The public is invited to a March 15, 2022, public workshop on the new Delta Island Adaptations (DIA) planning effort, which is exploring ways to improve the resilience and sustainability of islands in California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta owned by the Metropolitan Water District (MWD). These four islands face adaptation challenges similar to many other subsided lands in the Central Delta and are crucial to meeting the State’s co-equal goals of ecosystem restoration, water supply reliability for California, and valuing the Delta as an evolving place for those who live, work, and recreate within it.
MWD’s Delta islands provide a unique opportunity to advance science, research, and collaboration to support the above goals. Metropolitan is embarking on the DIA Project through a Prop 1 Watershed Restoration Grant from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Through a collaborative and transparent co-design process, a team of experts are developing a comprehensive analysis of land use opportunities for subsidence reversal, sustainable agricultural practices, carbon sequestration, water quality, recreation, indigenous land stewardship, and habitat restoration.
Workshop registration: https://bit.ly/3uZFOo6
Public Workshop Agenda
- Introduction to the DIA project and its co-design/planning process
- Virtual tour of the four MET Delta islands involved in the study
- Presentation of the project’s draft objectives
- Release of a public survey soliciting feedback on the project
For more information: https://deltaislandadaptations-ucdavis.hub.arcgis.com/
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