Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

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Promoting a Sustainable Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta  

The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is unlike any other place in California. Along with being the heart of the state’s water delivery system, the estuary is home to more than 35 endangered native plants and animals, dozens of historical communities and hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland. 其岛屿上肥沃的泥炭土每年产生约9.65亿美元的农作物，其生态系统支持西海岸的商业鲑鱼产业. The Delta is simultaneously a crucial link in statewide water infrastructure, a vital yet fragile ecosystem, an engine of our economy and home to 500,000人. 在过去的几个世纪里，该地区的土地利用和景观也发生了重大变化.

The Delta was once a vast marshland covered with tules and teaming with wildlife. 19世纪中期, 定居者们建造了堤坝来排水和开垦土地，今天大约95%的原始湿地和洪泛平原已经消失了. 在这个高度变化的环境中，非本地物种茁壮成长，超过了本地物种. 条纹鲈鱼, Asian clams and many other invaders, 大大小小的, are either eating the native populations or the foods on which they rely.

Recognizing the importance of stabilizing the Delta and securing our water future, Metropolitan purchased a number of 三角洲岛 in 2016. To make our commitment to state and regional water resources more transparent, Metropolitan’s board officially adopted an updated Bay-Delta 政策 Framework 2022年10月. 作为一个负责任的土地所有者和尽职尽责的邻居，投资于环境管理, we have committed to science-based watershed management, 与这些岛屿和整个地区的当地利益相关者建立多利益环境倡议和社区伙伴关系.

Multi-Benefit Landscape Restoration and Farming on Webb Tract

在七月十日举行的公众会议上，向本地利益团体和其他持份者介绍了两项改善韦布路的多益项目, 位于萨克拉门托-圣华金三角洲的四个岛屿之一，归大都会水务局所有.

As part of a partnership with the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy, 在Oakley的Big Break社区中心举行的混合会议集中讨论了计划在Webb Tract进行的水稻转化和湿地恢复项目. 这些项目由三角洲保护协会管理的“基于自然的解决方案资助计划”资助.

Metropolitan recently released a 征求建议书 to identify a farming partner to convert up to 1,500英亩现有的农业用地种植水稻，并处于栖息地恢复项目的设计阶段，该项目将恢复多达3,500英亩为湿地. More information about the two grant-funded projects can be found here.

有关该项目的更多信息或注册以获取有关该项目的未来更新, please contact Malinda Stalvey at (电子邮件保护).

Metropolitan's Bay-Delta Policies & 目标

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三角洲岛

A Laboratory for Adaptation & 可持续性

The Delta faces many challenges, and Metropolitan is committed to finding workable, 合作解决方案. Metropolitan-owned lands in the Delta – Webb Tract, 培根岛, 布尔丹岛和荷兰水道-使我们能够探索合作的方法，以改善日益下降的生态系统和促进水的可靠性. Consistent with our board-adopted Bay-Delta policy framework, 我们致力于研究和以科学为基础的流域管理，以改善水质和可靠性, 恢复原生栖息地，支持受保护和濒危物种，并促进可持续农业实践. We’re also studying climate change risks, managing peat soils to reduce carbon emissions and strengthening levees.

We are partnering with state and 联邦 agencies, 技术专家, 学术界及环保组织发展及参与下列研究及项目.

Re搜索 on Metropolitan-owned Islands

协作, 大都会三角洲岛屿物业的多效益项目侧重于土地利用适应和栖息地恢复机会, 努力扭转沉陷，提高应对气候变化的韧性，同时减少碳排放.

三角洲岛 Adaptation Planning Project, Bouldin Island

Multi-benefit Landscape Restoration, Webb Tract

Floating Wetlands Re搜索, Bouldin Island

Delta Smelt Pilot Propagation Study

Salmon Predation and Survival Rate Studies

Partnering to Achieve Restoration

Over the last three decades, 联邦, 州和地方机构, as well as nongovernmental agencies, 一起188bet棋牌平台过, 为帮助恢复和保护三角洲生态系统的项目贡献了数亿美元. In addition to projects on the islands it owns, 大都会与其他机构和组织合作开展有利于三角洲自然系统的项目.