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Sam Safran
Consulting Ecologist
Resilient Landscapes Program
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Areas of Expertise

Resilient Landscapes Program
Delta Landscapes
Urban Nature

Contact Info

[email protected]
phone
(510) 746-7383

Background

Sam's work focuses on understanding how ecosystems functioned in the past and how best to use this knowledge to inform present-day landscape-scale restoration and management. Along the way he relies heavily on geospatial analysis and landscape ecology. He also enjoys cartography and other forms of data visualization. Sam received his joint B.A. in Biology and Environmental Studies from Middlebury College in Vermont.

Highlighted Work at SFEI

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Whipple, A; Grenier, L; Safran, SM; Zeleke, D; Wells, E; Deverel, SJ; Olds, M; Cole, S; Rodríguez-Flores, J; Guzman, A; Medellín-Azuara, J. 2022. Resilient Staten Island: Landscape Scenario Analysis Pilot Application. SFEI Contribution No. 1083. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, Ca.
Whipple, A; Robinson, A; Safran, SM. 2022. Elevation and Opportunity in the Delta: Restoring the right thing in the right place. SFEI Contribution No. 1082. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, Ca.
Robinson, A; Harris, K; Morris, J; Drexler, JZ; Vaughn, LS; Safran, SM; Panlasigui, S; Grenier, L; Ball, D. 2022. Delta Wetland Futures: Tidal Marsh Resilience to Sea Level Rise. SFEI Contribution No. 1106.
Cloern, JE et al. 2021. On the human appropriation of wetland primary production. Science of the Total Environment, 785.
Iknayan, K; Wheeler, M; Safran, SM; Young, JS; Spotswood, E. 2021. What makes urban parks good for California quail? Evaluating park suitability, species persistence, and the potential for reintroduction into a large urban national park. Journal of Applied Ecology.
Vaughn, LS et al. 2020. Delta Landscapes Primary Production: Past, Present, Future. SFEI Contribution No. 988.
Beagle, J; Lowe, J; McKnight, K; Safran, SM; Tam, L; Szambelan, SJ. 2019. San Francisco Bay Shoreline Adaptation Atlas: Working with Nature to Plan for Sea Level Rise Using Operational Landscape Units. SFEI Contribution No. 915. p. 255.
Safran, SM; Baumgarten, SA; Beller, EE; Bram, DL; Crooks, JA; Dark, SJ; Grossinger, RM; Longcore, TR; Lorda, J; Stein, ED. 2018. The Historical Ecology of the Tijuana Estuary & River Valley (Restore America’s Estuaries 2018 Conference Presentation).
Safran, SM; Hagerty, S; Robinson, A; Grenier, L. 2018. Translating Science-Based Restoration Strategies into Spatially-Explicit Restoration Opportunities in the Delta (2018 Bay-Delta Science Conference Presentation).
Robinson, A; Beagle, J; Safran, SM; McKnight, K; Grenier, L; Askevold, RA. 2017. Delta Landscapes: A Delta Renewed User Guide. SFEI Contribution No. 854.
Robinson, A; Beagle, J; Safran, SM; McKnight, K; Grenier, L; Askevold, RA. 2017. Delta Landscapes Executive Summary. SFEI Contribution No. 853.
Safran, SM; Baumgarten, SA; Beller, EE; Crooks, JA; Grossinger, RM; Lorda, J; Longcore, TR; Bram, DL; Dark, SJ; Stein, ED; McIntosh, TL. 2017. Tijuana River Valley Historical Ecology Investigation. Prepared for the State Coastal Conservancy. A Report of SFEI-ASC’s Resilient Landscapes Program. SFEI Contribution No. 760. San Francisco Estuary Institute - Aquatic Science Center : Richmond, CA. p. 230.
Greenbaum, E et al. 2017. Resilient By Design Briefing Book.
Robinson, A; Safran, SM; Beagle, J; Grenier, L; Grossinger, RM; Spotswood, E; Dusterhoff, SD; Richey, A. 2016. A Delta Renewed: A Guide to Science-Based Ecological Restoration in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Prepared for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and Ecosystem Restoration Program. A Report of SFEI-ASC’s Resilient Landscapes Program. SFEI Contribution No. 799. San Francisco Estuary Institute - Aquatic Science Center: Richmond, CA.
Cloern, JE et al. 2016. Primary Production in the Delta: Then and Now. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science, 14.
Safran, SM; Grenier, L; Grossinger, RM. 2016. Ecological implications of modeled hydrodynamic changes in the upper San Francisco Estuary: Phase II Technical Memorandum. SFEI Contribution No. 786.
Safran, SM; Clark, E; Beller, EE; Grossinger, RM. 2016. Mission Bay Historical Ecology Reconnaissance Study: Data Collection Summary and Initial Findings (Presentation).
Safran, SM; Clark, E; Beller, EE; Grossinger, RM. 2016. Mission Bay Historical Ecology Reconnaissance Study: Data Collection Summary (Technical Report). SFEI Contribution No. 777.
Safran, SM. 2015. The Tijuana River Valley: An Ecological Look into the Past.
Grossinger, RM; Askevold, RA; Beagle, J; Grenier, L; Robinson, A; Safran, SM. 2014. Delta Landscape Metrics: Creating a Spatial Framework to Inform Restoration Planning. Sacramento, CA.
Robinson, A; Safran, SM; Beagle, J; Grossinger, RM; Grenier, L; Askevold, RA. 2014. A Delta Transformed: Ecological Functions, Spatial Metrics, and Landscape Change in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. SFEI Contribution No. 729. San Francisco Estuary Institute - Aquatic Science Center: Richmond, CA.
SFEI; Safran, SM. 2014. Natural Flow Hydrodynamic Modeling Technology Support Phase 1 Technical Memorandum.
Safran, SM; Robinson, A; Beagle, J; Klatt, M; Cayce, K; Grossinger, RM. 2013. A landscape ecology analysis of San Francisco Bay-Delta marsh then (1850) and now. Oakland, CA.
Beller, EE; Safran, SM; Grossinger, RM; Grenier, L; Whipple, A; Beagle, J; Robinson, A; Askevold, RA. 2012. Developing Tools for Landscape-Scale Restoration in the Delta. Sacramento, CA.

 

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