1 California Salmon Strategy
The California Salmon Strategy for a Hotter, Drier Future specifically calls for stronger partnerships, protection of water flows and quality, and transformation of technology and management systems for climate adaptability. Supporting this strategy also contributes to key Delta Plan strategies and state and federal targets to double salmon populations. An example research question that the Delta Synthesis Working Group could explore is how pulse flows have or have not created beneficial salmon conditions.
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2 California’s Natural & Working Lands (NWL) Climate Smart Strategy
California’s NWL Climate Smart Strategy highlights the important role that land management in the Delta can play in reducing future emissions and increasing carbon sequestration. An example project focus for the Delta Synthesis Working Group could be to expand and enhance the use of open data and open science practices to evaluate how land management and future land management influence the greenhouse gas budget and other ecosystem benefits of the Delta.
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3 Cyanobacteria Harmful Algal Bloom (CHAB) Monitoring Strategy
The CHAB Monitoring Strategy for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and various other interagency efforts are addressing CHAB monitoring, prediction, and management in the Delta. One key barrier to addressing CHAB in the Delta are the many different CHAB data streams. An example effort for the Delta Synthesis Working Group could be to start integrating some different data streams together to inform the development of a CHAB data management framework.
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