The Sacramento Bee (May 19, 2014) — The state’s proposal to restore habitat in the Delta and build two massive water diversion tunnels on the Sacramento River “falls short” in its scientific rigor, according to a new report by a group of scientists. Jay Lund, the chair-elect of the Delta Independent Science Board and a UC Davis professor of civil and environmental engineering, faulted the way the Bay Delta Conservation Plan analyzes the effectiveness of 100,000 acres of habitat restoration proposed in the Delta. “One of the bigger concerns in my mind, and for the science panel, is that they’re assuming the restoration is going to work, and work right away,” Lund said. The panel found that assumption to be faulty. Yet a lot hinges on it in the overall plan.