Events Calendar

A Meeting Notice will be posted 10 days before the meeting.

• Flyer

• 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
• Revised Meeting Notice
• Second Revised Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 6 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of December 14, 2023 Meeting Summary
    2. Consideration and Possible Adoption of revised Delta Plan Chapter 7, “Reduce Risk to People, Property and State Interests in the Delta” (including RR P1) Appendix P, and Delta Plan Executive Summary (Resolution 2024-01)
       • Attachment 1 - Resolution 2024-01
    3. Consideration and Possible Approval of an Amendment to Contract DSC- 21055 with the Regents of the University of California San Diego, California Sea Grant for the Delta Independent Science Board Support and Technical Expertise Services (Resolution 2024-02)
       • Attachment 1 - Resolution 2024-02
    4. Consideration and Possible Approval of an Amendment to Contract #1461 with Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. to Add Funds and Extend the Performance Period (Resolution 2024-03)
       • Attachment 1 - Resolution 2024-03
  • Agenda Item 8 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Quarterly Contract Report
    • Active Projects List
    • Delta Stewardship Council Letter on Completion of the Delta Levees Investment Strategy (Water Code §85305)
    • Comments on the Draft Staff Report in Support of Potential Sacramento/Delta Updates to the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
       • Legislative Update Presentation
    3. Annual Report
       • Annual Report Presentation
       • Annual Report Information Sheet
  • Agenda Item 9 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Managing a Cyanobacteria Harmful Algae Bloom "Hotspot" in the upper San Francisco Estuary
  • Agenda Item 10 - Delta Independent Science Board (ISB) Update
    • Delta Independent Science Board Update Presentation

• 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
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 1 - Welcome, Introductions, and Pledge of Allegiance
    • Historical Society handouts available upon request by emailing engage@deltacounil.ca.gov
  • Agenda Item 3 - Public Comment
    • Just Transitions Brochure
  • Agenda Item 4 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of January 25, 2024 Meeting Summary
    2. Consideration and Possible Approval of an Amendment to a Contract with the Regents of the University of California San Diego, California Sea Grant for the Position of Social Scientist Extension Specialist (Resolution 2024-04)
       • Attachment 1 - Resolution 2024-04
  • Agenda Item 5 - Chair’s Report
    • DPIIC Spring Gathering Presentation
  • Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    • Comments on Twitchell Island Wetland Enhancement and Restoration Project Mitigated Negative Declaration, SCH# 2023110643
    • Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the City of Pittsburg General Plan 2040 Update, SCH# 2022040427
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
       • Legislative and Tribal Engagement Update Presentation
    3. Tribal Engagement Update
    4. Council Priorities
       • 2024 Council Priorities Presentation
       • Attachment 1 - 2024 Proposed Council Priorities Matrix
  • Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - California’s precipitation will be more rain than snow, and land adaptations canenhance watershed storage.
  • Agenda Item 8 - Staten Island Wetland Restoration and Carbon Farming for Habitat, Climate, and Communities
    • Attachment 1 - Map of the Staten Island Wetland Restoration and Carbon Farming area
    • Attachment 2 - Letters of Support for the Staten Island Wetland Restoration and Carbon Farming Area
    • Staten Island Wetland Restoration and Carbon Farming for Habitat, Climate and Communities Project Presentation
  • Agenda Item 9 - California Department of Water Resources (DWR) Delta Conveyance Update
    • Delta Conveyance Project Update Presentation

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 4 - Delta Adapts Draft Adaptation Plan Overview and Discussion
    • Delta Adapts: Draft Adaptation Plan Overview & Discussion Prsentation
    • Attachment 1 - Delta Adapts: Creating a Climate Resilient Future Information Sheet

• Save the Date Flyer
• Registration

This public event will be held in a town hall format that allows participants to discuss adaptation strategies. Those working on climate adaptation in the region and interested members of the public are encouraged to attend.

The workshop will be a hybrid event with an in-person and remote participation option. Registration is not needed to participate in the workshop, but please consider registering if you plan to attend in person.

For instructions on how to participate virtually, refer to the March Council Meeting Notice, which will be posted on the Council’s website 10 days before the event.

• Meeting Notice
• DPIIC Restoration Subcommittee Meeting Presentation
• Notice of Members Attending Remotely
• Revised Notice of Members Attending Remotely
• March 7, 2024 DPIIC Restoration Subcommittee Meeting Summary
• March 7, 2024 DPIIC Restoration Subcommittee Meeting Video

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

• Meeting Notice
• Delta Agency Science Workgroup Presentation

• 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

• Save the Date Flyer
• Register to attend Day 1 on March 26.
• Register to attend Day 2 on March 27.
• Agenda
• Information Sheet - A Primer on Delta Salinity: Natural and Human Influences
• March 26-27, 2024 Salinity Management Workshop video

• Meeting Notice
• Council Meeting Video - April 12, 2024

• Meeting Notice
• November 7, 2023 Autumn Gathering Summary
• Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms Information Sheet
• DPIIC Spring Gathering Video - April 15, 2024

• 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
• Revised Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 4 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of February 29, 2024 Meeting Summary
    2. Adoption of March 1, 2024 Meeting Summary
    3. Adoption of April 12, 2024 Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 5 - Chair’s Report
    1. Delta Interagency Implementation Committee Update
       • Delta Interagency Implementation Committee Update Presentation
  • Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • February 2024 Outreach Highlights Report
    • March 2024 Outreach Highlights Report
    • Quarterly Contract Report
    • Active Projects List
    • Comments on Draft Environmental Impact Report for the County 2045 General Plan and Climate Action Plan Update, SCH# 2023090467
    • Comments on Notice of Preparation of an Environmental Impact Report for the Fairfield Forward 2050: City of Fairfield Comprehensive General Plan Update, Housing Element Update, and Climate Action Plan, SCH# 2021080289
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
       • Support for the Abandoned and Derelict Vessel Removal Act of 2024
       • Legislative Update Presentation
    3. Tribal and Environmental Justice Issue Paper Draft Update
       • Tribal and Environmental Justice Issue Paper Draft Update Presentation
  • Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Evaluating top-down, bottom-up, and environmental drivers of pelagic food web dynamics along an estuarine gradient
    • DSP-NCEAS synthesis working group Presentation
  • Agenda Item 8 - Consideration and Possible Appointment of the Delta Lead Scientist
    • Attachment 1 - Recommendation for Delta Lead Scientist Appointment
  • Agenda Item 9 - Delta Independent Science Board Update
    • Delta Independent Science Board Update Presentation
  • Agenda Item 10 - Delta Plan Five-Year Review Draft Report
    • Attachment 1 - Public Review Draft Delta Plan Five-Year Review 2024 with Performance Measure Report Cards
    • Attachment 2 - Public Review Draft Performance Measure Report Cards - Technical Section Supporting the Delta Plan Five-Year Review Report
    • Delta Plan Five-Year Review 2024 Presentation
    • The Delta Council Performance Measures Guidebook is available here: https://deltacouncil.ca.gov/pdf/delta-plan/2023-08-31-delta-council-performance-measures-guidebook.pdf
  • Agenda Item 11 - Metropolitan Water District Update on Delta Island Activities
    • Metropolitan Water District’s Presentation is available upon request by emailing engage@deltacouncil.ca.gov

• Meeting Notice
• Visit our Regulations web page for more information.
• Ecosystem Rulemaking Public Hearing Video - May 14, 2024

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 6 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of April 25, 2024, Meeting Summary
    2. Consideration and Possible Adoption of Contract Amendment with AECOM to Extend the Performance Period to the Master Contract (Resolution 2024-05)
       • Attachment 1 - Resolution of the Delta Stewardship Council Authorizing the Execution of an Amendment to Contract NO. DSC8932 with AECOM to Extend the Performance Period
    • Comments on the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for the Extension of the Lower Yuba River Accord Water Transfer Program, SCH# 2005062111
  • Agenda Item 7 - Chair’s Report
    • Chair's Report Photo Collage
  • Agenda Item 8 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
       • Legislative Update Presentation
  • Agenda Item 9 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Ecological Effects of Drought in the Upper San Francisco Estuary
  • Agenda Item 10 - Delta Levee Investment Strategy (DLIS) Risk Reduction Analysis
    • Attachment 1 - Summary Table
    • Attachment 2 - DLIS Risk Reduction Analysis Reporting Years 2020-2023
      • Delta Levee Investment Strategy (DLIS) Risk Reduction Analysis Presentation
  • Agenda Item 11 - Delta Watermaster Update
    • The Delta Watermaster presentation is available upon request by emailing engage@deltacouncil.ca.gov
  • Agenda Item 12 - Pacific Flyway Center Project
    • Pacific Flyway Center Project Presentation

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 6 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of April 25, 2024, Meeting Summary
    2. Consideration and Possible Adoption of Contract Amendment with AECOM to Extend the Performance Period to the Master Contract (Resolution 2024-05)
       • Attachment 1 - Resolution of the Delta Stewardship Council Authorizing the Execution of an Amendment to Contract NO. DSC8932 with AECOM to Extend the Performance Period
  • Agenda Item 7 - Chair’s Report
    • Chair's Report Photo Collage
  • Agenda Item 8 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    • Comments on the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for the Extension of the Lower Yuba River Accord Water Transfer Program, SCH# 2005062111
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
       • Legislative Update Presentation
  • Agenda Item 9 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Ecological Effects of Drought in the Upper San Francisco Estuary
  • Agenda Item 10 - Delta Levees Investment Strategy (DLIS) Risk Reduction Analysis
    • Attachment 1 - Delta Levees Investment Strategy Summary Table
    • Attachment 2 - Delta Levees Investment Strategy Risk Reduction Analysis Reporting Years 2020-2023
      • Delta Levees Investment Strategy (DLIS) Risk Reduction Analysis Presentation
  • Agenda Item 11 - Delta Watermaster Update
    • The Delta Watermaster presentation is available upon request by emailing engage@deltacouncil.ca.gov
  • Agenda Item 12 - Pacific Flyway Center Project
    • Pacific Flyway Center Project Presentation
      • The Pacific Flyway Center presentation is available upon request by emailing engage@deltacouncil.ca.gov

• Conference website

• View the schedule
• Information sheet: Assessing sea-level rise and flooding changes in the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta using historical water level records
• Information sheet: Suisun Landscapes: Assessing historical change and planning a resilient future that reflects community priorities

The University of California Davis Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute and the Delta Science Program are hosting a one-day symposium exploring food webs research from the San Francisco Estuary to the Pacific Ocean in the International Center Multipurpose Room at UC Davis beginning at 9:00 AM.

The symposium is free to attend, both in person and virtually, but attendees must reserve tickets.

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• Information Sheet: The Effects of Climate Change on the Life History of Spring-run Chinook Salmon Through Time
• Information Sheet: Regulation of Controls of Cold Water Through the Temperature Control Device of the Shasta Dam as a Means of Supporting Downstream Fish Populations

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• Information sheet: Quantifying the Effects of Climate Change & Sea Level Rise on Carbon Accretion of Wetlands in the San Francisco Bay & Delta
• Information sheet: How Delta Food Webs Have Changed: Integrating Detrital Material into the Delta Food Web Puzzle

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• Information sheet: Integrating Social and Ecological Research to Control Invasive Species- Fostering Collective Action Among Private and Public Stakeholders

• 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

• View the schedule
• Information sheet: Addressing CyanoHABs as a Threat to Water and Air Quality in the San Francisco Bay-Delta
• Information sheet: Harmful Algal Blooms and Cyanotoxins in the Delta- Occurrence, Distribution, Trends, and Environmental Drivers

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 4 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of May 23, 2024 Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    • Comments on the Initial Study/Negative Declaration for El Dorado Irrigation District’s Five-Year Conserved Water Transfer, SCH #2024050686
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
       • Legislative Update Presentation
    3. Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy and Delta Protection Commission Update
  • Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1 - Structured Decision-Making (SDM) steps and Delta Prototype SDM
    • Attachment 2 - By the Numbers
  • Agenda Item 8 - Independent Scientific Peer Review
    • Independent Scientific Peer Review Presentation
  • Agenda Item 9 - California Department of Water Resources (DWR) Delta Conveyance Update
    • Delta Conveyance Project Presentation

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• Information sheet: Examining the Impacts of Habitat Covariates on Predation and Outmigration Mortality of all Central Valley Chinook Salmon Ecotypes

• 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)

• Agenda
• In-person registration
• Zoom registration
• Save the date flyer

• View the schedule
• Information sheet: From Microbes to Zooplankton, What Defines a Beneficial Wetland?
• Information Sheet: Non-invasive Environmental DNA Monitoring to Support Tidal Wetland Restoration

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 4 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of June 27, 2024 Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    • Comments on Notice of Preparation of an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Georgiana Slough Erosion Control and Habitat Enhancement Project, SCH# 2024-061227
    • Quarterly Contract Report
    • Declaration of Jeff Henderson in Support of California Department of Water Resources’ Ex Parte Application to Modify or Stay Preliminary Injunction
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
       • Legislative Update Presentation
    3. Executive Fellow Farewell
  • Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
      • By the Numbers Presentation

• 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
• Revised Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 4 - Consideration and Possible Adoption of Regulations Relating to the Delta Ecosystem Restoration Management (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 23, § 5001 et seq.)(Resolution 2024-06)
    • Attachment 1 - Final Statement of Reasons
      • For more information please visit https://deltacouncil.ca.gov/delta-plan/regulations
  • Agenda Item 4 - Resolution of the Delta Stewardship Council to Adopt Regulations Relating to the Delta Ecosystem Restoration Management (CAL. CODE REGS., TIT. 23, § 5001 ET SEQ.)
    Resolution 2024-06
    • Ecosystem Rulemaking Presentation
  • Agenda Item 5 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of July 25, 2024, Meeting Summary
    2. Consideration and Possible Approval of a new Federal Agreement with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
       • Attachment 1 - Resolution 2024-07
  • Agenda Item 7 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    • Best Practices for Vegetation Management on Levees – Draft for Public Review and Comment (Spring 2024)
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
  • Agenda Item 8 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers

• 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

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 4 - Tribal and Environmental Justice Issue Paper Public Review Draft Release
    • Attachment 1 - Tribal and Environmental Justice Issues in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: History and Current Perspectives
    • Attachment 2 - General Information Sheet
    • Attachment 3 - Recommendations Information Sheet
    • Attachment 4 - Issues Information Sheet
    • Attachment 5 - Summary of interview results
    • Tribal and Environmental Justice Issue Paper Presentation
  • Agenda Item 5 - Consideration and Possible Adoption of the Delta Plan Five-Year Review Report (Resolution 2024-08)
    • Resolution 2024-08
    • Attachment 1 - Delta Plan Five-Year Review 2024
    • Attachment 2 - Appendix to the Delta Plan Five-Year Review 2024
    • Delta Plan Five-Year Review Report Presentation
  • Agenda Item 6 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of August 22, 2024, Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 8 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    • Comments on Notice of Preparation of an Environmental Impact Report for the Tide's End Multibenefit Restoration Project, SCH# 2024070944
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
       • Legislative Update Presentation
  • Agenda Item 9 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1 - Visual Summary of Article
    • Attachment 2 - By the Numbers
  • Agenda Item 10 - Delta Watermaster Update
    • Delta Watermaster Report Presentation
  • Agenda Item 11 - California Department of Water Resources Delta Conveyance Update
    • Delta Conveyance Project Update Presentation

Location: SAFE Credit Union Convention Center | Sacramento, California

• View the save-the-date flyer
• Visit the conference website

• 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

• Flyer
• Registration

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 4 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of September 26, 2024, Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    • Quarterly Contracts Report
    • Covered Actions Webpage recording available here: https://youtu.be/SfQbWyOrWEA
  • Agenda Item 7 - Delta Levees: Challenges and Opportunities
    • Attachment 1 - Delta Levees 101 Information Sheet
  • Agenda Item 8 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1 - Ecocultural Burning Visual
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers

• Meeting Notice
• April 15, 2024 DPIIC Spring Gathering Summary
• FY 2022-2023 Delta Crosscut Budget Report
• Letter to legislative committees regarding completion of Delta Levees Investment Strategy
• Delta Levees 101 Information Sheet
• Public comment letter available upon request.

• 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

• Meeting Notice
• Revised Meeting Notice
• Additional meeting materials available upon request.

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 6 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of October 24, 2024, Meeting Summary
    2. Consideration and Possible Adoption of Contract Amendment with AECOM to Extend the Performance Period to the Master Contract (Resolution 2024-09)
  • Agenda Item 7 - Chair’s Report
    1. Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee (DPIIC) Autumn Gathering Debrief
       • DPIIC Update Presentation
  • Agenda Item 8 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    • Letter of Support for the Development of a Regional Conservation Investment Strategy for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
    • Comments on Notice of Intent to Adopt an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Giant Garter Snake Mitigation Bank Project, SCH# 2024-100624
  • Agenda Item 9 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • 2024 Delta Stewardship Council Fellows Presentation
    • Attachment 1 - California's Freshwater Ecosystems Visual
    • Attachment 2 - By the Numbers
  • Agenda Item 10 - Delta Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms (CHABs) Monitoring Strategy Presentation
    • Delta Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms Monitoring Strategy Presentation
    • Attachment 1 - Final Delta CHABs Monitoring Strategy
  • Agenda Item 11 - Proposed 2025 Delta Science Plan Update
    • 2025 Delta Science Plan Update Presentation
    • Attachment 1 - Grand Challenges in Delta Science
    • Attachment 2 - Grand Challenges to Delta Science Information Sheet
  • Agenda Item 12 - Delta Adapts Draft Adaptation Plan Update
    • Delta Adapts: Draft Adaptation Plan Presentation
    • Attachment 1 - Delta Adapts Draft Adaptation Plan
    • Attachment 2 - Delta Adapts: Creating a Climate Resilient Future Information Sheet
    • Attachment 3 - Delta Adapts: Adaptation Strategies Information Sheet
  • Agenda Item 13 - Delta Independent Science Board (ISB) Chair Update
    • Delta Independent Science Board Update Presentation
    • Attachment 1 - Comments on the Delta Plan Five-Year Review, 2024, with Performance Measure Report Cards
    • Attachment 2 - Comments on the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Delta Conveyance Project
    • Attachment 3 - Seminar Synthesis: Understanding Decision-making under Deep Uncertainty
    • Attachment 4 - Thematic Review: Advancing Scientific Understanding and Management of the Delta Through a Food Web Perspective

• 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
• Revised Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 3 - Public Hearing on Appeals of the Department of Water Resources Certification of Consistency Number C20242 for the 2024-2026 Proposed Geotechnical Activities and Possible Consideration and Adoption of a Decision on Appeal.
    • Attachment A - Certification of Consistency C20242
    • Attachment B - Appeal of Certification of Consistency C20242-A1
    • Attachment C - Appeal of Certification of Consistency C20242-A2
    • Attachment D - Appeal of Certification of Consistency C20242-A3
    • Attachment E - Appeal of Certification of Consistency C20242-A4
    • Attachment F - Table of Appealed Policies
    • Attachment G - Letters from the Delta Protection Commission
    • Delta Stewardship Council Staff Presentation
    • 2024-2026 Proposed Geotechnical Activities (C20242)
    • San Joaquin County Central Delta Water Agency and Local Agencies of the North Delta December 19, 2024 Consistency Appeals Hearing Presentation
    • Delta Stewardship Council 2024-2026 Geotechnical Activities for Delta Conveyance Project Presentation
    • Consistency Determination Appeal Presentation
    • South Delta Water Agency’s Presentation in Support of its Appeal of DWR’s Certification of Consistency for its 2024-2026 Proposed Geotechnical Activities (C20242) Appeal No. C20242-A2
  • Agenda Item 5 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of November 21, 2024, Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 7 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update

• 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:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 4 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of December 15, 2022, Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Delta Conveyance Project
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
    3. Contract Update
    4. Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy and Delta Protection Commission Update
    5. Delta Stewardship Council 2022 Annual Report
  • Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Considerations for Tangibly Reducing Inequity in Water Resources Management
  • Agenda Item 8 - Delta Plan Performance Measures: 2022 Year in Review
  • Agenda Item 9 - Delta Science Program Scientific Synthesis Efforts
    • Attachment 1 - State of Bay-Delta Science 2022 Information Sheet
    • Attachment 2 - Delta Science Program & NCEAS 2021 Synthesis Working Group Information Sheet
• Presentations:
  • Agenda Item 6b - Council Legislative Update
  • Agenda Item 6d - Delta Conservancy Overview
  • Agenda Item 6e - 2022 Annual Report
  • Agenda Item 8 - Delta Plan Performance Measures: 2022 Year in Review
  • Agenda Item 9 - Delta Science Program Scientific Synthesis
  • Agenda Item 10 - Delta Conveyance Update
  • Agenda Item 11 - Department of Water Resources Restoration Habitat Update

• Save the Date Flyer
• Agenda
• Notice of February 8, 2023 Delta Restoration Forum Agenda (for participants)
• Delta Restoration Forum Video

• 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:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 5 - Council Consideration and Possible Adoption of Proposed Rulemaking for Section 5001 (Definitions) and Section 5012 (Delta Levees Investment Strategy) (Delta Plan Policy RR P1) of Title 23 of the California Code of Regulations (Government Code §11346.8)
    • Attachment 1 - Resolution 2023-01 ADOPTION OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING FOR SECTION 5001 (DEFINITIONS) AND SECTION 5012 (DELTA LEVEES INVESTMENT STRATEGY) (DELTA PLAN RR P1) OF TITLE 23 OF THE CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS (also known as the Delta Levees Investment Strategy (DLIS))
      • Attachment A can be sent upon request by emailing amend.rrp1@deltacouncil.ca.gov
    • State of California Delta Stewardship Council California Code of Regulations, Title 23. Water Division 6. Delta Stewardship Council Chapter 2. Consistency with Regulatory Policies Contained in the Delta Plan Article 1. Definitions, Section 5001. Definitions and Article 3. Consistency with the Regulatory Policies Contained in the Delta Plan, Section 5012. Prioritization of State Investments in Delta Levees and Risk Reduction Draft Final Statement of Reasons
  • Agenda Item 8 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of January 26, 2023, Meeting Summary
    2. Consideration and Possible Approval of an Amendment to a Contract with the Regents of the University of California San Diego, California Sea Grant for the Position of Social Scientist Extension Specialist (Resolution 2023-02)
  • Agenda Item 10 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
    3. Council 2023 Work Plan
  • Agenda Item 11 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - eDNA Techniques for Addressing Biodiversity and Management Concerns in Estuarine Systems
  • Agenda Item 12 - Social Science Integration Team Presentation
    • Attachment 1 - Advancing Interdisciplinary Research Event Summary
• Presentations:
  • Agenda Item 5 - Delta Levees Investment Strategy Council Consideration of Proposed Regulation
  • Agenda Item 12 - Progress on integrating social science in the Delta
  • Agenda Item 13 - Governing Science in the California Delta

• In-person registration
• Virtual registration
• Agenda
• Information Sheet
• Save the date flyer

Please visit the Integrated Modeling Steering Committee web page for more information.

• 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)

• Meeting Notice
• Revised Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 4 - Consent Calendar (Including Resolution No. 2023-03)
    1. Adoption of February 23, 2023 Meeting Summary
    2. Contract Amendment with AECOM to Extend the Performance Period and Add Budget to Master Contract (#8932)
    3. Contract Amendment with Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. to Extend the Performance Period (#1461)
  • Agenda Item 5 - Chair’s Report
    1. Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee Update
  • Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    • Cal OES SHMP Comment Letter
      • Attachments HMP MOU and HMP MOU Notice of Termination are available upon request by emailing delta.engage@deltacouncil.ca.gov
    • Delta Smelt and Native Species Preservation Project Comment Letter
    • Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Delta Conveyance Project
      • Attachment 1 - December 16, 2022 letter from Stewardship Council to California Department of Water Resources regarding Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Delta Conveyance Project
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
    3. Delta Adapts Update
  • Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Visual Summary of Morris et al. (2022) available upon request by emailing delta.engage@deltacouncil.ca.gov
  • Agenda Item 8 - Sherman Island Panel
    • Attachment 1 - Sherman Island Information Sheet
    • Sherman Island (RD 341) West Delta Selected Projects
• Presentations:
  • Item 5A - DPIIC Presentation
  • Item 6B - Legislative Update Presentation - available upon request by emailing delta.engage@deltacouncil.ca.gov
  • Item 6C - Delta Adapts Update Presentation
  • Item 8 - Sherman Island Panel presentations are available upon request by emailing delta.engage@deltacouncil.ca.gov
    • Bryan Brock - Department of Water Resources
    • Randy Mager - Department of Water Resources
    • Dan Welsh - United States Fish and Wildlife Service
    • Fran Sticha - Bay Area Sea Kayakers

• 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
• March 29, 2023 DPIIC Restoration Subcommittee Meeting Summary

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee July 18, 2022 Meeting Summary
  • Restoration Subcommittee Work Plan

• 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:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 4 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of March 23, 2023 Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    • Quarterly Contract Report
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
    3. Welcome New Delta Watermaster Jay Ziegler
    4. Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy and Delta Protection Commission Update
  • Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Delta Smelt Migration
  • Agenda Item 9 - Delta Independent Science Board (ISB) Update
    • Attachment 1 - Review of the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Delta Conveyance Project
    • Attachment 2 - Comments on the Scientific Basis for Implementation of Voluntary Agreements for the Sacramento River, Delta, and Tributaries
    • Attachment 3 - Comments on the Delta Conveyance Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement
    • Attachment 4 - 2023 Draft Annual Workplan - Delta Independent Science Board
  • Agenda Item 10 - California Tribal Listening Session
    • Attachment 1 - Tribal Consultation Policy
• Presentations:
  • Agenda Item 6C - Office of the Delta Watermaster Report
  • Agenda Item 8 - Delta Conveyance Project

• Flyer
• Agenda
• Register to attend in person at the California Natural Resources Building (715 P Street, Sacramento, CA, 95814)
• Register to attend virtually via Zoom

• 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)

This symposium is being hosted jointly by the UC Davis Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute and the Delta Science Program. Visit the event web page to learn about its objectives, logistics, and more.

• Registration
• Agenda
• Poster submission

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 4 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of April 27, 2023, Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
  • Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
  • Agenda Item 8 - Possible Appointment of the Delta Lead Scientist
    • Attachment 1 - Recommendation for the Reappointment of the Lead Scientist for the Delta Science Program
  • Agenda Item 9 - Consideration and Possible Approval of a Contract with the Regents of the University of California San Diego (UCSD), California Sea Grant (Sea Grant), for the Delta Science Program 2023/2024 Delta Research Proposal Solicitation
    • Attachment 1 - Contract with the Regents of the University of California San Diego, California Sea Grant, for the Delta Science Program 2023/2024 Delta Research Proposal Solicitation
    • Attachment 2 - Information for the Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta Science Program 2023/2024 Delta Research Proposal Solicitation

• 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:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 4 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of May 25, 2023 Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    • MWDSC Comment Letter
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
    • June 2023 Legislative Council Update
  • Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Australian Wildfires Trigger La Niña Conditions Causing California Drought
  • Agenda Item 8 - Delta Watermaster Update
  • Office of the Delta Watermaster Periodic Report
  • Agenda Item 9 - Wildfire Panel Presentation
  • Wildfire Panel Presentations
  • Agenda Item 10 - Smith Canal Gate PPT

• Register to attend in person at the California Natural Resources Building (715 P Street, Sacramento, CA, 95814)
• Register to attend virtually via Zoom
• Agenda
• Information Sheet: Summary of 2023 Adaptive Management Forum Day 1

• 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:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 4 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of June 22, 2023 Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    • July 2023 Quarterly Contract Report, 2nd Quarter
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
       • Legislative Update Presentation
    3. Delta Plan Five-Year Review Update
       • Delta Plan Five-Year Review Update Presentation
  • Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Optimizing Managed Aquifer Recharge Locations in California’s Central Valley
  • Agenda Item 8 - California Department of Water Resources (DWR) Delta Conveyance Update
    • Delta Conveyance Project - July 2023 Presentation
  • Agenda Item 9 - Delta Adapts Update
    • Delta Adapts Update Presentation
    • Attachment 1 - Scenarios Overview
  • Agenda Item 10 - Science Communication and California Department of Water Resources (DWR) Developing Environmental Literacy, Taking Action (DELTA) Education Program
    • Science Communication and the DELTA Education Program Presentation
  • Agenda Item 11 - Consideration and Possible Adoption of Revisions to Proposed Rulemaking for Section 5001 (Definitions) and Section 5012 (Delta Levees Investment Strategy) (Delta Plan Policy RR P1) of Title 23 of the California Code of Regulations (“DLIS”) (Resolution 2023-05)
    • Delta Levees Investment Strategy Presentation
    • Attachment 1 - Resolution 2023-05 Resolution of the Delta Stewardship Council to Adopt Regulations for the Delta Levees Investment Strategy (CAL. CODE REGS., TIT. 23, §§ 5001, 5012)

• Meeting Notice
• August 16, 2023 DPIIC Restoration Subcommittee Meeting Summary
• August 16, 2023 DPIIC Restoration Subcommittee Meeting Video
• Presentations:
  • DPIIC Restoration Subcommittee Meeting

• 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

• Register to attend the first working group via Zoom on August 23, 2023, from 6:00-7:00 PM.

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 4 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of July 27, 2023 Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
      • Legislative Update Presentation
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
  • Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Flow Augmentations Modify an Estuarine Prey Field
  • Agenda Item 8 - Delta Winter 2023 Flood Damage Assessment
    • Delta Winter 2023 Flood Damage Assessment Presentation available upon request by emailing delta.engage@deltacouncil.ca.gov
  • Agenda Item 9 - Knightsen Wetland Restoration and Flood Protection Project
    • Additional Material: Delta Counties Coalition - California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Statutory Exemption for the Knightsen Wetland Restoration Project
    • Knightsen Wetland Restoration and Flood Protection Project Presentation
• Outgoing Correspondence:
  • Comments on Notice of Preparation of a Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Little Egbert Multi-Benefit Project, SCH# 2023060369

• Register to attend the second working group via Zoom on August 25, 2023, from 10:00-11:00 AM.

• Flyer & Agenda
• Learn more about this effort on the Water Temperature Model Development Independent Review Panel web page.

• 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
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 6 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of August 24, 2023 Meeting Summary
    2. Consideration and Possible Approval of a Contract with the Regents of the University of California San Diego, California Sea Grant for the 2024 Class of Delta Science Fellows and 2024/2025 Classes of State Policy Fellows (Resolution 2023-06)
    3. Lead Scientist Memorandum of Agreement (Resolution 2023-07)
  • Agenda Item 8 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    • Comments on Notice of Preparation of an Environmental Impact Report for the Long-Term Operations of the State Water Project facilities in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Suisun Marsh and Suisun Bay, SCH# 2023060467
    • Comments on Notice of Preparation of a Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for the Extension of the Lower Yuba River Accord Water Transfer Program, SCH# 2005062111
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
    • Bill Report Presentation
  • Agenda Item 9 - Lead Scientist's Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Effects of vegetation on methylmercury concentrations and loads in a mercury contaminated floodplain
  • Agenda Item 10 - Watermaster Update
  • Watermaster Presentation
  • Agenda Item 11 - National Heritage Area Management Plan Update
  • Agenda Item 11 - Revised National Heritage Area Management Plan Update
  • NHA Presentation
  • Agenda Item 12 - Delta Independent Science Board (ISB) Update
  • Delta ISB Presentation

• 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
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 4 - Consideration and Possible Appointment of a Delta Lead Scientist
    • Attachment 1 - Delta Lead Scientist Appointment
    • Attachment 2 - Lead Scientist Appointment Recommendation
    • Attachment 3 - Curriculum Vitae of Lisamarie Windham-Myers
  • Agenda Item 5 - Consideration and Possible Appointment of a Delta Independent Science Board Member
    • Attachment 1 - Curriculum Vitae of Kenneth A. Rose
  • Agenda Item 6 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of September 28, 2023 Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 8 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    • Agreement Listing Report - 3rd Quarter
    • Comments on Draft Master Environmental Impact Report for the City of Sacramento 2040 General Plan Update and Climate Action & Adaptation Plan, SCH# 2019012048
    • Comments on Notice of Preparation of an Environmental Impact Report for the Sacramento Regional Water Bank, SCH# 2023090528
    • Comments regarding Staten Island Wetland Restoration and Carbon Farming for Habitat, Climate and Communities Project
    • Comments on Notice of Preparation of an Environmental Impact Report for the Contra Costa County 2045 General Plan and Climate Action Plan Update, SCH# 2023090467
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
  • Agenda Item 9 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and ultraviolet filters in wastewater discharges to San Francisco Bay as drivers of ecotoxicity
    • Attachment 3 - Chesapeake Global Collaboratory - Critical Environmental Issues Facing Our Planet are Complex and Immediate
    • Attachment 4 - Chesapeake Global Collaboratory Environmental Summit Agenda
  • Agenda Item 10 - Delta Residents Survey Update
    • Attachment 1 - 2023 Delta Residents Survey Summary Report available here: https://ktomari.github.io/DeltaResidentsSurvey/
    • Delta Residents Survey Update Presentation

The Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is a biodiversity hotspot, supporting more than 750 species of plants and wildlife. It’s also home to about half a million people and 500,000 acres of productive farmland. Delta waterways play an essential role in the state’s water delivery system, and the region’s towns and open spaces are a hub for recreation and tourism. In coming decades, climate change will impact the Delta and require unprecedented efforts to build its resilience. Join us for an engaging conversation about the area’s unique value and its future. Together we’ll unpack the ongoing work to protect communities from climate extremes, restore ecosystems, and build the economic and environmental sustainability of this unique region.

• Recording

• Save the Date Flyer
• Registration

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • April 24, 2023 Spring Gathering Summary
  • Advancing an Integrated Modeling Collaboratory for the Delta
  • DPIIC Autumn Gathering video
  • November 7, 2023 Autumn Gathering Summary

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

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 4 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of October 26, 2023 Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 5 - Chair’s Report
    • In Memory of Phil Isenberg
    • Delta Tour video
    1. Delta Crosscut Budget Update
    • Delta Crosscut Budget Report Presentation
  • Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
    3. State Water Resources Control Board Presentation on Proposed Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan Updates
  • Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Invasive vegetation mapping from publicly available data shows extensive spread of Phragmites australis in Suisun Marsh
  • Agenda Item 8 - California Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) South Delta Regional Strategy
    • California Department of Water Resources’ South Delta Regional Strategy Presentation is available upon request by emailing delta.engage@deltacouncil.ca.gov.
  • Agenda Item 9 - California Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) Delta Conveyance Update
    • Delta Conveyance Project Presentation
  • Agenda Item 10 - California Department of Water Resources (DWR) Reduced Reliance and Water Management Plan Update
    • Reduced Reliance and Water Management Plan Update Presentation

• This Symposium will be hosted by the Delta Interagency Invasive Species Coordination Team. More information is available on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy’s event web page.
• Delta Invasive Species Symposium Video

• 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:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 4 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of November 16, 2023 Meeting Summary
  • Agemda Item 5 - Chair's Report
    • 2023 End of Year Slideshow
  • Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
  • Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Sea Grant State Fellowship with the Delta Stewardship Council Video
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Priority Bird Conservation Areas in California’s Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta
  • Agenda Item 8 - Consideration of Proposed Amendment to the Council’s Administrative Procedures Governing Appeals (Appeals Procedures) and Potential Publication of the Appeals Procedures in the California Code of Regulations
    • Attachment 1 - Resolution of the Delta Stewardship Council to Adopt Regulations for Certification of Consistency Appeals Procedures
    • Attachment 2 - Informal Administrative Procedures for Appeals
    • Publishing of Procedures Governing Appeals of Certifications of Consistency Presentation
  • Agenda Item 9 - Department of Water Resources Report to the Council on Flood Risk Management Investments
    • Attachment 1: DWR Report to the Council
    • Department of Water Resources Annual Report Investments in Delta Levees Fiscal Years 19-20 thru 22-23 Presentation

• 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:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 3 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of December 16, 2021, Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 5 - Public Comment
    • To view the attachments to this public comment, please email engage@deltacouncil.ca.gov
  • Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer's Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    • Quarterly Contract Update
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
    3. Delta Stewardship Council 2021 Annual Report
       • 2021 Priorities Progress Memo
       • 2021 Priorities Progress Update
    4. Environmental Justice Issue Paper Update
    5. San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission Bay Adapt Letter
       Updated San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission Bay Adapt Letter
  • Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist's Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Stressors on Fish Communities
  • Agenda Item 8 - Delta Watermaster Update
• Presentations:
  • Agenda Item 6c - 2021 Annual Report
  • Agenda Item 6d - Environmental Justice Issue Paper
  • Agenda Item 8 - Office of the Delta Watermaster Report
  • Agenda Item 9 - Delta Conveyance Project Update
  • Agenda Item 9 - Delta Conveyance Project Environmental Planning Update

• Save the Date Flyer

• Meeting Agenda
• Video

• Save the date flyer
• Information sheet
• Agenda
• Registration
• Video

• 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:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 3 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of January 27, 2022, Meeting Summary
    2. Consideration and Possible Approval of an Amendment to a Contract with the University of California, Davis
    3. Consideration and Possible Approval of an Amendment to a Contract with California Sea Grant
       • Agenda Item: 3b and 3c, Attachment 1
  • Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
    3. Proposed 2022 Delta Stewardship Council Priorities
       • Attachment 1 - Delta Stewardship Council 2022 Priorities
    4. Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy and Delta Protection Commission Updates
  • Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist's Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Carbon Budgets
  • Agenda Item 8 - Department of Water Resources’ Setback Levee Monitoring Pilot Project
• Presentations:
  • Agenda Item 6c - Delta Stewardship Council 2022 Priorities
  • Agenda Item 8 - Department of Water Resources’ Setback Levee Monitoring Pilot Project
  • To view the presentation, please email engage@deltacouncil.ca.gov

• Save the Date Flyer

• Save the date flyer
• Registration
• Video

• 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

• Meeting Agenda

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 6 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of February 24, 2022, Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 7 - Public Comment
  • Agenda Item 8 - Certification of Consistency Number C202110 for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement Project and Consideration and Possible Dismissal of Issues on Appeal
    • Attachment 2 - Draft Dismissal of Issues on Appeal of the Certification of Consistency by the California Department of Water Resources for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement Project (Certification Number C202110)
  • Agenda Item 10 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
  • Agenda Item 11 - Consideration of and Possible Delegation of Authority to Approve Ministerial Amendments for Agreements and Increase of Delegated Authority to Award and Execute Agreements
    • Attachment 1 - Resolution 2022-02 Delegation of Authority to the Executive Officer
  • Agenda Item 12 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
  • Agenda Item 13 - Appointment of Members to the Delta Independent Science Board
    • Attachment 1 - Curriculum Vitae - Jayantha TB Obeysekera, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, F.EWRI
    • Attachment 2 - Curriculum Vitae - A.M. Michalak
    • Attachment 3 - Curriculum Vitae - Inge Werner, Ph.D.

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Materials:
  • October 18, 2021 Meeting Summary

• Save the Date Flyer

• 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

• Save the date flyer
• Registration
• Video

• Save the Date Flyer
• Workshop Agenda
• Registration
• Information Sheets:
  • Delta Salinity Management Workshops 2022
  • A Primer on Delta Salinity: Natural and Human Influences
  • Delta Water Management and Regulations
  • Emergency Drought Barriers
  • Franks Tract Futures
• Recording

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 6 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of March 24, 2022, Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 8 - Consideration and Possible Adoption of Written Findings Regarding Appeals of the Revised Certification of Consistency Number C202110 for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement Project
    Revised Agenda Item 8 - Consideration and Possible Adoption of Written Findings Regarding Appeals of the Revised Certification of Consistency Number C202110 for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement Project
    • Attachment 1 - included in staff report
    • Attachment 2 - Delta Stewardship Council Findings on Appeal of the Revised Certification of Consistency C202110 for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement Project
      Revised Attachment 2 - Delta Stewardship Council Findings on Appeal of the Revised Certification of Consistency C202110 for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement Project
    • Attachment 3 - Proposed Determination Regarding Appeals of the Revised Certification of Consistency Number C202110 of the California Department of Water Resources for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement Project (Revised Certification Number C202110)
    • Attachment 4 - Redline Changes to the Staff Draft Determination on the Appeals of the Certification of Consistency by the California Department of Water Resources for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement Project (Revised Certification Number C202110)
  • Agenda Item 10 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    • Quarterly Contract Update
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
  • Agenda Item 11 - Lead Scientist's Report
    • Attachment 1 -
    • Attachment 2 - Environmental conditions and Juvenile Chinook salmon antipredator behavior
  • Agenda Item 12 - Presentation from Staff to the Council to Receive for Consideration, and Potentially Accept, the 2022-2026 Science Action Agenda
    • Attachment 1 - 2022-2026 Science Action Agenda
  • Agenda Item 13 - Delta Independent Science Board Update
    • Attachment 1 - Delta ISB Monitoring Enterprise Review

• Save the Date Flyer

• Save the date flyer
• Video

• 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

• Meeting Notice
• Revised Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 3 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of April 28, 2022, Meeting Summary
    2. Consider Resolution #2022-04 to approve the following:
       1. Consideration and Possible Approval of an Amendment to a Contract with AECOM
       2. Consideration and Possible Approval of an Amendment to a Contract with Stantec Consulting Services, inc.
       3. Consideration and Possible Approval of a Contract with the University of California, Davis
       • Attachment 1 - Delta Stewardship Council Resolution 2022-04 Consent Calendar Contracting Requests
  • Lead Scientist's Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report

• 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
• Revised Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 6 - Public Comment
    • Response to the Delta Science Program’s Assessment of the Impact and Value of the Delta Independent Science Board
  • Agenda Item 7 - Public Hearing, Consideration, and Possible Approval of the Final Program Environmental Impact Report for the Revised Chapter 4 of the Delta Plan
    • Attachment 1 - Resolution 2022-05
      • Exhibit A - Final Ecosystem Amendment Program Environmental Impact Report
      • Draft Environmental Impact Report
      • Exhibit B - Findings and a Statement of Overriding Considerations
      • Exhibit C - Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program
  • Agenda Item 9 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of May 26, 2022, Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 12 - Delta Independent Science Board Update
    • Attachment 1 - Review of Water Supply Reliability Estimation Related to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
  • Agenda Item 13 - Executive Officer's Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
  • Agenda Item 14 - Lead Scientist's Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Relationships between water temperature and estuarine inflow

• 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

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Materials:
  • March 28, 2022 Meeting Summary
  • 2020-2021 Delta Crosscut Budget Report

• Meeting Notice
• Review Web Page

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 6 - Consent Calendar (includes Resolution 2022-06)
    1. Adoption of June 23, 2022, Meeting Summary
    2. Contract Amendment with the Regents of the University of California San Diego, California Sea Grant for the 2020 Class of Delta Science Fellows and 2020/2021 Classes of State Policy Fellows
       • Attachment 1 - Consent Calendar Contracting Requests
  • Agenda Item 9 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    • Quarterly Contract Report
    • Comments on Draft Environmental Impact Report for the City of Lathrop General Plan, SCH#2021100139
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
  • Agenda Item 10 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
  • Agenda Item 11 - 2022 Science Fellows Cohort Introduction
    • Attachment 1 - Delta Science Fellows 2022 Award Recipients
  • Agenda Item 12 - San Joaquin Council of Governments 2022 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy Comment Letter
    • Attachment 1 - Comments on Draft 2022 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy and Draft Environmental Impact Report SCH# 2020120482
• Presentations:
  • Agenda Item 11 - 2022 Delta Science Fellows
  • Agenda Item 12 - To view the presentation, please email engage@deltacouncil.ca.gov

• 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
• Revised Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 3 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of July 28, 2022, Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    • Comments on National Register Posting COE-2022-006-0001 - Proposed Modernization of Army Civil Works Policy Priorities
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
    3. Executive Fellow Debrief
    4. 2023 Delta Plan Five-Year Review Approach
    5. Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy and Delta Protection Commission Update
  • Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Climate change impacts environmental and ecological patterns at various scales within the San Francisco Estuary
  • Agenda Item 8 - San Francisco Estuary Blueprint
  • Agenda Item 9 - Environmental Justice Issue Paper Interview Results
    • Attachment 1 - Summary of Delta Environmental Justice Interviews
    • Attachment 2 - Review of Environmental Justice Comments - Preliminary Results
  • Presentations:
    • August 2022 Environmental Justice Issue Paper

• Meeting Notice
• Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee Restoration Subcommittee Draft Work Plan

• 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:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 6 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of August 25, 2022, Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 9 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Outgoing Correspondence:
      • Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the West False River Drought Salinity Barrier Project
      • Comments on Notice of Preparation of a Program Environmental Impact Report for the Yolo Bypass Cache Slough Partnership Multibenefit Program Master Plan, SCH #
      • Comments on Notice of Preparation of an Environmental Impact Report for the Proposed Regulation to Implement Lower San Joaquin River Flows and Southern Delta Salinity Objectives in the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, SCH#2022080184
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
  • Agenda Item 10 - Lead Scientist's Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Climate Whiplash in the San Francisco Estuary: Residence time and water temperature are key correlates to Microcystis bloom amplitude
    • Attachment 3 - Adult Sturgeon Mortality and Life History in the San Francisco Estuary
    • Attachment 4 - Sturgeon Carcass Reporting: What’s that smell?
  • Agenda Item 11 - Delta Watermaster Update
  • Agenda Item 12 - Workshop: Draft Amendments to Administrative Procedures Governing Appeals
    • Attachment 1 - Appeals Regulations
    • Attachment 2 - Proposed Amendments to the Administrative Procedures Governing Appeals
    • Attachment 3 - Comment Letters
• Presentations:
  • Agenda Item 10 - HAB Progression August 2022
  • Agenda Item 11 - Office of the Delta Watermaster Report
  • Agenda Item 12 - Draft Amendments to Administrative Procedures Governing Appeals

• Save the Date Flyer
• Registration
• Program

• 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

• Save the Date Flyer
• Registration
• Agenda
• AIR Training video

• Save the Date Flyer
• Registration
• Agenda
• AIR Workshop video

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 3 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of September 22, 2022, Meeting Summary
    2. Resolution 2022-06 for a Contract with the University of Vermont, as a part of the 2021 Delta Science Proposal Solicitation (Contract #22030)
  • Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
    3. Contract Update
  • Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Visual Summary
  • Agenda Item 8 - Delta ISB Reappointment
    • Attachment 1 is available upon request
  • Agenda Item 9 - Reducing Reliance on the Delta Through Improved Regional Water Self-Reliance
    • Attachment 1 - WR R4. Expanded Water Supply Reliability Element and WR R5. Develop Water Supply Reliability Element Guidelines
  • Agenda Item 10 - Revised Draft Amendments to Administrative Procedures Governing Appeals
    • Attachment 1 - Delta Stewardship Council Resolution 2022-07 Amendments to Administrative Procedures Governing Appeals
      1. Proposed Amendments to the Council’s Administrative Procedures Governing Appeals – October 13, 2022 (October 2022 Draft)
    • Attachment 2 - Appeals Regulations
    • Attachment 3 - Amendments to Administrative Procedures Governing Appeals Draft for Public Review - December 10, 2021
• Presentations:
  • Agenda Item 9 - Reducing Reliance on the Delta Through Improved Regional Water Self-Reliance
  • Agenda Item 9 - Metropolitan Water District Presentation
  • Agenda Item 9 - Coachella Valley Water District Presentation
  • Agenda Item 10 - Draft Amendments to Administrative Procedures Governing Appeals

• 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

• Save the Date Flyer
• Register to attend in-person
• Register to attend virtually
• Workshop Agenda
• Information Sheets:
  • Delta Harmful Algal Blooms Workshop
  • HABs in the Delta
  • HABs Monitoring in the Delta
• Draft Delta HABs Monitoring Strategy

• Meeting Notice

• Save the Date Flyer
• Registration

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 6 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of October 27, 2022, Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 9 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    • Comments on September 2022 Draft of the 2022 Projects Solicitation Package for Multi-benefit Projects
    • Summary of Comments
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
    3. Delta Adapts Update
  • Agenda Item 10 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Are Habitat Variability Factors like Water Quality Important for Salmon Survival? Four Competing Hypotheses
  • Agenda Item 11 - Ecosystem Restoration Progress Review Update
  • Agenda Item 12 - Public Hearing on Proposed Rulemaking for Section 5001 (Definitions) and Section 5012 (Prioritization of State Investments in Delta Levees and Risk Reduction (Delta Plan RR P1)) of Title 23 of the California Code of Regulations (Government Code §11346.8)
    • Attachment 1 - Resolution 2022-08: Public Hearing on Proposed Rulemaking for Section 5001 (Definitions) and Section 5012 (Delta Levees Investment Strategy) (Delta Plan RR P1) of Title 23 of the California Code of Regulations (Government Code §11346.8)
      • Attachment 1 A: Proposed Amendment to Existing Regulation 23 CCR sections 5001, and 5012
      • Attachment 1 B: Proposed Delta Plan Appendix P
    • Attachment 2: Initial Statement of Reasons and Economic and Fiscal Impact Assessment as Attachment 1
    • Attachment 3 Economic and Fiscal Impact Statement of Proposed Amendments to Prioritization of State Investments in Delta Levees and Risk Reduction
• Presentations:
  • Agenda Item 9 - Delta Adapts Update
  • Agenda Item 11 - Ecosystem Restoration Progress Review for the Delta and Suisun Marsh
  • Agenda Item 12 - Delta Levees Investment Strategy
    Public Hearing Regarding Proposed Regulation

• 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
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of November 17, 2022, Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer's Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
    3. Environmental Justice Update
       • Environmental Justice Poster
    4. Delta Levees Investment Strategy Update
  • Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Invasive aquatic weed detection based on satellite imagery and artificial intelligence approximately as accurate as that based on airborne imagery, paving the way to near-realtime mapping
    • Attachment 3 - DRAFT Science Funding Coordination Questionnaire
  • Agenda Item 8 - Delta Science Tracker
    • Attachment 1 - Delta Science Tracker Information Sheet
  • Agenda Item 9 - Delta Watermaster Update
• Presentations:
  • Agenda Item 6b - Council Legislative Update
  • Agenda Item 6c - Delta Stewardship Council Environmental Justice Work
  • Agenda Item 8 - Delta Science Tracker
  • Agenda Item 9 - Office of the Delta Watermaster Report

• Notice
• Registration

• 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
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 3 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of December 17, 2020 Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 5 - Executive Officer's Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    • Quarterly Contract Report
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
    3. 2020 Delta Stewardship Council Annual Report
       • 2020 Annual Report: Adaptation in the Face of Uncertainty
       • 2020-2021 priorities
  • Agenda Item 6 - Lead Scientist's Report
    • By the Numbers Report
    • Attachment 2 - A Complex Phenotype in Salmon Controlled by a Simple Change in Migratory Timing
• Presentations:
  • Agenda Item 5 - Annual Report
  • Agenda Item 7 - Delta Conveyance Project (please email engage@deltacouncil.ca.gov to have the presentation sent to you)

• Save the Date
• Registration
• Agenda
• Recordings

• 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

• Agenda
• Registration
• Save the Date Flyer
• Videos
• Fact Sheets:
  • Workshop Objectives and Regulatory Background
  • Oncorhynchus mykiss Monitoring and Research Gap Analysis
  • Life-History Variation in Oncorhynchus mykiss
  • California Central Valley Steelhead Distinct Population Segment Factsheet
• Workshop Summary

• Second Revised Meeting Notice
• Revised Meeting Notice
• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 3 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of January 28, 2021 Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 4 - Revised Approval of an Interagency Agreement with the State Water Resources Control Board
    Approval of an Interagency Agreement with the State Water Resources Control Board
    Public Comment on Item 3A
  • Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer's Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislature Update
    3. Proposed 2021 Delta Stewardship Council Priorities
       • Attachment 1 - Delta Stewardship Council 2021 Priorities
  • Agenda Item 7 - Delta Watermaster Update
  • Agenda Item 8 - Overview of the Delta Landscapes Scenario Planning Tool
    • Attachment 1 - Delta Landscape Scenario Planning Tool Project Sumamry
  • Agenda Item 9 - Update and Public Comment on the Delta Adapts Public Review Draft Vulnerability Assessment
  • Agenda Item 10 - Lead Scientist's Report
    • Attachment 2 - Farm to Fish: Lessons from a Multi-year Study on Agricultural Floodplain Habitat
  • Agenda Item 11 - Environmental Justice
    • Attachment 1 - Definitions

• Save the date flyer
• Registration

• Save the date flyer
• Registration

• 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 Agenda
• Agenda Item 1 - Welcome and Introductions
  • Summary of the October 26, 2020 DPIIC Meeting
• Report Out: Science Needs Assessment

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 6 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of February 25, 2021 Meeting Summary
    2. Approval of an Amendment to a Contract with California State University, East Bay
    3. Approval of a Contract Amendment with Michigan State University
    4. Approval of a Contract Amendment with San Francisco State University
    5. Approval of a Contract Amendment with the University of California, Merced
    6. Approval of a Contract Amendment with the United States Geological Survey (Chinook Salmon Study)
    7. Approval of a Contract Amendment with the United States Geological Survey (Sediment Study)
  • Agenda Item 8 - Executive Officer's Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
  • Agenda Item 9 - Lead Scientist's Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - A Later Onset of the Rainy Season in California
  • Agenda Item 10 - 2022 Central Valley Flood Protection Plan Update
    • Attachment 1 - 2022 CVFPP Update - Conservation Strategy Update
    • Attachment 2 - 2022 Update - Central Valley Flood Protection Plan
  • Agenda Item 11 - Delta Protection Commission’s Recreation and Tourism Update to the Economic Sustainability Plan
    • Attachment 1 - Comments on the 2020 update to the Economic Sustainability Plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: Recreation and Tourism Chapter
• Presentations:
  • Agenda Item 10 CVFPP (please email engage@deltacouncil.ca.gov to have the presentation sent to you)
  • Agenda Item 11 DPC ESP (please email engage@deltacouncil.ca.gov to have the presentation sent to you)

• View the Bay-Delta Science Conference web page

• Save the Date Flyer

• 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:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 3 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of March 25, 2021 Meeting Summary
    2. Approval of an Amendment to a Contract with AECOM for the Delta Adapts Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaption Strategy
    3. Approval of an Amendment to a Contract with the University of California, Davis
  • Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer's Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    • Quarterly Contract Update
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
  • Lead Scientist's Report
  • Delta Adapts Adaptation Strategy Kick-Off

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

• Save the Date Flyer

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 4 - Public Hearing Regarding Appeals of the Certification of Consistency for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement Project
    • Attachment 1 - Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement Project Maps
  • Agenda Item 7 - Public Comment
    • Public Comment - Letter from Hood Community Council. Please email engage@deltacouncil.ca.gov for a copy of this material.
  • Agenda Item 8 - Executive Officer's Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
  • Agenda Item 9 - Lead Scientist's Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Response of Lower Sacramento River Phytoplankton to High-Ammonium Wastewater Effluent
  • Agenda Item 10 - Delta Levees Investment Strategy Update
    • Attachment 1 - Delta Levees Investment Strategy Priorities (Under Review)
    • Attachment 2 - Preliminary Draft Delta Levees Investment Priorities
    • Attachment 3 - Regions Containing Highest Vulnerability Areas
    • Attachment 4 - Proposed Amendment to Existing Regulation
  • Agenda Item 11 - Delta Independent Science Board Update
    • Attachment 1: The Science of Non-native Species in a Dynamic Delta by the Delta Independent Science Board
    • Public Comment – Letter from San Joaquin Audubon Society. Please email engage@deltacouncil.ca.gov for a copy of this material.
• Presentations:
  • Agenda Item 11 - May 2021 Delta Independent Science Board Update
  • May 2021 Delta Levees Investment Strategy (DLIS) Update
• Hearing Presentations:
  • Delta Stewardship Council staff presentation
  • Department of Water Resources
  • Liberty Island Access
  • Solano County Water Agency
  • Reclamation Districts 2068 and 2060
  • Central Delta Water Agency

For the Lookout Slough Hearing (Agenda Item 4), the councilmembers have received, and will continue to receive, submissions by the Department of Water Resources, the appellants, the Delta Protection Commission, and the public.

These materials include:

• Notice of Public Hearing and Supplements to the Notice
• Certification of Consistency
• Appeals, Appeal Letters, and Attachments
• Written Submissions from the Parties and Attachments
• Public comments and Attachments

Each of these submissions can be found on the hearing webpage (https://coveredactions.deltacouncil.ca.gov/profile_summary.aspx?c=ba3c59bf-e359-49f7-b866-60fa781325d0). If you have any questions about these materials and what the councilmembers received, please contact engage@deltacouncil.ca.gov.

• 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

• Save the Date Flyer

• 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:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 3 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of May 20-21, 2021 Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 5 - Public Comment
    • Bay Delta Water Conservation Plan
    • Funding for delta independent science board
    • Request to Repair DWR’s Flood System Repair Project (FSRP) Critical and Serious Seepage Sites in DWR Maintenance Area 9 (SAC44/45) Stone Lake and Hood
    • Funding the Delta Independent Science Board
  • Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer's Report
    • Outgoing Correspondence
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
    3. Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy Update
  • Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist's Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Visual Abstract
  • Revised Agenda Item 8 - Consideration and Possible Approval of the Delta Science Program Research Awards Pursuant to the 2021 Joint Delta Science Proposal Solicitation Notice
    Agenda Item 8 - Consideration and Possible Approval of the Delta Science Program Research Awards Pursuant to the 2021 Joint Delta Science Proposal Solicitation Notice
    • Revised Attachment 1 - 2021 Delta Science Proposal Solicitation Projects and Contracts Overview
      Attachment 1 - 2021 Delta Science Proposal Solicitation Projects and Contracts Overview
    • Attachment 2 - 2021 Delta Science Proposal Solicitation Awards
  • Agenda Item 9 - Consideration and Possible Approval of the Delta Adapts Vulnerability Assessment and California Environmental Quality Act Exemption
    • Attachment 1 - Delta Adapts: Creating a Climate Resilient Future - Sacramento San Joaquin Delta Climate Change Vulnerabiltiy Assessment
    • Attachment 2 - Resolution 2021-1 Determination of CEQA Exemption; Approval of Delta Adapts Vulnerability Assessment
  • Agenda Item 10 - Update on the Department of Water Resources’ 2021 Emergency Drought Salinity Barrier in the Delta
• Presentations:
  • Agenda Item 9 - June 2021 - Delta Adapts: Creating a Climate Resilient Future
  • Agenda Item 10 - California Department of Water Resources - O&M South Delta Branch - Salinity Barriers Briefing, June 24, 2021

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 1 - Summary of the March 15, 2021 DPIIC meeting
  • Agenda Item 3 - FY 2019-2020 Delta Crosscut Budget

• 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

• Save the Date
• Registration

• Save the Date Flyer

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 4 - Public Hearing Regarding Appeals of the Certification of Consistency for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement Project
    • Attachment 1 - Proposed Determination
    • Attachment 2 - Redlined Version of Proposed Determination
  • Agenda Item 5 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of June 24, 2021 Meeting Summary
    2. Revised Approval of a Contract with the Regents of the University of California, San Diego, California Sea Grant
       Approval of a Contract with the Regents of the University of California, San Diego, California Sea Grant
    3. Approval of a Contract Amendment with the Association of Bay Area Governments
  • Agenda Item 8 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Active Projects List
    • Quarterly Contract Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
  • Agenda Item 9 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Visual Abstract
• Lookout Slough Hearing Presentations:
  • Delta Stewardship Council
  • DWR
  • LIA
  • SCWA
  • RD 2060 & 2068
  • CDWA

• 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

• Flyer

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 3 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of July 15-16, 2021 Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer's Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
  • Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist's Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Framework for navigating polycentric governance
  • Agenda Item 8 - Delta Protection Commission Recreation and Tourism Update to the Economic Sustainability Plan Comment Letter
    • Attachment 1 - DRAFT Comments on the 2020 Update to the Economic Sustainability Plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: Recreation and Tourism Chapter
  • Agenda Item 9 - Delta Social Science Integration Update
  • Agenda Item 10 - Public Participation Plan Update
    • Attachment 1 - Public Participation Plan
  • Agenda Item 11 - Delta Levees Investment Strategy Update, California Environmental Quality Act Addendum Approval, and Rulemaking Authorization
    • Attachment 1 - Resolution 2021-02: Approval of the Delta Plan Amendments Program Environmental Impact Report Addendum and Rulemaking Authorization for Delta Plan Policy RR P1 (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 23, §§ 5001 and 5012)
      • Resolution Attachment 1 - Delta Plan Chapter 7, Reduce Risk to People, Property, and State Interests in the Delta
      • Resolution Attachment 2 - Delta Plan Amendments Program Environmental Impact Report - Delta Levees Investment Strategy Addendum
      • Resolution Attachment 3 - Staff-Recommended DLIS Prioritization Table and Map
      • Resolution Attachment 4 - Staff-Recommended Modified Preliminary Draft Regulatory Language for Delta Plan Policy RR P1
    • Attachment 2 - May 2021 Council Meeting Delta Levees Investment Strategy Update Information Item
    • Attachment 3 - Central Valley Flood Protection Board Resolution No. 2018-06 For the Acceptable Operation and Maintenance of the State Plan of Flood Control
  • Presentations:
    • Agenda Item 8 - Economic Sustainability Plan Recreation and Tourism Update
    • Agenda Item 9 - Social Science Integration in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
    • Agenda Item 10 - Public Participation Plan Update
    • Agenda Item 11 - Delta Levees Investment Strategy (DLIS) Update
  • For reference, the Delta Plan Amendments PEIR documents referred to in the staff report and subsequent attachments are available here: https://deltacouncil.box.com/s/tvsolpv8b6t3v42fugpzzwpdqdz8piz1

• Save the Date Flyer

• Visit the California Sea Grant web page to access event details.
• Attendance is free with registration.
• Recording

• 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

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 3 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of August 26, 2021 Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer's Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
  • Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist's Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Temperature-dependent Chinook salmon smolt predation hazard
    • Attachment 3 - Review of Delta Mercury Control Program Phase 1 Reports
    • Attachment 4 - Predation of salmon in the Delta
    • Attachment 5 - Oncorhynchus mykiss (Steelhead and Rainbow trout)
  • Agenda Item 8 - Consideration and Possible Approval of a Contract with the Regents of the University of California San Diego, California Sea Grant for the 2022 Class of Delta Science Fellows and 2022/2023 Classes of State Policy Fellows
  • Agenda Item 9 - Delta Watermaster Update
  • Agenda Item 10 - Metropolitan Transportation Commission/Association of Bay Area Governments’ Draft Plan Bay Area 2050 Delta Plan Comment Letter
    • Attachment 1 - Comments on the Draft Plan Bay Area 2050 and Draft Environmental Impact Report, SCH# 2020090519
  • Agenda Item 11 - San Francisco Estuary Partnership and Estuary Blueprint Update
• Presentations:
  • Agenda Item 8 - Sea Grant Delta Science and State Policy Fellows
  • Agenda Item 10 Attachment 1 - Draft Plan Bay Area 2050 Delta Plan Consistency

• Save the Date Flyer

• Registration
• Flyer
• Draft Agenda

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 1: Summary of July 12, 2021 DPIIC Meeting
  • Agenda Item 3: DPIIC Restoration Subcommittee Fact Sheet

• 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

• Attendance is free with registration.
• Video

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 3 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of September 23, 2021 Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 5 - Public Comment
  • Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer's Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    • Quarterly Contract Update
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
  • Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist's Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Drought Decision Making Typology
  • Agenda Item 8 - Department of Water Resources’ 2021 Emergency Drought Salinity Barrier in the Delta
    • Attachment 1 - Plan to Delay Removal of the 2021 Emergency Drought Salinity Barrier
  • Agenda Item 9 - 2021 Van Sickle Flooding Event
  • Agenda Item 10 - Draft 2022 Central Valley Flood Protection Plan Update
• Presentations:
  • Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist Report - Visualizing Zooplankton Data from the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta
  • Agenda Items 8, 9, and 10 - If you would like to receive a copy of any presentations not linked please email delta.engage@deltacouncil.ca.gov

• Save the Date Flyer

• Visit the California Sea Grant web page to access event details.
• Video

• 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:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 3 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of October 28, 2021, Meeting Summary
    2. Consideration and Possible Approval of a Time Only Amendment to a Contract with Stantec Consulting Services, Inc.
  • Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer's Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
  • Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Does salinity make pesticides more toxic to fish?
  • Agenda Item 8 - Workshop on the Draft Program Environmental Impact Report for the Proposed Amendment of Chapter 4 of the Delta Plan, Protect, Restore, and Enhance the Delta Ecosystem (Ecosystem Amendment)
    • Attachment 1 - Notice of Availability
    • Attachment 2 - Draft Program Environmental Impact Report
    • Attachment 3 - Draft Program Environmental Impact Report Appendices A-E
  • Agenda Item 9 - Carbon Capture and Storage in the Delta
    • Attachment 1 - Oppose AB 1395 - California Climate Crisis Act
• Presentations:
  • Agenda Item 8 - Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment

• Visit the California Sea Grant web page to access event details.
• Video

• 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

• 2021 Delta Invasive Species Symposium Flyer

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 3 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of October 28, 2021, Meeting Summary
    2. Approval of a Contract Amendment with Michigan State University (Agreement #18209)
    3. Approval of a Contract Amendment with the United States Geological Survey (Agreement #18202)
  • Agenda Item 6 - Executive Officer's Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
  • Agenda Item 7 - Lead Scientist's Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Pre-pulse and Post-pulse conditions in Cache Slough Complex and Lower Sacramento River
  • Agenda Item 8 - Science Action Agenda Update
    • Attachment 1 - 2022-2026 Science Action Agenda Public Review Draft
  • Agenda Item 9 - Great Delta Trail Master Plan
  • Agenda Item 10 - Performance Measures 2021 Year in Review
    • Attachment 1 - Delta Plan Performance Measures Guidebook
• Public Comment Letters:
  • Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement Project
• Outgoing Correspondence:
  • Comments on Draft Supplemental EA/IS for the Yolo Bypass East Levee Project, SCH# 201110114
• Presentations:
  • Agenda Item 6 - Delta Adapts Update
  • Agenda Item 8 - Science Action Agenda 2022-2026
  • Agenda Item 9 - Draft Great California Delta Trail Master Plan
  • Agenda Item 10 - Delta Plan Performance Measures 2021 Year in Review

• Save the date flyer

• 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 Agenda

• Meeting Notice

• Meeting Notice
• Revised Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials
  • Revised Meeting Agenda
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 6 - Adoption of December 19 Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 8 - Executive Officer’s Report
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
    3. Outreach Highlights Report
    4. Active Projects List
    5. Quarterly Contract and Budget Update
    6. Amendment of Contract with the University of California, San Diego/California Sea Grant to Revise the Scope of Work to Include Recruitment Activities for a UC Extension Specialist
    7. 2019 Council Accomplishments and Proposed 2020-2021 Priorities
       • Attachment 1: Council Priorities 2020-2021 Memo
       • Attachment 2: 2019 Annual Report
       • Attachment 3: Proposed 2020-2021 Milestone Schedule
  • Agenda Item 9 - Bay Conservation and Development Commission’s Adapting to Rising Tides Project
    • Attachment 1: Executive Summary: East Contra Costa Adapting to Rising Tides Project
  • Agenda Item 10 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1: By the Numbers Report (provided at the Council Meeting)
    • Attachment 2: Life History Strategies of Delta Smelt Visual Abstract

• Meeting Notice
• Brown Bag Seminar Video

• Pre-register by January 17
• Event details

• 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

• Symposium recording
• Symposium flyer
• Registration
• Agenda
• Speaker biographies

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials
  • Meeting Agenda
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 5 - Adoption of January 23, 2020 Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 7 - Executive Officer’s Report

    Outreach Highlights Report

    Active Projects List

    • Legal Update
    • Legislative Update
    • Amendment of an Interagency Agreement with the Department of Water Resources to Support Information Technology Services
    • Agenda Item 8 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Agenda Item 9 - Review of the Public Draft of the Council’s Public Participation Plan
      • Attachment 1 - Draft Public Participation Plan
  • Outgoing Correspondence
    • Comments on Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement Project

• Meeting Agenda
• Revised Meeting Agenda
• Video
• Critical Needs for Control of Invasive Aquatic Vegetation in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
• Meeting Materials
  • Agenda Item 3 - Ecosystem-based Management and the Delta Plan
    • A Path Forward for California’s Freshwater Ecosystems
  • Agenda Item 4 - Critical Needs for Aquatic Weed Control
    • Reference Sheet
  • Agenda Item 5 - Social Science Task Force
• Meeting Summary

• Agenda

  10:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Council Headquarters (715 P Street, 15-300, Sacramento, CA 95814)
  1:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Walnut Grove Library (14177 Market Street, Walnut Grove, CA 95690)
  4:00 PM - 6:00 PM - Big Break Center (69 Big Break Road, Oakley, CA 94561)

• Draft Public Participation Plan

• 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.

• Event website

• 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

• Registration
• Draft Public Participation Plan

• Meeting Notice
• Revised Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Meeting Agenda
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 5 - Adoption of February 27, 2020 Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 7 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • February 2020 Delta Stewardship Council Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
    3. Consideration of a Contract with the United States Geological Survey to Fund Operation Baseline 2.0 Investigations
       • Operation Baseline (One pager)
    4. Amendment of a Contract with the University of California, Davis for Acoustic Telemetry
    5. Amendment of a Contract with the University of California, Davis for Chinook Salmon Re-introduction Investigations
  • Agenda Item 8 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachemnt 2 - Temperature and region drive lamprey distribution in the Bay-Delta
  • Agenda Item 9 - Delta Levees Investment Strategy Regulation Update
    • Attachment 1 - Council Resolution 2020-01
      • Resolution Attachment 1 - Resolution 2018-1
      • Resolution Attachment 2 - 2018 Adopted Chapter 7 (Available upon request)
      • Resolution Attachment 3 - Resolution 2019-2
      • Resolution Attachment 4 - Revised Chapter 7 Draft
      • Resolution Attachment 5 - Notice of Decision Not to Proceed
  • Agenda Item 10 - Amendment of a Contract with Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. for Support for the Ecosystem Amendment to the Delta Plan and Delta Levees Investment Strategy
  • Outgoing Correspondence
    • Comments on Reclamation District No. 3 Grand Island Levee Erosion Repair Project Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration
  • PowerPoints
    • Delta Levees Investment Strategy Regulation Update
    • Operation Baseline 2.0

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

• 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

April 30

• Meeting Materials:
  • Meeting Agenda
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 7: Executive Officer’s Report
    • March 2020 Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
    3. Quarterly Contract and Budget Update
  • Agenda Item 8: Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of March 26, 2020 Meeting Summary
    2. Contract with the University of California, Davis to Fund San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science (SFEWS)
       • Attachment 1: Estimated Budget Summary
    3. Amendment of an Interagency Agreement with the California Department of Water Resources for Information Technology Services
    4. Amendment of an Agreement with Aquatic Science Center for Integrated Modeling Support
  • Agenda Item 9: Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1: By the Numbers Summary (provided on meeting day)
    • Attachment 2: Visual abstract - Impacts of Human Activities on Estuary Juvenile Salmon
    • Attachment 3: FAQ for Science Review and Advice Services (provided on meeting day)
  • Agenda Item 10: Delta Independent Science Board Update
    • Attachment 1: Summary of the Delta ISB’s Review on the Interagency Ecological Program
    • Attachment 2: Summary of the Delta Monitoring Enterprise Review Component 1
    • Attachment 3: Delta ISB Memorandum – Preparing for Accelerating and Uncertain Environmental Change
    • Attachment 4 Delta ISB Letter to Department of Water Resources Regarding Notice of Preparation for the Delta Conveyance Project
  • Agenda Item 11: Appointment of Delta Lead Scientist (Water Code §85280(b))
    • Attachment 1: Letter of Recommendation from the Delta ISB
  • Presentations:
    • Agenda Item 9 Social Science Task Force Presentation
    • Agenda Item 10 Delta ISB Update Presentation
    • Agenda Item 11 Appointment of Delta Lead Scientist Presentation

May 1

• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 3: 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
  • Presentations:
    • Agenda Item 3 Presentation

• Outgoing Correspondence:
  • Comments Letter to Department of Water Resources for their Notice of Preparation of an Environmental Impact Report for the Delta Conveyance Project
  • Draft Handbook for Water Budget Development: With or Without Models
  • Comments on Sacramento River Bank Protection Project Phase II Supplemental Authority Final Environmental Impact Statement/Final Environmental Impact Report, SCH# 2009012081
  • Comments on Eastern San Joaquin Groundwater Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Plan submittal to the Department of Water Resources
• Incoming Correspondence:
  • Comment Letter From Association of Bay Area Governments

• 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

• Notice of Preparation
• View the Scoping Meeting on YouTube

• 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

• Series flyer

• Series flyer

• Series flyer

• Series flyer

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Meeting Agenda
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 6 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of April 30, 2020 Meeting Summary
    2. Adoption of May 1, 2020 Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 7 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • April Outreach Highlights Report
    • May Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
  • Agenda Item 8 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1: By the Numbers Summary
    • Attachment 2: Visual abstract - Large Contribution from Anthropogenic Warming to an Emerging North American Megadrought
  • Agenda Item 9 - Appointment of Members to the Delta Independent Science Board
  • Agenda Item 10 - Delta Watermaster Update
  • Agenda Item 11 - Endorsement of the Council’s Public Participation Plan
    • Attachment 1: Public Participation Plan
  • Agenda Item 12 - California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Franks Tract Futures Project

• Presentations:
  • Item 9 – Delta ISB Nominations Presentation
  • Item 10 – Delta Watermaster Presentation; contact engage@deltacouncil.ca.gov for a copy
  • Item 11 – Public Participation Plan Presentation
  • Item 12 – Franks Tract Project Update Presentation; contact engage@deltacouncilca.gov for a copy

• Outgoing Correspondence:
  • Comments on the Partially Recirculated Draft Environmental Impact Report for the State Water Project Water Supply Contract Amendments for Water Management, SCH# 2018072033
  • Comments on Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Valley Rail Sacramento Extension Project, SCH# 2019090306

• Public Hearing Notice

• Meeting Notice
• Zoom Registration
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• 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

• Revised Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Materials:
  • Agenda Item 1 - Welcome and Introductions
    • Summary of the March 2, 2020 DPIIC meeting
  • Agenda Item 2 - Ecosystem-based Management
    • Delta Plan Performance Measures
    1. Central Valley Project Improvement Act
    2. Incidental Take Permit for the State Water Project
  • Agenda Item 3 - Actions to Achieve Ongoing, Consistent and Reliable Science Funding
    • 2022-2026 Science Action Agenda
    1. Science Approaches during Increasingly Rapid Environmental Change
    2. Linking Science Efforts to Policy and Decision-Making
    3. Effective Use of Current Science Funding
       • FY 2018-2019 Delta Crosscut Budget Report

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 6 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of June 25, 2020 Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 8 - Executive Officer’s Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
    3. Quarterly Contract and Budget Update
    4. Delta Protection Commission and Delta Conservancy Update
  • Agenda Item 9 - Lead Scientist Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Mosaic of habitats provides nursery support for different fish
  • Agenda Item 10 - 2022 Central Valley Flood Protection Plan Update
  • Agenda Item 10 - 2022 Central Valley Flood Protection Plan Update - Revised
  • Delta Plan and Flood Plan
  • Attachment 1 - Central Valley Flood Protection Plan Fact Sheet
  • Attachment 2 - Central Valley Flood Protection Plan Conservation Strategy Update

• 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
  • 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 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

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Meeting Agenda
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 6 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of July 23, 2020 Meeting Summary
    2. Approval of a Contract with the Association of Bay Area Governments
  • Agenda Item 8 - Executive Officer's Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
  • Agenda Item 9 - 2022-2026 Science Action Agenda Update
    • 2022-2026 Science Action Agenda Information Sheet
  • Agenda Item 10 - Approval of a Federal Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
    • 2019 Competitive Research Awards
  • Agenda Item 11 - Water Use Efficiency Standards and Reporting Requirements for Agricultural Use: Making Conservation a Way of Life
• Presentations:
  • Agenda Item 9 - Science Action Agenda
  • Agenda Item 10 - 2020 Delta Science Proposal Solicitation
  • Delta Plan and Water Use Efficiency and Conservation
• Outgoing Correspondence:
  • Comments on Draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment/EnvironmentalImpact Report for American River Watershed Common Features, Water Resources Development Act of 2016, Sacramento River Erosion Contract 1: River Mile 55.2 Left Bank Protection Project
  • Comments on Draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment/EnvironmentalImpact Report for the American River Common Features, Water Resources Development Act 2016, Sacramento River East Levee Contract 2 Project

• Save the Date Flyer
• Agenda
• Videos
• Fact Sheets
  • Management Brief
  • Life History Variation in Central Valley Spring-run Chinook
  • Monitoring of Central Valley Spring-run Chinook Salmon
  • Identifying Spring-run
  • Developing a Juvenile Production Estimate (JPE) for Spring-run Salmon
• Workshop Summary

• 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
  • 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: Delta ISB Reflections
  • Agenda Item 4: Public Comment Draft: The Science of Non-native Species in a Dynamic Delta (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

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 6 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of August 27, 2020 Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 7 - Sustainable Groundwater Management and the Delta Plan
  • Agenda Item 9 - Executive Officer's Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    1. Legal Update
    2. Legislative Update
  • Agenda Item 10 - Lead Scientist's Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
  • Agenda Item 11 - Delta Stewardship Council Fellows Presentations
• Presentations:
  • Agenda Item 7 - Groundwater Sustainability Plan Review
  • Agenda Item 11 - Fellow Lightning Round Presentations:
    • Annie Merritt - CivicSpark Climate Fellow - Planning Division
    • Byron Riggins - California Sea Grant State Policy Fellow - Delta Science Program, Collaborative Science and Peer Review Unit
    • Cheryl Patel - California Sea Grant State Policy Fellow - Delta Science Program, Science-Based Adaptive Management Unit
    • Molly Williams - California Sea Grant State Policy Fellow - Planning Division

• Flyer
• Registration
• Workshop Agenda

• 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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• 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
• Revised Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 6 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of September 24, 2020 Meeting Summary
    2. Amendment of an Agreement with the Aquatic Science Center for the Expansion of the Delta Landscape Scenario Planning Tool
  • Agenda Item 8 - Executive Officer's Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
    • Quarterly Contract Report
    1. Legal Report
  • Agenda Item 9 - Lead Scientist’s Report
  • Agenda Item 10 - Delta Watermaster Update
  • California Department of Water Resources’ Division of Multi-benefit Initiatives
• Recording (Closed Captioned)

• Meeting Agenda
• Summary of the July 13, 2020 DPIIC meeting
• Video
• Presentations:
  • Building an Effective Delta Science Enterprise: Long-Term Science Needs Assessment Workshop
  • Agenda Item 3 - Delta Adapts: Creating a Climate Resilient Future

• Flyer
• Registration
• Program
• Videos

• Meeting Notice
• Zoom Registration
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• Meeting Materials:
  • The Science Of Non-native Species in a Dynamic Delta
• Background Materials:
  • Ecosystems Review Prospectus

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 3 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of October 22, 2020 Meeting Summary
    2. Amendment to an Agreement with AECOM for the Delta Adapts Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaption Strategy
  • Agenda Item 5 - Executive Officer's Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
  • Agenda Item 6 - Key Draft Findings from the Delta Adapts Vulnerability Assessment
    • Attachment 2: Flood Maps
  • Agenda Item 7 - Delta Levees Investment Strategy Update
    • Attachment 1 - Delta Levees Investment Strategy (DLIS) Memorandum of Understanding
  • Agenda Item 8 - Lead Scientist's Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Lead Scientist’s Report Abstract
• Presentations:
  • Agenda Item 6 - Delta Adapts: Creating a Climate Resilient Future
  • Agenda Item 7 - Delta Levees Investment Strategy Update

• Meeting Notice
• Registration

• Meeting Notice
• Zoom Registration
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• 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

• Revised Meeting Notice
• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Materials:
  • Binder Memo
  • Agenda Item 3 - Consent Calendar
    1. Adoption of November 19, 2020 Meeting Summary
  • Agenda Item 5 - Executive Officer's Report
    • Outreach Highlights Report
    • Active Projects List
  • Agenda Item 6 - Lead Scientist’s Report
    • Attachment 1 - By the Numbers
    • Attachment 2 - Troubled Water: Preparing for Climate Change in California
  • Agenda Item 7 - Delta Adapts: Draft Vulnerability Assessment
  • Agenda Item 8 - Delta Plan Performance Measures: 2020 Year in Review
    • Attachment 1 - Performance Measure Guidebook
• Presentations:
  • Agenda Item 7 - Delta Adapts: Creating a Climate Resilient Future
  • Agenda Item 8 - Delta Plan Performance Measures - 2020 Year in Review