The DHCCP is a partnership between the California Department of Water Resources and the Bureau of Reclamation to evaluate the ecosystem restoration and water conveyance alternatives identified by the BDCP. DHCCP activities include an environmental review of the BDCP. The DHCCP will advance the preferred alternative for water conveyance facilities and habitat restoration.

The United States Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service, both federal permitting agencies, are participating in the BDCP Planning Process as advisors and are co-lead agencies for the EIS. In their role, NOAA and FWS are cooperating to assist in developing a conservation plan that can form the basis of an incidental take permit and will determine whether the resulting plan complies with federal law.

DHCCP goals include:

• Analyzing BDCP proposed actions and alternatives to those actions through a formal EIR/EIS process.
• Analyzing options and considering areas of concern presented by the public during the EIR/EIS process.
• Developing engineering options for habitat restoration and water conveyance.