Public Comments Wanted: Delta Adapts Draft Adaptation Plan

Graphic that reads, "Public Comment Opportunity" due by January 17.

Draft Adaptation Plan

for the Council’s Climate Initiative, Delta Adapts

The Delta Stewardship Council has published a draft Adaptation Plan as part of its climate initiative, Delta Adapts. The draft details strategies and actions to improve regional resilience to climate change, including adaptation costs and governance recommendations.

The draft Adaptation Plan and supporting documentation are now available for public review and comment through January 17, 2025. Comments may be emailed to climatechange@deltacouncil.ca.gov or mailed to the following address.

Delta Stewardship Council

Attn: Morgan Chow

715 P Street, 15-300

Sacramento, CA 95814

Tribal consultation requests were sent via U.S. mail and email to tribes. If a tribe is interested in initiating consultation with the Council on the draft Adaptation Plan, they are encouraged to email the tribal liaison at tribal.liaison@deltacouncil.ca.gov for more information.

View the Delta Adapts web page for more information.

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READ THE DRAFT ADAPTATION PLAN

The cover of the Delta Stewardship Council's draft Adaptation Plan, part of its climate initiative: Delta Adapts.

Climate adaptation matters,

and we need your help.

Climate changes increase risk to California's water supply, economy, biodiversity, residents, and more. In the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, climate change will decrease water quality, increase stress on species that thrive in the region’s ecosystems, and put more pressure on levees that protect residents, farmland, and public utilities from flooding. There is a critical need for regional adaptation rooted in science-based decision-making to address these impacts and reduce the Delta's vulnerability to climate change.

Learn more on the Delta Adapts web page.

About the Council

The Council works to advance California’s coequal goals for the Delta—a more reliable statewide water supply and a resilient Delta ecosystem—while protecting and enhancing the Delta's unique characteristics as an evolving place where people live, work, and recreate.

We carry out this mission by implementing the Delta Plan, an enforceable long-term sustainable management plan, to ensure coordinated action at the federal, state, and local levels in the region.

Delta Stewardship Council

715 P Street, 15-300

Sacramento, CA 95814

deltacouncil.ca.gov

Business Hours:

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5:00 PM

(916) 445-5511