Background
Thank you for your interest in contributing to the next Delta Science Plan. By providing feedback on the draft 2026 Delta Science Plan, you will help ensure that the plan accurately reflects the needs of the Delta science community.
The Delta Science Plan is a guidance document that provides the vision, principles, and approaches for coordinating, conducting, and communicating science in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The 2026 iteration of the Delta Science Plan includes 24 actions that are organized around four grand challenges in Delta science—providing a framework that emphasizes persistent system-wide issues. The four grand challenges describe major impediments facing the Delta and, by design, are rooted in multidisciplinary literature and encompass the needs of many organizations. Additionally, each action has an associated example (referred to as “current momentum”) to showcase existing or planned initiatives while encouraging new connections and inspiration for future work.
The four grand challenges outlined in the 2026 Delta Science Plan include:
· Grand Challenge #1 – Scientists and managers must anticipate a world in which environmental conditions and regulatory constraints may be fundamentally different from those faced today.
· Grand Challenge #2 – Environmental change is outpacing the traditional pace of science.
· Grand Challenge #3 – Flows of scientific information remain decentralized and poorly connected to communities and decision makers.
· Grand Challenge #4 – Other ways of knowing, including Traditional Knowledge, remain siloed from decision making.
The goal of this survey is to collect high-level feedback on the draft actions. If you would prefer to submit a full comment letter, please submit via email to to collaborativescience@deltacouncil.ca.gov, or mail to the below address by 5 pm PST on Tuesday January 20th.
Delta Stewardship Council - Delta Science Program
Collaborative Science and Peer Review Unit
715 P Street, 15-300
Sacramento, CA 95814
We estimate that this survey will take approximately 30 minutes. Taking this survey is voluntary, and no personally identifiable information will be collected. You do not need to answer all questions and we encourage to you skip any question(s) you prefer not to answer.
The Delta Science Plan is a guidance document that provides the vision, principles, and approaches for coordinating, conducting, and communicating science in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The 2026 iteration of the Delta Science Plan includes 24 actions that are organized around four grand challenges in Delta science—providing a framework that emphasizes persistent system-wide issues. The four grand challenges describe major impediments facing the Delta and, by design, are rooted in multidisciplinary literature and encompass the needs of many organizations. Additionally, each action has an associated example (referred to as “current momentum”) to showcase existing or planned initiatives while encouraging new connections and inspiration for future work.
The four grand challenges outlined in the 2026 Delta Science Plan include:
· Grand Challenge #1 – Scientists and managers must anticipate a world in which environmental conditions and regulatory constraints may be fundamentally different from those faced today.
· Grand Challenge #2 – Environmental change is outpacing the traditional pace of science.
· Grand Challenge #3 – Flows of scientific information remain decentralized and poorly connected to communities and decision makers.
· Grand Challenge #4 – Other ways of knowing, including Traditional Knowledge, remain siloed from decision making.
The goal of this survey is to collect high-level feedback on the draft actions. If you would prefer to submit a full comment letter, please submit via email to to collaborativescience@deltacouncil.ca.gov, or mail to the below address by 5 pm PST on Tuesday January 20th.
Delta Stewardship Council - Delta Science Program
Collaborative Science and Peer Review Unit
715 P Street, 15-300
Sacramento, CA 95814
We estimate that this survey will take approximately 30 minutes. Taking this survey is voluntary, and no personally identifiable information will be collected. You do not need to answer all questions and we encourage to you skip any question(s) you prefer not to answer.
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Please be aware that individual survey responses are subject to retrieval under the California Public Records Act.
Please be aware that individual survey responses are subject to retrieval under the California Public Records Act.