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Author(s): San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI)
2025
The Landscapes Scenario Planning Tool (LSPT) is a standardized, science-based resource for analyzing and comparing land-use scenarios in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Suisun Marsh. The tool takes data from detailed landscape maps and calculates metrics related to…
Author(s): Lydia Vaughn | Steven Deverel | Stephanie Panlasigui | Judith Drexler | Marc Olds | Jose Diaz | Kendall Harris | James Morris | Letitia Grenier | April Robinson | Donna Ball
2024
In the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta (Delta), widespread drainage of historical wetlands has led to extensive subsidence and peat carbon losses, as well as high ongoing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Large-scale wetland restoration and conversion to rice fields has the…
Author(s): James Morris | Judith Drexler | Lydia Vaughn | April Robinson
2022
Quantitative, broadly applicable metrics of resilience are needed to effectively manage tidal marshes into the future. Here we quantified three metrics of temporal marsh resilience: time to marsh drowning, time to marsh tipping point, and the probability of a regime shift,…
Resilient Staten Island: Landscape Scenario Analysis Pilot Application
Author(s): Alison Whipple | Letitia Grenier | Samuel Safran | Dawit Zeleke | Emily Wells | Steven Deverel | Marc Olds | Spencer Cole | José Rodríguez-Flores | Alexander Guzman | Josué Medellín-Azuara
2022
A central motivating question for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta science and management community is what should be done, where and when, to support future Delta landscapes that are ecologically and economically viable and resilient to change. Actions must be taken that…
Author(s): Lydia Vaughn | Samuel Safran | April Robinson | Alison Whipple | Amy Richey | Letitia Grenier | James Cloern | Stephen Andrews | Katharyn Boyer | Judith Drexler | Emily Howe | Robert Naiman | Melissa Patten | James Pinckney
2020
This report describes the Delta Landscapes Primary Production project, which quantifies how landscape change in the Delta has altered the quantity and character of primary production. Combining historical and modern maps with simple models of production for five dominant…
Chinook Salmon Habitat Quantification Tool: User Guide (Version 1.0)
Author(s): Alison Whipple | T. Grantham | Gloria Desanker | L Hunt | A. Merrill | B. Hackenjos | Ruth Askevold
2019
The Salmon Habitat Quantification Tool provides systematic, transparent, and consistent accounting of the spatial extent, temporal variability, and quality of salmon habitat on the landscape. It is part of the multi-species assessment of the Central Valley Habitat…
A Delta Renewed: A Guide to Science-Based Ecological Restoration in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
Author(s): April Robinson | Samuel Safran | Julie Beagle | Letitia Grenier | Robin Grossinger | Erica Spotswood | Scott Dusterhoff | Amy Richey
2016
This report offers guidance for creating and maintaining landscapes in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta that support desired ecological functions, while retaining the overall agricultural character and water-supply service of the region. Based on extensive research into how…
Author(s): James Cloern | April Robinson | Amy Richey | Letitia Grenier | Robin Grossinger | Katharyn Boyer | Jon Burau | Elizabeth Canuel | John DeGeorge | Judith Drexler | Chris Enright | Emily Howe | Ronald Kneib | Anke Mueller-Solger | Robert Naiman | James Pinckney | Samuel Safran | David Schoellhamer | Charles Simenstad
2016
To evaluate the role of restoration in the recovery of the Delta ecosystem, we need to have clear targets and performance measures that directly assess ecosystem function. Primary production is a crucial ecosystem process, which directly limits the quality and quantity of…
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Historical Ecology Investigation: Exploring Pattern and Process
Author(s): Alison Whipple | Robin Grossinger | D. Rankin | B. Stanford | Ruth Askevold
2012
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta has been transformed from the largest wetland system on the Pacific Coast of the United States to highly productive farmland and other uses embodying California’s water struggles. The Delta comprises the upper extent of the San Francisco…