Protect the Delta – come work for the Delta Protection Commission as an information officer!
The person in this half-time, limited-term (one year) position will serve as the communications and tourism marketing lead for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area, the first and only National Heritage Area in California.
The person will:
- Guide development of a tourism branding and marketing plan.
- Plan, coordinate, and implement tourism initiatives.
- Prepare effective written and visual communications about the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area.
Requirements: Examination, employment application, Statement of Qualifications
Qualifications: Information Officer (specialist) qualifications can be found on this page
Pay range: $2,928-$3,664/month
Duty statement: Download PDF
Work location: West Sacramento
Telework: Eligible for remote work, but required to work in office at least two days a week.
Reports to: Program Manager I
APPLY BY OCT. 15: Click here for full details and to apply.
Delta Week, Levee Breach Celebrated, NHA Committee Appointed, Much to Do this Weekend
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It’s Delta Week!
DPC NEWS
DELTA NEWS
BRIDGE WORK
GRANTS AVAILABLE
OPPORTUNITIES
Clarksburg Portuguese FESTAval, Brentwood Brew Festival, De Anza Trail Ride
Protect the Delta – come work for the Delta Protection Commission as a senior environmental planner!
The position acts as an in-house consultant performing the most difficult and complex work that is critical to the Commission’s basic mission and of statewide significance. Work includes:
- Ensuring compliance with the Land Use and Resource Management Plan.
- Planning and implementation of Community Action Plans for Legacy Communities, including tourism enhancement and other regional economic development and sustainability projects.
- Agency GIS work (GIS experience is required).
Work may include serving in a lead capacity over other personnel within the scope of activities conducted within the Commission.
Requirements: Examination, employment application, Statement of Qualifications
Qualifications: Senior Environmental Planner qualifications can be found on this page
Pay range: $8,425-$10,469/month
Duty statement: Download PDF
Work location: West Sacramento
Telework: Eligible for remote work three days a week.
Reports to: Executive Director
APPLY BY OCT. 19: Click here for full details and to apply.
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Sept. 19, 2024) – The Delta Protection Commission appointed 12 members and 4 alternates Thursday to the Commission’s new National Heritage Area Advisory Committee.
The Committee will recommend policies, processes, and governance as the Commission implements the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area Management Plan. Committee members will also act as ambassadors to the diverse partners and communities in the NHA.
The appointees are:
- Mike Campbell, president of the Delta Leadership Foundation, board member of Friends of the 1883 Clarksburg Schoolhouse, served on NHA Management Plan Advisory Committee
- Colin Coffey, an elected member of the Board of Directors of the East Bay Regional Park District
- Lisa Craig, Mayor of Lodi, President of The Craig Group Partners, a Lodi-based preservation and planning consulting firm
- Dwayne Eubanks, President Antioch Historical Society from 2019 to 2023
- Carol Jensen, author, active in Delta historical societies, works in finance, accounting & information systems consulting, served on NHA Management Plan Advisory Committee
- Morris Lum, has served as president of the Sacramento Historical Society and board member of the Sacramento River Delta Historical Society and Sacramento History alliance, an elected director of Recreational Boaters of California, member of Delta Protection Advisory Committee, alum of the Delta Leadership Program (2022)
- Don Nottoli, former Sacramento County Supervisor, former chair of Delta Protection Commission
- Elizabeth Patterson, former mayor of Benicia, lead project manager for the State Lands Commission’s initiative leading to the adoption of the Delta Protection Act; was vice chair of NHA Management Plan Advisory Committee
- David Stuart, archeologist, Director of Sacramento Science Center (now MoSAC), Sacramento History Museum, and San Joaquin County Historical Museum, Sacramento River Delta Historical Society board member, served on NHA Management Plan Advisory Committee
- Stuart Walthall, chairman of non-profits including the Locke Foundation, chair of the Locke Management Association, professional musician
- Dan Whaley, chairman of Delta Legacy Communities, operator of the Willow Ballroom and Event Center, served on NHA Management Plan Advisory Committee
- Katie Wiley, owner/operator of K. Wiley Marketing Design, member of Delta Protection Advisory Committee, alumna of the Delta Leadership Program (2024)
The alternates are:
- Paulette Hennum, former Tribal Affairs Program Manager, California State Parks; has worked in museums as an officer, board member, program advisor, peer reviewer, collections care assessor and grant reviewer; served on NHA Management Plan Advisory Committee
- Douglas Hsia, secretary of Locke Foundation and materials broker for shoes and leather goods production, member of Delta Protection Advisory Committee, served on NHA Management Plan Advisory Committee, alum of the Delta Leadership Program (2022)
- Janet Lake, board member of Freeport Citizens Community Council, served on NHA Management Plan Advisory Committee
- Gia Moreno, secretary of Hood Community Council, member of Pear Fair Planning Committee, served on NHA Management Plan Advisory Committee
Ex officio (non-voting) members are:
- Amanda Blosser, a cultural resource specialist at the Diablo Range District of California State Parks, worked on the National Heritage Area interpretive plan for State Parks
- Chris Lim, Executive Director of the Contra Costa Resource Conservation District, an alum of Delta Leadership Program (2022)
Other entities that may be represented by ex officio members in the future may include the Contra Costa Resource Conservation District, the Delta Stewardship Council, the East Bay Regional Park District, the National Park Service, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy, and the Suisun Resource Conservation District.
In addition to the above, two members of the Delta Protection Commission – Chair Diane Burgis of Contra Costa County and Commissioner Oscar Villegas of Yolo County – sit on the Committee. The group will be chaired by the Delta Protection Commission Executive Director Bruce Blodgett or his designee.
The Committee, which is governed by this charter (PDF), succeeds the NHA Management Plan Advisory Committee, whose work is done now that the Management Plan has been submitted to the Secretary of the Interior, via the National Park Service.
The Committee’s first meeting will be Oct. 31 in Oakley. The agenda for the meeting will be posted at least 10 days in advance.
Gerry Goodie, shown here in the front row on the right side at his first DPAC meeting in February
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Sept. 19, 2024) – The Delta Protection Commission on Thursday named one seat on the Delta Protection Advisory Committee in honor of Gerry Goodie, who served on DPAC briefly this year before passing away.
The Gerry Goodie Memorial Seat is Delta General Public Seat 2, currently occupied by Goodie protege Katie Wiley, who was appointed to the committee in May.
DPAC Chair Anna Swenson spearheaded the action. “He was so active, a great communicator, and a valued member of the Delta public,” she said of Goodie.
Goodie was the co-owner, with his wife, of Wimpy’s Marina Restaurant & Bar in Walnut Grove, as well as a 2023 alum of the Delta Leadership Program, a joint program of the Delta Protection Commission and the Delta Leadership Foundation. He was appointed to DPAC in January, and passed away in late February.
DPAC provides recommendations to the Delta Protection Commission on diverse interests within the Delta, including the Delta’s ecosystem, water supply, socioeconomic sustainability, recreation, agriculture, flood control, environment, water resources, utility infrastructure, and other Delta issues.
Delta Week was created in 2022 with state Senate Concurrent Resolution 119 to call on all Californians “to acknowledge the high value of the Delta and the multiple benefits of a healthy Delta region.”
This year, we’d like to celebrate Delta Week by sharing five ways to honor the Delta.
The Delta’s waterways are critically important to wildlife, farmers, and people. Its rivers and sloughs are not a place to dump trash, automobiles, or boats. Removing abandoned vehicles and vessels is costly, and once their oil, fuel, and other toxic materials escape into the water, the damage is done.
The Delta’s throughways are primarily two-lane roads, often on narrow levees, and they serve slow-moving farm vehicles, not just hurried commuters. Please be patient and courteous with all who share the road, and pass only where it is legal to do so, and only when it is safe.
The Delta is filled with farmstands and U-pick operations where you can taste the bounty that rich Delta soils produce all summer long. It’s also a wine-producing region where you can sample and buy from producers big and small year-round.
The Delta’s culture and history are so distinctive and important that Congress designated it a National Heritage Area, California’s first and only NHA. The Delta Narratives, produced for the Delta Protection Commission by Sacramento State, is filled with information about the region’s history. And the VisitCADelta website links to heritage and cultural resources throughout the Delta.
Keep abreast of news, upcoming events and Delta agency meetings by subscribing to Delta Happenings, the Delta Protection Commission’s biweekly newsletter. You can check out past newsletters here before deciding whether to subscribe.
Nominations are open for the 2025 Delta Leadership Program, a joint effort of the Delta Protection Commission and the Delta Leadership Foundation.
The program targets potential or emerging leaders in the Delta from all walks of life – agriculture, law enforcement, local government, non-profit organizations, local business, and the tourism and hospitality sectors, among others. It puts participants through an intensive curriculum to expand their knowledge of key issues and challenges in the Delta, teach them leadership skills and tools, build relationships and trust, and foster community.
The ultimate goal of the program, which has been operating since 2016, is to build a cadre of dedicated leaders to protect and improve the Delta. Alumni can be seen in leadership positions throughout the Delta and often appear in the news.
What’s Involved
Interested participants can apply, or they can be nominated. (Application information is below.)
Nominations and applications are accepted through Nov. 22, participants are announced the week of Dec. 9, and the curriculum – five day-long seminars – runs January through April. Nominees must commit to 100% attendance on these dates to be considered for participation in the program:
- Seminar 1: Jan. 10 in Sacramento
- Seminar 2: Feb. 7 in Stockton
- Seminar 3: Feb. 28 in Rio Vista
- Seminar 4: March 28 in Oakley
- Seminar 5: April 25 in Clarksburg
In addition to attending seminars, participants work on team projects designed to benefit the Delta, with some of the work occurring during seminars and some on their own time – about two hours per month. When feasible, participants take a tour of the Delta by boat in the late spring.
The program concludes with a graduation at the Delta Protection Commission meeting tentatively scheduled for 5 p.m. May 15 at a location in the Delta. The exact date and location will be determined in November, when Commission sets its 2025 meeting schedule. (Information continues below photo.)
Scenes from the 2024 Delta Leadership Program
Nominating or applying
The application form can be completed online. The deadline is midnight Friday, Nov. 22, 2024.
The quality and content of the nomination is critical to the candidate’s success. Try to include specific examples and make sure you have included all of your nominee’s civic and leadership experience and service.
If you are nominating someone, they will be notified of your nomination as soon as you submit it. Nominees accepted into the program will be notified by the week of December 9, 2024.
Class size is limited, so not all nominees will be accepted – as a courtesy to all applicants, please refrain from announcing nomination submissions publicly.
Submission Checklist
- REQUIRED: Complete the Delta Leadership Program 2025 application/nomination form online by Nov. 22.
- REQUIRED: Upload at least one and no more than three substantial letters of recommendation. You will upload these during the online application process.
- REQUIRED: Nominee/applicant must complete Letter of Commitment online, also by Nov. 22 (they will get a link when your nomination is submitted).
- OPTIONAL: Upload nominee’s resume, if available. You can upload this during the application process.
QUESTIONS?
If you have questions, please contact Program Coordinator Erik Vink at erik.vink@delta.ca.gov or (530) 650-6327.
DPC Job, Farm-to-School, Heritage Forum, Delta Meetings, Wines of Clarksburg
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Courier: Heritage Forum Registration, Shirley Kuramoto, Commemorative Bricks, Exhibits, Classes, Events
Read this issue:
- Registration Is Open for the Delta Heritage Forum
- Shirley Kuramoto: A Remarkable Woman
- Comments Sought: Tribal and Environmental Justice Issues in the Delta
- Commemorative Bricks for Isleton Park
- Filipino American History Month Honored
- Port Chicago Defendants Exonerated
- Delta Conservancy Approves $1M for Stockton Maritime Museum
ALSO: EXHIBITS, EVENTS, & CLASSES
Registration is now open for the Delta Heritage Forum, a free, full-day annual event that celebrates Delta stories, nurtures collaboration, and inspires new thinking and initiatives in the Delta heritage community.
The event will be held during the day (tentatively 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.) at the Antioch Historical Society Museum. Attendance is free, but seating is limited. Food will be provided.
The theme of this year’s forum is “Creating Community Through Heritage.”
The event will feature panel discussions, short storytelling sessions, and Lightning Talks (short presentations). Panel topics include:
- Using public art to cultivate sense of place
- Navigating challenges related to America250
- Leveraging relationships with partners to get more done
- Getting youth involved in, and excited about, heritage
Scenes from the Antioch Historical Society Museum
The Forum is organized by the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area.
The NHA – California’s first and only – was created by Congress in 2019, underscoring the region’s historical and cultural value.
The NHA is coordinated by the Delta Protection Commission.
