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acknowledgments Much of this work would be weaker without the diligent efforts of our students, research associates, and postdoctoral researchers: Dane Behrens, Wei-Hsiang Chen, Christina Connell, Kevin Fung, Kristine Haunschild, Kaveh Madani, Josue Medellin, Marcelo Olivares, Robyn Suddeth, Sarah Swanbeck, and Stacy Tanaka. They are coauthors of and contributors to many of the technical reports that support this book. We thank those who contributed by participating in various technical workshops and one-on-one discussions that helped our thinking. These include Kome Ajise, Jamie Anderson, Elaine Archibald, Chuck Armor, George Basye, Gary Bobker, Fabian Bombardelli, Ross Boulanger, Alf Brandt, Jon Burau, John Cain,Tina Cannon Leahy, Pam Carder, Jeff Carroll ,Douglas Chun,Francis Chung,Tom Clark,Marci Coglianese,Gilbert Cosio, Joe Countryman,William Craven, Cathy Crother, Martha Davis, John DeGeorge, Susan Dell’Osso, Holly Doremus, John Durand,Allison Dvorak, Chris Enright,Tom Erb, Linda Fiack, Jamie Fordyce,Tony Francois , Dave Fullerton, Gerald Galloway, Greg Gartrell,Alan Gordon, Mark Gowdy,Tom Graff,Dorothy Green,Joe Grindstaff,Les Grober,Marianne Guerin,Sergio Guillen,David Guy,Les Harder,Ann Hayden,Roger Henderson , Bruce Herbold,Alex Hildebrand, Mary Hildebrand, Doug Holland ,Paul Hutton,Jerry Johns,Tariq Kadir,Randy Kanouse,Steve Kasower, Stuart Krasner, David Lawson, Clifford Lee, George Lemker, Owen Lu, xv Terry Macaulay, Steve MacCauley, Clyde MacDonald, Senator Michael Machado,Steve McCarthy,Rod Meade,Jerry Meral,B. J. Miller,Michael Mirmazaheri, Laura King Moon,Anson Moran, Scott Morgan, Michelle Morrow, David Mraz,Armin Munevar, Nancee Murray, Phil Nails, Barry Nelson, Chris Neudeck, Mary Nichols, Dennis O’Connor,Tim Quinn, Peter Rabbon,Alex Rabidoux, Richard Rachielle, Michael Ramsbotham, Dianne Riddle, Spreck Rosekranz, Said Salah-Mars, Anthony Saracino, Curtis Schmutte,Robert Schroeter,Raymond Seed,Deanna Sereno,K. T. Shum, Pete Smith,Tara Smith,Ted Sommer, Francis Spivy-Weber, GregoryThomas , MikeWade,WaltWadlow, BrentWalthall, BethanyWestfall, VictoriaWhitney,RebeccaWillis,GregWilson,LeoWinternitz,Wim Kimmerer , Betty Yee, Peter Zhon,Tom Zuckerman, members of the Interagency Ecological Program’s Estuarine EcologyTeam,and several state and federal levee engineers who asked not to be identified. We are grateful to many reviewers of earlier, related work for improving substantially our thinking and writing: Ignatius Anwanyu, Elaine Archibald, Elisa Barbour,Alf Brandt, David Briggs, Jon Burau, John DeGeorge , Holly Doremus,Andrew Draper, Chris Enright,Terry Erlewine, David Fullerton, Gerald Galloway, Greg Gartrell, Brian Gray, Les Grober, Kamyar Guivetchi,Maurice Hall,Sam Harader,Steve Hatchett,Jon Haveman , Bruce Herbold, Ray Hoagland, Paul Hutton, Kenneth Kirby, Jed Kolko,Owen Lu,Terry Macaulay,Erin Mahaney,Judith Meyer,B. J. Miller, Laura King Moon, Armin Munévar, Kent Nelson, Fred Nichols, Mary Nichols,Peter Rabbon,Deborah Reed,Kenneth Rose,Spreck Rosekrans, Anthony Saracino, Curtis Schmutte, K. T. Shum, Theodore Sommer, Michael Teitz, Robert Wilkinson, Leo Winternitz, David Zilberman, and one reviewer who wished to remain anonymous. We also thank Gary Bjork and Lynette Ubois (PPIC),Patricia Bedrosian (RAND),and Lauren Muscatine (UC-Davis) for editorial support and Janice Fong (UC-Davis Geology Department) for designing the maps of the Delta used here. This work was supported financially by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Steven D. Bechtel Jr., and the Public Policy Institute of California . We are extremely grateful for this financial support and for the clerical and office support of the John Muir Institute for the Environment and its Watershed Science Center on the University of California–Davis campus. acknowle dgme nts xvi [18.191.202.72] Project MUSE (2024-04-25 16:10 GMT) We alone are responsible for any remaining errors and for all interpretations of the material presented here. Research publications reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the staff, officers, or board of directors of the Public Policy Institute of California or the University of California. acknowle dgme nts xvii This page intentionally left blank [18.191.202.72] Project MUSE (2024-04-25 16:10 GMT) C A L I F O R N I A N 2 0 2 4 6 miles Lodi Stockton Sacramento Clarksburg Freeport Hood Stone Lake Courtland Walnut Grove Isleton Rio Vista Fairfield Concord Antioch Oakley Pittsburg Discovery Bay Los Vaqueros Reservoir Suisun Marsh Salinity Control Gate Barker Slough Pumping Plant Y O L O B Y P A S S Tracy Manteca Lathrop Harvey O. Banks Delta Pumping Plant South Bay Pumping Plant Jones Pumping Plant Ryde C O S U M N E S R . Grizzly Bay Suisun Bay S A C R A M E N T O R . MOKELUMNE R. Dry...

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