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Appendix A
Statement of Task
At the request of the U.S. Departments of Interior and Commerce, a Nation-
al Research Council panel of independent experts will review the draft Bay Del-
ta Conservation Plan (BDCP), which is being prepared through a collaboration
of state, federal, and local water agencies, state and federal fish agencies, envi-
ronmental organizations, and other interested parties to restore the California
Bay-Delta ecosystem and protect water supplies, i.e., provide for both spe-
cies/habitat protection and improved reliability of water supplies.
Specifically, the panel will provide a short report assessing the adequacy of
the use of science and adaptive management in the initial public draft of the Bay
Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) by April 2011. This draft, which is currently
scheduled for release on November 24th, 2010, will identify a set of water flow
and habitat restoration actions to contribute to the recovery of endangered and
sensitive species and their habitats in California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Del-
ta while improving water supply reliability.
The panel’s review will be related to but be conducted separately from the
on-going, more broadly focused National Research Council Committee on Sus-
tainable Water and Environmental Management in the California Bay-Delta.
The panel’s report is expected to contribute to the broader study which will be
completed in late 2011.
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