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Restoring Sediment Pathways: A Resilient Landscape Vision for the Adobe Creek Baylands
Author(s): Emma Sevier | Katie McKnight | Kendall Harris | Scott Dusterhoff | Ruth Askevold | Ben Satzman
2026
Restoring Sediment Pathways: A Resilient Landscape Vision for the Adobe Creek Baylands synthesizes science and community priorities into a nature-based approach for improving the resilience and ecological functioning of, and community and Tribal access to, the Adobe…
Author(s): Ellen Plane | Alex Braud | Annie Sneed | Jeremy Lowe
2025
Our region faces an immense challenge in adapting to sea level rise. Without action, the San Francisco Bay Area (Bay Area) risks losing shoreline habitats and the critical services they provide, from flood protection to wildlife support to carbon sequestration.
Nature…
Author(s): Annie Sneed | Katie McKnight | Ruth Askevold
2025
The San Francisco Bay Shoreline Adaptation Atlas, developed by SFEI and SPUR in 2019, provides a framework for addressing sea-level rise through nature-based solutions. By defining Operational Landscape Units (OLUs)—planning units based on natural processes rather than…
Implementing Nature-based Solutions for Wastewater Management: San Francisco Bay Area Examples
Author(s): G. Miller | Annie Sneed | Ellen Plane | Ian Wren
2024
Prepared by the San Francisco Estuary Institute for the Bay Area Clean Water Agencies.
Prepared in partnership with City of Hayward, City of Petaluma, East Bay Dischargers Authority, East Bay Regional Park District, Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary District, Mountain…
Author(s): Scott Dusterhoff | Katie McKnight | Letitia Grenier | Nate Kauffman
2021
This report analyses current data and climate projections to determine how much natural sediment may be available for tidal marshes and mudflats and how much supplemental sediment may be needed under different future scenarios. These sediment supply and demand estimates are…
Author(s): Sarah Pearce | Lester McKee | Alison Whipple | Tami Church
2021
Historic and current regional management of watersheds and channels for water supply and flood control across the San Francisco Bay Area has cut off much of the coarse sediment that was historically delivered to the Bay. Here we define coarse sediment as having grain sizes…
Author(s): Katie McKnight | Jeremy Lowe | Ellen Plane
2020
Sediment bulk density is the total mass of mineral and organic sediment within a defined volume. It is a key variable in many research questions pertaining to Bay sediment studies but one that is often poorly quantified and can be misinterpreted. The motivation for this…
Author(s): Julie Beagle | Jeremy Lowe | Katie McKnight | Samuel Safran | Laura Tam | Sarah Szambelan
2019
As the climate continues to change, San Francisco Bay shoreline communities will need to adapt in order to build social and ecological resilience to rising sea levels. Given the complex and varied nature of the Bay shore, a science-based framework is essential to identify…
Author(s): Katie McKnight | Scott Dusterhoff | Robin Grossinger | Ruth Askevold
2018
This report proposes a multi-faceted redesign of the South San Francisco Bay shoreline at the interface with Calabazas and San Tomas Aquino creeks. Recognizing the opportunities presented by changing land use and new challenges, such as accelerated sea-level rise, we explore…
Author(s): Scott Dusterhoff | Sarah Pearce | Lester McKee | Carolyn Doehring | Julie Beagle | Katie McKnight | Robin Grossinger | Ruth Askevold
2017
Over the past 200 years, many of the channels that drain to San Francisco Bay have been modified for land reclamation and flood management. The local agencies that oversee these channels are seeking new management approaches that provide multiple benefits and promote…
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…
Author(s): Goals Project
2015
- Baylands Ecosystem Habitat Goals Science Update 2015, Complete Report
- Science Foundation Chapters
- Appendix A: Process for Updating the Baylands Goals
- Appendix B: Change in the Extent of Baylands Habitat
- Appendix C: Changes in the Configuration of Baylands Habitats
- Appendix D: Future Scenarios Evaluated
- Appendix E: Habitat Types
Shifting Shores: Marsh Expansion and Retreat in San Pablo Bay
Author(s): Julie Beagle | Micha Salomon | Robin Grossinger | Sean Baumgarten | Ruth Askevold
2015
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
As sea level rise accelerates, our shores will be increasingly vulnerable to erosion. Particular concern centers around the potential loss of San Francisco Bay’s much-valued tidal marshes, which provide natural flood protection to…