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Wed, Apr 22 2020
This Earth Day, SFEI's Letitia Grenier describes the challenges we face in the Mercury News
SFEI's Letitia Grenier appears in a San Jose Mercury News article by Paul Rogers, describing the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and the challenges we still face:
Wed, Apr 22 2020
Restoration Vision for the Laguna de Santa Rosa Completed!
SFEI completed a long-term Restoration Vision for the Laguna de Santa Rosa in the Russian River watershed.
Tue, Apr 7 - Thu, Apr 30 2020
SF Estuary Wetlands Regional Program Plan Released!
The Wetland Regional Monitoring Program (WRMP) Plan has been released! The WRMP will improve wetland restoration project success by putting in place regional-scale monitoring increasing the impact, utility and application of permit-driven monitoring to inform science-based decision-making.
Mon, Mar 30 2020 - Mon, Mar 1 2021
We offer you a simple tool that we created for our 75-person “work community” to help each other that yours might also find helpful. This is a mapping tool, which we call Care in the Time of Corona. It helps us locate and efficiently provide the support that our SFEI staff might offer one another. Quite simply, it facilitates assistance within our organization so that people can help their colleagues deal with challenges of this unprecedented situation. The errands, food, medicine, or even compassionate discussion they need can be addressed through a convenient and filterable map. We hope this guidance and the spirit behind it will help support your community and sustain a sense of well-being as we meet this challenge head on together.
Tue, Feb 25 2020
The San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) is seeking an Accounting Clerk to assist the Accountant and the Finance and Contracts Director with day to day activities regarding accounting, accounts reconciliation, expense tracking and data entry, and contracts management.
Thu, Jan 23 2020
California Rapid Assessment Method for Wetlands (CRAM) Updates
CRAM Training sessions for 2020 have been posted on the CRAM website.
Wed, Jan 22 2020
Project Tracker assists with regional reporting
More and more groups rely on Project Tracker to assist with their reporting. Why? Because Project Tracker standardizes project data across programs so it is easier to summarize information for reporting purposes.
Thu, Nov 21 2019
In a partnership with Kinetica, a data analytics start-up, and Oracle, SFEI and SCCWRP leveraged public funding from the California Ocean Protection Council to advance automated trash detection capabilities. The team deployed servers in the @Oracle Cloud to increase performance dynamically.
Wed, Nov 13 2019
Newark considering controversial 469-home development at the edge of the Baylands
SFEI scientist Julie Beagle was consulted to discuss the value of wetlands at the Bay's edge in Newark, where a controversial new development is planned for an area adjacent to critical marshland.
Fri, Nov 1 - Fri, Dec 13 2019
Request for Qualifications to Provide Aquatic Toxicity Testing Services
The Delta Regional Monitoring Program is seeking a contractor to provide laboratory services for aquatic toxicity testing of ambient water. Qualified laboratories are invited to submit their qualifications. Please refer to the attached Request for Qualifications (link below).
Fri, Oct 4 2019
Maanvi Singh from the US edition of the Guardian, based in the UK, writes, “It was basically everywhere we looked,” said Rebecca Sutton, an environmental scientist at the San Francisco Estuary Institute, a local institution that led the three-year, $1.1m research effort.
Fri, Oct 4 2019
Matt Simon from Wired Magazine writes:
Thu, Oct 3 2019
Groundbreaking SFEI and 5 Gyres microplastics study featured in multiple media outlets
Concurrent with a sold-out symposium on Oct 2nd, media outlets, including the Mercury News, San Francisco Chronicle, and Los Angeles Times, have released the articles relating the alarming findings regarding the pervasive presence of microplastics in our surface waters.
Wed, Oct 2 2019
San Jose Mercury News highlights the findings of an SFEI microplastics report
Paul Rogers released an article in the San Jose Mercury News regarding this microplastics study, sharing its findings with the public.
Wed, Oct 2 2019
Rosanna Xia with the LA Times relates some important findings from the new microplastics study, released today by SFEI and 5 Gyres:
Wed, Oct 2 2019
The San Francisco Chronicle highlighted some of the surprising and alarming findings produced by the Microplastics project:
Mon, Sep 30 2019
Newly published study shows rain gardens can filter PCBs, metals — and microplastics
A new study from SFEI assessing the ability of rain gardens to remove contaminants from urban stormwater has shown that nature-based filtration may also be a solution
Thu, Sep 26 2019
RMP Annual Meeting and Pulse of the Bay Report
With a planned release of October 10th, the 2019 edition of The Pulse of the Bay will feature articles on the four major pollutant pathways that are the primary focus of Bay water quality managers: municipal wastewater, industrial wastewater, s
Thu, Sep 26 2019
SFEI Provides Science Leadership and Support for State of the Estuary Report and Conference
The San Francisco Estuary Partnership (SFEP) brings together the estuarine community every two years at the State of the Estuary Conference and, periodically, SFEP also reports on the State of the Estuary, summarizing the latest scientific findings about ecosystem health.
Mon, Sep 9 2019 - Fri, Jan 31 2020
Take the RMP Data Exploration Challenge!
Help us learn about the Bay! Millions of measurements of water quality have been made in the Bay. These data reside in a publicly accessible database (cd3.sfei.org). We have learned a lot from these data but not all of the data have been analyzed.
Wed, Aug 28 2019
Associate Environmental Scientist
The San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) seeks an environmental scientist or engineer to join the Clean Water program. We are an interdisciplinary team investigating environmental contaminants, nutrient biogeochemistry and ecosystem responses, emerging contaminants, green infrastructure,
Wed, Jul 17 2019
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Fri, Jun 21 2019
Planned maintenance for SFEI's online tools
This Friday morning (6/21/2019) from 6am to 9am, there will be planned internet downtime at SFEI to improve our organization's bandwidth and service capacity for the many things we do for you.
The early-morning outage will impact the following sites/tools:
Fri, Jun 21 2019
Eleven years to save San Francisco Bay
SFEI scientist Julie Beagle and SPUR-based collaborator Laura Tam co-authored an article featured in the SF Chronicle:
Thu, Jun 20 2019
Urban Ecological Planning Guide for Santa Clara Valley published
SFEI partnered with the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority to create a guide for how to support biodiversity across the urbanized landscape of Santa Clara Valley.
Wed, Jun 5 2019
Will a cleaner San Francisco Bay be a more toxic one?
Dr. David Senn's nutrients program is highlighted in the San Francisco Examiner as his work to measure and predict the effects of an ever-clearer San Francisco Bay again "come to light":
Tue, May 28 - Thu, Nov 28 2019
SFEI Expert Assists California’s Green Chemistry Program
Green chemistry is a critical tool in efforts to prevent the pollution of our environment. By selecting safer chemicals for making consumer products, we limit contamination that can harm the Bay and other aquatic ecosystems.
Tue, May 28 2019
The Institute has been making use of drones for a number of projects over the past few years. However, recently, within Environmental Informatics, SFEI has been using UAV (unmanned aerial vehicles) in innovative ways.
Tue, May 28 - Thu, Nov 28 2019
New Book Chapter: Pesticides in Our Homes Wash Down the Drain
A state-of-the-science review of current-use pesticides in wastewater, led by SFEI senior scientist Dr. Rebecca Sutton, indicates this pollution pathway is significant and should not be overlooked.