 | Currently San Francisco Bay has no regionally-funded and regionally-coordinated nutrient monitoring program. Nutrient-related data collection efforts in San Franciso Bay and the Delta are currently managed by several different research or monitoring programs, and these programs are only loosely coordinated, address different goals, and frequently use different methods. At a recent RMP-sponsored nutrient conceptual model technical meeting, the technical team recommended that pursuing a pilot project with moored sensors would be a valuable step that should be taken in the early stages of planning the next-generation monitoring program for the Bay. | |
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 | Past and Present Alluvial River Function in the Napa River Watershed and Implications for Future Management and Essential Ecological Services | |
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 | a richly illustrated tour of the iconic Napa Valley landscape from 200 years ago to the present and future.
Now available from University of California Press | |
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 | This research provides baseline information about local landscape conditions and potential future restoration scenarios in Napa Valley. | |
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| SFEI as the SF Bay Area Regional Steward for USGS National Hydrography Dataset has been working with National and State USGS NHD representatives to coordinate local updates of the NHD. | |
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| The North Bay Watershed Association (NBWA) seeks a clear set of indicators and performance measures to assess the success of the region’s planning efforts in achieving established goals for North Bay watersheds. | |
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 | Six coastal wetland systems in north San Diego County: Buena Vista, Agua Hedionda, Batiquitos, San Elijo, San Dieguito, and Los Peñasquitos lagoons | |
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 | In response to the apparent changes in the Bay’s resilience to nutrient loading, and recognizing the need for both an assessment framework for nutrients (McKee et al, 2011) and a long-term monitoring strategy to assess impairment of the Bay, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, in collaboration with Bay stakeholders, are developing a San Francisco Bay Nutrient Strategy. Bay Stakeholders agree that a high priority within the Nutrient Strategy is developing a conceptual model for nutrients in San Francisco Bay. | |
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 | Among the key objectives outlined in the Nutrient Strategy for San Francisco Bay is quantification of nutrient loads from main potential sources. For urban watershed runoff, there are currently limited data to support developing such estimates. Developing accurate estimates for regional watershed loads to the Bay requires acquiring empirical data from representative watersheds. This project would add analysis of ammonia, total kjedhal nitrogen and nitrite to existing sampling efforts in 6 watersheds around the Bay Area. | |
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| Exposure to dissolved copper has been shown to cause olfactory impairment at relatively low concentrations in freshwater fish, resulting in an impaired avoidance respond to predators, however the levels in saltwater required to cause adverse effects are still unknown. | |
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 | The objective of this effort is to draft a report that summarizes the current status of PBDEs in San Francisco Bay. | |
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| This project will provide technical support for development of Petaluma River nutrients, pathogens, and
sedimentation/ siltation Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs), and development of the Tomales Bay
nutrients, mercury, and sedimentation/siltation TMDLs. | |
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 | Bringing Native Trees Back into the Bay Area’s Suburban Landscapes. | |
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| SFEI assembled two other experts in the disciplines of water quality regulation, water quality and hydrodynamics to review the Draft Report: Regulatory Mixing Zone Implementation Approaches for the North Coast Region. | |
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| Coming Soon | |
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| This report summarizes the sequence of major land uses affecting wetland habitats within the Rodeo
Lagoon watershed and associated landscape changes over the past two centuries. | |
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 | This historical reconstruction documents habitat types throughout the Delta to better understand the native landscape. Knowing how different parts of the vast historical Delta looked and functioned provides information for future restoration. | |
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 | This project seeks to reduce human exposure to mercury and polychlorinated biphenyls from eating contaminated fish in San Francisco Bay. Project activities include a stakeholder advisory group, and funding and technical support for community-based projects. The project is coordinated by ASC and the California Department of Public Health. | |
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 | This report represents the culmination of the National Water Quality Monitoring Network San Francisco Estuary Pilot Study. This effort identified 47 significant monitoring programs overseen by 22 organizations in the San Francisco Estuary pilot region. | |
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| A study of the southern California river and floodplain. | |
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 | Historical ecology GIS of the Santa Clara Valley. This dataset combines GIS datasets that were developed in several historical ecology studies dated 2001-2011. | |
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| A critical need for prioritizing watersheds to monitor and model is an evaluation of land use characteristics that influence stormwater loads to the Estuary. | |
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 | Significant advances in analytical instrument techniques present a great opportunity for the RMP to conduct broad non-targeted scans of San Francisco Bay biota to potentially identify chemicals of emerging concern. | |
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| SFEI is providing electronic mailing list service and support for restoration teams, and other IT support as requested. | |
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 | The RMP will perform sediment quality assessments on all 2011 and 2012 sediment samples, collected under the status and trends (S&T) monitoring program, to fulfill the narrative Sediment Quality Objectives (SQOs) adopted by the State of California. | |
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| An interdisciplinary discussion panel at UC Berkeley's Townsend Center for the Humanities. | |
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| SFEI has been asked to characterize selenium in six wastewater treatment effluent. | |
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