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Photo by Photo courtesy SFEI
In early 2009, the Estuary Partnership received a $5 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to improve the health of the Estuary. (Click here to read more and see a map of the projects.) The San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) is providing technical and monitoring support to all partners in the grant, by reviewing project design, and developing monitoring protocols and Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs), managing data, and preparing technical reports. The result will be a process for reviewing project designs (where appropriate); well designed projects that will achieve their intended goals; consistent, expert use of standard and custom monitoring methods; online visualization of and access to monitoring data; and scientifically defensible annual reports on the status and trends of the projects, relative to their intended outputs and outcomes. In addition, the experience gained by helping projects overcome monitoring problems will be reflected in the statewide and regional monitoring programs. |
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This project is funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund. |
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