NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Quantum leap in collecting and unifying regional metrics on wetland health Estuary News Group Notebook News and Features January 23, 2025 219By Guananí Gómez-Van Cortright & Ariel Rubissow Okamoto In 1999, regional managers vowed to restore 100,000 acres of tidal wetlands...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: U.S. Fish and Wildlife to seek critical habitat status for Bay-Delta longfin smelt Courthouse News Service News January 15, 2025 377The proposed habitat is over 90,000 acres and includes portions of Contra Costa, Napa, Sacramento, Solano and Sonoma counties. By...
PRESS RELEASE: Critical habitat proposed to protect longfin smelt in San Francisco Bay-Delta Center for Biological Diversity News January 15, 2025 169Press release from the Center for Biological Diversity: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to designate 91,630 acres...
POLICY ANALYSIS: Assessing regional strategies to cope with drought, climate, and environmental flow policy impacts for a sustainable water supply: A case study of the Bay Area Guest Contributor News January 6, 2025 166By Bridget C. Gile, Randall T. Holmes, Allison R. Sherris, Scott Fendorf, and Richard G. Luthy California’s Bay-Delta watershed encompasses...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Seizing a rare chance to keep tidal marsh ahead of sea level rise in the San Francisco Bay Robin Meadows Delta scienceNotebook News and Features December 17, 2024 460By Robin Meadows The San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge, which hugs the northern arc of the San Francisco Bay,...
COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE: California Coastal Commission reluctantly approves San Francisco seawall project Courthouse News Service News November 15, 2024 179The project also includes plans for a portion of the city’s Great Highway be permanently closed to car traffic to...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Justices’ ideologies dump EPA controls on sewage down the drain Courthouse News Service News October 17, 2024 242The Environmental Protection Agency took on a case of deja vu as the justices returned to familiar contentions over regulatory...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Supreme Court will hear San Francisco’s challenge to NPDES permits next week, a case with national implications Courthouse News Service News October 11, 2024 258At Supreme Court next week, agency authority returns to center stage By Kelsey Reichmann The Supreme Court’s upcoming review of...
THE CONVERSATION: San Francisco is suing the EPA over how specific water pollution permits should be The Conversation News October 11, 2024 76By Robin Kundis Craig, University of Kansas The U.S. Supreme Court will test how flexible the EPA and states can...
PRESS RELEASE: Oil giant Valero, Amports settle SF Baykeeper lawsuit over Bay pollution San Francisco Baykeeper Press Release/Other October 8, 2024 27Repeated pollution violations result in $2.38 million in mitigation payments From the San Francisco Baykeeper: Valero oil refinery and Amports,...
USGS: Shifting sand-supply dynamics in San Francisco Bay USGS Delta scienceNews August 6, 2024 169Coastal communities, particularly those around large estuaries like San Francisco Bay, face increasing challenges due to sea-level rise and anthropogenic...
COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE: Bay-Delta longfin smelt wins Endangered Species Act protections Courthouse News Service News July 30, 2024 118Longfin smelt were once abundant in the San Francisco Bay estuary, but populations have declined more than 99% from 1980s...
PRESS RELEASE: Federal government declares San Francisco Bay longfin smelt “endangered” San Francisco Baykeeper Press Release/Other July 29, 2024 1673Listing will require new safeguards for fish, SF Bay and Delta ecosystems Press release from the San Francisco Baykeeper The...
KNEE DEEP TIMES: Sizing Up Progress on Nature-Based Infrastructure in the Bay Area Knee Deep Times Delta scienceScience July 25, 2024 306by Ariel Rubissow Okamoto, Knee Deep Times It wasn’t the appearance of a flashy, high-ranking California official at the podium,...
USGS: Study finds seasonal differences in marshland erosion in South San Francisco Bay USGS Delta scienceScience July 23, 2024 67By the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Erosion of marsh boundaries by waves is a major cause of...