Navigating the Delta

Water is the defining feature of the Delta, and recreation on the water is a big part of the economy and culture of this place. Visitors come for…

Major California rivers drain into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, and over decades of building dams and reservoirs and pumps, it’s become the major hub…

Pretend you’re looking at a map of the Bay Area, then scroll out a bit. Find Martinez and Benicia, and draw a line east to Stockton. From there, go north…

Mike Scriven’s driving a big truck on the levees of an island called Terminous. He’s in charge of maintaining the levees here, and that means he’s looking…