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BAY DELTA CONSERVATION PLAN SEPTEMBER 2009 Getting Oriented – The Delta SACRAMENTO SUISUN BAY STOCKTON STATE & FEDERAL PUMPING PLANTS 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 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. BDCP - Steering Committee • • • • • • • • • • • • 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 BDCP – 3 Key Components • Restore Habitat • Address Other Stressors • Construct New Water Conveyance System BDCP - Habitat Restoration BDCP goes beyond bare-bones compliance with individual endangered species laws: it aids the recovery of numerous species at once. Comprehensive habitat restoration effort will include: • Restoring up to 80,000 acres of tidal marsh, seasonally inundated floodplain and riparian habitat distributed throughout the Delta • Enhancing 11,500 – 21,000 acres of existing seasonal floodplain habitat in the Yolo Bypass • Enhancing up to 20 miles of Delta channels to create a more natural riverbank with overhanging shade, instream woody debris and shallow benches BDCP – Habitat Restoration Fish grow bigger and faster in restored habitat areas than in the river itself. DUAL CONVEYANCE – East Alignment SACRAMENTO RIVER SACRAMENTO STOCKTON STATE & FEDERAL PUMPING PLANTS 9 DUAL CONVEYANCE – Central Tunnel Alignment SACRAMENTO SACRAMENTO RIVER STOCKTON STATE & FEDERAL PUMPING PLANTS 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 2008 2009 2010 DRAFT EIR DRAFT CONSERVATION STRATEGY SIGNED AGREEMENT PERMIT DECISION SCOPING MEETINGS 12