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The future of Suisun Marsh depends on understanding its past SFEI recently completed the Suisun Landscapes project, a multi-million, multi-year effort funded by… News
Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program (WRMP) The Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program (WRMP) is a collaborative regional monitoring program… Project
Delta Landscapes The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta faces numerous environmental challenges that threaten its wildlife… Focus Area
State of Our Estuary The State of Our Estuary (formerly the State of the Estuary Report) evaluates the status and trends… Project
Blue Carbon Science to Support Climate Action Working with other scientists, agency staff, and regional and state-level managers and planners, we… Project
Suisun Landscapes The Suisun Landscapes project developed tools and information for adaptation planning in Suisun,… Project
Landscape Scenario Planning Tool Designed to inform climate change adaptation planning, the Landscape Scenario Planning Tool (LSPT)… Project
Spatiotemporal Characterization of Floodplain Inundation and Habitat An R-package for spatial and temporal analysis of floodplain inundation characteristics and… Data
Salmon Habitat Quantification Development The Chinook salmon habitat quantification tool is a science-based approach for use by restoration… Project
Delta Landscapes Primary Production Primary Production, the amount of tissue generated by photosynthetic organisms (e.g., plants and… Project
Understanding Change in Primary Production at a Landscape Scale in the Delta Constraints on primary production and the relative importance of different production sources to… Project
Delta: McCormack-Williamson Tract The McCormack-Williamson Tract (MWT) was purchased in 1999 by The Nature Conservancy with CALFED… Project
Delta Landscapes Project The Delta Landscapes Project, which began in 2012 and will run through 2016, has developed a body… Project
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Historical Ecology Study The San Francisco Estuary Institute-Aquatic Science Center, in collaboration with the California… Project
Dutch Slough Community Park and Public Access This project provides a review of existing data and studies to verify conditions for the Dutch… Project

Publications

Title Abstract Year of Publication
Landscape Scenario Planning Tool User Guide v3.0 The Landscapes Scenario Planning Tool (LSPT) is a standardized, science-based resource for analyzing and comparing land-use scenarios in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Suisun Marsh. The tool… 2025
A Marsh Transformed: Historical Ecology and Landscape Change in Suisun Marsh 2024
Managed wetlands for climate action: potential greenhouse gas and subsidence mitigation in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta In the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta (Delta), widespread drainage of historical wetlands has led to extensive subsidence and peat carbon losses, as well as high ongoing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.… 2024
An assessment of future tidal marsh resilience in the San Francisco Estuary through modeling and quantifiable metrics of sustainability Quantitative, broadly applicable metrics of resilience are needed to effectively manage tidal marshes into the future. Here we quantified three metrics of temporal marsh resilience: time to marsh… 2022
Resilient Staten Island: Landscape Scenario Analysis Pilot Application A central motivating question for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta science and management community is what should be done, where and when, to support future Delta landscapes that are ecologically… 2022
Suisun and Delta Landscape Change: Suisun Marsh change historical to modern & Delta and Suisun change early 2000s to mid 2010s 2022
Delta Wetland Futures: Blue Carbon and Elevation Change 2022
Delta Wetland Futures: Tidal Marsh Resilience to Sea Level Rise 2022
Delta Landscapes Primary Production: Past, Present, Future This report describes the Delta Landscapes Primary Production project, which quantifies how landscape change in the Delta has altered the quantity and character of primary production. Combining… 2020
Chinook Salmon Habitat Quantification Tool: User Guide (Version 1.0) The Salmon Habitat Quantification Tool provides systematic, transparent, and consistent accounting of the spatial extent, temporal variability, and quality of salmon habitat on the landscape. It… 2019
Delta Landscapes Executive Summary 2017
A Delta Renewed: A Guide to Science-Based Ecological Restoration in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta This report offers guidance for creating and maintaining landscapes in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta that support desired ecological functions, while retaining the overall agricultural character… 2016
Primary Production in the Delta: Then and Now To evaluate the role of restoration in the recovery of the Delta ecosystem, we need to have clear targets and performance measures that directly assess ecosystem function. Primary production is a… 2016
Primary Production in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: A Science Strategy to Quantify Change and Identify Future Potential 2016
A Delta Transformed: Ecological Functions, Spatial Metrics, and Landscape Change in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta 2014
Landscape Patterns and Processes of the McCormack-Williamson Tract and Surrounding Area: A framework for restoring a resilient and functional landscape 2013
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Historical Ecology Investigation: Exploring Pattern and Process The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta has been transformed from the largest wetland system on the Pacific Coast of the United States to highly productive farmland and other uses embodying California’s… 2012
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