Registration Open: Delta Science Plan Workshop

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Delta Science Plan Workshop

The Delta Science Program is developing the third iteration of the Delta Science Plan, centered around Grand Challenges to Delta science. To inform the next Delta Science Plan, the Delta Science Program is hosting a hybrid public workshop from February 20-21, 2025, to solicit input from the community.

The workshop will feature several talks by experts to tee up the concepts relevant to each of the four “Grand Challenges.” With that background, participants will then brainstorm actions, tools, and strategies to address these grand challenges. Speakers include Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Lisamarie Windham-Myers, Dr. Sam Luoma, Dr. Mark Lubell, Dr. Lisa Wainger, and Dr. Laurel Larsen, as well as a panel on Traditional Knowledge integration with Dr. Nina Fontana, Krystal Moreno, Zach Gigone, Zack Emerson, and Rebecca Allen.

A draft agenda is now available on our events calendar web page.

By participating, you consent to be recorded, and your likeness or thoughts (e.g., audio, video, chats, work in shared whiteboard activities) may be captured or used in Delta Stewardship Council materials.

About the Delta Science Plan

The Delta Science Plan is a shared guidance document intended to strengthen, organize, and communicate science to provide relevant, credible, and legitimate decision support for policy and management actions. It proposes mechanisms that promote ways to conduct science in an open and transparent manner that supports the concept of One Delta, One Science, and is updated every five years.

View the 2019 Delta Science Plan in PDF format.

About the Grand Challenges

The grand challenges listed below were identified through a literature review and through community feedback during a comment period.

Read the Grand Challenges essay.

Grand Challenge #1:

Scientists and managers must anticipate a world in which environmental conditions and regulations may be fundamentally different from those faced today.

Grand Challenge #2:

Environmental change is outpacing the traditional pace of science.

Grand Challenge #3:

Flows of scientific information remain decentralized and poorly connected to communities and decision-makers.

Grand Challenge #4:

Other ways of knowing, especially Traditional Knowledge, remain siloed from decision-making.