Blog: Restoration of tidal wetlands of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta – Where are we at?
… The California Department of Water Resources is required to restore 8,396 acres of tidal wetlands to offset environmental impacts of the State Water Project, which exports water for municipal and agricultural use. About two thirds of this acreage has been completed, and several more restoration projects built for other programs also completed… An exciting aspect of these projects is that all of them have some level of environmental monitoring and research going on, ranging from the water quality to the fishes. …So, what have we learned? Well, because tidal wetlands have a rich and complex ecology and because hydrology in California is highly variable, we’re just beginning to understand how restored wetlands are functioning.