The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is a massive inland river delta and estuary. Over the past couple hundreds of years, humans have created levees and canals in the delta for agriculture use which has resulted in the diversion of water and destruction of many plants and animals. Both state and federal water projects have been put into action, rerouting water to provide for over 25 million residents and a few million acres of agriculture. This transformation from a hunting and fishing site to an agriculture network began in the 1800s with European settlers. During the gold rush, water was diverted to help the men with their mining. When gold was no longer a hot commodity, people began farming was source of income. This lead to an increase
