Fish and Game releases Delta conservation plan
Matt Weiser
The Sacramento Bee
08/03/2011
A new restoration plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta aims to help guide conservation efforts as state and federal officials ponder new water and habitat projects.
The plan by the California Department of Fish and Game wears the unwieldy title "Draft Ecosystem Restoration Program Conservation Strategy."
It offers a menu of options to guide at least two other efforts: The Bay Delta Conservation Plan, which aims to improve water conveyance in the estuary, and the Delta Plan, which seeks to coordinate government actions in the region.
The Fish and Game plan identifies regions most suitable for restoration, suggests what those projects should be, and lays out performance goals to measure success.
"We're not necessarily telling anybody this is the only thing you can do at a certain site," said Dave Zezulak, Ecosystem Restoration Program manager at Fish and Game. "But it is the department's vision of what are the best opportunities."
