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Tue, Jul 19 - Wed, Aug 31 2016
How to “ReWild” San Diego’s Mission Bay
SFEI's Resilient Landscape Program recently completed a "reconnaissance" historical ecology study of San Diego's Mission Bay.
Tue, Jul 19 2016
Workshop on Microplastic (June 2016)
In response to findings from a 2015 Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) Special Study on microplastic pollution in the Bay, the Program has begun to develop a strategy for further microplastic monitoring and science.
Tue, Jul 19 2016
RMP Technical Report and Estuary News Article on Bird Egg Monitoring (June 2016)
Birds are valuable sentinel species in water quality monitoring in the Bay and in programs around the world, including the Great Lakes, the Canadian arctic, and the Baltic Sea. The RMP monitors a broad suite of contaminants in the eggs of Double-crested Cormorants and Forster’s Terns.
Tue, Jul 19 2016
Native languages map of the Bay for the Exploratorium
The Exploratorium is displaying a map and essay developed by SFEI depicting the diversity, distribution, and people associated with the indigenous languages of the Bay Region.
Mon, Jul 18 2016
Working in partnership primarily with the City of Richmond and the County of Contra Costa County, SFEI is developing a new GreenPlan-IT Tracker.
Fri, Jul 1 - Mon, Aug 1 2016
Delta Datasets Accessible Through Regional Data Center
Fri, Jul 1 2016
Native languages map of the Bay for the Exploratorium
The Exploratorium is displaying a map and essay developed by SFEI depicting the diversity, distribution, and people associated with the indigenous languages of the Bay Region.
Fri, Jul 1 2016
RMP Technical Reports on Stormwater Loads
A series of reports on findings from the RMP Small Tributary Loading Strategy (STLS) is now available. The STLS provides information that supports the implementation of the Municipal Regional Stormwater Permit (MRP).
Tue, Jun 28 2016
Lahontan Water Board adopts Regional EcoAtlas Tools
The Lahontan Water Board (Regional Water Board 6) has formally adopted EcoAtlas and the California Rapid Assessment Method (CRAM). This will enable the Water Board to visually track and assess the extent of project impacts on a watershed basis throughout the region.
Wed, Jun 8 2016
Warner Chabot details the value of wetlands in an appearance on American Public Media's Marketplace
Interviewed by Molly Webster, host of Marketplace, SFEI's Executive Director Warner Chabot describes how the San Francisco Bay Area must work with natural processes, rather than against these processes, to ensure the health and safety of coastal environments.
Wed, Jun 1 2016
RMP Journal Article on Copper Toxicity to Salmon
Site-specific objectives (SSO) for copper, developed in 2007, called for further study on the potential toxicity of copper to the olfactory system of salmonids.
Fri, May 13 2016
GreenPlan-IT featured in the newsletter of the National Water Quality Monitoring Council
GreenPlan-IT, a toolset created in a collaboration with SFEP, US EPA, and local partners, has been featured in the newsletter of the National Water Quality Monitoring Council, which has been distributed broadly to subscribers throughout the nation and beyond.
Mon, Apr 25 2016
New eelgrass survey data available on EcoAtlas
Eelgrass (Zostera marina and Z. pacifica) is recognized as an important ecological resource in nearshore open coast areas, shallow bays, and estuaries throughout coastal California.
Mon, Apr 18 - Tue, Apr 19 2016
SFEI featured in LA Times about earthquake risk to San Francisco
A recent story in the LA Times by Ron Lin underscores the newly identified threat that earthquakes pose to the San Francisco Bay waterfront. Under certain circumstances, the sea wall that currently protects the Embarcadero and its surrounding infrastructure could be dramatically compromised during a strong enough seismic event. The results could be capastrophic to a key driver of San Francisco's economy. And the fix to the vulnerability would be expensive at $3 billion.
Thu, Apr 7 2016
Now Available: SF Bay Shore Inventory: Mapping for Sea Level Rise Regional Dataset
SFEI and the San Francisco Estuary Partnership are proud to announce the release of the SF Bay Shore Inventory: Mapping for Sea Level Rise.
Sat, Apr 2 2016
SFEI Journal Article on Mercury in Coastal Fish of Western North America
A journal article published in April details the findings of a collaborative survey of contaminants in fish on the California coast conducted by the RMP, the California Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program, and the Southern California Bight Program in 2009-2010.
Mon, Mar 7 - Thu, Mar 31 2016
Jeremy Lowe wins Bay Hero Award
SFEI Senior Scientist Jeremy Lowe will be honored with the Bay Hero Award from the Bay Institute, at their annual award ceremony March 10, 2016.
Sat, Mar 5 2016
CRAM BBE module now available!
With funding from the State Coastal Conservancy, SFEI staff developed the eCRAM data entry forms for uploading BBE assessments into the CRAM database.
Sat, Mar 5 - Sat, Apr 30 2016
How do you know if the ecological conditions of your wetland project are aligned with expected rates of improvement?
Wed, Mar 2 - Thu, Mar 31 2016
Getting the Word Out about the Baylands Goals
Letitia Grenier continues to work with partners around the region to get the word out about the new ideas in the Baylands Goals Science Update 2015. Getting the public and the sea level rise adaptation community on board with the many benefits of restoring and maintaining the Baylands is a p
Tue, Mar 1 - Fri, Mar 18 2016
Statewide Survey Finds Fish-Eating Birds At Risk from Mercury in Many Lakes
As part of the statewide bioaccumulation monitoring program led by Jay Davis of SFEI, SWAMP has released findings from the first statewide survey of contaminants in wildlife from California waters.
Tue, Mar 1 2016
SFEI provides perspective on emerging harmful bacterial blooms in the State's larger waterbodies
The State has contracted SFEI to provide intellectual, scientific, and technical resources to support its efforts to monitor and report on the ever-growing problem of cyanobacterial blooms in its lakes and rivers.
Thu, Feb 18 2016
KTVU consults SFEI about the role of historical ecology in advancing modern flood protection
KTVU's Steve Paulson interviewed Robin Grossinger and Erin Beller of SFEI to learn how their historical ecology work in Napa has shed light on ways that natural processes might help, rather than hinder, flood protection strategies.
Thu, Jan 28 2016
Help us improve CD3 to better meet your visualization and reporting needs by completing a brief survey. We're interested to learn which features you use and to read your suggestions on any desired, new functionality.
Other enhancements in this release include:
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,
Fri, Jan 1 2016
Increases in Anthropogenic Gadolinium
In January, UC Santa Cruz researchers published a study in Environmental Science & Technology on concentrations of gadolinium (Gd) and other rare earth elements in the Bay based on analysis of archived RMP water samples.
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.
Wed, Dec 16 2015
Estuary News features RMP study on microplastic pollution
December's issue of Estuary News features an article, "Unhealthy Fiber in Bay Diet," that highlights the surprising result of a preliminary study of Bay microplastic pollution, which showed that San Francisco Bay has higher levels of microplastic than other major urban waterbodies in th
Tue, Dec 8 2015
New Microplastic Fact Sheet puts Bay study findings in context
The same week that the U.S. House of Representatives passes a bill to ban microbeads in cosmetic products, the Bay's Regional Monitoring Program releases a fact sheet that describes our recent study on microbeads and other microplastic particles in Bay water and treated wastewater.