Resiliency is the key issue highlighted in the State of the Estuary Report issued Monday by the San Francisco Estuary Partnership. This is the first report on the health of the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary since 2015. It’s being issued as the...
The 14th Biennial State of the San Francisco Estuary Conference will be held October 21 – 22 at the Scottish Rite Center in Oakland. The Estuary Conference showcases the latest information about the region’s work to sustain and improve the estuary’s habitats, living...
A landmark project for the Bay Area aimed at reducing the amount of polluted water draining into San Francisco Bay has broke ground in Berkeley. The San Francisco Estuary Partnership has developed a program for implementing green street projects in four East Bay...
Last month, the U.S. Senate adopted a resolution designating September 14-21, 2019 as the seventh annual National Estuaries Week. In the San Francisco Bay Area, organizations like the San Francisco Estuary Partnership, Save the Bay, Friends of Five Creeks, and The...
Protecting the Bay and its watersheds The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded an almost $1.5 million grant to the San Francisco Estuary Partnership for its Transforming Shorelines project. The Transforming Shorelines project works with wastewater...
Reauthorization legislation could assist with programs The Protect and Restore America’s Estuaries Act, a bipartisan bill which would reauthorize the National Estuary Program (NEP), was introduced last week by U.S. Representative Tom Malinowski (D-NJ). The NEP, a...
