Resilience Programs

The San Francisco Estuary faces increasingly complex ecological challenges as recurrent flooding affects every facet of the estuarine system. Extreme heat events, more frequent droughts, rising sea levels, and other challenges can stress socioecological systems. The Estuary Partnership advances resilience at the regional and local level using nature-based solutions, also known as ‘NBS’. NBS leverages  natural and nature-based processes to bring multiple benefits to water, land, and people. 

Adaptation and Resilience Technical Assistance

SFEP’s Adaptation and Resilience Technical Assistance Program provides support to local governments, community-based organizations, and Tribes. Its operational framework is based on the Estuary Blueprint that aims to (1) increase the pace and scale of on the ground resilience strategies both at the subregional scale and for individual projects (2) partner with local governments, community-based organizations and Tribes to fund, plan and deliver nature-based shoreline adaptation projects across the SF Bay region (3) and advance a range of project types and pilot projects, including horizontal levees, ecotones and living shorelines. Learn how the program can support your organization.    

Learn more about our suite of programs here.

A group of three people wearing hats and backpacks stand in front of a green plot of growing wetland plants at the Oro Loma pilot horizontal levee on a bright, sunny day.

Wetlands Regional Montioring Program

The San Francisco Estuary restoration community is working rapidly to protect and restore wetlands that can provide flood protection, recreation, water quality improvement, and habitat for surrounding communities. In order to meet a regional target of 100,000 acres restored by 2030, close coordination is needed between land managers, scientists and regulators. The WRMP will improve wetland restoration project success by putting in place regional-scale monitoring increasing the impact, utility and application of permit-driven monitoring to inform science-based decision-making. Once in place, the WRMP will be a robust, science-driven, collaborative regional monitoring program that includes:

  • Monitoring site network
  • Open data sharing platform
  • Comprehensive science framework

Learn more about the Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program here (external website). 

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