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California Aquatic Resource Inventory (CARI) GIS Data The California Aquatic Resources Inventory (CARI) is a Geographic Information System (GIS) dataset… Data
Baylands Habitat Map 2020 (BHM 2020) Version 1.3 GIS Data The Baylands Habitat Map 2020 (BHM2020) represents the condition of the San Francisco Bay Baylands… Data
First High-Resolution Elevation Map for Whole Bay-Delta A new mapping effort has produced the first high-resolution elevation data across the entire San… News
California Aquatic Resource Inventory v3.3 has been published! This latest update integrates two of SFEI’s recent regional semi-automated mapping efforts into the… News
Russian River Aquatic Resource Inventory (RRARI) Version 1.0 GIS Data The Russian River Aquatic Resource Inventory (RRARI) is an inventory of aquatic resources and their… Data
Bay Area Dasymetric Population Estimates This dataset provides building-level estimates of population and selected demographic… Data
Lidar Resources LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) is a remote sensing technology that uses pulsed laser light to… Project
Baylands Habitat Map wins Outstanding Environmental Project Award at State of the Estuary! Baylands Habitat Map receives Outstanding Environmental Project Award from the Friends of the San… News
The Atlas for Regional Shoreline Adaptation Planning The Regional Shoreline Adaptation Plan Atlas is a comprehensive resource for understanding and… News
Russian River Watershed and Sonoma County RipZET This is a geospatial dataset (feature class within a file geodatabase) of output from the Riparian… Data
Healthy Watersheds and Thriving Cities Healthy Watersheds & Thriving Cities, building upon SFEI’s previous work in the Santa Clara… Project
Green Stormwater Infrastructure by and for Communities Green Stormwater Infrastructure by and for Communities aims to build the capacity of residents in… Project
Leveraging CARI for Caltrans Advance Mitigation Program SFEI’s GIS Team partnered with the Caltrans Advance Mitigation Program to support their statewide… Project
Mapping our Wetlands: Explore the Latest CARI Updates CARI is a statewide dataset that compiles the most comprehensive wetland mapping available in… News
Great Strides for an Oakland Community: Green Stormwater Infrastructure SFEI collaborated with community partners to generate components for a community plan for green… News
Suisun Historical Habitat and Channel GIS Data This geodatabase contains historical habitat channel mapping representing prevailing channel… Data
WRMP Subembayments v1.1 The WRMP Subembayments were created from grouping Operational Landscape Units (OLUs) into divisions… Data
SFEI Enhanced MTC 2020 Land Use This is a modification of the MTC 2020 Land Use layer provided to SFEI by MTC. SFEI has… Data
Historical Ecology GIS Data Compilation Since the 1990s, a variety of partnerships including federal, state, local agencies, and non… Data
CARI Standards and Mapping Methodology v3.1 CARI is a Geographic Information System (GIS) dataset of surface waters and their riparian areas… General Content
Featured in Forbes: Drones And Artificial Intelligence Help Combat The San Francisco Bay’s Trash Problem In a partnership with Kinetica, a data analytics start-up, and Oracle, SFEI and SCCWRP… News
New Baylands Habitat Map Tracks Restoration Progress The Baylands Habitat Map 2020 is the first complete map of San Francisco Bay wetland and aquatic… News
A Drone Upgrade and a New Pilot Propel SFEI’s Efforts Join us in congratulating SFEI's Associate GIS Specialist, Kat Palermo, for successfully attaining… News
CARI Standards and Mapping Methodology v3.0 CARI is a Geographic Information System (GIS) dataset of surface waters and their riparian areas… General Content
San Diego Aquatic Resource Inventory (SDARI) Version 1.1 GIS Data San Diego Aquatic Resource Inventory (SDARI) is a detailed base map of the San Diego Regional Water… Data
Vision from the Skies: Using UAS Surveys to Monitor a Key Restoration Project At the McCosker Creek Restoration site, 3,000 linear feet of creek channel that previously had been… News
CARI Standards and Mapping Methodology v2.0 CARI is a Geographic Information System (GIS) dataset of surface waters and their riparian areas… General Content
SFEI Individual Vernal Pools, 2023 This work was completed in 2023 and funded by the California Department of Transportation.… Data
CARI Standards and Mapping Methodology v1.0 CARI is a Geographic Information System (GIS) dataset of surface waters and their riparian areas… General Content
SFEI's Recent Work with Unoccupied Aerial Systems (UAS) SFEI continues to leverage our Unoccupied Aerial Systems (UAS) capabilities to support conservation… News
Vernal Pool Habitat Restoration and Protection CRAM Tools for the Central Valley, CA The California Wetland Program Plan (WPP) seeks to strengthen protection for wetlands in many ways,… Project
New Delta Habitat Map! The Delta Aquatic Resource Inventory (DARI) is a map of surface waters, wetlands and other aquatic… News
DARI RipZET Pilot, Vegetation Module, GIS Data The completion of the Delta Aquatic Resource Inventory (DARI) dataset provides a basemap allowing… Data
Delta Aquatic Resource Inventory (DARI) Version 1.1 GIS Data Delta Aquatic Resource Inventory (DARI) is a detailed base map of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta… Data
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
Coastal Wetlands, Beaches and Watersheds Inventory The Ocean Protection Council (OPC) and SFEI will develop an inventory of the wetlands and other… Project
Development of a Trash Monitoring Method for Tobacco Product Waste Smoking has long been known to lead to tobacco-related diseases and harmful health outcomes,… Project
Shallow Groundwater Response to Sea Level Rise Pathways Climate Institute and SFEI produced depth to groundwater maps to inform sea level rise… Project
Adapting to Rising Tides: Bay Shoreline Flood Explorer In partnership with the Bay Conservation and Development Commission, SFEI's Environmental… Project
Adapting to Rising Tides: East Contra Costa Shoreline Flood Explorer As a continuation of our collaboration with BCDC and the Adapting to Rising Tides (ART) team, the… Project
EcoAtlas EcoAtlas is a set of tools for visualizing, sharing, summarizing, and reporting on standardized… Project
Delta Aquatic Resource Inventory DARI is the Delta Aquatic Resources Inventory of surface waters, wetlands and other aquatic… Project
New Interactive Map Helps Delta Governments and Communities Plan for Adaptation by Understanding Flood Risks from Rising Sea Level and Storms The Adapting to Rising Tides program of the SF Bay Conservation & Development Commission… News
Preparing for the Storm Catalyzed by the extensive damages caused by the Winter 2016-2017 storms and the… Project
GreenPlan-IT Phase II nears completion SFEI has completed development of Phase II of our GreenPlan-IT application -- a toolset to empower… News
California Trash Monitoring Methods Project The California Ocean Protection Council (OPC), in close partnership with the State Water Board, has… Project
BCDC GIS, Graphics, and Technological Services The San Francisco Estuary Institute is working to provide support for the San Francisco Bay… Project
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
San Francisco Estuary Geospatial Workgroup Meeting: Sharing Information in an Open Data World San Francisco Estuary Geospatial Workgroup Meeting Stranger Things: Sharing Information in an Open… Event
Healthy Watersheds Resilient Baylands Through the EPA-funded Healthy Watersheds Resilient Baylands project, SFEI and sixteen partner… Project
SFEI Unoccupied Aerial Systems SFEI has invested in novel, cost-effective solutions to costly problems. Most recently, our work… Project
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… News
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… News
SF Bay Shore Inventory GIS Data The San Francisco Bay Shore Inventory: Mapping for Sea Level Rise dataset provides a comprehensive… Data
Tahoe Aquatic Resource Inventory (TARI) Version 2.1 GIS Data TARI (Tahoe Aquatic Resource Inventory) was established to meet regional needs for wetlands and… Data
EcoAtlas Habitat Projects Data, Web Service and REST API California's EcoAtlas provides access to project tracking information for effective wetland… Data
California Rapid Assessment Method (CRAM) Data and Web Service CRAM is a standardized, scientifically defensible rapid assessment method for monitoring the… Data
Satellite Imaging to Detect Cyanobacterial Blooms Satellite remote sensing will aid the State of California in assessing cyanobacterial bloom threats… Project
BAARI v2.0 is now available! Version 2 of the BAARI (Bay Area Aquatic Resource Inventory) GIS dataset has been released. Local… News
Delta Historical Ecology GIS Data GIS historical habitat and river channel data from the Delta Historical Ecology project Data
Historical Wetlands of the Southern California Coast GIS Data Georeferenced copies of all 42 T-sheets and associated stream and wetland vector data Data
Tahoe WRAMP Demonstration: Watershed Assessment The Tahoe WRAMP Watershed Demontration Project transfered statewide wetland monitoring and… Project
Santa Rosa Plain WRAMP (NCARI) Version 1.0 GIS Data GIS mapping of aquatic resources for the Laguna De Santa Rosa valley basin. This mapping… Data
EcoAtlas Version 1.50b4 1998 The Bay Area EcoAtlas is a computer-based Geographic Information System (GIS) of past and present… Data
Ventura Historical Ecology Study GIS Data Geospatial data describing the historical conditions of the lower Santa Clara River, Ventura River,… Data
Santa Clara Valley Historical Ecology GIS Data Geospatial data describing the historical conditions of Santa Clara Valley were developed to… Data
Napa Historical Ecology Atlas GIS Data This dataset represents a reconstruction of the historical landscape and prevailing conditions of… Data
San Francisco Bay Shore Inventory SFEI is developing an online interactive map to support regional planning and assessment given… Project
East Contra Costa Historical Ecology Study GIS Data Geospatial data describing the historical conditions of the East Contra Costa County were developed… Data
Alameda Creek Historical Ecology GIS Data Data
South Bay Historical Tidal-Terrestrial Transition Zone GIS Data Data
Historical Changes in Channel Alignment along Lower Laguna de Santa Rosa and Mark West Creek: GIS Data. Historical and Contemporary Stream Channel Data for Lower Mark West Creek and Laguna de Santa Rosa Data
Northern San Diego County Lagoons Historical Ecology GIS data This dataset includes reconstructed habitat types and ecological characteristics of six northern… Data
Bay Area Aquatic Resource Inventory (BAARI) Version 2.1 GIS Data Bay Area Aquatic Resources Inventory (BAARI) is a detailed base map of the Bay Area's aquatic… Data
Six County Aquatic Resource Inventory The US Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento Division updated wetland and stream maps for the 6… Project
Southern California Wetland Mapping Project Southern California Coastal Research Watershed Project and CSU Northridge-Center for… Project
North Coast WRAMP Demonstration: Mapping Standards The North Coast WRAMP Demonstation Project focused on mapping and assessing the condition of… Project
Tahoe WRAMP Demonstration: Mapping Standards The Tahoe WRAMP Demonstration Project implemented detailed and standardized mapping protocols… Project
GreenPlan-IT GreenPlan-IT is a versatile open-source toolset that helps aid municipalities with their efforts to… Project
RipZET: A GIS-based Tool for Estimating Riparian Zones The Riparian Zone Estimator Tool (RipZET) is a decision support tool developed by the San Francisco… Project
Mapping Shoreline Change in San Pablo Bay Using a systematic, empirical, and repeatable approach, we mapped the location of the shorelines in… Project
Developer Resources at SFEI Web services provide a standard way to access geo-referenced data online. Although potential uses… Data
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a powerful dynamic toolset that allows complex spatial… Focus Area
Historical Wetlands of the Southern California Coast Phase 2: Historical Extent and Change Over Time This project builds on earlier efforts to provide comprehensive analysis of the 40 T-sheets that… Project
San Francisco Bay Area Digital Orthophotography Collection In June 2014, high resolution 4 band orthoimagery was collected for Contra Costa, Marin and Napa… Data
Head of Tide SFEI completed a pilot study focused on creating a framework for a rapid protocol that can be used… Project
U.S. Coast Survey Maps of California (South Coast) Until the advent of this new map viewer, a valuable resource was largely unavailable to coastal… Project
Bay Area Aquatic Resource Inventory (BAARI) The Bay Area Aquatic Resources Inventory (BAARI) is a GIS base map of the Bay Area's… Project
BAARI Mapping Documentation The Bay Area Aquatic Resource Inventory (BAARI) is a basemap of all tidal and non-tidal aquatic… General Content
California Aquatic Resource Inventory (CARI) The California Aquatic Resources Inventory (CARI) is a Geographic Information System (GIS)… Project
National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) Data Stewardship As the San Francisco Bay Area Regional Steward for the USGS National Hydrography Dataset,… Project