June 10 - 12

Bay-Delta Tour

This 3-day, 2-night tour takes participants to the heart of California water policy - San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Stops include the Delta Cross Channel, the federal Tracy Pumping Plant, Bay-Delta model in Sausalito, Los Vaqueros Reservoir and Suisun Marsh. Issues discussed include Delta Planning initiatives, water project operations, fish passage, ecosystem restoration, levees and flood management, Delta agriculture, drinking water quality and water supply reliability. The tour begins and ends at Sacramento International Airport, and includes a ferry ride across San Francisco Bay.

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Tentative Itinerary

Day 1: Port of Sacramento; North Delta farms; Delta Cross Channel; Staten Island Conservancy Farm; Ryde; Sherman Island; Land subsidence sites; Twitchell Island; Port of Stockton; Stockton

Day 2: South Delta farms; Jones Tract flooding site; Skinner Fish Screens on state Clifton Court Forebay; Federal Jones Pumping Plant; Los Vaqueros Dam; Contra Costa Water District's Bollman Water Treatment Plant; Dinner in Sausalito

Day 3: Bay Model; Sausalito-San Francisco Ferry; San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf; Suisun Marsh; Return to Sacramento