| Bay RMP Technical Review Committee Meeting |
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| Bay RMP Technical Review Committee Meeting |
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| Microplastics and Harmful Algal Blooms in California's waters |
For the new microplastics study, please read this article. Read below for additional information… |
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| GreenPlan-IT Site Locator Tool v2.1 Update |
SFEI’s GreenPlan-IT is a planning level toolkit which help municipalities with green infrastructure… |
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| San Pablo Spine: Hacienda Avenue Bio-Infiltration Basins |
The Hacienda Avenue Green Street Project in Campbell, California, reconstructed 1.4 km of public… |
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| RMP Sources Pathways and Loadings Workgroup Meeting |
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| Bay RMP Exposure and Effects Workgroup Meeting |
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| Bay RMP PCB Workgroup Meeting |
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| Bay RMP Steering Committee Meeting |
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| Bay RMP Emerging Contaminants WG Meeting |
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| Microplastic Workgroup Conference Call |
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| San Francisco Bay Microplastics Project |
This multi-year study summarizes levels of microplastics measured in Bay surface water, sediment,… |
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| New Microplastic Pollution Study to Launch in San Francisco Bay and Adjacent Ocean Waters |
A two-year investigation on microplastic and nanoplastic pollution in San Francisco Bay and the… |
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| Cyanide Site Specific Objective 3-year Rolling Average |
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| Guest Speaker: Dr. Sarah Diringer on mercury contamination in rainforests of Peru |
A recent report from The Guardian suggests a "chronic mercury epidemic" in Peru. Dr. Sarah Diringer… |
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| How Creeks Meet the Bay: Current Sediment Dynamics |
The transition zones between our watersheds and the Bay are often occupied by flood control… |
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| RMP Webinar: Passive & Alternative Sampling Techniques |
The overarching goal of the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP… |
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| Flood Control 2.0 : Sediment Loads |
This dataset contains information on the supply of sediment to major flood control channels… |
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| Klamath Basin Monitoring Program |
Over the past decade, the Klamath Basin has been in the forefront of national attention due to… |
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| Workshop on Ocean Acidification and San Francisco Bay |
Estuarine acidification due to global carbon dioxide emissions and local eutrophication has… |
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| 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… |
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| 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… |
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| Workshop on Microplastic (June 2016) |
In response to findings from a 2015 Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) Special Study on microplastic… |
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| Delta Datasets Accessible Through Regional Data Center |
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| OIMA Brown Bag Seminar: Microplastic Contamination in San Francisco Bay |
The State Water Board has invited SFEI's Dr. Rebecca Sutton to present findings on… |
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| Invited Talk: Metabolomics |
Metabolomics: Guided Tracking of the Chemical and Biological Journeys of Organic Nutrients and… |
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| 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… |
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| 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… |
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| CD3 User Survey |
Help us improve CD3 to better meet your visualization and reporting needs by completing a brief… |
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| Science-Policy Briefing: Ocean and Freshwater Plastic Pollution: Impacts and Opportunities |
Join the California Latino Legislative Caucus and Monterey Bay Aquarium for a science… |
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| Estuary News features RMP study on microplastic pollution |
December's issue of Estuary News features an article, "Unhealthy Fiber in Bay Diet," that… |
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| 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… |
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| New Reports Show Progress Toward Understanding Nutrient Impacts in the Bay |
SFEI scientists studying the role and effects of nutrients in the Bay recently completed two draft… |
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| RMP Keys to Success Highlighted in Two Manuscripts |
RMP Keys to Success Highlighted in Two Manuscripts |
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| GreenPlan-IT Toolbox evolving quickly to meet increased demand |
With the conclusion of the first round of funding for the Green Plan Bay Area project http://www… |
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| Archive Sample Tool |
The Archive Sample Tool provides a web interface that SFEI researchers can use to browse… |
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| Dr. Rebecca Sutton interviewed on KGO-TV about the potential impact of synthetic clothing on San Francisco Bay |
In a story called "Synthetic Clothes May Be Polluting San Francisco Bay," KGO-TV's Dan Ashley… |
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| SFEI Collaboration with UMN Led Team Find Potential BDE By-Products Mostly Naturally Formed, but Higher in More Urbanized Areas of San Francisco Bay |
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), widely used as flame retardants, were previously poorly… |
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| SFEI science informs state policy on microplastic pollution |
Last week, the Governor signed AB 888, a bill that bans microplastic beads in personal care… |
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| Plastic microbeads are in the news, and SFEI is providing the science |
In the wake of the passage of the microbead ban, KQED released a story about its potential hazards.… |
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| New Trends Charts and Data on Safe To Eat Portal |
Fish and shellfish are nutritious and good for you to eat. But some fish and shellfish may absorb… |
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| State of the Estuary Conference on Twitter |
In an event convened by the San Francisco Estuary Partnership, SFEI contributed its own… |
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| The RMP Annual Meeting on Social Media |
The RMP Annual Meeting was held in conjunction this year with the State of the Estuary Conference.… |
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| KPIX and KNTV Television interview Rebecca Sutton about microplastic contamination in the Bay |
With separate news crews, KPIX and KNTV followed up on the San Jose Mercury and… |
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| Microplastics study led by Rebecca Sutton is featured in a news story |
Rebecca Sutton, senior scientist at SFEI, describes the hazards presented by microplastics in the… |
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| 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… |
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| The SF Chronicle features the release of the Pulse of the Bay |
On September 9, the San Francisco Chronicle highlighted some of the environmental strides and… |
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| 2014 RMP Sediment and Bivalve Data Now Available on CD3! |
In 2014, the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) collected… |
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| Bay RMP Water Monitoring Cruise: August-September 2015 |
On August 26, 2015, the RMP will begin its 23rd year of water quality sampling in… |
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| EBDA Sea Level Rise Adaptation Planning Project |
A series of stakeholder workshops were held to identify concept alternatives for decentralization… |
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| Bay RMP Technical Review Committee Meeting |
This is a meeting of the Bay RMP Technical Review Committee. |
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| Bay RMP Technical Review Committee Meeting |
This is a meeting of the Bay RMP Technical Review Committee. |
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| Bay RMP Technical Review Committee Meeting |
This is a meeting of the Bay RMP Technical Review Committee. |
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| Bay Currents Talk: New Bay Pollutants - Meeting the Challenge |
San Francisco Bay is far healthier now than a few decades ago, thanks to the federal Clean Water… |
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| RMP Sources, Pathways, and Loading Workgroup Meeting (May 29, 2014) |
The RMP Sources, Pathways, and Loading workgroup met on May 29, 2015 to review SPL activities… |
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| Small Tributaries Loading Strategy |
The Small Tributaries Loading Strategy (STLS) is overseen by the Sources, Pathways, and… |
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| 2014-2017 |
Quarterly Reports 2014-2017 |
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| Satellite Imaging to Detect Cyanobacterial Blooms |
Satellite remote sensing will aid the State of California in assessing cyanobacterial bloom threats… |
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| Annual Monitoring Results |
The San Francisco Estuary Institute has been collecting water, sediment and tissue samples from the… |
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| SF Bay Nutrients Visualization Tool |
This visualization tool facilitates intuitive comparison of continuous data from around the Bay,… |
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| RMP Technical Review Committee Meeting |
This is a meeting of the Bay RMP Technical Review Committee. The full agenda package is attached. |
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| New Developments in Emerging Contaminants and Green Chemistry |
SFEI tracks contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), building the knowledge necessary to prevent… |
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| California Environmental Data Exchange Network (CEDEN) |
The California Environmental Data Exchange Network (CEDEN) is a central location to find and… |
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| Carlos Street Rain Garden Interpretative Sign |
The Carlos Street rain garden in Moss Beach collects and filters stormwater from the street,… |
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| Sport Fish Monitoring Report |
Fish from San Francisco Bay contain concentrations of mercury, PCBs, and other chemical… |
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| Dredged Material Testing Thresholds for San Francisco Bay Area Sediments |
We calculate sediment chemistry thresholds for seven different contaminant classes. The Dredged… |
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| RMP eUpdate Newsletter |
An email campaign archive from San Francisco Estuary Institute |
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| RMP Annual Meeting 2016 |
The RMP Annual Meeting is held every year in the early fall. The meeting is an opportunity for RMP… |
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| GreenPlan-IT |
GreenPlan-IT is a versatile open-source toolset that helps aid municipalities with their efforts to… |
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| Regional Stormwater Monitoring and Urban BMP Evaluation (Prop 13) |
Nonpoint source pollution has been identified nationally, in the State of California, and in the… |
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| San Francisco Estuary National Water Quality Monitoring Network Pilot Study Report |
The National Water Quality Monitoring Council draft National Water Quality Monitoring Network… |
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| North Bay Mercury Biosentinel Monitoring |
In 2011-2014 SFEI and UC Davis developed and implemented a multi-species biosentinel monitoring… |
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| Alameda Creek Watershed Sediment Forum |
Alameda Creek is the largest watershed in the Bay area draining approximately 650 square miles of… |
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| Napa River Watershed Profile |
SFEI partnered with the Napa County Resource Conservation District and the Napa County Farm Bureau… |
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| Critical Coastal Areas |
The Critical Coastal Areas (CCA) Program is an innovative program to foster collaboration among… |
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| Green Infill - Clean Stormwater |
SFEI collaborated with the San Francisco Estuary Partnership and San Mateo… |
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| Grassland Bypass Project |
This project continues to monitor impacts of the use of a portion of the San Luis Drain for… |
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| Storm Flows Key to Managing Pollution in Highly Urban Watersheds |
Urban runoff is a large and potentially controllable source of pollutants for San Francisco Bay and… |
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| Novato Creek Baylands Historical Ecology Study report now available |
SFEI recently completed an historical ecology study of lower Novato Creek in Marin County. The… |
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| Flood Control 2.0 |
Flood Control 2.0 is an ambitious regional effort aimed at helping restore stream and wetland… |
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| Casting a wide net: Contaminant discovery via nontarget analysis |
Nontarget analysis is a cutting-edge approach to uncover potentially concerning and unexpected… |
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| A Broad Scan of Bay Contaminants: Cutting-Edge Analysis Identifi es Low Levels of Five Unmonitored Compounds in Wildlife of San Francisco Bay |
San Francisco Bay wildlife were tested for previously unmonitored contaminants using a non-targeted… |
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| San Francisco Bay Data on Microplastic Pollution Featured in San Jose Mercury News |
Preliminary measurements of microplastic pollution in San Francisco Bay are featured in a recent… |
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| NOAA remote sensing tools and application for evaluating CyanoHABs in California lakes |
There are thousands of lakes in the State of California. A number of these lakes are experiencing… |
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| RMP Journal Publication on Contaminant Loads from the Delta to San Francisco Bay |
Results of RMP monitoring of loads from the Delta to San Francisco Bay were recently published in… |
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| Daly City rain gardens provide cleaner water, reduce flooding |
This study evaluated the efficiency of a bioretention system installed in Daly City, California,… |
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| The Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay: Science in Support of Dredging Activities |
The overarching goal of the RMP is to collect data and communicate information about water quality… |
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| Nutrient Program Products Highlight Key Initiatives |
SFEI is the science lead for the San Francisco Bay Nutrient Science and Management Strategy, which… |
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| News of the decline in a flame-retardant chemical's impact on SF Bay continues to resonate |
Chemistry World, Scientific American, KRCB North Bay Public Radio, Chemical and Engineering News,… |
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| Reports |
For the latest annual report click on Annual Reports on the right side
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| Ten Years After Toxic Chemical Phase-Out, Strong Signs of Recovery for San Francisco Bay |
The attached fact sheet details the widespread and rapid declines in flame retardant pollution in… |
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| The December issue of Estuary News provides a timely overview of stormwater pollution concerns and management directions |
Ariel Rubissow-Okamoto’s article “Stormwater: Beyond the Bag Ban,” based on interviews with SFEI… |
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| SFEI's Regional Data Center contains over 2 million results! |
With the recent upload of the Klamath Tribes water quality data (1990-2013) by Randy Turner and the… |
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| CD3: New interface and Improved Functionality |
CD3 or Contaminant Data Display and Download is a web-based visualization tool for accessing water… |
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| City tries to eliminate toxic runoff with green infrastructure |
SAN FRANCISCO (KTVU) - In the last few days, many Bay Area storm sewers got their biggest flush out… |
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| Retracing the History of Chinese Shrimp Fishing in San Francisco Bay |
In September, SFEI participated in Chinese Whispers: Bay Chronicles, a project combining science,… |
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| Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) Update, 2014 - Now an eBook |
The Regional Monitoring Program (RMP), is a 23-year year running “annual check-up” on the health of… |
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| The RMP Update, An Annual Report of the Regional Monitoring Program |
The RMP Update summarizes findings from 12 recent months of research by top scientists on the… |
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| San Joaquin River Water Quality Improvement Project |
Grassland Bypass Program Bureau of Reclamation
Grassland Bypass Project Reuse Area Reports |
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| PCB Synthesis Report and Estuary News Article |
The RMP has produced a synthesis report on PCBs that summarizes recent advances in understanding… |
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