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<br /> These goals, theZ.e-pislaturr added, must be tuefiiix a i] `Eo xevit 1a i~.e the Delta ecosystem, we must provide
<br /> manner that adequate seaward flows in Delta channels, on a
<br /> schedulemoxe doselymiuoringlaisYoricalihy`ums:
<br /> El Protects and eahaaces the unique culftmil
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<br /> what the Plan calls natuxal, functional flows.
<br /> recreatit7saal, �atm:al r�souxce, and agul�i�ltcual
<br /> values of the Delta as am evolving lace* 0 We roust also biing back genetom we'clands andaipari
<br /> an Zones In the Delta for -ilP benefit of fish and birds.
<br /> By afsinning the equal status of ecosystem health andwater
<br /> supplyzeliahility, thaT egisiatuxe rharigrd the teams of the To preserve the Delta as apLce, wernust restticYvew
<br /> conversation. It changed theca further with the following urban development t° diose peripheral areas ab �dy
<br /> dcfnitcly earrna&ed for such growth, while supporting
<br /> pronouncement: `°The policy of the state of Califalnia is to {,," .d tecaLymin
<br /> ran in the Delta's core.
<br /> reduce reliance an the Delta in meeting CaliforaWs future
<br /> water supply needs" Here was recognition that, for. the sake 11 And we const floodptoof the Delta, as far as feasible,
<br /> of the water system and the Delta both, a partial weaning of mainly by impYoviug-levees and by providing mote
<br /> the one {torn the other is nequixed overflow zones where swollen. rivers can spread without
<br /> doing barm.
<br /> The D elta Stewardship Council, the body entrusted with
<br /> What about today's headliteissue concetningtheDelta—
<br /> going practical meaning to these directives. Publication of
<br /> the proposed construcfton of tunnels to improve the •vray-
<br /> this Delta Plan completes its fitst assignment. The product
<br /> water destined for export southwards reaches the pump in-
<br /> of eight drafts, almost 1.00 public meetuags, and nearly
<br /> takes neat Byron? 'Dais initiative is pant of wjhat is tailed the
<br /> 10,000 comments, the Delta Plan pulls together in one place y
<br /> Bay Delta Conservation ? lan •(BDCP) . The BDCP is a dif
<br /> the steps that need to be taken to meet the coequal. goals— ferent and more narrowly focused undertaking than. the
<br /> measures that, in one way or another., could affect almost
<br /> Delta Plan, into which, if certain conditions axe met, it wM
<br /> everyone in California. The Plan is to be revised every
<br /> be fused (see section, ABetter System: Delta Conveyance).
<br /> 5 years,. or sootier as cixmw tances change
<br /> The Delta plan is Cnljrnra'splan £otthe Delta, prepared .in
<br /> The Dclta Ply, contains 87-13 tovisions, same broad and
<br /> cam uliatiariwitlh, and to be carried out by, all agzncies in
<br /> solve natrowly technical, some novel, some comnwnsensf-
<br /> the field: the State Water Resources Control Board, ultimate
<br /> tally familiar. WUat, in essence, does the Planpxopose be
<br /> arbiter of water_ rights and water quality, the California.
<br /> done differently? At the risk of oversimplification, we can.
<br /> Depaifimc:at of Water R&souxces, the state,s water pbmtr
<br /> say that it asks Calif6mla and Californians to do six
<br /> • and also operator of the great Stare Water Project; the
<br /> large things; Califamia Department of Fish and Wildlife, responsible for
<br /> [] 7n order to improve and secure aux water supply, whilethe welfate of the living system of the Delta; the Delta
<br /> tulring pressure off the Delta, we must rise watet more Protection Commission, Which oversees land use and devel-
<br /> efficiently in. cities and on fauns; and develop altetna. opment on low=lying Delta islands; and many more agencies,
<br /> tive, usually local: sources. State and local, Add to the list federal players like the Bureau
<br /> 0 We must also get much better at capturing and stoi�tag of ReCdarnatiart, which runs the Centtal Valley Project; the
<br /> the sumplus water that nature pa.•ovides in the wettest U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; the National Itiligrine Fisheries
<br /> years, buildingxesetves that can be drawn onin Service; and the U.S. Arany Coips of Pmgineers. Their
<br /> dry ones. cooperation has beenpro isec and it is vital.-
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