1. The Role of Science in Water Legislation and Policy Crisis Drives Science Rice Herbicides in the 1980’s Drinking Water Quality and the Delta Interagency Ecological Program and the Delta Fish Decline

2. Founded in 1970 9 +2 member agencies http://water.ca.gov/iephttp://water.ca.gov/ Mission: To ensure compliance with the water quality objectives… and to reveal trends in ecological changes potentially related to project operations” Geographic focus on Delta & Suisun Bay IEP: Interagency Ecological Program

3. Source DFG 2008 Fall MW Trawl; No sampling 1974 and 1979 POD: Pelagic Organism Decline NativeNon-Native Lowest

4. POD Conceptual Model

5. Improve the Role Of Science? Maintain Integrated Science Programs New Technologies =Better Data Issue Driven Research Information Transfer between Policy Makers and Research