Seeking Farmers: Get Paid to Provide Habitat
The Migratory Bird Conservation Partnership (Audubon California, The Nature Conservancy, and Point Blue Conservation Science), in partnership with the Delta Conservancy, and funding from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, is accepting online bids for the BirdReturns-Late Summer Farmlands Habitat Program. This program offers farmers and landowners in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and the Sacramento Valley an opportunity to receive financial compensation for providing a few weeks of ponded or shallow flooded habitat for migratory birds.
Applications are being accepted from May 8 to June 17 at noon. To apply, complete a one-page bid form with your bid price per acre and a map for each proposed field.
For more information, please visit the BirdReturns website or join program representatives for lunch and giveaways at one of the following in-person workshops:
North Delta:
Staten Island House
23319 N. Staten Island Rd. Thornton, CA 95686
5/21 or 6/11 at noon
South Delta:
San Joaquin Farm Bureau Federation
3290 Ad Art Rd. Stockton, CA 95215
5/22 or 6/12 at noon
Sacramento Valley:
Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau
475 Palora Ave., Suite A Yuba City, CA 95991
5/23 or 6/13 at noon
Save the Date: Delta Drought Response Pilot Program Forum
Join us on Thursday, June 20, 2024 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Ryde Hotel in Walnut Grove.
- Hear about the outcomes of the 2022 & 2023 Delta Drought Response Pilot Program
- Learn from the UC Davis and The Nature Conservancy research teams
- Share your experience and hear about the experiences of other program participants
- Provide program feedback to Delta Conservancy staff
Registration info will be available in late-May.
Project Partners:
Delta Conservancy Board Meetings
The Delta Conservancy Board meeting originally scheduled for May 22, 2024 has been canceled. The next Delta Conservancy Board meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, July 24, 2024 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Meeting location to be announced.
The meeting agenda will be available after July 10 and the associated documents will be available after July 17.
Board Meeting Recordings
Recordings of past Board meetings are available on our YouTube channel.
Delta Conservancy Projects
Click here to view all Delta Conservancy projects.
Just Transitions in the Delta Public Workshop
The Just Transitions in the Delta Project team is hosting their first public workshop on Tuesday, June 11 at the Big Break Visitor Center near Oakley. The Just Transitions project, which is led by UC Davis in collaboration with UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, and UC Merced, is exploring adaptive strategies to pressing challenges in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, including sea level rise, drought, and salinity management, using a public-facing scenario planning process. At this first workshop, the team will present the results of interviews and surveys conducted with a diverse range of communities and experts. They will also introduce and seek public input on a first round of potential future adaptation scenarios based on the interviews. Feedback received at this workshop will be used to further refine and model the scenarios, which will be presented at future workshops. The June 11 workshop will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (lunch and refreshments served), followed by an open gallery from 1 to 5 p.m. You can register for the workshop here.
The Just Transitions multi-year project is made possible through the University of California’s Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives to support collaborative research projects that promote innovative research with significant importance to the state of California, its people, its environment, and economy. Click here for more information.
Delta Conservancy Board Approves New Project and 2024 Implementation Plan
January 24, 2024
WEST SACRAMENTO – The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy Board on Wednesday convened for its first meeting of 2024, approving a new project as well as the Conservancy’s Implementation Plan for 2024.
The Board voted unanimously to approve up to $715,180 in grant funding to Suisun City for the Suisun City Fishing Dock Planning Project.
The funding will help plan the construction of a public fishing dock in the Suisun Slough, located within Suisun City. The dock will be Americans with Disabilities Act accessible and feature benches, shade, fishing pole holders, and an educational kiosk.
2023 Annual Report
Here are highlights from the Delta Conservancy’s work in 2023, grouped by goals set in the Conservancy’s 2022-2027 Strategic Plan:
