Consortium facilities. Bay-Delta region member institutions will build new office and laboratory facilities which will support work on Bay-Delta issues and facilitate cross-institutional collaborations. Future users of these new facilities will include the University of California, Davis; California Department of Fish and Game; Department of Water Resources; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; United States Geological Survey and visiting scientists. More info

Online scientific journal. The on-line journal - San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science (SFEWS) - is an electronic forum on science and resource management of San Francisco Bay, the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, and the upstream watersheds. SFEWS is a collaborative project created to foster the communication of collaborative, peer-reviewed research by presenting original research findings, reviews, techniques, and comments to forward the current state of knowledge about the ecology of the San Francisco Bay-Delta region.

The second volume of SFEWS was released on March 5, 2004, and featured the monograph, Open Water Processes of the San Francisco Estuary: From Physical Forcing to Biological Responses by Wim Kimmerer of San Francisco State University. This comprehensive review describes and evaluates the complexities of the physical processes and biological interactions of the estuary, citing research by scientists working in the region for decades and bringing new data and conclusions to the forefront.

Common data management system. A new web-site, http://bdat.ca.gov/, contains easily accessed environmental data concerning the San Francisco Bay-Delta. Over fifty organizations contribute data voluntarily to this project. The database includes biological, water quality, and meteorological data. These can be used to gauge the health of the estuary and to manage water and environmental resources.