| Morro Bay Historical Habitats and Channels GIS Data |
This mapping depicts the historical habitat types and channels of the Morro Bay estuary, the… |
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| Shasta River Valley Historical Ecology |
The Shasta River Valley Historical Ecology Reconnaissance Study will collect, compile, and analyze… |
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| Explore Our Latest Historical Ecology StoryMap! |
The Resilient Landscapes Program at SFEI recently completed the first phase of the Sacramento… |
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| Mission Bay-Tecolote Creek Historical Ecology Reconnaissance Study |
The primary objective of the Mission Bay-Tecolote Creek Historical Ecology Study was to gather and… |
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| Sacramento Valley Historical Habitats and Channels GIS Data |
This preliminary coarse-scale mapping depicts the historical habitat types and channels of the core… |
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| Healthy Watersheds and Thriving Cities |
Healthy Watersheds & Thriving Cities, building upon SFEI’s previous work in the Santa Clara… |
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| Mapping Yelamu’s Historical Landscape |
Mapping Yelamu’s Historical Landscape (MYHL) is an interdisciplinary cultural-ecological study for… |
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| City of Mountain View Biodiversity and Urban Forest Plan |
Through the development of the Mountain View Biodiversity and Urban Forest Plan, SFEI will tackle… |
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| Suisun Historical Habitat and Channel GIS Data |
This geodatabase contains historical habitat channel mapping representing prevailing channel… |
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| Historical Ecology GIS Data Compilation |
Since the 1990s, a variety of partnerships including federal, state, local agencies, and non… |
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| Hidden Nature San Francisco: A conversation about the past, present, and future of nature in San Francisco |
SFEI and our partners from the Exploratorium, the San Francisco Department of the Environment,… |
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| South Bay Landscape Vision Workshop |
On June 7, SFEI, in partnership with the Santa Clara Valley Water District and South Bay Salt Ponds… |
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| Ventura County Historical Ecology Study Helping Save Santa Clara River Watershed |
Peter Brand of the State Coastal Conservancy discusses the role of Historical Ecology and other… |
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| Historical Ecology |
Historical ecology provides foundational information about the past landscape to better understand… |
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| Morro Bay Historical Ecology |
The Morro Bay Historical Ecology Study will guide climate adaptation and ecologically resilient… |
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| Sacramento Valley Historical Ecology |
The Sacramento Valley Historical Ecology Study will synthesize historical data in order to… |
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| Riverside Urban and Historical Ecology Case Study GIS Data |
This study focuses on a segment of the Santa Ana River Parkway in and around the City of… |
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| Restoration Plan for the Laguna de Santa Rosa Completed! |
SFEI completed a Restoration Plan for the Laguna de Santa Rosa in the Russian River watershed. SFEI… |
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| Ecological Horticulture at the Presidio |
Look at any urban landscape in the Bay Area and the imprint of horticulture can be readily seen:… |
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| Landscape Scenario Planning Tool |
Designed to inform climate change adaptation planning, the Landscape Scenario Planning Tool (LSPT)… |
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| Big updates from Hidden Nature SF, including new interactive content! |
Hidden Nature SF seeks to uncover the natural history of San Francisco’s past landscape. At the… |
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| Next Generation Urban Greening |
SFEI is working with partners across the Bay Area to design tools to help cities achieve… |
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| Hidden Nature SF |
Hidden Nature SF brings a new perspective to our view of San Francisco, studying the city’s… |
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| Reconnecting Riverside with its River: Integrating Historical and Urban Ecology for a Healthier Future |
This study focuses on a segment of the Santa Ana River Parkway in and around the City of… |
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| Laguna de Santa Rosa Master Restoration Plan |
The first phase of the project was the creation of the Restoration Vision for the Laguna de Santa… |
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| Delta Landscapes Scenario Planning Tool |
This project is a tool for planning scenarios of landscape-scale restoration of the Delta. The tool… |
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| Using native ecological practices to manage California’s fire-prone landscape |
Current North Coast watershed steward and former SFEI staff scientist Chuck Striplen penned an… |
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| Petaluma River Watershed: A Slough of Change |
Come learn about an exciting report recently completed by the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI… |
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| Petaluma Valley Historical Hydrology and Ecology GIS Data |
This geodatabase contains several feature classes depicting the historical ecological conditions of… |
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| 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,… |
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| Peninsula Watershed Historical Ecology Study |
The Peninsula Watershed, located in San Mateo County on the San Francisco Peninsula, is the site of… |
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| Petaluma Valley Historical Hydrology and Ecology Study |
This project reconstructs the historical hydrology and ecology of the Petaluma River… |
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| Flood Control 2.0 Wins an Outstanding Environmental Project Award! |
The Flood Control 2.0 project team was presented with an Outstanding Environmental Project Award at… |
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| Healthy Watersheds Resilient Baylands |
Through the EPA-funded Healthy Watersheds Resilient Baylands project, SFEI and sixteen partner… |
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| Announcing the release of Re-Oaking Silicon Valley: Building Vibrant Cities with Nature |
Could restoring lost ecosystems to cities play a role in building ecological resilience across… |
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| Flood Control 2.0 Completed! |
SFEI and several agency partners recently completed a multi-year, EPA funded project called Flood… |
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| SFEI's Robin Grossinger helps to preserve San Jose's Coyote Valley using historical ecology |
San Jose's Coyote Valley has come into focus as a key space to preserve as open space, even while… |
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| Historical Ecology and Landscape Change in the Central Laguna de Santa Rosa |
This study synthesizes a diverse array of data to examine the ecological patterns, ecosystem… |
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| Central Laguna de Santa Rosa Historical Ecology GIS Data |
These datasets depict the historical habitat types and channel alignment of central Laguna de… |
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| Sycamore Alluvail Woodland Habitat Mapping and Regeneration Study Released |
California sycamore (Platanus racemosa) is an iconic native tree species found in California and… |
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| Tijuana River Valley Histrical Ecology Investigation Published |
The Tijuana River Valley Historical Ecology Investigation—completed in January 2017—synthesized… |
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| Tijuana River Valley Historical Ecology Investigation GIS Data |
This dataset includes reconstructed habitat types and ecological characteristics of the Tijuana… |
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| Petaluma River Watershed Historical Aerial Photomosaic Image from 1942 |
Orthorectified historical aerial photography for the Petaluma River watershed was developed as a… |
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| San Joaquin River Historical Aerial Photomosaic Image from 1937 |
Orthorectified historical aerial photography for the San Joaquin River corridor was developed as a… |
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| Lower Walnut Creek Historical Ecology GIS Data |
This dataset includes reconstructed habitat types and ecological characteristics of lower Walnut… |
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| Robin Grossinger interviewed at Grace Cathedral for a discussion about adapting to climate change |
On Sunday, October 30 from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., SFEI’s Robin Grossinger appeared on a weekly, hour… |
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| Mission Bay Historical Ecology Reconnaissance Study |
The Mission Bay Historical Ecology Reconnaissance Study, completed in February of 2016, collected… |
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| 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… |
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| Laguna de Santa Rosa Historical Aerial Photomosaic Image from 1942 |
Orthorectified historical aerial photography for the lower Laguna de Santa Rosa watershed was… |
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| 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… |
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| 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… |
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| Historical Ecology for Lower Walnut Creek promises to deliver insights at an upcoming event |
SFEI scientists Sean Baumgarten and Scott Dusterhoff will present findings from the Lower Walnut… |
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| Lower Walnut Creek Historical Ecology Study |
During the mid-19th century, the lower Walnut Creek watershed was a landscape dominated by… |
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| Novato Creek Historical Ecology GIS Data |
This dataset includes reconstructed habitat types and ecological characteristics of the Novato… |
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| Baylands Ecosystem Habitat Goals Project |
SFEI's Letitia Grenier served as lead scientist of the Baylands Ecosystem Habitat Goals… |
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| RL journal publication on using historical ecology research to inform river restoration |
SFEI scientists in the resilient landscapes program, in collaboration with Pete Downs of… |
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| Tijuana River Valley Historical Aerial Photomosaic 1928 |
Orthorectified historical aerial photography for portions of the Tijuana River Valley, San Diego… |
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| Dry Creek Historical Aerial Photomosaic 1942 |
Orthorectified historical aerial photography for portions of the Dry Creek watershed, Sonoma County… |
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| Delta Historical Ecology GIS Data |
GIS historical habitat and river channel data from the Delta Historical Ecology project |
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| Historical Wetlands of the Southern California Coast GIS Data |
Georeferenced copies of all 42 T-sheets and associated stream and wetland vector data |
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| EcoAtlas Version 1.50b4 1998 |
The Bay Area EcoAtlas is a computer-based Geographic Information System (GIS) of past and present… |
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| Napa Valley Historical Aerial Photomosaic Image from 1940-42 |
This historical aerial photography mosaic was used to develop a reconstruction of the historical… |
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| Ventura Historical Ecology Study GIS Data |
Geospatial data describing the historical conditions of the lower Santa Clara River, Ventura River,… |
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| Santa Clara Valley Historical Ecology GIS Data |
Geospatial data describing the historical conditions of Santa Clara Valley were developed to… |
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| Napa Historical Ecology Atlas GIS Data |
This dataset represents a reconstruction of the historical landscape and prevailing conditions of… |
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| East Contra Costa Historical Ecology Study GIS Data |
Geospatial data describing the historical conditions of the East Contra Costa County were developed… |
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| Alameda Creek Historical Ecology GIS Data |
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| South Bay Historical Tidal-Terrestrial Transition Zone GIS Data |
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| 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 |
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| Northern San Diego County Lagoons Historical Ecology GIS data |
This dataset includes reconstructed habitat types and ecological characteristics of six northern… |
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| Resilient Silicon Valley |
Drawing on resilience science, regional data, and local expertise, we will develop the vision and… |
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| Mapping Shoreline Change in San Pablo Bay |
Using a systematic, empirical, and repeatable approach, we mapped the location of the shorelines in… |
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| John Muir/Mt. Wanda Historical Ecology Reconnaissance Study |
The Mt. Wanda Historical Ecology Investigation assembled historical landscape data for the Mt.… |
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| Re-Oaking Featured in New York Times |
The re-oaking concept developed by SFEI was featured in an article about Oakland 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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| Laguna de Santa Rosa Historical Ecology Initiative |
The Laguna de Santa Rosa (Laguna) watershed spans 256 square miles and supports a unique complex of… |
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| Lower Salinas River Historical Ecology Reconnaissance |
This report summarizes the results of an initial study of historical conditions (i.e., prior to… |
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| 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… |
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| Lower Laguna de Santa Rosa and Mark West Creek: Changes in Historical Channel Alignment |
This study reconstructed the historical channel alignment of lower Mark West Creek, lower Laguna de… |
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| Historical Tidal-Terrestrial Transition Zone in South SF Bay |
This study, funded by the California Coastal Program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, seeks… |
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| Tijuana River Valley Historical Ecology Investigation |
The Tijuana River Valley Historical Ecology Investigation synthesized hundreds of historical maps,… |
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| 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… |
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| Alameda Creek Historical Ecology Study |
The Alameda Creek Historical Ecology Study assesses watershed conditions prior to… |
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| Napa Valley Historical Ecology Atlas |
The Napa Valley Historical Ecology Atlas takes readers on a richly illustrated tour of the iconic… |
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| East Contra Costa County Historical Ecology Study |
SFEI conducted a historical ecology assessment of natural resources in East Contra Costa County in… |
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| Santa Clara Valley historical ecology GIS |
This dataset represents a reconstruction of the historical landscape patterns, including channel… |
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| Ventura County Historical Ecology Study |
This project investigated the historical ecological patterns and hydrological dynamics of most of… |
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| North San Diego County Lagoons Historical Ecology Study |
The Northern San Diego County Lagoons Historical Ecology Investigation draws on hundreds of… |
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| Western Santa Clara Valley Historical Ecology Study |
This study produced GIS layers and a report describing historical habitats in the Guadalupe, West… |
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| Historical Ecology of Miller Creek |
This project provides an introduction to the historical land use and landscape changes in the… |
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| Miller Creek Stewardship |
Miller Creek was recently recognized by EPA biologist Rob Leidy as a high priority watershed for… |
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| Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Historical Ecology Study |
The San Francisco Estuary Institute-Aquatic Science Center, in collaboration with the California… |
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| Upper Penitencia Creek: Historical Ecology Assessment |
Upper Penitencia Creek, on the eastern side of Santa Clara Valley, has locally significant… |
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| Ballona Creek |
The Ballona Creek project supports historical research conducted by the Southern California Coastal… |
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| Wildcat Creek Landscape History |
People have lived along Wildcat Creek since 3,000 to 4,000 BP. By that time, Sea level rise had… |
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| Exploring Landscape Change: the Wildcat Creek Watershed |
This study provided information for the Wildcat Creek portion of the Oakland Museum's "Creek and… |
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| Surveying the Bay through Time with George E. Russell: Aero Foto |
An art/science exhibit using photographic prints and graphic stories to present previously-unseen… |
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| South Santa Clara Valley Historical Ecology Study |
This study assesses historical conditions and landscape change in the southern part of the Santa… |
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| Sonoma Valley |
Historical ecological and geomorphic change in the Sonoma Creek watershed |
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