With a high-pressure system parked over the Pacific Ocean and a tenacious fogbank blanketing the San Francisco Bay region in mid-December, Dave and I drive through farmland in eastern Solano County, our silver Coleman canoe strapped to the top of the truck.
Our destination is the 3,400-acre Lookout Slough, the largest tidal wetland restoration project in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta and in state history. The $130 million project was designed to enhance fish and wildlife habitat while increasing floodwater capacity of the Yolo Bypass as sea level rises. It also provides 26 miles of new tidal channels. Completed in September 2024 by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) and Ecosystem Investment Partners, it’s part of a larger effort by DWR to restore 16,000 acres in the North Delta.
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