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Transforming Shorelines Collaborative

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Transforming Shorelines Collaborative Meeting: Community Engagement for Nature Based Solutions

Please join us at an upcoming in-person meeting focused on Community Engagement for Nature Based Shoreline Solutions. What does it mean to effectively and meaningfully engage community members in nature-based shoreline solutions? From workforce development, project consultation, co-creating design, monitoring programs and more, the opportunities to foster partnerships through shoreline NBS projects are boundless. This meeting will provide opportunities for local agencies, community-based organizations, resilience practitioners, and other interested parties to learn and ask questions about best practices community engagement on nature-based solutions (NBS) in San Francisco Bay.  
When: October 1, 2025 1-4pm at the Bay Area Metro Center, 375 Beale Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105.  
Please use this link to register.  
The goals of this meeting include: (a) highlight community engagement best practices across the adaptive management cycle for nature-based shoreline solutions projects in the SF Bay and (b) ideate with participants around key opportunities and challenges. Come prepared to bring your projects and share your successes and challenges in a highly engaged community of practice. The final output after the meeting will be a guide for community engagement around NBS at each phase of the adaptive management cycle. The full agenda can be seen here. 

About

The Transforming Shorelines Collaborative (TSC) is a community of practice organized by the Estuary Partnership and our many regional partners on nature-based shoreline adaptation solutions in the San Francisco Bay. The TSC comprises practitioners and experts on nature-based solutions, shoreline adaptation, habitat restoration, community partnerships, water management, resiliency, and nutrient management. The TSC meets 3-4 times per year for interactive in-person meetings as well as hybrid meetings and informational webinars. Everyone is welcome to join! 

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Who We Are 

The TSC is guided by a Leadership Team representing a broad range of partners from across the Estuary: 

  • Carlos Diaz, Engineer (formerly with ESA and designer of the Oro Loma Horizontal Levee) 
  • Dr. David Sedlak, UC Berkeley 
  • Anthony DeSalvo, UC Berkeley 
  • Jonathan Uhler, UC Berkeley 
  • Jackie Zipkin, East Bay Dischargers Authority 
  • Jeremy Lowe, San Francisco Estuary Institute 
  • Luisa Valiela, EPA Region 9 
  • Medi Sinaki, Valley Water 
  • Nastaran Basiri, Valley Water 
  • Lorien Fono, Bay Area Clean Waters Agencies 
  • Samantha Engelage, City of Palo Alto  

 

Past Meeting Summaries

Operations and Maintenance of Horizontal Levees: Lessons from the Oro Loma Pilot Project – July 23, 2025 

Meeting Materials: 

  1. Meeting Summary & Presentations
  2. Meeting Recording

    Managing Nutrient Loads with Nature-Based Solutions – April 10, 2025 

    Meeting Materials: 

    1. Meeting Summary & Presentations 
    2. Meeting Recording 

      Mitigation Needs on NBS Projects – March 27, 2023 

      Meeting Materials: 

      1. Meeting Summary & Presentations 
      2. Meeting Recording (Passcode: 89Gy.!zc) 

        EBDA First Mile Horizontal Levee – October 19, 2022 

        Meeting Materials: 

        1. Meeting Summary & Presentations 
        2. Meeting Recording 

          Reverse Osmosis Concentrate – October 7, 2021 

          Meeting Materials: 

          1. Meeting Agenda 
          2. Meeting Summary & Presentations 

            San Leandro Treatment Wetland Project – December 1, 2020 

            Save the Date for Transforming Shorelines Collaborative December 1st, 2020

            Meeting Materials: 

            1. Meeting Agenda 
            2. Meeting Summary & Presentations 

              Oro Loma Horizontal Levee – March 2, 2020 

               

              Meeting Materials  

              1. Meeting Agenda 
              2. Presentations 
              3. Meeting Summary