Calif. officials set aside funds to restore delta habitat

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Matt Weiser | Sacramento Bee

State officials have reached an agreement that will provide an estimated $188 million over 10 years to restore habitat for imperiled fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

The deal between the state Water Resources and Fish and Game departments binds the water agency to certain restoration activities to satisfy state and federal environmental laws. State water contractors, who buy Delta water from DWR, will pay for those projects.

Among the first projects will be restoration of Prospect Island, near Rio Vista, as tidal wetland habitat. DWR acquired the 1,253-acre island from the federal government at no cost earlier this year.

Read the full story at sacbee.com.

Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/10/28/3140329/money-earmarked-for-delta-restoration.html#ixzz13gn4a0ag

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