Providing a map of the present and future restoration efforts for the San Francisco Estuary Over 700 people gathered at the Oakland Scottish Rite Center to connect on their shared goals to preserve habitats, support thriving species, manage resources effectively, and...

ABAG-MTC's Priority Conservation Areas (PCA) Program — which indicates regionally significant areas to be protected and improved — has been revised. PCAs include natural habitats, farms and ranchlands, recreation areas, urban green spaces and locations that can help...

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...

LiDAR flight plan and progress map for the San Francisco Baylands and San Joaquin Delta. Areas in pink represent completed flight lines as of Aug. 21, while yellow lines indicate planned coverage. The San Francisco Estuary Partnership is co-managing the first laser...

The San Francisco Estuary Partnership has officially launched its second cohort of the Estuary Youth Council (EYC). The boundary-pushing initiative is designed to empower and support youth from marginalized communities in the San Francisco Estuary region to gain...

The First Mile Horizontal Levee Project is being featured on NBC Bay Area ’s OpenRoad program, highlighting an innovative nature-based shoreline adaptation along the Hayward shoreline. The project will combine habitat restoration, wastewater treatment and flood...

The San Francisco Estuary Partnership will launch its second cohort of the Estuary Youth Council (EYC) this summer. This boundary-pushing initiative is designed to empower and support youth from marginalized communities in the San Francisco Estuary region....

Every April, San Francisco brings together hundreds of organizations to host over one hundred climate action and environment-focused events and learning sessions that draw more than 7,000 attendees for San Francisco Climate Week. For the first time, two agencies...

The State of the San Francisco Estuary Conference showcases the latest information about the region’s work to sustain and improve the Estuary’s habitats, living resources, water quality, climate resilience, and environmental stewardship. The next State of the Estuary...

Friends of the San Francisco Estuary, the nonprofit partner of the San Francisco Estuary Partnership, is looking for new board members. Ideal applicants are passionate individuals who are ready to devote time and energy toward strategy, fundraising, and...

Bay Area college and university students are encouraged to apply to the Ann Fitzgerald Flemer College Mentorship Program. This paid opportunity offers students professional work experience in transportation planning, finance and operational projects. Applications are...

For the first time, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will study impacts of sea level rise on the entire region with a focus on economically disadvantaged communities, vulnerable infrastructure, and nature-based strategies. The Bay Area Regional Collaborative...

Grants Support Plan Bay Area 2050 Goals The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) just awarded a total of $8.5 million to 13 Bay Area organizations for Priority Conservation Area (PCA) Grants that support the goals of Plan Bay Area 2050, the adopted long-range...

The Association of Bay Area Governments is recruiting elected officials of Bayside Cities or Counties, regional park districts or open space districts that touch the Bay to serve on the Governing Board of the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority. The San Francisco...

The City of Petaluma, like many cities in California and across the United States, has been impacted by climate change. Over the past four years, it has experienced extreme drought. In 2020, Lake Mendocino and Lake Sonoma reached historic lows and only through a...

Congressional members from both the House and Senate signed their respective resolutions supporting the designation of this week as National Estuaries Week. This commitment to our estuaries, started in 1988 as National Estuaries Day, aims to draw attention to these...

On Tuesday, July 30th, a group of nearly forty people wearing hiking vests, sunglasses and baseball hats gathered on a bright sunny day at the edge of the South Bay for a tour led by the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority (SFBRA), co-staffed by the San Francisco...

The 16th biennial State of the San Francisco Estuary Conference, hosted by the San Francisco Estuary Partnership, returned in person this year for the first time since 2019. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the Bay Area Regional Collaborative and the San...

Partners Include MTC, Caltrans, SCTA, San Francisco Estuary Partnership The California Department of Fish and Wildlife this month approved the North Bay Baylands Regional Conservation Investment Strategy(link is external) produced by MTC, Caltrans, the San Francisco...

The Bay Area is the beneficiary of $32 million in water quality grants to protect fish passages in Richmond, build rain gardens at schools in underserved areas of Petaluma and provide flood protection in San Jose, among other projects. The projects will be implemented...

Bay Area college and university students are encouraged to apply to the ABAG/Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) Pathway to Government College Mentorship Program. This paid opportunity offers students professional work experience in transportation planning,...

Every two years, the San Francisco Estuary Partnership brings together planners, regulators, scientists, practitioners, activists, and many others to exchange knowledge, highlight innovative projects, and support one another in achieving our collective vision of a...

The San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority — co-staffed by the San Francisco Estuary Partnership(link is external) and the State Coastal Conservancy — and other partners opened a 300-acre former industrial salt pond to San Francisco Bay this week as part of ambitious...

The San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority — co-staffed by the San Francisco Estuary Partnership(link is external) and the State Coastal Conservancy(link is external) — has helped secure the acquisition of a 1,150-acre site for tidal wetland restoration in the North...

A first-of-its-kind horizontal levee project providing a host of ecological benefits — led by the San Francisco Estuary Partnership and the city of Palo Alto — has received $2.1 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for construction in Fall 2024....

At a recent Tribal Water Summit, the California Indian Environmental Alliance and Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians held a workshop in collaboration with Mono Lake Kutzadika’s Tribe, Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians, and San Francisco Baykeeper to discuss water...

The San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority is responsible for allocating funds raised by voter-approved Measure AA, the 2016 San Francisco Bay Clean Water, Pollution Prevention and Habitat Restoration Measure. Each year, the Authority has about $25 million in grant...

The Governing Board of the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority this month honored outgoing Board Member Sally Lieber, who has been instrumental in the creation and ongoing success of the Restoration Authority. The Restoration Authority is staffed by the San...

The San Francisco Estuary Partnership has opened public comment on 25 actions being assessed to promote a healthy, vibrant, resilient and thriving San Francisco Estuary by 2050. Watch the Blueprint video overview to learn more about the process. Submit comments...

The San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority has announced its new executive officer, Amy Hutzel. Hutzel also has been appointed as executive officer of the State Coastal Conservancy, which provides executive officer services to the Restoration Authority under a joint...

The Governing Board of the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority has authorized funding for two projects, one that addresses a sometimes flooded section of the Bay Trail in Marin County, with the other revegetating a section of upland habitat at Candlestick Point in...

More than 600 attend virtual event At last week’s State of the Estuary Summit, communities took center stage in planning for a healthy, resilient estuary. On Friday, Oct. 1, the San Francisco Estuary Partnership hosted a COVID-era version of the biennial State of the...

The San Francisco Estuary Partnership is updating its Estuary Blueprint, which lays out priority actions needed for a healthy, resilient San Francisco Estuary by 2050. The partnership is seeking input to guide the update and has posted an online survey. The Estuary...

The Protect and Restore America’s Estuaries Act, a bill reauthorizing and expanding the National Estuary Program (NEP) was signed into law this week. The bill, which passed Congress with bipartisan support, reauthorizes the National Estuary Program through 2026. The...

The San Francisco Estuary Partnership is taking stock of milestones achieved during 2020. Despite the challenges imposed by the pandemic, partnerships throughout the region brought results that serve to enhance the San Francisco Bay Estuary. Among the projects: The...

ABAG's San Francisco Estuary Partnership looking at sea level rise The Bay Area will get a preview of California’s future this weekend as “king tides” roll in. The gravitational tug of the moon and sun, not climate change, is responsible for the extreme tides....

ABAG's San Francisco Estuary Partnership Plays Role September 19 - 26 marks the annual National Estuaries Week aimed at drawing attention to the vital bodies of water locally and around the nation. Locally, look here for posts about the week. You can find more...

A San Francisco Estuary Partnership project aimed at reducing the amount of polluted water draining into San Francisco Bay was highlighted by an NBC Bay report on Earth Day. The highlighted work is the newest link in the Estuary Partnership’s “Green Stormwater Spine”...

The Wetland Regional Monitoring Program plan for the San Francisco Estuary is now complete. Developed by the San Francisco Estuary Partnership and others, the plan will improve wetland restoration project success by putting in place regional-scale monitoring...

As part of I Heart Estuaries week earlier this month, the San Francisco Estuary Partnership encouraged people to put pen to paper and express their thoughts. The San Francisco Estuary Partnership, a program of the Association of Bay Area Governments and resident of...

The San Francisco Estuary Partnership is holding an in-person and virtual poetry slam and writing event for #iheartestuaries this week. Between Feb. 12 and 14 the National Estuarine Research Reserve Association is promoting the I Heart Estuaries media campaign raising...

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...

Join in to show your support of estuaries, like our San Francisco Bay-Delta with the joint, 3-day "I heart estuaries" social media campaign. Add #iheartestuaries on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Spread the love and tweet away on February 12th, 13th and 14th!This...

Bay Day -- Saturday, October 7th is a holiday dedicated to connecting Bay Area communities with the scenic and unique ecological wonders of San Francisco Bay. Participants are encouraged to enjoy the Bay and feel inspired to protect this natural, local resource...

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