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Integrated Management of Delta Stressors: Institutional and Legal Options

Barton “Buzz” Thompson, Jeffrey Mount, Jay R. Lund, Ellen Hanak, Brian Gray | April 22nd, 2013


Despite some recent progress, the current institutional landscape for regulation and management of stressors in the in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta is highly fragmented. A modest but powerful set of institutional changes can help produce better environmental outcomes while containing management costs—which are likely to exceed several hundred million dollars annually. This report lays out proposals for institutional reform.

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ecosystem management, planning and management, Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta