Consultation and Engagement With California Native American Tribes
This webpage provides information on engagement with California Native American Tribes regarding the State Water Board’s current efforts to update and implement the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary (Bay-Delta Plan).
Meaningful engagement with California Native American Tribes is fundamental to the mission of the State Water Board. Working with California Native American Tribes holds a special value at the Water Boards because of our parallel relationship to the people we serve and because of tribes’ historic knowledge and experience managing California’s water resources since time immemorial.
Recent Actions
- November 9, 2023 – Tribal Workshop on Sacramento/Delta Draft Staff Report
- June 7, 2023 – Informational Item: Consideration of addition of tribal beneficial uses to the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
- May 4, 2023 – Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan Tribal Listening Session
- April 11, 2023 - Request for Tribal Consultation Regarding Bay-Delta Plan
- March 15, 2023 – Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan Tribal Listening Session
- January 13, 2023 – Request for Tribal Consultation Regarding Bay-Delta Plan
- October 5, 2022 – Formal Notification of a Decision to Undertake a Proposed Regulation Implementing Lower San Joaquin River Flows and Southern Delta Salinity Objectives in The Bay-Delta Plan, and Notification of Consultation Opportunity
- August 4, 2022 – Formal Notification That a Decision to Undertake a Proposed Regulation Implementing Lower San Joaquin River Flows and Southern Delta Salinity Objectives in The Bay-Delta Plan, and Notification of Consultation Opportunity
- July 27, 2022 – RE: Tribal Cultural Resources under the California Environmental Quality Act, AB 52 (Gatto, 2014). Formal Notification of determination that a Project Application is Complete or Decision to Undertake a Project, and Notification of Consultation Opportunity, pursuant to Public Resources Code § 21080.3.1 (hereafter PRC)
Additional Resources
State Water Board Point of Contact
For questions regarding engagement with California Native American Tribes related to the Bay-Delta Plan, please contact Robert McCarthy, Tribal Coordinator for Bay-Delta Plan Update & Implementation processes, at Robert.McCarthy@Waterboards.ca.gov.
