Partners

    The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area is not a museum or a park, but a living, breathing landscape of national significance. It’s got history, culture, and natural resources worth exploring, whether you’re from Sacramento or Tallahassee, Stockton or Santa Fe, Oakland or Cheyenne.

    The Delta Protection Commission coordinates the National Heritage Area, but visitors experience its riches through our partners: museums, parks, cultural attractions, agritourism destinations, landmark businesses and more.

    National Heritage Areas succeed when partners engage in projects and activities that uplift the entire Delta.

    Our Newest Partners (see all partners here)

    Contra Costa County Historical Society - photo of history center with society logo superimposed (6/12/2025)
    Contra Costa County Library (a brick library building with arched windows)
    (Yolo County Library (a community library sign)
    Rio Vision (a group of people in neon vests holding hand written signs)

    How It Works

    Partners help the National Heritage Area by agreeing to help with select NHA strategies.

    For example, libraries might help with Strategy 1.3.3: Highlight the Work of Past, Present, and Upcoming Artists and Writers Whose Work Includes the NHA Through Exhibits, Presentations, and Artist-in-Residency Programs. Or cultural organizations might help with Strategy 1.4.4. Develop Interpretive Content and Programs That Describe the Connections of Cultural Groups to the NHA Landscape.

    What Partners Get in Return

    The NHA helps partners by:

    • Promoting their partnership with the NHA.
    • Sharing NHA branding materials partners can use on their websites, social media and printed materials.
    • Organizing partner gatherings and training.
    • Sharing or providing grant opportunities.
    • Establishing optional visitor-attracting passport-stamping stations at their venues (program coming in Summer 2025). Learn more about the Passport to Your National Parks Program here.

    Who’s eligible to become a partner?

    Partners can include government, Tribes, nonprofit organizations, businesses, and individuals. You can see a list of our current partners here.

    Partners should be connected to NHA themes as described in the NHA Management Plan and as outlined below:

    • Water – Precious Lifeblood for the Delta and California
    • The Beating Heart of Natural California – The Delta’s Biological and Physical Environment
    • Abundance, Diversity, Resistance, and Survival – Native Americans in the Delta
    • The Delta Becomes California’s Cornucopia – The Growth of Agriculture
    • Cultural Influences of the Delta – Enduring Legacies of American, Asian, European, and Latin American Immigrants

    How can I or my organization become a partner?

    Fill out this form to provide us with key information and get the process started. Or if you’d prefer to have a conversation first, contact Blake Roberts at (530) 650-6572 or blake.roberts@delta.ca.gov.