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California Wetlands Portal The California Wetlands Portal, part of the State of California’s My Water Quality portal, is the… Project
California Academy of Sciences Docent Visit SFEI will host the California Academy of the Sciences docents. Docents will learn about SFEI's work… Event
Historical Channels and habitats of Alameda Creek To assist in informing the design of levees in the Eden Landing area, the Historical Ecology team… News
Miller Creek Stewardship Miller Creek was recently recognized by EPA biologist Rob Leidy as a high priority watershed for… Project
Ruth Askevold speaking at the Contra Costa Watershed Forum 3:30 Historical Ecology: Update on recent findings and conclusions, as well as an opportunity… Event
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Historical Ecology Study The San Francisco Estuary Institute-Aquatic Science Center, in collaboration with the California… Project
Dumping Grounds: Mount Trashmore and Kindred Bayside Landfills are the Parks of the Future Robin Grossinger was quoted for an article in the September-October issue of Alameda Magazine title… News
California Water panel discussion Robin Grossinger participated with Ellen Hanak of PPIC and ClimateWatch Reporter Craig Miller in a… News
Restoration project in Alviso key to restoring San Francisco Bay wetlands SFEI is mentioned in this article about restoring the Alviso salt ponds. News
Upper Penitencia Creek: Historical Ecology Assessment Upper Penitencia Creek, on the eastern side of Santa Clara Valley, has locally significant… Project
Ballona Creek The Ballona Creek project supports historical research conducted by the Southern California Coastal… Project
Wildcat Creek Landscape History People have lived along Wildcat Creek since 3,000 to 4,000 BP. By that time, Sea level rise had… Project
Exploring Landscape Change: the Wildcat Creek Watershed This study provided information for the Wildcat Creek portion of the Oakland Museum's "Creek and… Project
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… Project
South Santa Clara Valley Historical Ecology Study This study assesses historical conditions and landscape change in the southern part of the Santa… Project
Sonoma Valley Historical ecological and geomorphic change in the Sonoma Creek watershed Project
Seeing What the Land Remembers: Geography, Ecology, and the History of Place An interdisciplinary discussion panel at UC Berkeley's Townsend Center for the Humanities. 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
Baylands and Creeks of South San Francisco Bay A map of historical habitats and channels in the South Bay. Project
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
South Bay Salt Pond Landscape Synthesis Report This synthesis focuses on the form and function of South Bay landscapes to address the following… 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
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Green Sturgeon, Longfin Smelt, and Dredging Operations Symposium /**/ li {margin: 12px 0 12px 0} /**/ The two day symposium was hosted by the San Francisco… Event
Wetland Tracker pilot well received by Regional Water Quality Control Board Staff from the Regional Water Quality Control Board presented to their Board today findings… News
Mercury Rising. Is restoring wetlands bad for health? Mercury, to put it plainly, is bad stuff. In people, it causes exhaustion, headaches, memory loss,… News
From the Field, with Robin Grossinger Robin Grossinger is an environmental scientist at the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI). SFEI… News
Napa's Intensely Modified Past One of the San Francisco Estuary Institute's historical ecology projects is in Napa Valley. Napa is… News
Historical Ecologists Map a Changing Landscape This is how Robin Grossinger, a scientist at the San Francisco Estuary Institute, does field work:… News
Taking the Heat—Bay Area Ecosystems in the Age of Climate Change It is a hot Indian summer afternoon on Jasper Ridge, site of a 1,400-acre biological preserve on… News
1950-2000 Wildcat Creek Landuse History 1950-2000: Modern Landscape Impact Map — 1950–2000 Watershed View… General Content
1900-1950 Wildcat Creek Landuse History 1900-1950: Urban Landscape Impact Map — 1900-1950 Watershed View —… General Content
1850-1900 Wildcat Creek Landuse History 1850-1900: Agricultural Landscape Impact Map — 1850-1900 Watershed… General Content
1800-1850 Wildcat Creek Landuse History 1800-1850: Ranchero Landscape Impact Map — 1800-1850 Watershed… General Content
Wildcat Creek Landuse History: 1750-2000 Wildcat Creek Landuse History 1750-1800: Native Landscape Impact Map — pre-1800   Watershed… General Content
Stream Goals Demonstration Project The SFEI Waterlands Group (Wetland Science, Watershed Science, and Historical Ecology) is… Project