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RMP HISTORY AND DOCUMENT ARCHIVES

This archive contains important documents relating to the establishment and development of the RMP.   

 

 

Laying the Foundations: Establishing the RMP

Carlin and Mumley. 1990. San Francisco Estuary Monitoring Program: Working Paper #1. San Francisco Bay Water Board Resolution No. 92-043 (April 1992): Implementation of the Regional Monitoring Plan within the San Francisco Bay Region 13267 Letter (June 1992) from Water Board to Dischargers: Implementation of a Regional Monitoring Program for the San Francisco Estuary Memorandum of Understanding Between the Water Board and AHI Concerning Implementation of the RMP (1992)

 

Early RMP Reports

Flegal et al. 1991. Trace Element Cycles in the San Francisco Bay Estuary: Results from a Preliminary Study in 1989-1990 Taberski et al. 1992. San Francisco Bay Pilot Regional Monitoring Program 1991-1992: Summary Progress Report.

SFEI. 1994. 1993 Annual Report: San Francisco Estuary Regional Monitoring Program for Trace Substances.

The first RMP Annual Report

SFBRWQCB. 1995. Contaminant Levels in Fish Tissue from San Francisco Bay.

The first report on contaminants in fish tissue was conducted in 1994 under the Bay Protection and Toxic Cleanup Program

 

Retrospectives

Johnston. 1995. Regional Monitoring Program Update.

An account of the formation and status of the RMP included in the first edition of the RMP newsletter Regional Monitoring News

Regional Monitoring News Article. 2004. Founder Steve Ritchie Looks Back at Ten Years of the Regional Monitoring Program.

Excerpts from Steve Ritchie's presentation at the 2003 Annual Meeting celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Program

 

Meadows. 2013. Celebrating 20 Years of Monitoring San Francisco Bay. 

An insert to Estuary News written by Robin Meadows on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Program 

Davis. 2017.  The 25th Anniversary of the RMP

A review of some of the major milestones in the formation and
development of the RMP