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Baylands Habitat Map Landscape Change Analysis Methods Technical Memo

Author(s): Alex Braud | Pete Kauhanen | Katarina Palermo | Cristina Grosso

2025

The purpose of this report is to describe the methods for the Baylands Habitat Map (BHM) change analysis, highlight key observations from a preliminary test case study in the Belmont-Redwood Operation Landscape Unit (OLU), provide recommendations for conducting the change…

Mapping Methods And Standards For Bayland Habitats In The San Francisco Bay

Author(s): Alex Braud | Pete Kauhanen | Regan Murray | Katarina Palermo

2025

The purpose of this document is to describe the mapping classification system and methods used to develop the Baylands Habitat Map 2020 (BHM). BHM is a geospatial inventory of tidal and diked baylands and their key landform features. The inventory was largely developed using…

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Robertson Park and Medeiros Parkway sUAS Surveys for the Sycamore Pilot Implementation Project

Author(s): Katarina Palermo | Pete Kauhanen

2024

This memo summarizes the use of small Unoccupied Aerial Systems (sUAS) to survey Robertson Park and Medeiros Parkway and analysis of how this type of technology can be used to support site scale level mapping.

WRMP Baylands Habitat Map 2020 Classification Key

Author(s): Pete Kauhanen | Alex Braud | Christina Toms | Sarah Pearce

2024

The Baylands Habitat Map 2020 (BHM2020), also known as Baylands Change Basemap (BCB), is a mapping effort designed to classify habitat types in support of Indicator 1 of the San Francisco Estuary Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program’s (WRMP…

California Trash Monitoring Methods and Assessments Playbook

Author(s): Shelly Moore | Tony Hale | Stephen Weisberg | Lorenzo Flores | Pete Kauhanen

2021

As municipalities and water-quality regulatory agencies have implemented programs and policies to improve management of the trash loading to storm drain conveyances, there has been increased interest in using a common set of methods to quantify the effectiveness of management…

Field Testing Report: California Trash Monitoring Methods

Author(s): Shelly Moore | Tony Hale | Stephen Weisberg | Lorenzo Flores | Pete Kauhanen

2021

Trash has received renewed focus in recent years as policy makers, public agencies, environmental organizations, and community groups have taken many steps towards trash quantification and management across California. The range of management actions is matched by the…

Green Stormwater Infrastructure Planning-level Analysis for Livermore-Amador Valley

Author(s): Tan Zi | Pete Kauhanen | Alison Whipple | Lester McKee

2021

This effort is intended to provide planning-level regional guidance for placement of green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) in Livermore-Amador Valley. This work identifies potential GSI locations and quantifies contaminant load and stormwater runoff volume reduction benefits…

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Optimal Selection and Placement of Green Infrastructure in Urban Watersheds for PCB Control

Author(s): Jing Wu | Pete Kauhanen | Jennifer Hunt | David Senn | Tony Hale | Lester McKee

2019

San Francisco Bay and its watersheds are polluted by legacy polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), resulting in the establishment of a total maximum daily load (TDML) that requires a 90% PCB load reduction from municipal stormwater. Green infrastructure (GI) is a multibenefit…

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GreenPlan-IT Tracker

Author(s): Tony Hale | Lindsey Sim | Lester McKee | Joshua Bradt

2018

This technical memo describes the purpose, functions, and structure associated with the newest addition to the GreenPlan-IT Toolset, the GreenPlan-IT Tracker. It also shares the opportunities for further enhancement and how the tool can operate in concert with existing…

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San Francisco Bay Shore Inventory: Mapping for Sea Level Rise Planning

Author(s): Carolyn Doehring | Julie Beagle | Jeremy Lowe | Robin Grossinger | Micha Salomon | Pete Kauhanen | Samantha Nakata | Ruth Askevold | Shira Bezalel

2016

With rising sea levels and the increased likelihood of extreme weather events, it is important for regional agencies and local municipalities in the San Francisco Bay Area to have a clear understanding of the status, composition, condition, and elevation of our current Bay…