Windsurfers in California's Sacramento River Delta watch a humpback whale calf suddenly breach nearby.

Courtesy of Wood Hole Oceanographic Institute, Photo by Sarah Wilkin, NOAA.

The Delta Stewardship Council approved the Final Delta Plan and Final EIR on May 16, 2013.  See C-WIN's comments on that approval here.

C-WIN, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance and AquAlliance filed comments on the Recirculated Draft Program Environmental Impact Report for the Delta Plan on January 14, 2013 .  Comments were due on January 14, 2013.

View C-WIN/CSPA/AquAlliance comments on the Recirculated Draft Program EIR for the Delta Plan here.

View C-WIN/CSPA/AquAlliance Appendix 1 (Stroshane/C-WIN Water Availability Analysis) on the Recirculated Draft Program EIR here.

View C-WIN/CSPA/AquAlliance Appendix 1A on the Recirculated Draft Program EIR here.

View C-WIN/CSPA/AquAlliance Appendix 2 (Walter Gleason 1960 Testimony) on the Recirculated Draft Program EIR here.

View C-WIN/CSPA/AquAlliance Appendix 3 ("Bay-Delta- Economics of Choice" by EcoNorthwest Economic Consultants) on the Recirculated Draft Program EIR here.

View C-WIN/CSPA/AquAlliance Appendix 4 ("Dam Safety in California" by Donsoon Park) on the Recirculated Draft Program EIR here.

View C-WIN/CSPA/AquAlliance Appendix 5 (Bureau of Reclamation 2007 B.F. Sisk Dam Safety Memo) on the Recirculated Draft Program EIR here.

View C-WIN/CSPA/AquAlliance Appendix 6 (Engineer Robert Pyke to Gov. Brown "The Truth About Delta Levees" July 2012) on the Recirculated Draft Program EIR here.

View the comments of the Environmental Water Caucus on the Recirculated Draft Program EIR, Final Draft Delta Plan and Regulatory Package here.

The Delta Stewardship Council, formed by the 2009 California Water Legislation, is tasked with developing a Delta Plan.  As stated in their website, "The Delta Stewardship Council is charged with protecting the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and the critical role it serves in the water supply for millions of Californians and its unique ecosystem and way of life."

Former Executive Director Joe Grindstaff stated the Council's views on its authority and its role in California water politics in a letter to the State and Federal Water Contractors Agency.

The Delta Stewardship Council accepted scoping comments on the Delta Plan and the first Draft Program Environmental Impact Report in late January 2012.   The Final Draft Delta Plan is available here.  

C-WIN, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance and the Center for Biological Diversity, as three of the Plaintiffs in the Monterey Plus Litigation sent a letter to the Delta Stewardship Council requesting that the Council consider reversing the Monterey Plus Amendments in the Delta Plan.  A press release was also issued by the three groups.

In addition, C-WIN joined 29 other environmental, environmental justice and fishing organizations in submitting joint scoping comments to the Delta Stewardship Council on their Delta Plan and EIR.  A joint press release was also issued.

Comments on first Draft Program EIR for Delta Plan.

C-WIN and numerous allies filed several sets of comments on the first Draft Program EIR for the Delta Plan.  Comments were due on February 2, 2012.  See the various comments below:

See comments by C-WIN, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations and AquAlliance here.

See comments by the Environmental Water Caucus, which includes C-WIN here.

See supplemental comments by C-WIN and 14 other groups here.

See comments by Restore the Delta here. 

See comments by PCFFA, Friends of the River, Winnemem Wintu Tribe, North Coast Rivers Alliance, Institute for Fisheries Resources and the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance here.

See comments by San Joaquin County, South Delta Water Agency and Central Delta Water Agency here.

Comments by the Central Delta Water Agency can be found here.

Comments by the Trinity Lake Revitalization Alliance can be found here. 

Comments by Rossman and Moore, LLP can be found here.

Comments by the South Delta Water Agency can be found here.

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