We are a partnership of land and resource managers, scientists, advocates, regulators, funders, and other decision makers who are conserving wetlands through partnership-driven collaboration.
People having fun bird watching
photo: Alicia Herrera
Young girls helping with wetland conservatoin
photo: Save the Bay
Two people discussing conservation issues
photo: Jennifer Dale
People of the SFBayJV
photo: Caroline Warner
Young kids bird watching
photo: Audubon California
Biologists working in California
photo: Audubon California

On-the-ground habitat projects are the lifeblood of our partnership and involve the protection, restoration and or enhancement of wetlands. These projects range in size from the smallest creeks to some of the largest tidal wetland restoration efforts in the country.

We provide forums for the sharing of ideas to foster creative approaches to conservation.

We secure, increase and find funding to help our partners realize their vision and goals.

We have the birds eye view on all active, completed and pending wetland conservation projects around the Bay.
Our involvement with wetland restoration has many aspects and phases, all of which may be influenced by other considerations. Some of our current regional efforts include:

photo: Karen Tokatlian

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The 2022 Implementation Strategy marks the first major update to SFBJV planning since 2001. In this revised strategy, we set ambitious new habitat goals for Estuary, Watershed, and Outer Coast habitats, update our waterfowl goals, and identify ten clear priorities and strategies to serve as the foundation of our partnership’s work. We call for a dramatic increase in the pace and scale of protection, restoration, and enhancement actions in the coming years.  

Implementation Strategy - Restoring the Estuary

Recent News

SFBJV 2023 DC Fly In Recap

The SFBJV spent a busy week (March 13 – 17) in DC meeting with Congressional staffers and agency representatives as part of  DC Fly-In. The DC “Fly in” is organized by the Association of Joint Venture Management Boards to advocate for the Migratory Bird Joint Venture Program, a tri-national program with 23 habitat and three

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Meet the new SFBJV Staff!

This September, two new SFBJV staff members joined our team! We are thrilled to add a Conservation Coordinator (Jemma Williams) and a Policy & Communications Coordinator (Nikki Roach). Jemma Williams has worked in the public, private, and non-profit environmental sectors supporting community-based stewardship, restoration, and biological monitoring. Jemma has been in the Bay Area for

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Unveiling the San Francisco Bay Joint Venture Implementation Strategy – Conserving the SF Bay Area’s Unique Ecosystems and Wildlife.

SFBJV partners were thrilled to celebrate the completion and release of our updated Implementation Strategy on October 14, 2022, in person at the Richardson Bay Audubon Sanctuary in Tiburon, California. The celebration honored the work of close to one hundred individuals, including our Management Board, other leadership, working committee members, and staff who contributed to

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