amendments)
    • Preliminary Draft Appendix E (Delta Plan Amendments)
  • Agenda Item 5: Draft Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment Performance Measure Datasheets
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.6
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.12
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.13
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.14
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.15
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.16
  • Agenda Item 5: Delta ISB Discussion on the Public Draft of the Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment
  • Agenda Item 6 and 7: Draft Social Science Strategy for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
  • Agenda Item 8b: Revised “Ecology During Rapid Environmental Change” Discussion Paper (dated 11/25/19)
  • Agenda Item 8c: Final Delta ISB Review on the Interagency Ecological Program

• Meeting Notice

• Meeting Notice
• Brown Bag Seminar Video

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 4: 2019 Council Accomplishments and Proposed 2021-2022
    • Attachment 1: Council Priorities 2020-2021 Memo
    • Attachment 2: 2019 Annual Report
    • Attachment 3: Proposed 2020-2021 Milestone Schedule
  • Agenda Item 5: Delta ISB Draft Memo on Review of the Draft Social Science Strategy
  • Agenda Item 5: Draft Social Science Strategy for the Sacramento and San Joaquin Delta
  • Agenda Item 6b: Final Delta ISB IEP Review
  • Agenda Item 10: Delta ISB Panel Discussion Paper (“Toward a Preemptive Ecology for Rapid, Global, and Increasingly Irreversible Environmental Change”)
  • Agenda Item 13: Preliminary Draft Delta Plan Chapter 4 (Protect, Restore, and Enhance the Delta Ecosystem)
    • Preliminary Draft Appendix Q2 (Delta Plan Amendments)
    • Preliminary Draft Appendix 3a (Delta Plan Amendments)
    • Preliminary Draft Appendix 4a (Delta Plan Amendments)
    • Preliminary Draft Appendix 8a (Delta Plan Amendments)
    • Preliminary Draft Appendix E (Delta Plan Amendments)
  • Agenda Item 10: Panel Responses to Delta ISB Discussion Paper
  • Agenda Item 10: Panelist Profiles
  • Agenda Item 13: Delta ISB Draft Memo on Review of the Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment
  • Agenda Item 13: Draft Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment Performance Measure Datasheets
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.6
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.12
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.13
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.14
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.15
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.16
  • Agenda Item 13: Independent Scientific Review of Preliminary Public Review Draft of Delta Plan Chapter 4 Performance Measure
    • Anna Sturrock Comments on Performance Measure 4.6 and 4.13
    • John G. Williams Comments on Performance Measures 4.6 and 4.13
    • Rebecca Buchanan Comments on Performance Measures 4.6 and 4.13
    • Josh Collins Comments on Performance Measures 4.12, 4.15, and 4.16
    • Kristin Byrd Comments on Performance Measures 4.12, 4.15, and 4.16
    • Stephen Crooks Comments on Performance Measures 4.12, 4.15, and 4.16
  • Agenda Item 14: Planning Future Reviews Summary
  • Agenda Item 1tem 14: Stakeholder Feedback on Future Delta ISB Reviews

• Meeting Notice
• Revised Meeting Notice
• Brown Bag Seminar Recording

For more information, please visit the Delta Lead Scientist webpage.

• Meeting Notice
• Revised Meeting Notice
• Brown Bag Seminar Recording

For more information, please visit the Delta Lead Scientist webpage.

• Meeting Notice (Revised 3/19/2020)
• WebEx
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Final Memo - Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment Review
  • Agenda Item 2: Final Memo - Draft Social Science Strategy Review
  • Agenda Item 3: Draft Delta Stewardship Council Public Participation Plan
  • Agenda Item 4: Prospectus for Assessment of Delta ISB Recommendations
  • Communication Product (Poster): A Review of the Interagency Ecological Program’s Ability to Provide Science Supporting Management of the Delta
    • This poster was designed for printing on 38 inch by 48 inch sized paper.
  • Agenda Item 7c: Briefing Paper for the 2020 Science Needs Assessment Workshop
  • Agenda Item 7d: Draft Memo - Summary of Discussion on Ecology During Rapid Environmental Change
• Background Material:
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Prospectus
  • Ecosystems Review Prospectus
  • Water Supply Reliability Review Prospectus
  • Delta Lead Scientist Web Page

• Meeting Notice (Revised 3/24/2020)
• Brown Bag Seminar Recording

For more information, please visit the Delta Lead Scientist webpage.

• Meeting Notice

• Meeting Notice
• WebEx
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 4: Council Staff Report on Consideration of a Contract with the United States Geological Survey to Fund Operation Baseline 2.0 Investigations
  • Operation Baseline (One pager)
  • Agenda Item 5: Draft Memo on Delta Science During Rapid Environmental Change
  • Agenda Item 5: Public Comment Letter from California Water Research (dated 3/30/20)
• Background Materials:
  • Science Needs Assessment Workshop Briefing Paper
  • Ecosystems Review Prospectus
  • Water Supply Reliability Review Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Prospectus
  • Final Review of the Interagency Ecological Program
  • Delta Lead Scientist Web Page
• Recorded Seminars of Delta Lead Scientist Applicants:
  • January 27: Dr. Jay Lund
  • March 9: Dr. Denise Reed
  • March 12: Dr. Lisamarie Windham-Myers
  • March 30: Dr. Laurel Larsen

• Workshop and Virtual Discussion Series flyer
• Briefing Paper for the 2020 Science Needs Assessment Workshop
• Science Needs Assessment Pre-Workshop Discussion Part 1 Recording
• Science Needs Assessment Pre-Workshop Discussion Part 1 Summary

• Meeting Notice
• WebEx
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Memorandum: Preparing for Accelerating and Uncertain Environmental Change
  • Agenda Item 2: Letter: Notice of Preparation for the Delta Conveyance Project
  • Agenda Item 4: A Social Science Strategy for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
  • Agenda Item 5a: Monitoring Enterprise Review Component 1 Summary
  • Agenda Item 5a: Monitoring Enterprise Review Questionnaire
  • Agenda Item 5c: Draft Water Supply Reliability Review Outline
  • Agenda Item 5d: Science Needs Assessment Discussion 1 Recording
  • Agenda Item 5d: Science Needs Assessment Mentimeter Results
  • Agenda Item 7: Potential Review Topics
  • Agenda Item 8: Operation Guidelines
• Background Materials:
  • Science Needs Assessment Save-the-Date Flyer
  • Ecosystems Review Prospectus
  • Water Supply Reliability Review Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Prospectus
  • Final Review of the Interagency Ecological Program
• Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment Materials (from the Council’s May 1, 2020 Meeting):
  • Council Staff Report: Consideration of Authorization to Commence California Environmental Quality Act Review of the Draft Ecosystem Amendment as the Proposed Project
    • Attachment 1: Summary of Comments Received and Staff Responses
    • Attachment 2: May 2020 Draft Chapter 4, Protect, Restore, and Enhance the Delta Ecosystem (which includes policies and recommendations)
    • Attachment 3: May 2020 Draft Regulatory Requirements to Demonstrate Consistency with Regulatory Policies and New Definitions. Appendix 3A, Appendix4A, and Definitions
    • Attachment 4: May 2020 Draft Appendix 8A. Priority Locations to Evaluate Physical Expansion of Channel Width
    • Attachment 5: May 2020 Draft Appendix Q1. Methods Used to Update Ecosystem Restoration Maps Using New Digital Elevation Model and Tidal Data
    • Attachment 6: May 2020 Draft Appendix Q2. Key Considerations and Best Available Science for Protecting, Restoring, and Enhancing the Delta Ecosystem
    • Attachment 7: May 2020 Draft Appendix Q3. Identifying, Mapping, and Quantifying Opportunities for Landscape-Scale Restoration in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
    • Attachment 8: May 2020 Draft Appendix Q4. Conservation and Recovery Plan Target Species
    • Attachment 9: May 2020 Draft Appendix E. Performance Measures for the Delta Plan
    • Attachment 10: May 2020 Draft Performance Measure Datasheets
    • Attachment 11: May 2020 Draft Amendments to Chapter 4 Policies & Recommendations, Redlined Relative to Existing Chapter 4 Policies and Recommendations

• Workshop and Virtual Discussion Series flyer
• Briefing Paper for the 2020 Science Needs Assessment Workshop
• Science Needs Assessment Pre-Workshop Discussion Part 2 Recording
• Science Needs Assessment Pre-Workshop Discussion Part 2 Summary

• Meeting Notice
• Zoom Registration
  • To join the webcast, please register before the meeting via Zoom.
  • After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions to join the webcast. If you have a computer microphone, you will have the option to receive audio and provide oral comments through your computer. If not, please dial the phone number listed in your confirmation email.
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 4: 2022 to 2026 Science Action Agenda Information Sheet
  • Agenda Item 4: 2022 to 2026 Science Action Agenda Screening Criteria
  • Agenda Item 4: Social Science for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Brown Bag Webinar Series
  • Agenda Item 5: Operating Guidelines
  • Agenda Item 5: Proposed Amendments
  • Agenda Item 7a: Draft Ecosystems Review
  • Agenda Item 7b: Monitoring Enterprise Review Questionnaire (Deadline Extended until June 19, 2020)
• Background Materials:
  • Science Needs Assessment Save-the-Date Flyer
  • Ecosystems Review Prospectus
  • Water Supply Reliability Review Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Component 1 Summary
  • Final Review of the Interagency Ecological Program

• Meeting Notice
• Zoom Registration
  • To join the webcast, please register before the meeting via Zoom.
  • After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions to join the webcast. If you have a computer microphone, you will have the option to receive audio and provide oral comments through your computer. If not, please dial the phone number listed in your confirmation email.
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Operating Guidelines (revised June 12, 2020)
  • Agenda Item 3: Council Public Participation Plan (Council Endorsement Draft)
  • Agenda Item 4: News Release - Delta ISB Appointments
  • Agenda Item 4: Visual Abstract -- Large Contribution from Anthropogenic Warming to an Emerging North American Megadrought
  • Agenda Item 5a: Draft Review Report -- The Science of Non-native Species in a Dynamic Delta
  • Agenda Item 6: Virtual Conferences Guide to Best Practices from the Association for Computing Machinery
  • Agenda Item 6: National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis Virtual Collaboration Webpage
• Background Materials:
  • Science Needs Assessment Save-the-Date Flyer
  • Prospectus: Delta Science Program Assessment of Delta ISB Recommendations
  • Ecosystems Review Prospectus
  • Water Supply Reliability Review Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Component 1 Summary
  • Final Review of the Interagency Ecological Program

• Workshop and Virtual Discussion Series Flyer
• Briefing Paper for the 2020 Science Needs Assessment Workshop
• Science Needs Assessment Pre-Workshop Discussion Part 3 Recording
• Science Needs Assessment Pre-Workshop Discussion Part 3 Presentation
• Science Needs Assessment Pre-Workshop Discussion Part 3 Summary

• Meeting Notice
• Zoom Registration
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• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 4b: Planning Future Science Reviews
  • Agenda Item 5a: Draft Report: The Science of Non-native Species in a Dynamic Delta
  • Agenda Item 6b: Draft Rapid Change Article (dated 8/10/2020)
  • Agenda Item 9b: Delta Protection Commission Letter on Best Available Science for “Delta as Place” Considerations in Delta Conveyance Project EIR
    • Delta Protection Commission Letter Attachment
• Background Materials:
  • Science Needs Assessment Save-the-Date Flyer
  • Prospectus: Delta Science Program Assessment of Delta ISB Recommendations
  • Ecosystems Review Prospectus
  • Water Supply Reliability Review Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Component 1 Summary
  • Final Review of the Interagency Ecological Program

• Workshop and Virtual Discussion Series Flyer
• Briefing Paper for the 2020 Science Needs Assessment Workshop
• Science Needs Assessment Pre-Workshop Discussion Part 4 Recording
• Science Needs Assessment Pre-Workshop Discussion Part 4 Summary

• Meeting Notice
• Zoom Registration
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  • After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions to join the webcast. If you have a computer microphone, you will have the option to receive audio and provide oral comments through your computer. If not, please dial the phone number listed in your confirmation email.
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Delta ISB Reflections
  • Agenda Item 4: Public Comment Draft: The Science of Non-native Species in a Dynamic Delta (dated 7/14/2020)
  • Agenda Item 4: Revised Draft Report: The Science of Non-native Species in a Dynamic Delta (dated 9/8/2020)
  • Agenda Item 4: Public Comment Letters
    • Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District (received 8/20/2020)
      • Attachment: Bauer, Marissa. 2010. An Ecosystem Model of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Suisun Bay, California USA. Master’s Thesis, California State University, Chico (Available upon request by emailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov)
    • Bob Peoples (received 8/24/2020)
• Background Materials:
  • Ecosystems Review Prospectus
  • Water Supply Reliability Review Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Prospectus
  • Monitoring Enterprise Review Component 1 Summary
  • Final Review of the Interagency Ecological Program
  • Science Needs Assessment Save-the-Date Flyer
  • Delta Science Funding and Governance Initiative Implementation Report

• Background Materials:
  • Flyer
  • Briefing Paper
  • Draft Article: Preparing for a Fast-forward Future in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
• Recordings:
  • Pre-Workshop Virtual Discussion Series Recordings
  • Science Needs Assessment Workshop Recording

• Meeting Notice
• Zoom Registration
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  • After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions to join the webcast. If you have a computer microphone, you will have the option to receive audio and provide oral comments through your computer. If not, please dial the phone number listed in your confirmation email.
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 4 - Science Needs Assessment Workshop Recording
• Background Materials:
  • Science Needs Assessment Briefing Paper
  • Delta Science Funding and Governance Initiative Implementation Report
  • Water Supply Reliability Review Prospectus

• Meeting Notice
• Zoom Registration
  • To join the webcast, please register before the meeting via Zoom.
  • After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions to join the webcast. If you have a computer microphone, you will have the option to receive audio and provide oral comments through your computer. If not, please dial the phone number listed in your confirmation email.
• Meeting Materials:
  • The Science Of Non-native Species in a Dynamic Delta
• Background Materials:
  • Ecosystems Review Prospectus

• Meeting Notice
• Zoom Registration
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  • After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions to join the webcast. If you have a computer microphone, you will have the option to receive audio and provide oral comments through your computer. If not, please dial the phone number listed in your confirmation email.
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Delta Science Program Prospectus for Assessment of Delta ISB Recommendations (dated 11/23/20)
    • Delta Independent Science Board Assessment Survey
  • Agenda Item 4: Science Needs Assessment Draft Outline
• Presentations (Available by e-mailing disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov):
  • Agenda Item 3: Harmful Algal Blooms Panel Discussion
• Background Materials:
  • Science Needs Assessment Briefing Paper
  • Delta ISB Letter to DPIIC on the urgency and opportunities for improving Delta interagency science
  • Delta Science Funding and Governance Initiative Implementation Report

• Meeting Notice

• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 7: Revised IEP Review Draft (6/14/19)
  • Agenda Item #7: IEP Review Alternative Recommendations
  • Agenda Item #9: Speaker Bio
  • Agenda Item 10a: Monitoring Enterprise Review Workshop Summary
  • Agenda Item #10b: Water Supply Reliability Review Outline
  • Agenda Item #10b: Water Supply Reliability Review Interview Questions
  • Agenda Item #11: Discussion Questions
  • Agenda Item #11: 2017 Planning Retreat Ideas
  • Agenda Item #11: Delta ISB Review Matrix

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 3: Council 2019 Workplan Update
  • Agenda Item 3: Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment Performance Measures
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta Lead Scientist Job Announcement
  • Agenda Item 8: Revised IEP Review (8/12/19)
• Public Comments on the Delta ISB’s Draft IEP Review (6/14/19)
  • IEP Lead Scientist (received 7/17/19)
  • State Water Contractors (received 7/26/19)

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Delta ISB Presentation to the Council (8/22/19)
  • Agenda Item 3: Draft Delta Plan Five-Year Review Staff Report
    • Attachment 1: Draft Recommendations Report
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta Lead Scientist Recruitment Job Announcement
  • Agenda Item 5: Individual Delta ISB Comments on the Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment Performance Measure
  • Agenda Item 5: Draft Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment Performance Measures (Request Package)
    • Draft Delta Plan Performance Measures Appendix E Format
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.12 (Subsidence Reversal)
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.13 (Barriers to Fish Migration)
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.14 (Funding for Ecosystem Restoration)
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.15 (Season Inundation)
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.16 (Natural Communities)
    • Draft Performance Measure 4.6 (Salmon Doubling)
  • Agenda Item 6: Independent Scientific Review of the Delta Mercury Control Program Phase 1 Methylmercury Control Studies
  • Agenda Item 7: Draft Delta Science Funding and Governance Initiative Report 4
  • Agenda Item 9: Voluntary Agreements Background
  • Agenda Item 10: Delta Conservation Adaptive Management Action Strategy
  • Agenda Item 11: Draft IEP Review Report (dated 8/12/19)
  • Agenda Item 12a: Monitoring Enterprise Inventory Framework
  • Agenda Item 12b: Water Supply Reliability Interview Questions
  • Agenda Item 13: Draft July 2019 Planning Session Summary

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Rapid Environmental Change Events
  • Agenda Item 3: Delta ISB Comment Letter on the Draft Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment Performance Measures
  • Agenda Item 4: Overview of Southern California Water Supply Reliability and Reduced Reliance Projects; and Innovations in Water-use Efficiency and Reuse
  • Agenda Item 5: Delta Lead Scientist Job Announcement
  • Agenda Item 7e: Water Supply Reliability Interview Questions
  • Agenda Item 8: Planning Future Reviews

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Delta Lead Scientist Job Announcement

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 2: Rapid Change Events Calendar (11/12/19)
  • Agenda Item 3: Background on the Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Strategy
  • Agenda Item 4: Staff Report from the October 2019 Council Meeting (Delta Plan Five-Year Review Report)
    • Attachment 1: Delta Plan Five-Year Review Report (October 2019)
  • Agenda Item 7: Ecological Effects on the Delta of the 2015 Emergency Drought Barrier Summary Sheet
  • Agenda Item 11: Interim Monitoring Inventory Report (Report 2; Available Upon Request)
    • Interim Monitoring Inventory Tool
  • Agenda Item 15: Planning Future Reviews

• Revised Meeting notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 4: Individual Delta ISB Feedback on the Draft Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment
  • Agenda Item 4: Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment for Public Review
  • Draft Ecosystem Amendment Appendix Q2
  • Draft Ecosystem Amendment Appendix 8a
  • Draft Ecosystem Amendment Appendix E
  • Agenda Item 4: Draft Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment Performance Measure Datasheets
  • Draft Performance Measure 4.6
  • Draft Performance Measure 4.12
  • Draft Performance Measure 4.13
  • Draft Performance Measure 4.14
  • Draft Performance Measure 4.15
  • Draft Performance Measure 4.16
  • Agenda Item 6b: Revised “Ecology During Rapid Change” Paper (dated 11/25/19)
  • Agenda Item 6c: Final Delta ISB Review on the Interagency Ecological Program
  • Agenda Item 7: Future Delta ISB Review Ideas (dated 12/06/19)
  • Agenda Item 7: Stakeholder Feedback on Future Delta ISB Reviews

• Meeting notice