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Tue, Jan 26 2016
Institute's Historical Ecology featured in the New York Times
New York (January 25, 2016) – In today's New York Times, the San Francisco Estuary Institute and its scientists from the Resilient Landscapes program inspired the newspaper's broad readership to look back in time to see a clearer future.
Fri, Jan 22 2016
"SF Expert Warns King Tides, El Nino Pose Flood Risk"
SFEI's Jeremy Lowe speaks to NBC reporter Stephanie Chuang about the opportunity the Bay Area currently faces to transform its natural infrastructure to reduce flood risk. Chuang writes,
Mon, Dec 21 2015
Editorial in SF Chronicle: Work to save San Francisco Bay only just begun
The San Francisco Chronicle features SFEI and Senior Scientist Letitia Grenier in their latest editorial advocating for renewed attention on SF Bay restoration.
Tue, Dec 1 2015
Historical Ecology for Lower Walnut Creek promises to deliver insights at an upcoming event
SFEI scientists Sean Baumgarten and Scott Dusterhoff will present findings from the Lower Walnut Creek Historical Ecology Study at the Quadrennial Contra Costa County Creek and Watershed Symposium, to be held on December 3, 2015, at the Pleasant Hill Community Center.
Mon, Nov 30 2015
SFEI's new Landscape Resilience Framework outlines attributes of ecological resilience
SFEI's Resilient Landscapes Program has developed a Landscape Resilience Framework, with the goal of facilitating the integration of resilience science into environmental management, urban design, conservation planning, and ecological restoration.
Mon, Nov 30 2015
Lower Novato Creek Vision Just Released!
SFEI recently released a resilient landscape vision for lower Novato Creek that incorporates habitat restoration actions into flood risk management.
Wed, Oct 21 - Thu, Oct 22 2015
KQED Forum: Bay Area Infrastructure, Communities at Risk Without Wetlands Restoration
On KQED Forum, Michael Krasny interviewed SFEI's Letitia Grenier and the State Coastal Conservancy's Sam Schuchat about the release of the new Science Update Report and its findings regarding the urgency to restore wetlands in advance of accelerating sea-level rise. As offered on KQED's website, "the new report reveals that 42,000 acres of wetlands in the Bay Area must be restored over the next 15 years to mitigate the effects of climate change. Rising sea levels, swelling tides and strong storms threaten billions of dollars worth of businesses, homes and infrastructure." The Baylands and Climate Change: What We Can Do, from over 100 scientists and 17 governmental agencies, urges action to restore wetlands as a key component to protect cities and critical infrastructure from imminent threats.
Mon, Oct 19 - Fri, Oct 30 2015
Baylands Goals Report Released to a Flurry of Media Attention
An update to the 1999 Bayland Ecosystem Habitat Goals, the new report called The Baylands and Climate Change: What We Can Do urges swift action to restore our wetlands as a buffer against rising seas and associated flooding. Sea-level rise will increase in a few decades. If we do not act swiftly to restore our Bay Area wetlands, our cities will be in greater peril for increased flooding and infrastructure impairment. Our highways, airports, utility services, pipelines, water treatment plants are all threatened by rising tides.
The report synthesizes the recommendations of 200 scientists and government experts on climate change, sea level rise, watershed systems and urban engineering.
Fri, Oct 9 - Fri, Oct 30 2015
Our Bay on the Brink: SFEI's Jeremy Lowe explains the urgency for sea-level-rise adaptation
SFEI's senior scientist Jeremy Lowe has appeared in a video with the Coastal Conservancy's Amy Hutzel, the South Bay Salt Pond Project's John Bourgeois, the Bay Area Economic Council's Sean Randolph, Save the Bay's Allison Chan, and Match.com's Gary Kremen, to provide background in sea level
Mon, Sep 21 2015
SFEI featured in 5 major newspaper articles over two weeks
Articles featuring the Pulse of the Bay, the State of the Estuary Report, and SFEI's work on microplastics saturate the news media since Sept 9, 2015.
Recent weeks have demonstrated the tremendous value that SFEI brings not only to the domain of environmental science but also to resource management and the public landscape. The deluge of articles covers a wide breadth of subjects, each with great urgency and relevance to issues of public importance.
Sat, Sep 19 2015
Journalist Mark Prado's article in the Marin Independent Journal reports the mixed picture of health in the San Francisco Estuary. He writes:
“In many regards the bay is as healthy as it has been in a long time,” said San Anselmo native Josh Collins, chief scientist with the San Francisco Estuary Institute. “But some aspects of the bay are slower to heal,” he added. “There are sill longer-lasting pollutants in the bay, but they are not being put in the system anymore.”
Thu, Sep 17 2015
Rising seas threaten San Francisco Bay and Delta wetlands and land
Dennis Cuff of the San Jose Mercury News wrote an article on the relationship between the region's wetlands and sea level rise.
Tue, Sep 15 2015
San Francisco Chronicle writer John King wrote a part-story / part-commentary that challenges local leaders to address sea-level-rise issues. The article highlights SFEI's concept of the need for a 100-year vision for the SF Bay region and Estuary.
Sun, Aug 30 2015
RL journal publication on using historical ecology research to inform river restoration
SFEI scientists in the resilient landscapes program, in collaboration with Pete Downs of Plymouth University and Brice Orr of Stillwater Sciences, published an article on how historical ecology can infrom river restoration on the Santa Clara River.
Mon, Jul 13 2015
"As climate change puts ecosystems and species at risk, conservationists are turning to a new approach: preserving those landscapes that are most likely to endure as the world warms."
Mon, Jun 22 2015
National science experts gather to discuss Flood Control 2.0
A panel of nationally and internationally renowned scientists gathered in the Bay Area at the beginning of June 2015 to provide feedback on the EPA-funded Flood Control 2.0 project.
Mon, Jun 15 - Mon, Jun 22 2015
SFEI leads technical workshop in support of BCDC's Policies for a Rising Bay project
In May 2015, SFEI staff organized and led a workshop of regional experts in support of BCDC's Policies for a Rising Bay project which is investigating potential changes to their Bay Fill policy in light of sea level rise.
Fri, Jun 12 - Mon, Jun 22 2015
SFEI scientists present at national Living Future conference
In April 2015, Robin Grossinger and Erin Beller traveled to Seattle to present at Living Future, a national conference focused on green building, landscaping, and design. Robin and Erin co-presented with Audrey Davenport, Google's Ecology Program lead.
Mon, Jun 1 - Mon, Jun 22 2015
Riparian zone decision support tool just released!
In April 2015, SFEI released a GIS-based decision support tool called the Riparian Zone Estimation Tool (RipZET).
Sat, May 30 2015
Re-Oaking Featured in New York Times
The re-oaking concept developed by SFEI was featured in an article about Oakland and Silicon Valley. First conceived in a paper in Restoration Ecology by SFEI an
Wed, May 27 2015
Novato Creek Baylands Historical Ecology Study report now available
SFEI recently completed an historical ecology study of lower Novato Creek in Marin County.
Tue, Apr 7 2015
Flood Control 2.0 in Bay Nature
The April 2015 issue of Bay Nature features an article about Flood Control 2.0, an ambitious project being co-led by SFEI to develop a framework for designing resilient, multi-benefit flood control channels at the interface with the San Francisco Bay shoreline.
Tue, Mar 17 2015
KCET: A Brief History of California's Bay Delta
An explanatory series focusing on one of the most complex issues facing California: water sharing. And at its core is the Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta. Stay with kcet.org/baydelta for all the project's stories.
Fri, Jan 23 2015
Robin Grossinger to speak at Bridging the Nature-Culture Divide III Conference
Robin Grossinger will giving a presentation at the Nature-Culture III Conference:
Thu, Jan 15 - Sun, Mar 15 2015
Dr. Letitia Grenier joins the Resilient Landscapes Program
SFEI is pleased to welcome Dr. Letitia Grenier, who joined the Institute in January to co-lead (with Robin Grossinger) the Resilient Landscapes Program.
Wed, Dec 31 2014 - Tue, Mar 31 2015
San Francisco Bay Joint Venture Projects Map
In partnership with the San Francisco Bay Joint Venture (SFBJV), SFEI/ASC developed a new interactive map to display active and completed SFBJV partner projects throughout the region. Useful project information can be obtained by clicking on a location.
Thu, Dec 11 2014 - Tue, Mar 31 2015
RipZet: GIS Tool for Estimating Riparian Zones
The Riparian Zone Estimator Tool (RipZET) is a GIS-based decision support tool under development for estimating riparian zones at the watershed and/or project scale.
Fri, Dec 5 - Wed, Dec 31 2014
EcoAtlas’ Landscape Profile Tool v2.0
The recent EcoAtlas release delivers new functionality and enhancements to the Landscape Profiler, a tool that summarizes ecological information at various spatial scales for assessment, planning, and reporting.
Wed, Nov 19 2014
Historical Ecology Highlighted at John Muir Symposium
Sense of (dis)Place
Wed, Nov 5 2014
How Creeks Meet the Bay: Changing Interfaces
