Levees or wetlands? Planning for sea level rise
November 19, 2012 by Claire Schoen
The Bay Area has important choices to make about how it will adapt to the reality of sea level rise. VIDEO.
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The Once and Future Delta
April 01, 2010 by John Hart
About the only thing people agree on about the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta–the subject of countless white papers, editorials, and political debates–is that it’s in a heap of trouble. But this 1,000-square-mile patchwork of islands, sloughs, wetlands, and farmlands is also a rich and complex–if highly altered–ecosystem at the core of the San Francisco Estuary. Here we take a look behind today’s news to understand what the Delta once was, how it has been changed, and what it might become . . . with a lot of help from its friends.
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Sherman Island
April 01, 2010 by John Hart
The Delta’s westernmost island, which shields major water-export pumps from incoming saltwater, is a testing ground for several efforts to prepare this fragile region for the threats of sea level rise and levee degradation.
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Dance of the Cranes
January 01, 2006 by Mike Faden
The Cosumnes Preserve near I-5 in the Central Valley is a surprising mosaic of flooded rice fields teeming with birds, breached levees creating new forests, and a river reclaiming a landscape.
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Man in the Mud
October 01, 2004 by Lisa Owens-Viani
Since immigrating to the United States from Norway in the 1950s, Hallvard Haugnes spent almost every day of his life …
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Between River and Bay
January 01, 2003 by Gordy Slack
At the intersection of coastal tides and inland rivers there’s a place that’s rich in history and full of life. The Delta has been greatly altered by human hands, but at Big Break Regional Shoreline, its watery charms are accessible to those willing to venture off the beaten path.
