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Cancelled:
2024 State of the Estuary Conference
As of 4:30pm Monday March 11, the 2024 State of the Estuary Conference is cancelled due to the conference venue not being ready.
We know that this creates a significant inconvenience for our attendees, particularly those who are traveling to the area. We had been repeatedly assured that the venue would be ready in time for this event, and we are incredibly disappointed with this result.
More information regarding a potential reschedule and process for issuing refunds will be made available in the coming days. Our sincerest apologies for this unexpected turn of events.
2023 NEP Watersheds Grant Program RFP
The National Estuaries Program (NEP) Watersheds Grant Program is a nationally competitive grants program administered by Restore America’s Estuaries to support projects that address urgent, emerging, and challenging issues within the San Francisco Estuary, one of the 28 NEP location boundary areas. Proposed projects must demonstrate how they relate to and carry out the priority actions in SFEP’s Estuary Blueprint.
All proposed projects must include a Letter of Acknolwedgement. To request a Letter of Acknowledgement, follow the 2023 Request for Acknowledgement Letter Instructions and email caitlin.sweeney@sfestuary.org by January 18, 2024.
2024 Priority Conservation Area Grants
MTC has provided $8.5 million in local and federal funds for the current grant round of this program. Grants may range from $200,000 to $1 million. Grant requests greater than $1 million will be considered on a case-by-case basis, for projects of extraordinary regional significance.
Learn more about the application process and eligibility. All interested applicants must submit a completed Letter of Interest Application form due Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 11:59pm.
Trashy trends: challenges of the Bay Area’s free-range waste
Trash has long been a problem in the Bay-Delta, and is considered one of the 25 priorities in the Estuary Blueprint. Read about the region’s progress towards a less trashy estuary in this article by Daniel McGlynn.
About the Estuary Partnership
The San Francisco Estuary Partnership is a collaborative regional program of resource agencies, non-profits, citizens, and scientists working to protect, restore, and enhance water quality and fish and wildlife habitat in and around the San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary. Working cooperatively, we share information and resources that result in studies, projects, and programs that improve the Estuary and communicate its value and needs to the public. The Association of Bay Area Governments is the home agency for Partnership staff and finances. Our offices are located at the Bay Area Metro Center in San Francisco. Please see our Implementation Committee meeting dates and materials here.
Estuary News Magazine
Archive
ESTUARY News was an independent regional magazine published in the public interest by the San Francisco Estuary Partnership and its myriad partners around the Bay and Delta between 1992 and 2023. Written by professional, independent journalists, it provided in-depth, silo-crossing coverage of the environmental, restoration, and climate adaptation issues of our time.
News Around the Estuary
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- California's Worst Wage Theft Offender Still In Business
- San Francisco Accused of Flushing Sewage into Iconic Bay
- Local watchdog alleges San Francisco is discharging sewage, trash into area water
- Students from India Power the Increase in International Students in the United States
- Berkeley to Buy Ohlone Shellmound Site,Then Return it to Indigenous Land Trust
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