Tidal marsh restoration Archives ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

DWR NEWS: Levee breach marks completion of the Delta’s largest-ever tidal wetland restoration project

September 19, 2024 1918

Project Restores 3,400 acres of Habitat for Sensitive Fish Species While Also Reducing Flood Risk in the Central Valley From...

USGS: Study finds seasonal differences in marshland erosion in South San Francisco Bay

USGS

Delta science Science

July 23, 2024 47

By the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Erosion of marsh boundaries by waves is a major cause of...

KNEE DEEP TIMES: Marshes could save Bay Area half a billion dollars in floods

Jacoba Charles

Delta science Science

July 18, 2024 104

By Jacoba Charles, Knee Deep Times What, precisely, is the value of habitat restoration? While answers tend to aim for...

NOAA FISHERIES: New wetland monitoring guidelines in San Francisco Bay leverage data to improve science and restoration

NOAA Fisheries

Delta science Science

April 8, 2024 81

Collecting consistent wetland data supports large-scale insights. By NOAA Fisheries Conservation partners, including NOAA Fisheries, have created new guidelines for...

USFWS: Don Edwards NWR relishes progress in San Francisco Bay recovery

US Fish and Wildlife Service

Agency News

February 29, 2024 123

Wildlife and people benefit from ongoing restoration By Susan Morse, US Fish & Wildlife Service Twenty years after a complex,...

FEATURE: Checking Up on Montezuma Wetlands: Mud on the Rise

Mary K. Miller

Science

January 31, 2024 259

By Mary K. Miller The drive down Fire Truck Road to the Montezuma Wetlands Project, where the Delta and Suisun...

USFWS: Historic levee breach opens 300 San Francisco Bay acres to tidal marsh restoration

US Fish and Wildlife Service

News

December 19, 2023 195

Partners celebrate 20th anniversary of South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project By the US Fish & Wildlife Service On December...

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: How much habitat restoration has occurred in the Delta and Suisun Marsh since 2007?

Maven

Notebook News and Features

December 8, 2022 409

Study sets the baseline for meeting the Delta Plan’s ecosystem restoration targets The Delta Reform Act of 2009 established the...

Past the Salt: In SF’s salty South Bay, an ambitious wetlands restoration project is seeking to balance a return to the ecological past with the realities of a changing future

Guest Contributor

Delta science

July 18, 2022 70

Written by Skylar Knight at Biographic Perhaps unsurprisingly, taking photographs from a doorless helicopter was proving more difficult than San...

Atmospheric rivers help coastal wetlands build up sediment

American Geophysical Union

Science

July 13, 2022 37

By Alexandra K. Scammell, American Geophysical Union Extreme precipitation from hurricanes and atmospheric rivers can lead to increased flooding in...

ESTUARY NEWS: Sniffing the Delta for Greenhouse Gases

Estuary News Group

Delta science

June 10, 2022 3

by Janet Byron, Estuary News Group Dutch Slough in Oakley, on the southern edge of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, is...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Sources and Sinks! What’s Going on With Mercury in Sacramento Valley Tidal Wetlands?

Maven

Best of the Notebook Delta science

January 27, 2022 316

Legacy mercury contamination is problematic in California waterways due to historic gold and mercury mining. Even today, mercury from abandoned...

FEATURE: Unifying Restoration Across the San Francisco Estuary: A Profile on Ecologist Letitia Grenier

Robin Meadows

Notebook News and Features

October 19, 2021 199

Written by Robin Meadows San Francisco Estuary Institute ecologist Letitia Grenier has already led projects on working with nature toward...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Montezuma Wetlands Project: Early Results and Lessens Learned from a Newly Breached Marsh

Maven

Delta science

October 14, 2021 293

The Montezuma Wetlands Project is a multi-phase restoration project that uses dredged sediment to raise elevations in diked, subsided baylands...

BAY-DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Floating wetlands: A potential solution for Delta food-web support and habitat

Maven

Best of the Notebook Delta science

July 22, 2021 325

The Delta pelagic food web no longer adequately supports native species, and developing management strategies for foodweb support and habitat...

Tidal marsh restoration

DWR NEWS: Levee breach marks completion of the Delta’s largest-ever tidal wetland restoration project

USGS: Study finds seasonal differences in marshland erosion in South San Francisco Bay

KNEE DEEP TIMES: Marshes could save Bay Area half a billion dollars in floods

NOAA FISHERIES: New wetland monitoring guidelines in San Francisco Bay leverage data to improve science and restoration

USFWS: Don Edwards NWR relishes progress in San Francisco Bay recovery

FEATURE: Checking Up on Montezuma Wetlands: Mud on the Rise

USFWS: Historic levee breach opens 300 San Francisco Bay acres to tidal marsh restoration

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: How much habitat restoration has occurred in the Delta and Suisun Marsh since 2007?

Past the Salt: In SF’s salty South Bay, an ambitious wetlands restoration project is seeking to balance a return to the ecological past with the realities of a changing future

Atmospheric rivers help coastal wetlands build up sediment

ESTUARY NEWS: Sniffing the Delta for Greenhouse Gases

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Sources and Sinks! What’s Going on With Mercury in Sacramento Valley Tidal Wetlands?

FEATURE: Unifying Restoration Across the San Francisco Estuary: A Profile on Ecologist Letitia Grenier

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Montezuma Wetlands Project: Early Results and Lessens Learned from a Newly Breached Marsh

BAY-DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Floating wetlands: A potential solution for Delta food-web support and habitat

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Certification of Consistency filed for Delta Conveyance Project geotechnical activities

SJV WATER: New UC Davis clinic hopes to give small valley farmers some legal fire power to defend their groundwater stake

AG ALERT: Done right, flooding fields can be efficient

AG ALERT: State Water Board approves boost in rates for 2024-25

NIDIS: GPS for drought monitoring: leveraging the power of satellites to quantify regional water deficits

DAILY DIGEST, 10/10: New UC Davis clinic hopes to help small valley farmers with SGMA; Scientists implement creative measures to save dwindling salmon populations; The shifting landscape of water rate setting; and more …