Biology Reference
In-Depth Information
Sacramento and
San Joaquin Rivers
Delta waterways
Shipchannel Delta
Smelt management area
Sacramento
Sandhill Crane
management areas
Annual
floodplain
Open water
Experimental islands
(potential open water)
Humans and wildlife
Subsidence reversal
agriculture
Wildlife friendly
agriculture
Freeport
Tidal brackish marsh
Clarksburg
Leveed freshwater marsh
Hood
Stone
Lake
Freshwater tidal marsh
Courtland
Managed floodplain
Barker Slough
Pumping Plant
Fairfield
Ryde
Walnut
Grove
Rio Vista
Suisun Marsh
Salinity Control
Gate
Isleton
Lodi
Grizzly
Bay
Suisun
Marsh
Pittsburg
Antioch
Oakley
Concord
Stockton
Discovery
Bay
Lathrop
Los Vaqueros
Reser voir
Manteca
Jones
Pumping
Plant
Harvey O. Banks
Delta Pumping Plant
N
Tracy
South Bay
Pumping Plant
2
0
2
4
6 miles
Map 13. Vision of a restored delta. The key aspects of this map include: (1) protect-
ing levees in the western delta to allow for opportunistic through-delta pumping; (2)
large expanses of pelagic, open water habitat; (3) large areas maintained for environ-
mentally friendly agriculture; (4) Suisun Marsh re-created as brackish water tidal
marsh; (5) large areas of freshwater tidal marsh; (6) the Sacramento ship channel
and deep areas of Cache Slough managed for Delta Smelt spawning; (7) large ex-
panses of floodplain, with annual floodplain created along the eastern edge of the
Yolo Bypass; (8) the Stockton ship channel maintained through a larger area of open
water (shown here as the San Joaquin River); (9) the integrity of the Sacramento
River maintained through the delta for salmon migration; and (10) islands reserved
for experimental use, including flooding. (Public Policy Institute of California, 2010)
