Our video shorts strive to show viewers, in 1 minute or less, where and how Wetland Restoration IS working throughout the Bay Area, thanks to the efforts of our San Francisco Bay Joint Venture partners.
Laguna de Santa Rosa: Wetland Restoration Is Working
The Laguna de Santa Rosa sits within the Russian River wetland subregion (or basin) of the SF Bay Joint Venture. It is a 14-mile long wetland complex that drains a 254-square mile watershed encompassing most of the Santa Rosa Plain in Sonoma County to the Pacific Ocean. In this video we try to capture the multiple values of this expansive region as floodplain, habitat, a source of recreation and undeniable beauty.
Thanks to Trimtab Media for this production and to the Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation and the city of Santa Rosa for their assistance with the creation of this video short.
Bay Point Regional Shoreline: Wetland Restoration Is Working
This hidden gem is one of 73 East Bay Regional Park District parks providing a place to connect with the shoreline, breath fresh air, and hear the birds in an area with limited access to nature. Whereas the projects in our other 4 video shorts show off work that has been completed, this restoration is only partly done and is seeking funding to complete the plans to restore tidal marsh, seasonal wetlands and upland transition zones for the benefit of birds, other wildlife and people. Travel with us to the eastern most portion of our Joint Venture geographic boundaries and see what is happening at Bay Point Regional Shoreline.
Thanks to Trimtab Media for this production and to the East Bay Regional Park District for their assistance with the creation of this video short. You can learn more about what’s been done and future plans to restore this area on our featured projects page or at EcoAtlas
Eden Landing: Wetland Restoration IS working
Over the years, Bay Area residents have actively demonstrated that they value wetland restoration. Voters have passed ballot measures such as Prop 50 in 2002 and Measure AA in June of 2016 and many thousands have volunteered their time to restore wetlands or simply spend time enjoying these special places. In our 4th video short you can see how Eden Landing has slowly been transforming from a complex of industrial salt ponds to a variety of wetland habitats supporting wildlife. Please continue to visit these magical places and support wetland restoration.
Thanks to Trimtab Media for this production and the financial support of Ducks Unlimited and Wildlife Conservation Board . We also extend additional gratitude to San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory for the Plover photographs included in the footage and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife for their management of the Eden Landing wetland restoration project.
Redwood Creek: Wetlands Restoration is Working
There is a place you might have been to or know as Muir Beach. This is also the place where Redwood Creek meets the sea. Thanks to the efforts of many dedicated people, the health of this creek has been restored over the last several years providing a healthier ecosystem, critical habitat for birds and other wildlife and an improved floodplain.
Thanks to the National Parks Service, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, Doug McConnell, and TrimTab Media for their assistance with the creation of this film. More information about the Redwood Creek Restoration can be found here.
Thanks to the National Parks Service, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, Doug McConnell, and TrimTab Media for their assistance with the creation of this film.
San Pablo Bay: Wetland Restoration IS Working
In our second video short we take you along a 17 mile corridor in San Pablo Bay where close to 40,000 acres of land has been protected and new wetland habitat is teeming with birds and other wildlife.
We want to thank Trimtab Media for this production along with Steve Zamek and Rick Lewis for their photo contributions AND our partners at Sonoma Land Trust, US Fish and Wildlife Service/San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge and Ducks Unlimited for their assistance.
Heron’s Head: Wetland Restoration IS Working
See the difference it has made in San Francisco’s Bayview/Hunters Point neighborhood. Here an abandoned pier development became the thriving ecosystem of Heron’s Head Park.
We want to thank Trimtab Media for this production along with Carol Bach from the Port of San Francisco for her assistance with this project.
Podcasts
SediMatch: A Flood Control 2.0 Tool for Linking Available Sediment with Projects in Need of Sediment
Sediment and restoration projects: a love affair! Join us for a presentation of Sedimatch, a new Flood Control 2.0 Tool with Brenda Goeden, Sediment Program Manager at the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission.
For more information: Visit FloodControl.sfei.org for a complete suite of tools available for flood control and environmental project managers.
Take Aways on Flood Control 2.0 Regulatory Studies: Ideas for Improving Multi-Benefit Flood Control Projects Planning Process
Join our guest Brenda Goeden, Sediment Program Manager at the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission for a discussion about planning and permitting multi-benefit flood control projects, and what can be done to enhance such a complicated process.
Visit FloodControl.sfei.org for a complete suite of tools available for flood control and environmental project managers.
Lower Walnut Creek
From single to multi-purpose flood control channel: join Paul Detjens, Senior Civil Engineer with the Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District in discussing what the Flood Control 2.0 project brought to the ongoing Lower Walnut Creek Restoration Project.
Visit FloodControl.sfei.org for a complete suite of tools available for flood control and environmental project managers.
San Francisquito Creek
Lower Novato Creek Redesign Project
There are extraordinary restoration projects being designed all around SF Bay. One of them is in the North Bay and is called “the Lower Novato Creek Redesign Project”. With a history of flooding during large storms in downtown Novato, the community is supportive of projects that integrate flood control and include environmental enhancements. This program looks at the thinking behind the design of this project.
For More Information
- San Francisco Estuary Institute: www.sfei.org
- San Francisco Estuary Partnership: http://www.sfestuary.org
- San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission: www.bcdc.ca.gov