Our Partners
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Partnerships Bring Science to Life
Science in and of itself is just one part of the equation – our true impact is in our partners using our science, data, and tools to realize their visions for a healthier future. We partner with communities, Tribal nations, non-profits, the private sector, academics, government agencies, and lawmakers at all scales committed to the public good. We thrive on helping them succeed in pursuing transparency and having access to information to support their effective decision making.
SFEI convenes and partners with many community leaders and organizations to complete our projects. With over 80 staff and about 50 new projects per year, our partners are always evolving. As a result, the list below is regularly updated and may be out of date.
Past and Active Partners
- All Positives Possible
- Bay Nature Magazine
- Climate Resilient Communities
- Hood Planning Group
- Mormon Slough Restoration Association
- Ninth Root
- South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition
- Sustainable Solano
- Urban Tilth
- Association of Ramaytush Ohlone (ARO)
- California Indian Environmental Alliance
- Colfax-Todds Valley Consolidated Tribe
- Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria
- Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake
- Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians
- Tamien Nation
- 5 Gyres Institute
- American Rivers
- Audubon Society
- Bay Planning Coalition
- California Academy of Sciences
- California Native Plant Society
- California Resilience Challenge (Bay Area Council)
- Canopy
- Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration
- Central Valley Joint Venture
- Clean Water Action
- Ducks Unlimited
- Environmental Defense Fund
- Floodplain Forward Coalition
- Floodplains Reimagined
- Friends of the Petaluma River
- Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy (GGNPC)
- Grassroots Ecology
- International Olympic Committee
- International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
- Invasive Spartina Project
- Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation
- Marin Audubon Society
- Marine Applied Research and Exploration
- Natural Heritage Institute
- North Bay Watershed Association
- Oakland Museum of California
- Our City Forest
- Patagonia Foundation
- Peninsula Open Space Trust
- Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council
- Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)
- Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP)
- Resources Legacy Fund (RLF)
- Restore the Delta
- San Diego Bird Alliance
- San Francisco Bay Joint Venture (SFBJV)
- San Francisco Baykeeper
- San Francisco Bay Nutrient Management Strategy (NMS)
- San Francisco Estuary Institute (RMP)
- Save the Bay
- Silicon Valley Pollution Prevention Center
- Sonoma Ecology Center
- Sonoma Land Trust
- Southern California Coastal Research Watershed Project (SCCWRP)
- SPUR
- The Bay Institute
- The Exploratorium
- The Nature Conservancy
- The Presidio Trust
- The Watershed Project
- Tipping Point Community
- Together Bay Area
- Western Aquatic Plant Management Society
- Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
- Xerces Society
- Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (ACFCWCD)
- Alameda County Resource Conservation District
- Association of Bay Area Governments
- Bay Area Clean Water Agencies (BACWA)
- Bay Area Flood Protection Agencies Assc (BAFPAA)/Coastal Hazards Adaptation Resiliencey Group (CHARG)
- Bay Area Municipal Stormwater Collaborative (BAMSC)
- Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
- City of East Palo Alto
- City of Livermore
- City of Mountain View
- City of Palo Alto
- City of Petaluma
- City of Pleasanton
- City of San José
- City of San Mateo Wastewater Treatment Plant
- City of Santa Clara
- City of Sunnyvale
- Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District
- Contra Costa Watershed Forum
- County of Marin
- County of San Mateo
- Doug Titus, Valley Water
- Dublin San Ramon Services District Wastewater Treatment Plant
- East Bay Dischargers Authority
- East Bay Municipal Utility District
- East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD)
- Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District
- Lake County Watershed Protection District
- Marin County Department of Public Works
- Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)
- Napa County Resource Conservation District
- Novato Sanitary District
- Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant
- Permit Sonoma, County of Sonoma
- Russian River Watershed Association
- San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
- San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority (SFBRA)
- San Francisco Department of Public Works
- San Francisco Department of the Environment
- San Francisco Estuary Partnership (SFEP)
- San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
- San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC)
- San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department
- San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority (SFCJPA)
- San Jose-Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility
- San José Water
- San Mateo County
- San Mateo Countywide Water Pollution Prevention Program
- Santa Clara Valley Habitat Agency
- Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority
- Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
- Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program
- Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water)
- Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District
- Sonoma County Permit Sonoma
- Sonoma County Regional Parks
- Sonoma Resource Conservation District
- Sonoma Water
- Suisun Resource Conservation District
- Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA)
- Union Sanitary District
- Vallejo Flood & Wastewater District
- CalFire
- California Air Resources Control Board (CARB)
- California Climate Investments
- California Coastal Commission
- California Conservation Corps
- California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW)
- California Department of Public Health
- California Department of Toxic Substances Control
- California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
- California Department of Water Resources (DWR)
- California Dept of Pesticide Regulation
- California Environmental Data Exchange Network
- California Natural Resources Agency
- California Ocean Protection Council
- California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
- California State Coastal Conservancy
- California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB)
- California Tahoe Conservatory
- California Water Quality Monitoring Council
- California Wetland Monitoring Workgroup (CWMW)
- California Wildlife Conservation Board
- CalRecycle
- Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
- Delta Science Program, Delta Stewardship Council
- Delta Stewardship Council (DSC)
- Integrated Regional Watershed Management Program (IRWMP)
- Interagency Ecological Program for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary
- Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board (RB6)
- Montezuma Wetlands Restoration Project
- North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board
- North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board - Discretionary Funding
- North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board - Supplemental Environmental Project
- Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)
- Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy (SSJDC)
- San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board
- San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
- Santa Clara County
- South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project
- State Lands Commission
- California Coastal Program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Integrated Ocean Observing System
- Morro Bay National Estuary Program
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- National Park Service
- Natural Resources Conservation Service CIG
- Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
- U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
- U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
- Acorn Group
- Bill Lane Center for the West
- California State University Northridge (CSUN)
- Cal State Maritime Academy
- Center for Ocean Solutions
- Central Coast Wetlands Group
- Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
- San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR)
- San Francisco State University
- San Francisco Unified School District
- Shawna Dark, California State University, Northridge: Center for Geographical Studies (CSUN-CGS)
- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
- Stanford University
- The Natural Capital Project
- Travis Longcore, University of Southern California
- UC Berkeley
- UC Davis
- UC Merced Water Systems Management Lab
- UC Santa Cruz
- University of Illinois
- University of South Carolina
- Bay Area Council
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Marin Community Foundation
- National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment
- Satterburg Foundation
- Shipley Foundation
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation
- Simons Foundation 'Science Sandbox'
- The Pew Charitable Trusts
- The San Francisco Foundation
- The Seed Fund
- Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation
- Water Foundation
- Anchor QEA
- Applied Marine Sciences
- Bend Genetics
- BluePoint Planning
- Brian Fulfrost and Associates
- Davey Resource Group, Inc.
- Deltares
- Environmental Science Associates (ESA)
- Far Western
- FlowWest
- Gillenwater Consulting
- Google Ecology Program
- Greeninfo Network
- HDR
- Hort Science | Bartlett Consulting
- H.T. Harvey and Associates
- HydroFocus, Inc.
- ICF
- Merkel & Associates
- Nomad Ecology
- NV5
- Oceankind
- Olofson Environmental Inc
- Pathways Climate Institute
- Peter Baye, Coastal Ecologist
- Phillip Williams and Associates (PWA)
- PlaceWorks
- Raimi + Associates
- RiverMetrics
- San Francisco International Airport Treatment Plant
- SGS-AXYS
- Silvestrum Climate Associates
- Stillwater Sciences
- SWCA Environmental Consultants
- Tetra Tech
- The Watershed Nursery Cooperative
- Verdantas / CBEC Eco Engineering
- Vollmar Natural Lands Consulting, Inc.
- Watershed Sciences
- Wetlands and Water Resources
- WRA