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BayBoards The BayBoards project utilizes billboards and bus-shelters as signpost reminders of this forgotten… Project
U.S. Coast Survey Maps of SF Bay Under the direction of some of the leading American scientists of the 19th century, the United… Project
Rodeo Lagoon (Marin County) This report is submitted in the context of transportation planning and improvement of public access… Project
Historical Ecology of Lower San Francisquito Creek The primary goal of this project was to produce GIS layers and georeferenced imagery for use by the… Project
Re-Oaking “Re-Oaking” is an approach to reintegrating oaks and other native vegetation within the developed… Project
T-Sheet User Guide This guide discusses the historical maps of San Francisco Bay produced by the United States Coast… Project
San Gabriel River Historical Ecology Project The goal of this project was to use a variety of historical resources to answer the following… Project
Coyote Creek Watershed Historical Ecology Study This report synthesizes historical evidence into a picture of how Coyote Creek looked and… Project
Napa Valley Historical Ecology Study Friends of the Napa River, the Napa County Resource Conservation District, and SFEI have carried… Project
Historical Wetlands of the Southern California Coast: An Atlas of US Coast Survey T-Sheets 1851-1889 This project is the first regional assessment of the relative distribution and abundance of… Project

Publications

Title Abstract Year of Publication
Understanding Historical And Contemporary Salmonid Habitat Potential: assessment of the Napa River 2007
Understanding Historical And Contemporary Salmonid Habitat Potential: assessment of the Napa River 2007
East Contra Costa County Historical Ecology Study: Introductory Brochure 2007
Historical Ecology and Landscape Change of the San Gabriel River and Floodplain 2007
Historical landscape ecology of an urbanized California valley: wetlands and woodlands in the Santa Clara Valley 2007
Landscape History of the Trancas: Historical Ecology Reseach Summary for the Trancas Crossing Park and Napa River Trail 2007
U.S. Coast Survey Maps of SFBay 2006
U.S. Coast Survey Maps of SFBay 2006
Coyote Creek Watershed Historical Ecology Study: Historical Conditions and Landscape Change in the Eastern Santa Clara Valley, California 2006
Creek and Watershed Map of Richmond and Vicinity 2006
Baylands and Creeks of South San Francisco Bay 2005
T-Sheet User Guide: Application of the Historical U.S. Coast Survey Maps to Environmental Management in the San Francisco Bay Area 2005
State of the Estuary 2005 Conference Abstract 2005
Historical Landscape Analysis (full title to come from Robin) 2005
Changing Delta Geometry and Ecology: The Effects of Historical Landscape Modification on Water Quality and Ecosystem Structure in Suisun Marsh and Delta 2005
Documenting Local Landscape Change: The Bay Area Historical Ecology Project 2005
Interpreting Historical Maps to Reconstruct Past Landscapes in the Santa Clara Valley 2005
Once and Future Bay: Lessons from History for Revitalizing the Bay 2004
Synthesis of Scientific Knowledge: for maintaining and improving functioning of the South Bay Ecosystem and Restoring Tidal Salt Marsh and Associated Habitats over the next 50 years at Pond and Pond-Complex Scales 2004
Relative effects of fluvial processes and historical land use on channel morphology in three sub-basins, Napa River basin, California, USA 2004
Ecological, Geomorphic, and Land Use History of Sulphur Creek Watershed: A component of the watershed management plan for the Sulphur Creek watershed, Napa County, California. 2004
Geography Department Commencement Ceremonies, UC Berkeley, Keynote Address, May 2004: "Notes from Places Past and Future" 2004
Wetland Habitat Changes in the Rodeo Lagoon Watershed, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Marin County, CA 2004
A Geographic History of the San Lorenzo Creek Watershed: Landscape Patterns Underlying Human Activities (w / 8.5x11 or 11 x 17 map) 2003
Contrasting Fluvial Geometric Processes and Historic Change Through Time: Supporting Watershed Management in Tributaries of the Napa River Watershed (poster) 2003
Landscape Change in the Napa River Watershed, 1800 - 2002: Implications for the Restoration of In - Stream, Floodplain, and Valley Floor Habitat 2003
Physical and Ecological Characteristics of the Historical Baylands of South San Francisco Bay 2003
Physical and Ecological Characteristics of the Historic Baylands of South San Francisco Bay (Poster for the 2003 State of the Estuary Conference) 2003
Old Science, New Science: Incorporating Traditional Ecological Knowledge into Contemporary Management 2002
Assessing Ecological Potential in an Urbanized Coastal Ecosystem: Methods and Findings from Historical Research in the San Francisco Bay Area (Abstract for Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project Conference 2002) 2002
Sonoma Valley Historical Ecology Project, Phase 1 Final Report 2002
Resurrection (Article in New Scientist) 2001
Resurvey 2001
In Search of a Lost Laguna 2001
Documenting Local Landscape Change: The Bay Area Historical Ecology Project 2001
Land Use Timeline for Crow Canyon and the San Lorenzo Creek Watershed 2001
Sand 2001
The Way It Was: Mythology, Memory, and Maps of the Early San Francisco Bay Area (Abstract for American Society for Environmental History Conference, March 2000) 2000
Baylands Ecosystem Habitat Goals 1999
Conceptual models of freshwater influences on tidal marsh form and function, with an historical perspective 1999
Seeing Time: A Historical Approach to Restoration 1999
The Environment of the East Bay Shoreline When Europeans First Arrived (Transcript) 1999
What did this place used to look like, anyway? An Example of Historical Ecology Research from the San Francisco Bay Area, CA (Abstract for Society for Ecological Restoration Conference 1999) 1999
Cartographic analysis of historical and modern baylands boundaries for Marin County, California 1998
EcoAtlas Baylands Maps 1998
Spatial Analysis of the Baylands Ecosystem 1998
Sausal: Discovering the Early Bay Area Landscape 1997
Historical Evidence of Freshwater Effects on the Plan Form of Tidal Marshlands in the Golden Gate Estuary 1995
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