Closing the book? Really? C'mon, man!
The final copy of the NRC report, Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in the California Bay-Delta has hit the streets. You can order a copy or download a free PDF.
No, it's not a new report; the prepublication copy was released in March 2012. The one alluded to here is the final report, after copy editing the prepublication copy. There are no substantive changes. It's the final word (for now, anyway).
Here is the Executive Summary: Download 13394_EXS-8
Here is the description:
Extensively modified over the last century and a half, California's San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary remains biologically diverse and functions as a central element in California's water supply system. Uncertainties about the future, actions taken under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) and companion California statues, and lawsuits have led
to conflict concerning the timing and amount of water that can be diverted from the Delta for agriculture, municipal, and industrial purposes and concerning how much water is needed to protect the Delta ecosystem and its component species.
Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in the California Bay-Delta focuses on scientific questions, assumptions, and conclusions underlying water-management alternatives and reviews the initial public draft of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan in terms of adequacy of its use of science and adaptive management. In addition, this report identifies the factors that may be contributing to the decline of federally listed species, recommend future water-supple and delivery options that reflect proper consideration of climate change and compatibility with objectives of maintaining a sustainable Bay-Delta ecosystem, advises what degree of restoration of the Delta system is likely to be attainable, and provides metrics that can be used by resource managers to measure progress toward restoration goals.
The committtee, on which I served, also released two other reports - click on the titles to order or download a free copy:
A Scientific Assessment of Alternatives for Reducing Water Management Effects on Threatened and Endangered Fishes in California's Bay Delta
Enjoy!
But of course....
"The opera isn't over till the fat lady sings." - Unknown
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