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BAY DELTA CONSERVATION PLAN SEPTEMBER 2009

BAY DELTA CONSERVATION PLAN SEPTEMBER 2009. Getting Oriented – The Delta. SACRAMENTO. SUISUN BAY. STOCKTON. STATE & FEDERAL PUMPING PLANTS. BDCP – Overview.

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BAY DELTA CONSERVATION PLAN SEPTEMBER 2009

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  1. BAY DELTA CONSERVATION PLAN SEPTEMBER 2009

  2. Getting Oriented – The Delta SACRAMENTO SUISUN BAY STOCKTON STATE & FEDERAL PUMPING PLANTS

  3. BDCP – Overview • Science-based, long-term conservation plan promoting recovery of fish species and Delta habitat while restoring reliable water supplies • Follows nationally recognized habitat conservation planning process – Several hundred similar plans developed across country • Being developed in an open and public process • Implemented throughout next 50 years • One of the most ambitious and far-reaching ecosystem restoration efforts ever undertaken

  4. BDCP – Objectives • Comprehensive ecosystem approach provides best opportunities to recover fisheries and assure water supplies • Separate water delivery system from Delta freshwater flows; new conveyance facility would bypass Delta • Restore thousands of acres of habitat • Restore river flows to more natural patterns • Address the many other stressors impacting fish populations – invasive species, pesticides, ammonia discharges, etc.

  5. BDCP - SteeringCommittee • California Bay-Delta Authority • California Natural Resources Agency • California Department of Water Resources • California Department of Fish & Game • State Water Resources Control Board • US Bureau of Reclamation • US Army Corps of Engineers • US Fish & Wildlife Service • National Marine Fisheries Service • California Farm Bureau Federation • Mirant Delta • Contra Costa Water District • Kern County Water Agency • Metropolitan Water District of So Cal • North Delta Water Agency • San Luis & Delta Mendota Water Authority • Santa Clara Valley Water District • Westlands Water District • Zone 7 Water Agency • American Rivers • Defenders of Wildlife • Environmental Defense • Natural Heritage Institute • The Bay Institute • The Nature Conservancy

  6. BDCP – 3 Key Components • Restore Habitat • Address Other Stressors • Construct New Water Conveyance System

  7. BDCP - Habitat Restoration BDCP goesbeyondbare-bonescompliancewithindividualendangeredspecieslaws: itaids the recovery of numerousspeciesat once. Comprehensive habitat restoration effort willinclude: • Restoring up to 80,000 acres of tidal marsh, seasonallyinundatedfloodplain and riparian habitat distributedthroughout the Delta • Enhancing 11,500 – 21,000 acres of existingseasonal floodplain habitat in the YoloBypass • Enhancing up to 20 miles of Delta channels to create a more naturalriverbankwithoverhangingshade, instreamwoodydebris and shallowbenches

  8. BDCP – Habitat Restoration Fish grow bigger and faster in restored habitat areas than in the river itself.

  9. DUAL CONVEYANCE – East Alignment SACRAMENTO SACRAMENTO RIVER STOCKTON SAN JOAQUIN RIVER STATE & FEDERAL PUMPING PLANTS 9

  10. DUAL CONVEYANCE – Central Tunnel Alignment SACRAMENTO SACRAMENTO RIVER STOCKTON SAN JOAQUIN RIVER STATE & FEDERAL PUMPING PLANTS

  11. BDCP – Financing • Several financing options being explored – beneficiaries to share costs • Public water agencies committed to paying for new conveyance facilities • Habitat restoration funded by the public

  12. 2008 2009 2010 DRAFT EIR DRAFT CONSERVATION STRATEGY SIGNED AGREEMENT PERMIT DECISION SCOPING MEETINGS

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