Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area

Passed on March 12, 2019, S. 47 (John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act) established the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area (Delta NHA). For more information about the Delta NHA, see the Delta NHA factsheet (PDF), and for National Heritage Areas in general, please visit the National Park Service website and read the stories of National Heritage Areas across the country in Heart and Soul magazine.

As part of the Commission’s work on Delta Heritage and the National Heritage Area, we engage in public education, historic preservation, tourism and recreation development, visitor amenities, and economic development activities, including:

Delta NHA Management Plan

As the local coordinating entity, the Commission’s first task is to prepare a management plan. NHA management plans include long-range policies, goals, strategies, and actions; an implementation plan with short, mid, and long-range actions and performance goals; a business plan for the heritage area coordinating entity; and an interpretive plan. The management plan is a continuation of the planning that the Commission conducted for the Feasibility Study for a Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area completed in 2012. The Commission will be conducting an extensive public outreach process, including the creation of the NHA Management Plan Advisory Committee.

NHA Management Plan Advisory Committee Meetings

The Commission created a 15-member volunteer body called the National Heritage Area Management Plan Advisory Committee (NHA Advisory Committee) to provide the Commission and a Commission subcommittee with recommendations on the development of the Management Plan and to seek input from diverse stakeholders. The NHA Advisory Committee generally meets every two months. The expected term of the committee will be through successful approval of the Management Plan by the Secretary of the Interior (expected by March 2023).

For more information on the NHA Advisory Committee, please see the NHA Advisory Committee Charter (PDF).

Upcoming Meetings

Thursday, July 13, 2023
3 PM to 5 PM

Agenda will be posted here at least 10 days before the meeting.

Past Meeting Agendas:

2023

June 1, 2023 Meeting Agenda (PDF)
February 2, 2023 agenda (PDF)
March 2, 2023 agenda (PDF)
April 6, 2023 agenda (PDF)
May 4, 2023 agenda (PDF)

2022

March 3, 2022 agenda (PDF)March 2022 meeting recording
May 5, 2022 agenda (PDF)May 2022 meeting recording
June 23, 2022 agenda (PDF)/ June 2022 meeting recording
September 1, 2022 agenda (PDF)
December 1, 2022 (PDF)

2021

January 5, 2021 agenda (PDF)January 2021 meeting recording
March 4, 2021 agenda (PDF)March 2021 meeting recording
May 6, 2021 agenda (PDF)May 2021 meeting recording
July 1, 2021 agenda PDF / July 2021 meeting recording
September 9, 2021 agenda (PDF) / September 2021 meeting recording
December 2, 2021 agenda (PDF) / December 2021 meeting recording

Delta Heritage Forum

The Forum is a free, full-day event each year focused on preserving and telling Delta stories, and providing opportunities for partnerships, collaboration, and networking. Anyone with an interest in Delta Heritage is invited to attend, including organizations, federal, state, and local officials, business and civic organizations, and Delta community members and researchers.

The 2022 Delta Heritage Forum was held on Thursday, November 3, 2022, in Walnut GroveSee the 2022 Delta Heritage Forum webpage for videos and presentations from the sessions and lightning talks.

The 2021 Forum was held virtually on Wednesday, November 3, 2021. Visit the 2021 Delta Heritage Forum webpage for videos of the panel sessions and shorter lightning talks.

The 2020 Forum was held virtually on Friday, November 6, 2020. Visit the 2020 Delta Heritage Forum webpage for videos of the sessions and lightning talks.

If you are interested in participating in the planning of next year’s forum, please email Blake Roberts at blake.roberts@delta.ca.gov.


For more information contact Blake Roberts.

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