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Palo Alto Horizontal Levee construction begins
The Palo Alto Horizontal Levee Pilot Project construction is underway, a nature-based approach providing protection against sea level rise and enhancing habitat in the San Francisco Bay.
This project is the first of its kind to be built on the San Francisco Bay shoreline using effluent from the Regional Water Quality Control Plant to irrigate native plantings and informing future “living levee” designs all around the Bay Area.
Registration is now OPEN for the State of the Estuary Conference
You can now get your ticket(s) for the 2025 State of the Estuary Conference, to be held at the Oakland Scottish Rite from October 28–29. Join us to network, celebrate regional accomplishments, learn from each other, and discover what’s happening across the field as we endeavor to connect science, restoration, stewardship, and community with the shared goal of maintaining and restoring the health of the San Francisco Estuary.
Bay Area Wetland Growth Defies Global Trend
San Francisco Bay stands out as an exception to the worldwide trend toward wetland destruction.
In a rare bit of positive environmental news, a new report from the Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program (WRMP) indicates that restored tidal wetlands in the Bay almost quadrupled from 2000 to 2020, bringing the total to 53,000 acres and growing.
To read the full article, visit the ABAG blog.
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
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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.
