Wetlands Science Program

Where are the wetlands and how are they doing? The Wetlands Science Program works to provide answers to these fundamental questions. Our program works through helping to organize wetland management questions into monitoring objectives, development of assessment tools, collaborative monitoring and assessment and delivery of wetlands information to managers, the science community and the interested public. more >

Program Manager: Josh Collins, Ph.D.

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Featured Projects

Bay Area Aquatic Resource Inventory (BAARI)

BAARI is a base map of the Bay Area's aquatic features: wetlands, open water, streams, ditches, tidal marshes and flats, and riparian areas.
Historical Wetlands of the Southern California Coast: An Atlas of US Coast Survey T-Sheets 1851-1889

This project is the first regional assessment of the relative distribution and abundance of different wetland habitat types along the historical Southern California coastline.
Wetlands Regional Monitoring Project

This Prop 50 - funded project is a three-year effort to monitor and track changes in Bay Area wetland condition using the EPA's three-level monitoring framework.
South Baylands Mercury Project (SBMP)

2008 was the third and last year of a project to characterize and monitor bio-available mercury and its uptake into local food webs of the South Bay managed ponds and intertidal habitats, focusing initially on Pond A8 and Alviso Slough.
California Wetland and Riparian Area Protection Policy Technical Support

Through the ASC, SFEI is working with a team of technical advisor to provide the breadth and depth of scientific understanding about wetlands and riparian areas needed to assure the scientific credibility of the new state policy to protect California's Wetlands.
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News and Notables

Sep-19-11
State of San Francisco Bay 2011 Report

SFEI scientists Josh Collins, Jay Davis, and Thomas Jabusch collaborated with Bay Area scientists to produce a science-based assessment of the health of San Francisco Bay.

Mar-02-11
SFEI Lead Scientist Helps Author a Method of Wetland Assessment

SFEI Lead Scientist Dr. Josh Collins and Dr. Siobhan Fennessy of Kenyon College have authored a method of wetland assessment.

Oct-07-09
Josh Collins on NPR's Forum

On Thursday Oct 8th, 2009, KQED Public Television will premiere the documentary "Saving the Bay: The Story of San Francisco Bay."

Dec-10-08
Wetland Tracker pilot well received by Regional Water Quality Control Board

Staff from the Regional Water Quality Control Board presented to their Board their findings regarding their participation in the Wetland Tracker project. The presentation, meeting brief, and meeting minutes are available.