Environment
Latest issue of San Francisco Estuary Magazine is out
May 15, 2020
This latest issue of the San Francisco Estuary Magazine celebrates the ambition of working on the watershed. Read More
San Francisco Bay
Environment
Wetland Regional Monitoring Program Plan for the San Francisco Estuary complete
April 9, 2020
Mark Prado
The Wetland Regional Monitoring Program plan for the San Francisco Estuary is now complete. Read More
Environment
From unclean to green, downtown Oakland project protects Bay from polluted runoff
March 6, 2020
A gritty section of downtown Oakland is being transformed into a green oasis by a San Francisco Estuary Partnership project aimed at reducing the amount of polluted water draining into San Francisco Bay. Read More
Environment
People voice love of estuaries
February 27, 2020
Mark Prado
Environment
San Francisco Estuary Conference video highlights
December 20, 2019
Mark Prado
San Rafael Bay
Every two years, the San Francisco Bay Estuary Partnership brings a focus to the management and ecological health of the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary. Read More
Environment
San Francisco Estuary Partnership works to improve Bay's water quality
September 24, 2019
Stormwater mitigation work on San Pablo Avenue in Berkeley. Josh Bradt.
A landmark project for the Bay Area aimed at reducing the amount of polluted water draining into San Francisco Bay broke ground Monday in Berkeley. Read More
Environment
San Francisco Estuary Partnership wins award for Bay-Delta stewardship
September 18, 2019
(L-R) Kimberly Riley, The Bay Foundation; Vicki Gambale, The Bay Foundation; Preston Smith, Office of Environmental Health Services, Virginia Department of Health; Adrien Baudrimont, San Francisco Estuary Partnership; Natasha Dunn, San Francisco Estuary Partnership. Photo by Lynda Richardson, Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries.
The San Francisco Estuary Partnership’s Clean Vessel Act Program received an Outstanding Service Award from the States Organization for Boating Access (SOBA) at the national SOBA meeting last week in Virginia. Read More
Environment
Little oyster to combat sea-level rise
June 28, 2019
Olympia oysters. Photo by Matthew Gray, Oregon State University.
The Giant Marsh Living Shoreline project along the western edge of Contra Costa County has gotten underway with the goal of creating a healthy marine environment for native oysters, which will improve aquatic quality and help gird against sea-level rise. Read More
Environment
Rain Garden Helps San Jose's Guadalupe River
December 18, 2018
This rain garden along Chynoweth Avenue in San Jose will not only slow traffic, but capture and filter stormwater runoff, fine sediment, and pollutants that used to flow into nearby Guadalupe River and then San Francisco Bay.
Photo courtesy City of San Jose.
As the rain arrives around the Bay Area, a project managed by the San Francisco Estuary Partnership will help keep sediment and pollutants from flowing into a San Jose creek. Read More
Transportation
Ferry Service Is Coming to Richmond
December 14, 2017
After a nearly 60 year hiatus, ferry service is coming back to Richmond. The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) and the city of Richmond have broken ground on a ferry terminal at the site of a former Ford Motor plant on the Richmond waterfront. In the above video, MTC’s Mark Jones provides an overview of the project as well as the state of water transportation in the Bay Area.
The Richmond Ferry Terminal Project includes the construction of a terminal shelter, gangway and dock, improved pedestrian and bike facilities, a kayak launch ramp, ADA access, and parking for 362 cars. Weekday commuter ferry service between Richmond and San Francisco is expected to begin in September 2018. Read More