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Sediment Workgroup Meeting Event
Sources, Pathways, and Loading Workgroup Meeting Day 2 Event
Sources, Pathways, and Loading Workgroup Meeting Day 1 Event
Russian River Regional Monitoring Program: Comprehensive Basemap of Surface Waters and Riparian Areas SFEI is supporting regional and state organizations in developing and implementing the R3MP, which… Project
RMP Sources, Pathways and Loadings Workgroup Meeting Day 2 Event
RMP Sources, Pathways and Loadings Workgroup Meeting Event
RMP Sediment Workgroup Annual Meeting Link to pre-recorded presentations on Sediment Workgroup Special Studies Event
Vehicle Tires Threaten Water Quality Update: On October 1, 2023: California Department of Toxic Substance Control (DTSC) 6PPD… News
The Wetland Regional Monitoring Program for SF Estuary enters significant new phase The Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program or WRMP is a broad, multi-organizational effort… News
Bay RMP Technical Review Committee Meeting Event
Bay RMP Technical Review Committee Meeting Event
Bay RMP Microplastics Workgroup Meeting Event
Bay RMP Emerging Contaminants Workgroup Meeting Day 2 Event
Bay RMP Emerging Contaminants Workgroup Meeting Day 1 Event
Forum on PFAS elevates the perspectives of local fishing communities Known as “forever chemicals” due to their persistence in the environment, per- and polyfluoroalkyl… News
Virtual Forum: PFAS in San Francisco Bay Fish Bringing together environmental and public health agencies, members of tribes and local fishing… Project
SFEI Experts Assist California’s Safer Consumer Products Program Recent studies by the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) and the Regional Monitoring Program… News
RMP Sediment Workgroup May meeting 2021 Event
Trees, Hydrology, Urban-Greening, and Nature-Based Solutions Two key reports support nature-based solutions. Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) and… News
Next Generation Urban Greening SFEI is working with partners across the Bay Area to design tools to help cities achieve… Project
Toxic Tire Contaminant Found in Bay Area Stormwater Scientists at the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) have found a highly toxic tire-related… News
Big problem, small size: Improving methods in microplastics research When it comes to plastic pollution, that candy wrapper half buried in the dirt is only the tip of… News
Special Study on Bulk Density Sediment bulk density is the total mass of mineral and organic sediment within a defined volume. It… Project
PFAS Stays in San Francisco Bay SFEI senior scientist, Dr. Rebecca Sutton, published a new study in the journal Chemosphere showing… News
Bay RMP Sediment Workgroup May Meeting Event
Bay RMP Sediment Workgroup March Meeting To join the meeting remotely: https://join.me/sfei-conf-cw1 (Recommended browser: Chrome) To dial… Event
Bay RMP Microplastics Workgroup Meeting Event
Bay RMP Technical Review Committee Meeting Event
Bay RMP Steering Committee Meeting Event
Bay RMP Technical Review Committee Meeting Event
Bay RMP Steering Committee Meeting Event
EcoAtlas EcoAtlas is a set of tools for visualizing, sharing, summarizing, and reporting on standardized… Project
RMP Annual Meeting 2019 Slideshow To view more photos or download full resolution versions, click here. Project
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… News
In LA Times: The SF Bay Microplastics study called "the most comprehensive study to date on microplastics in California." Rosanna Xia with the LA Times relates some important findings from the new microplastics study,… News
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… News
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… News
2019 Symposium on San Francisco Microplastics The San Francisco Estuary Institute and the 5 Gyres Institute have completed a first-of-its-kind,… Event
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… News
SFEI at California Water Boards Water Data Science Symposium SFEI’s Diana Lin and Tony Hale will be presenting at the California Water Boards Water Data Science… Event
SFEI's journal article on Green Stormwater Infrastructure featured as the Editor's Choice A team led by Dr. Jing Wu penned a paper in January on using Green Stormwater Infrastructure… News
Bay RMP Selenium Workgroup Meeting Join the meeting: https://join.me/sfei-conf-cw1 To dial in by phone: 1.415.594.5500 Conference ID:… Event
Introducing the New RMP Manager: Dr. Melissa Foley SFEI is very pleased to announce that Dr. Melissa Foley joined our staff as the new RMP Manager in… News
RMP Journal Article: Characterization of brominated, chlorinated, and phosphate flame retardants in San Francisco Bay, an urban estuary Dr. Rebecca Sutton and Jennifer Sun of SFEI, along with other colleagues from Jinan University in… News
Clean Water Program Journal Article: Optimal Selection and Placement of Green Infrastructure in Urban Watersheds for PCB Control Green infrastructure, such as permeable pavement, rain gardens, tree-well planters, and bioswales,… News
2019 Bay RMP Sediment Workgroup Meeting Event
2019 Bay RMP Sediment Workgroup Meeting Event
2019 Bay RMP PCB Workgroup Meeting Event
2019 Bay RMP Sources, Pathways, & Loadings Workgroup Meeting Event
Bay RMP Technical Review Committee Meeting Event
Bay RMP Technical Review Committee Meeting Event
Bay RMP Technical Review Committee Meeting Event
2019 Bay RMP Microplastic Workgroup Meeting Event
2019 Bay RMP Emerging Contaminants Workgroup Meeting - Day 2 Event
2019 Bay RMP Emerging Contaminants Workgroup Meeting - Day 1 Event
2019 RMP Annual Meeting Event
Bay RMP Technical Review Committee Meeting Event
Medicating the Bay: RMP Science featured in Estuary News Highlighted in the December 2018 issue of Estuary News, a new report from the Bay’s Regional… News
Mapping Outside the Box: Visualizing Bay Landscapes in New Dimensions The most recent meeting of the San Francisco Estuary Geospatial Workgroup featured Pete Kauhanen… News
Preparing for the Storm Catalyzed by the extensive damages caused by the Winter 2016-2017 storms and the… Project
Bay RMP Technical Review Committee Meeting Event
New Solutions: Traveling on Sunlight SFEI secured a grant from the Bay Area Air Quality District to partially fund SFEI’s installation… News
RMP Technical Report: Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in San Francisco Bay: Synthesis and Strategy Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are a broad class of fluorine-rich specialty… News
California Trash Monitoring Methods Project The California Ocean Protection Council (OPC), in close partnership with the State Water Board, has… Project
Bay RMP Steering Committee Meeting and Multi Year Planning Workshop Event
Bay RMP Steering Committee Meeting Event
Bay RMP Steering Committee Meeting Event
Bay RMP Steering Committee Meeting Event
Regional Watershed Spreadsheet Model The Regional Watershed Spreadsheet Model (RWSM) was developed to estimate average annual regional… Project
Bay RMP Technical Review Committee Meeting Event
Bay RMP Selenium Workgroup Meeting Event
Bay RMP Sport Fish Strategy Team Meeting Event
Bay RMP Selenium Workgroup Meeting Event
SFEI Science at International Marine Debris Conference (March 12-16) SFEI science will feature prominently at the Sixth International Marine Debris Conference in San… News
2018 RMP Annual Meeting Event
RMP PCB Workgroup Meeting Event
RMP PCB Workgroup Meeting Event
RMP Sediment Workgroup Meeting Event
These scientists want you to rethink how you use plastics: SFEI and 5 Gyres issue a new video The short (3-min) video summarizes the goals of the SF Bay Microplastics Project, which aims to… News
Russian River Watershed Projects at the San Francisco Estuary Institute Our projects in the Russian River Watershed help us to understand our past, understand our present,… Project
Bay RMP Emerging Contaminants Workgroup Meeting - Day 2 Event
Bay RMP Emerging Contaminants Workgroup Meeting - Day 1 Event
Sources Pathways and Loadings Annual Workgroup Meeting Event
Bay RMP Microplastics Workgroup Meeting Event
RMP Technical Review Committee Meeting Event
RMP Exposure and Effects Workgroup Meeting Event
RMP Sediment Workgroup Meeting Event
Non-Sticks Stick Around: Estuary News highlights findings from new RMP study Estuary News writer Kristine Wong interviewed SFEI’s Meg Sedlak, lead scientist on the latest RMP… News
Local News: Scientists launch major study of microplastics pollution in San Francisco Bay SFEI and The 5 Gyres Institute have launched an ambitious two-year research project to monitor San… News
Bay RMP Steering Committee Meeting Event
Bay RMP Steering Committee Meeting Event
Bay RMP Technical Review Committee Meeting Event
Hunting for Plastic in California’s Protected Ocean Waters Rebecca Sutton, Meg Sedlak, and Diana Lin of SFEI, in partnership with Carolynn Box of 5 Gyres… News
East Bay Express Insert for Coastal Cleanup Day Just in time for California Coastal Cleanup Day, an insert in today’s East Bay Express provides… News
Bay RMP Steering Committee Meeting Event
Flood Control 2.0 Completed! SFEI and several agency partners recently completed a multi-year, EPA funded project called Flood… News
Talk: Science to Inform and Advance Environmental Protections SFEI's Dr. Rebecca Sutton will be speaking at an event hosted by the Women Chemists Committee of… Event
Local coverage of RMP findings on flea control pesticide fipronil A report from ABC7's Dan Ashley last night highlighted key findings from a recent… News
Bay RMP Steering Committee Meeting Event
Bay RMP Multi Year Planning Workshop Event

Publications

Title Abstract Year of Publication
The RMP Mercury Strategy: Approaching a Crossroads 2010
A BMP tool box for reducing Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and Mercury (Hg) in municipal stormwater 2010
A Regional Mass Balance of Methylmercury in San Francisco Bay, California, USA 2010
Concentrations and Loads of Mercury Species in the Guadalupe River, San Jose, California: Water Year 2010 2010
Concentrations of Hg PCBs in soils sediment and water in the urbanized Bay Area 2010
Copper 2010 Sample Locations Map 2010
Data Collection Protocol Plant Community Structure of Intertidal--Upland Ecotone 2010
Developing Impairment Thresholds for the Effects of Mercury on Forster's Tern Reproduction in the San Francisco Bay 2010
Emerging Stormwater Pollutant Reduction Strategies from Another Urban Watershed: Importing Some Ideas from the Chesapeake Bay 2010
Estuary News RMP Insert 2010 2010
Evidence for thyroid endocrine disruption in wild fish in San Francisco Bay, California, USA. Relationships to contaminant exposures 2010
Exploratory categorization of watersheds for potential stormwater monitoring in San Francisco Bay 2010
Forecasting Multiple Watershed-level Benefits of Alternative Storm Water Management Approaches in the Semi-arid Southwest: Required Tools for Investing Strategically 2010
Habitat-Related Benthic Macrofaunal Assemblages of Bays and Estuaries of the Western United States 2010
Linkages Between Watersheds and the Bay: Past, Present, and Future 2010
Low Impact Development: Implementation Examples and New Directions 2010
Memo: Estimates of hydrology in small (<80 km2) urbanized watersheds under dry weather and high flow conditions 2010
North Bay Small Fish Mercury Monitoring with a Focus on Napa-Sonoma Managed Ponds and Sloughs 2010
Review of Agenda and Goals of Meeting 2010
RMP 2010 Annual Meeting Agenda 2010
Selenium in the Grasslands Watershed 2010
SWAMP: Monitoring the Health of Our Watersheds 2010
The Municipal Regional Stormwater Permit 2010
The RMP Small Tributary Loading Strategy 2010
Update on Contaminants of Emerging Concern 2010
Alameda Creek Bulk Sediment Study Technical Memorandum 2009
Concentrations and Loads of Trace Contaminants in the Zone 4 Line A Small Tributary, Hayward, California: Water Year 2007 2009
Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Wastewater Treatment Plant Influent and Effluent and Surface Waters of Lower South San Francisco Bay 2009
RMP Small Tributaries Loading Strategy 2009
Organophosphate Flame Retardants in San Francisco Bay Biosolids and Sediments 2009
Guadalupe Watershed Model Year 1 Report 2009
2009 Pulse of the Estuary: Bay Sediments - Past a Tipping Point 2009
Analysis of Sediment Cores: Uncovering the Past 2009
Contaminants of Emerging Concern: An Update on RMP Activities 2009
Flame Retardant Chemicals in San Francisco Bay: More than Just PBDEs 2009
How Bioinvasions Have Changed the Benthic Community; and a Recent Oyster Invasion 2009
Patterns in Mercury Update by Small Fish 2009
Recent Trends of Phytoplankton Increase in San Francisco Bay 2009
Regulation of Sediment and Sediment Quality 2009
Sediment Happens - But not so Much 2009
Suspended Sediment: Past a Tipping Point – What’s Next? 2009
Water Quality in the Bay: 2009 2009
Best Management Practices in Stone Fruit Project 2009
Guadalupe Watershed Model 2009
Managing Contaminants of Emerging Concern in California: Developing Processes for Prioritizing, Monitoring, and Determining Thresholds of Concern 2009
Redesign of Sediment Stations to include Wet Weather Sampling 2009
Riparian Area Mapping Model Overview 2009
Estimated Sediment Contaminant Concentrations Associated with Biological Impacts at San Diego Bay Cleanup Sites 2009
Georectification and Interpretation of Historical Maps on California Coast 2009
Alternative Brominated Flame Retardants in San Francisco Bay Wildlife and Sediments 2009
Characterization of Organophosphorus Chemicals in a PentaBDE Replacement Mixture and their Detection in Biosolids 2009
Detection of Organophosphate Flame Retardants in Furniture Foam and US House Dust and Indoor Air 2009
Emerging Problems? Identifying Contaminants of Concern in San Francisco Bay 2009
Sediment Quality Objectives For Indirect Effects Update 2009
Environmental Endocrine Disruption in Wild Fish of San Francisco Bay 2009
Review of sediment gauging in Alameda Creek Watershed in relation to District needs 2009
San Francisco Bay Triennial Bird Egg Monitoring Program for Contaminants - 2009 Data Summary 2009
A Legacy of Contaminants in SF Bay and Wetland Cores 2009
A Sediment Budget for Two Reaches of Alameda Creek: support for flood control channel management 2009
Calibration and evaluation of five indicators of benthic community condition in two California bay and estuary habitats 2009
Copper 2009 Sample Locations Map 2009
Delta RMP: Developing a Delta Regional Monitoring Program for Contaminants 2009
Detection of Organophosphate Flame Retardants in Furniture Foam and U.S. House Dust. 2009
Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals: Surveillance Using Bay Fish 2009
Environmental Data Upload and Visualization Tools 2009
Estuary News RMP Insert 2009 2009
Guadalupe Watershed Model Support Tool for Regional Hg and PCBs Management 2009
Integrating Toxicity Risk in Bird Eggs and Chicks: Using Chick Down Feathers To Estimate Mercury Concentrations in Eggs 2009
Mercury-Selenium Effects on Reproductive Success of Forster's Terns in San Francisco Bay 2009
Patterns in Mercury and Trace Organic Contamination of Sport Fish and Sediments in San Francisco Bay Compared to the Offshore Coast 2009
San Francisco Bay Sport Fish Monitoring, 2009 and Beyond 2009
South Baylands Mercury Project: Assessing Differences in Food-web Mercury Associated with Restoring Salt Ponds to Tidal Marsh in South San Francisco Bay 2009
Summary of Current Water Quality Monitoring Programs in the Delta 2009
Sources, Pathways and Loadings Workgroup: Five-Year Workplan (2008-12) 2008
Sources, Pathways and Loadings Workgroup: Five-Year Workplan (2008-12) 2008
The Influence of Chemical and Physical Factors on Macrobenthos in the San Francisco Estuary 2008
The Influence of Chemical and Physical Factors on Macrobenthos in the San Francisco Estuary 2008
A First-Order Mass Budget for Methylmercury in San Francisco Bay, CA. 2008
Agricultural Drainage through the Grassland Bypass Project 2008
Contaminants in Sport Fish of California lakes and reservoirs 2008
Perfluorinated Compounds in San Francisco Bay Harbor Seals 2008
Perfluorinated Compounds in San Francisco Bay Harbor Seals 2008
Sampling in the Freshwater Reaches of the Lower Delta for Sediment Quality Objectives Measures 2008
Advances in Understanding of Loads of Mercury and Other Pollutants to the Bay 2008
A Methylmercury Budget for San Francisco Bay 2008
Cool New Tools for Accessing RMP Data 2008
Dredging and Sediment Management in San Francisco Bay 2008
Guadalupe Watershed Model. Phase: 1 Hydrology Model 2008
Mercury Management in the Delta 2008
San Francisco Bay Mercury Loads: Scientific information development and management response. Harmonizing River Catchment and Estuary 2008
The RMP Mercury Strategy: Studies Underway 2008
The RMP Mercury Strategy: Studies Underway 2008
The San Francisco Bay Water Board's Regulatory Approach and Information Needs 2008
The San Francisco Bay Water Board's Regulatory Approach and Information Needs 2008
Water Quality Science and Management in the Delaware Estuary 2008
Water Quality Science and Management in the Delaware Estuary 2008
2008 Pulse of the Estuary: Monitoring and Managing Water Quality in the San Francisco Estuary 2008
New flame retardants detected in indoor and outdoor environments:New research suggests that a flame retardant marketed as a replacement for a banned and discontinued PBDE retardant can be found in people’s homes and the outdoor environment. 2008
Alternate and New Brominated Flame Retardants Detected in US House Dust 2008
Characterization of the brominated chemicals in a PentaBDE replacement mixture and their detection in biosolids collected from two San Francisco Bay Area Waste water treatment plants 2008
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