Protect the Delta – come work for the Delta Protection Commission as a records coordinator!
The person in this limited-term (one year) position will serve as as the Records Coordinator while the Delta Protection Commission completes a records organization, indexing and Commission history project.
Requirements: Employment application, Statement of Qualifications
Eligibility: Individuals who are currently in the classification, eligible for lateral transfer, eligible for reinstatement, have list or LEAP eligibility, are in the process of obtaining list eligibility, or have SROA and/or Surplus eligibility.
Pay range: $1,875-$3,047/month
Duty statement: Download PDF
Work location: West Sacramento
Telework: This position is designated as telework eligible-office centered and may be allowed to work from home 1-2 days per week.
Reports to: Staff Services Manager II
APPLY BY OCT. 18: Click here for full details and to apply.
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.
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.
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.
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.
OAKLEY, Calif. (July 19, 2024) – The Delta Protection Commission created a new advisory committee on Thursday to recommend policies, processes, and governance as the Commission implements the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area Management Plan.
The National Heritage Area Advisory Committee is governed by the charter (PDF) approved Thursday. It succeeds the NHA Management Plan Advisory Committee, whose work is done now that the Management Plan has been submitted to the National Park Service.
In addition to advising the Commission, Committee members act as ambassadors to the diverse partners and communities in the NHA.
The committee is chaired by the Delta Protection Commission Executive Director or their designee, and has two members of the Delta Protection Commission and 12 members of the public. There will also be non-voting ex officio members representing the Legislature and public agencies.
Interested members of the public may apply to serve on this committee through 5:30 p.m. Aug. 16. The Delta Protection Commission is expected to make the appointments Sept. 19.
Committee members are expected to attend six bimonthly in-person meetings per year, which are held in the NHA at rotating locations. Four seats will expire in September 2025, four in September 2026, and four in September 2027. The expiration date for individual seats will be chosen randomly at the first NHA Advisory Committee meeting.
Apply for the openings here, or use the form below.
If you have questions, please email dpc@delta.ca.gov.
Applications to fill six seats on the Delta Protection Advisory Committee (DPAC) opened today. The application deadline is April 12, and the Delta Protection Commission is scheduled to make the appointments May 16.
Five Committee members’ terms expire in May: Robyn Brown (Delta Business, Seat 2), Craig Watanabe (Delta Agriculture, Seat 2), Morris Lum (Delta Recreation, Seat 2), Douglas Hsia (Delta Cultural Preservation), and Erin Chappell (State Agency, Seat 2). All are eligible to reapply.
In addition, there is an opening to fill the seat of the late Gerry Goodie: General Public (Seat 2). The seat was created in 2023.
DPAC provides recommendations to the Delta Protection Commission on diverse interests within the Delta. Committee members are expected to attend six meetings per year. DPAC typically meets from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of even-numbered months (February, April, June, August, October, and December), though meeting dates may occasionally shift. Meetings are held in the Delta at rotating locations.
Committee member terms are three years, so these terms will expire in 2027.
Apply for the openings here.
If you have questions, please contact Delta Protection Commission Executive Director Bruce Blodgett at bruce.blodgett@delta.ca.gov.
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Feb. 5, 2024) – The Delta Protection Commission today released a public-comment draft of the Management Plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area (Delta NHA).
All interested parties are encouraged to view the plan here, and submit comments on the Plan by 5 p.m. March 6, 2024. Comments can be emailed to submit@delta.ca.gov, or mailed to the Delta Protection Commission, 2101 Stone Blvd., Suite 200, West Sacramento, CA 95691.
In addition, members of the public may attend one of two scheduled meetings to comment in person: Feb. 21 in Walnut Grove and Feb. 22 in Antioch, both 6-8 p.m. An additional virtual meeting will be scheduled as well.
“We’re excited and pleased to be at this juncture – a critical point in the development of this National Heritage Area,” said Commission Executive Director Bruce Blodgett.
“A great deal of work has gone into the plan in consultation with a broad group of stakeholders and tribes,” he said. “But this public comment process is key to ensuring that the voices of the Delta and all who depend on it – whether for work, recreation, historical and cultural appreciation, or spiritual connection – are represented well in the final plan.”
The Delta NHA was created in 2019 by Congress (PDF). It is California’s first, and so far only, National Heritage Area.
The NHA’s boundary extends from Sacramento to Stockton to Vallejo with the junction of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers at its heart. The history of California’s Delta and Carquinez Strait is a rich tapestry of indigenous peoples and immigrants from around the world, natural beauty and wildlife and engineering marvels, bustling metropolitan areas and picturesque rural towns. The native peat soils provide for fertile cropland and its water supports 27 million Californians.
The Delta Protection Commission, a California state agency, was designated the local coordinating entity for the Delta NHA. It has drafted the Management Plan in cooperation with the commission’s Delta NHA Management Plan Advisory Committee, the National Park Service, California State Parks, tribes, and stakeholders.
The Delta Protection Commission is scheduled to vote on the plan March 7, 2024, after which it will be submitted to the Secretary of the Interior for approval. After approval, implementation of the plan can begin.
Media contact: Blake Roberts, (530) 650-6572 or blake.roberts@delta.ca.gov
Update: Applications for both positions have closed.
The Delta Protection Advisory Committee (DPAC) provides recommendations to the Delta Protection Commission (DPC) on diverse interests within the Delta.
The Delta Protection Commission recently voted to expand DPAC membership to add a tribal representative and a general public representative. Applications for the general public position are due by 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 15, 2023; applications for the tribal position will remain open until it is filled.
Appointments are expected to be made at the Commission’s January meeting.
The general public representative must live in the Primary or Secondary zone of the Delta, or own or operate a business or property in Primary or Secondary zone of the Delta. The tribal representative must be a member or representative of a tribe with historic connections to the Delta.
Committee members are expected to attend six meetings per year. DPAC typically meets from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of even-numbered months (February, April, June, August, October, and December), though meeting dates may occasionally shift. Meetings are held in the Delta at rotating locations.
Committee member terms are three years, so these terms will expire in 2027.
Apply for the openings here.
If you have questions, please contact Delta Protection Commission Executive Director Bruce Blodgett at bruce.blodgett@delta.ca.gov.
The Delta Protection Commission, in partnership with the Delta Leadership Foundation, has created the Delta Leadership Program to build and support sustained leadership development within the Delta community. With the challenges facing the Delta today, it is clearly in the Delta’s interest to cultivate the best in our existing leadership and to assist in creating a pipeline of informed and energetic leaders for the Delta’s future.
The goals of the Delta Leadership Program are:
- Identify and promote regional leaders in the Delta community.
- Develop skills and awareness to increase the pool of effective Delta leaders.
- Expand leaders’ knowledge regarding the key issues, opportunities and challenges that face the Delta region
- Identify emerging leaders and deliver skills and tools to enhance their contributions to the Delta community.
- Build relationships of trust and cooperation between businesses, government, non-profit, civic, religious and cultural groups.
- Foster a shared sense of community throughout the Delta region.
The Delta Leadership Program consists of a five-day intensive curriculum completed over the course of four months (one business day every three to four weeks), with an additional day-long Delta water tour. Each workshop is integrated with half of the day spent on regional issues such as water and agriculture, public safety and economic development, and the other half spent on skill development such as negotiation, team building, innovation, values and organizational momentum. In addition, class members work as teams on selected class projects benefiting the Delta.
Participation in the Delta Leadership Program is by nomination and selection. Please nominate (self-nominations are accepted) individuals whom you consider potential or emerging leaders in the Delta community, and who would find this kind of top-level development and networking opportunity to be valuable. We encourage nominations from all walks of Delta life – agriculture, law enforcement, local government, non-profit organizations, local business, tourism and hospitality sectors, among others.
The application deadline is Friday, Nov. 17. More details and the application form are available here.
