Design Principles for a Sustainable Ecosystem in the Bay-Delta Ideas for Discussion
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According to the draft Delta Vision and as required by Executive Order S-17-06, the Blue Ribbon Task Force (TF) is responsible to: “develop a durable vision for sustainable management of the Delta” that can “restore and maintain identified functions and values that are determined to be important to the environmental quality of the Delta and the economic and social well being of the people of the state.”
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تاریخ انتشار 2007