Name
Sarah Pearce
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Sarah Pearce
Pearce, SA; Grosso, C; Lowe, S. 2025. 2024 San Diego Regional Board Mitigation and SEP Project Assessments. SFEI Contribution No. 1237. San Franciso Estuary Institute-Aquatic Science Center: Richmond, CA. p. 28.
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2024 San Diego Mitigation and SEP Assessments_3_31_25.pdf 3.05 MB
Pearce, SA; Lowe, S; Peterson, D; Diggory, Z. 2026. Upper Pajaro River Watershed Reassessment 2025: 10-Year Reassessment of the Ecological Condition of Streams Based on the California Rapid Assessment Method. SFEI Contribution No. 1300. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA. p. 66.
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Upper Pajaro Reassessment 2025.pdf 67.55 MB
Grosso, C; Hallenbeck, T; Beers, L; Pearce, SA; Kauhanen, P; Johnson, E; Williams, H. 2025. EcoAtlas Essentials Webinar Showcases Practical Tools for Ecological Planning.
Pearce, SA; Lowe, S; Peterson, D. 2025. Lake Silveira CRAM Assessments: Mitigation Monitoring Report Post-Construction - Year 5 (2025). SFEI Contribution No. 1275. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA. p. 24.
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Lake Silveira CRAM Mitigation Monitoring Report Year 5 2.71 MB
Pearce, SA; Lowe, S; Peterson, D; Walker, D; Kauhanen, P; Diggory, Z; Titus, D. 2024. Guadalupe River Watershed Reassessment 2022: 10-Year Reassessment of the Ecological Condition of Streams Based on the California Rapid Assessment Method. SFEI Contribution No. 1193. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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Guadalupe River Watershed Reassessment 2022 7.63 MB
Pearce, SA; Stark, K. 2025. Petaluma River Watershed sediment beneficial reuse strategy. SFEI Contribution No. 1243. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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Sediment Solutions Petaluma Reuse.pdf 14.79 MB
Peterson, D; Stark, K; Pearce, SA; Dusterhoff, SD. 2025. Petaluma River Watershed Sediment Source Assessment. SFEI Contribution No. 1230. San Francisco Estuary Institute-Aquatic Science Center: Richmond, CA.
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Petaluma River Watershed Sediment Source Assessment.pdf 25.09 MB
Lowe, S; Salomon, M; Pearce, SA; Collins, JN; Titus, D. 2018. West Valley Watershed Assessment 2018: Study Area Extent, Stream Survey Design, Sample Frame, and Sample Draw. SFEI Contribution No. 863. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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WestValley_2018 Task002 West Valley Design & Draw.pdf 1.8 MB
Pearce, SA; McKee, LJ. 2022. San Francisco Bay Sand Budget, Information Collection, and Synthesis: Net sand storage/removal from local tributary flood control channels in the nine county Bay Area. SFEI Contribution No. 1086. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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Task 1.4 Flood Control Channel Storage Final Deliverable_toWeb_0.pdf 1.96 MB
McKee, LJ; Grossinger, RM; Pearce, SA; O’Connor, M. 2002. Napa River Sediment TMDL Baseline Study: Geomorphic Processes and Habitat form and function in Soda Creek. SFEI Contribution No. 63. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
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SodaCreekFinal.pdf 4.2 MB
Pearce, SA; Grossinger, RM; O’Connor, M; McKee, LJ. 2003. Contrasting Fluvial Geometric Processes and Historic Change Through Time: Supporting Watershed Management in Tributaries of the Napa River Watershed (poster).
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Pearce_SOE_03_poster.pdf 233.43 KB
McKee, LJ; Pearce, SA; O’Connor, M; Jones, B. 2003. Geomorphic Processes and Salmonid Habitat in Sulphur and Carneros Creeks, Napa River Watershed, Napa County California (PowerPoint presentation). San Francisco Estuary Institute.
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Pearce_CALFED.pdf 3.17 MB
McKee, LJ; Pearce, SA; O’Connor, M; Jones, B. 2003. Channel Geomorphology Assessment: A component of the watershed management plan for the Carneros Creek watershed, Napa County, California. SFEI Contribution No. 67. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
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67_CarnerosGeomorphFinalTechReport.pdf 4.87 MB
68_SulphurGeomorphFinalTechReport[1].pdf 4.64 MB
McKee, LJ; Striplen, CJ; Pearce, SA. 2004. Fluvial Geomorphology, Hydrology, and Riparian Habitat of La Honda Creek Along the Hwy 84 Transportation Corridor, San Mateo County, California. SFEI Contribution No. 78. San Francisco Estuary Institute /CA State Univ of Fresno.
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Item4_Section_1_Final.pdf 4.27 MB
Item3_Table_of_Contents_Final.pdf 84.28 KB
Item2_Preface_ExSummary_Final.pdf 157.74 KB
Item1_Cover_Final.pdf 156.77 KB
Item5_Section_2_Final.pdf 5.18 MB
Item6_Section_3_Final.pdf 9.62 MB
Item7_Section_4_Final.pdf 4.68 MB
Item14_Plates_1A-C,2A-B.pdf 218.87 KB
Item13_Section_10_Final.pdf 3.38 MB
Item12_Section_9_Final.pdf 88.2 KB
Item11_Section_8_Final.pdf 71.37 KB
Item10_Section_7_Final.pdf 19.65 MB
Item9_Section_6_Final.pdf 5.32 MB
Item8_Section_5_Final.pdf 159.61 KB
Collins, JN; Pearce, SA. 2004. Analysis of Reference Tidal Channel Plan Form for the Montezuma Wetlands Restoration Project. SFEI Contribution No. 80. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
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Montezuma_final.pdf 5.96 MB
McKee, LJ; Pearce, SA; Shonkoff, SB. 2004. San Pedro Creek Watershed Sediment Source Analysis, Volume III: Tributary sediment source assessment. SFEI Contribution No. 87. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
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sanpedro_final.pdf 16.74 MB
Pearce, SA; Grossinger, RM. 2004. Relative effects of fluvial processes and historical land use on channel morphology in three sub-basins, Napa River basin, California, USA. IAHS, International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 288.
McKee, LJ; Pearce, SA; Shonkoff, SB. 2005. Pinole Creek Watershed Sediment Source Assessment. A technical report of the Regional Watershed Program, San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI), Oakland, California. (plotter-sized landslide map only).
McKee, LJ; Pearce, SA; Shonkoff, SB. 2005. Pinole Creek Watershed Sediment Source Assessment. A technical report of the Regional Watershed Program, San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI), Oakland, California. (report only -- no appendix). SFEI Contribution No. 316. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
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PinoleCreekFinal.pdf 4.28 MB
McKee, LJ; Pearce, SA; Shonkoff, SB. 2005. Pinole Creek Watershed Sediment Source Assessment. A technical report of the Regional Watershed Program, San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI), Oakland, California. (appendix only). SFEI Contribution No. 316. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
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PinoleCreekAppendix.pdf 1.29 MB
McKee, LJ; Pearce, SA; Arnold, C; Hokholt, L. 2005. Pinole Creek Watershed Sediment Source Assessment: A sediment budget approach highlighting watershed-scale sediment-related processes and supply to the Bay. Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA.
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05SOE_Poster_Pearce_MedRes_0.pdf 2.02 MB
Grossinger, RM; Askevold, RA; Striplen, CJ; Brewster, E; Pearce, SA; Cayce, K; McKee, LJ; Collins, JN. 2006. Coyote Creek Watershed Historical Ecology Study: Historical Conditions and Landscape Change in the Eastern Santa Clara Valley, California. SFEI Contribution No. 426. San Francisco Estuary Institute.
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CoyoteCreek_HistoricalEcology_SFEI_2006.pdf 188.33 MB
executive_summary_8.5x11_CoyoteCk_HE_SFEI_2006.pdf 27.61 MB
executive_summary_11x17_CoyoteCk_HE_SFEI_2006.pdf 27.49 MB
McKee, LJ; Pearce, SA; Gilbreath, A. 2007. Stream Inventory Report for La Honda Creek: Prepared for the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District. SFEI Contribution No. 529. San Francisco Estuary Institute.
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La_Honda_Stream_Inventory_Final_Report.pdf 29.72 MB
Beller, EE; Grossinger, RM; Askevold, RA; Pearce, SA; Collins, JN; McKee, LJ; Hoenicke, R; Gardner, S. 2007. Streams, Wetlands, and Woodlands in the Napa Valley: New Perspectives from Old Maps. Oakland, CA.
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SOE07HEposterBeller_finalHiRes_1.pdf 2.7 MB
McKee, LJ; Pearce, SA; Shonkoff, S. 2008. Pinole Creek Watershed Sediment Source Assessments.
Pearce, SA. 2008. Vineyard Management in a Watershed Context: everyone’swater and sediment counts!.
McKee, LJ; Pearce, SA; Gilbreath, A. 2007. Stream Inventory Report for La Honda Creek: Prepared for the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District. SFEI Contribution No. 529. San Francisco Estuary Institute.
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La_Honda_Stream_Inventory_Final_Report.pdf 29.72 MB
Beller, EE; Grossinger, RM; Askevold, RA; Pearce, SA; Collins, JN; McKee, LJ; Hoenicke, R; Gardner, S. 2007. Streams, Wetlands, and Woodlands in the Napa Valley: New Perspectives from Old Maps. Oakland, CA.
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SOE07HEposterBeller_finalHiRes_1.pdf 2.7 MB
Pearce, SA. 2008. Vineyard Management in a Watershed Context: everyone’swater and sediment counts!.
McKee, LJ; Collins, JN; Pearce, SA; Gilbreath, A; Bigelow, P; Ridolfi, K. 2008. Alameda Creek Sediment Forum.
Collins, JN et al. 2009. California’s Statewide Survey Of Tidal Wetland Condition. Oakland,Ca.
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Williams_SOE_09_poster1.pdf 1.49 MB
Pearce, SA; Bigelow, P; McKee, LJ; Gilbreath, A. 2009. A Sediment Budget for Two Reaches of Alameda Creek: support for flood control channel management. Oakland, Ca.
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09SOE_SPearcev2_0.pdf 30.68 MB
Pearce, SA; McKee, LJ. 2009. Alameda Creek Bulk Sediment Study Technical Memorandum. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland,Ca.
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FINAL Bulk Sediment TechMemo 12_15_09.pdf 2.68 MB
Pearce, SA. 2010. Sediment Loading from Local Tributaries. Menlo Park, Ca.
McKee, LJ; Pearce, SA; Yee, D; Ridolfi, K; Gilbreath, A. 2010. A BMP tool box for reducing Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and Mercury (Hg) in municipal stormwater.
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A_BMP_toolbox__FINAL_04-04-10.pdf 5.09 MB
Ridolfi, K; McKee, LJ; Pearce, SA. 2010. Petaluma River Impairment Assessment for Nutrients, Sediment/Siltation, and Pathogens Part 1: Existing Information and TMDL Comparison. Aquatic Science Center: Oakland.
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Petaluma_IA_submitted_to_RWQCB_April_2010.pdf 1.89 MB
Lowe, S; Collins, JN; Pearce, SA; SFEI. 2013. Statistical Design, Analysis, and Graphics for the Guadalupe River Watershed Assessment 2012. SFEI Contribution No. 687. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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2_SCVWD_Guad_TechMemos_v1.3_submitted.pdf 4.88 MB
Gluchowski, DC; Pearce, SA; McKee, LJ. 2012. Sediment Characteristics of Managed Flood Control Channels in Southern San Francisco Bay. Sacramento, CA.
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Poster-web.pdf 939.36 KB
Gilbreath, A; Pearce, SA; McKee, LJ. 2012. Monitoring and Results for El Cerrito Rain Gardens. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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El_Cerrito_Rain_Garden_FINALReport.pdf 2.79 MB
Grossinger, RM et al. 2012. Napa Valley Historical Ecology Atlas: Exploring a Hidden Landscape of Transformation and Resilience. UC Press: Berkeley. p. 223.
Williams, M; Collins, JN; Pearce, SA; Grossinger, RM; Lent, M; Oram, J; Koehler, J; Hoenicke, R. 2012. Napa River Watershed Profile: Past and Present Characteristics with Implications for Future Management of the Changing Napa River Valley. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA. p. 172.
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NapaReportComplete_HiRes-web-web.pdf 26.7 MB
Lowe, S; Collins, JN; Pearce, SA. 2014. Developmental Trajectory for California Tidal Marsh Restoration and Mitigation Projects.
Collins, JN; Lowe, S; Pearce, SA; Roberts, C. 2014. Santa Rosa Plain Wetlands Profile: A Demonstration of the CaliforniaWetland and Riparian Area Monitoring Plan. SFEI Contribution No. 726. San Francisco Estuary Institute - Aquatic Science Center: Richmond, CA. p. 46.
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Santa_Rosa_Plain_Wetland_Landscape_Profile_v9_FINAL_Nov_17_2014.pdf 3.03 MB
Lowe, S et al. 2015. Stream Health of the Coyote Creek and Guadalupe River Watersheds using WRAMP.
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Lowe CRAM Pajaro FINAL web.pdf 5.69 MB
Pearce, SA; Lowe, S; Collins, JN. 2016. Relationship between wetland condition, stress, and buffer.
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Task 4 CRAM Stress Index.pdf 15.06 MB
Lowe, S; Salomon, M; Pearce, SA; Collins, JN; Titus, D. 2016. Upper Pajaro River Watershed Condition Assessment 2015. Technical memorandum prepared for the Santa Clara Valley Water District - Priority D5 Project. SFEI Contribution No. 810. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA. p. 60.
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UpperPajaroWS_2015memo 6.46 MB
Pearce, SA; Lowe, S; Collins, JN. 2016. Relationship between wetland size and CRAM condition scores for depressional wetlands.
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Task 2 Wetland Size and Condition.pdf 652.08 KB
Wu, J; Kauhanen, P; Lowe, S; Pearce, SA; Collins, JN. 2017. Demonstration of a Watershed Approach to Wetland Restoration Planning for Load Reductions: A Pilot Demonstration Project Using GreenPlan-IT in the Santa Rosa Plain, Sonoma County, California. SFEI Contribution No. 996. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond. CA.
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1. Wetland Beneficial Use Protection: Pilot Demonstration Project 761.48 KB
2. Synthesis of Literature on Wetland Assimilation Capacities, Models, and Pollutant Loads... 420.02 KB
3.A. Simulating Wetland Assimilation Capacity in the Lower Santa Rosa Creek Watershed Pilot Demonstration Area Using HSPF Model 1.29 MB
3.B. Demonstration of a Watershed Approach to Wetland Restoration Planning Using GreenPlan-IT 1.67 MB
4. Evaluating Wetland Beneficial Uses At Project and Watershed Scales 2.09 MB
McKee, LJ et al. 2017. Long-term variation in concentrations and mass loads in a semi-arid watershed influenced by historic mercury mining and urban pollutant sources. Science of The Total Environment, 605-606, 482-497.
Lowe, S; Salomon, M; Pearce, SA; Collins, JN; Titus, D. 2017. Lower Peninsula Watershed Condition Assessment 2016: Southwest San Francisco Bay, Santa Clara County, San Francisquito to Stevens Creeks. Technical memorandum prepared for the Santa Clara Valley Water District. SFEI Contribution No. 809. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond. p. 53.
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LwrPenWatershedConditionMemo_20171116.pdf 5.17 MB
Lowe, S; Pearce, SA; Collins, JN. 2017. A Watershed Approach to Restoration and Mitigation Planning, Monitoring, and Assessment Based on the Wetland and Riparian Area Monitoring Plan (WRAMP): Addendum to the Upper Pajaro River Watershed Assessment 2015. SFEI Contribution No. 818. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond. CA. p. 30.
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Llagas Creek Flood Control Project_WRAMP Mitigation planning example using CRAM 2 MB