The Healthy Watersheds Resilient Baylands project kicks off
Sep 1, 2017
The Healthy Watersheds Resilient Baylands project kicked off this summer. Over the next four years, the project will help enhance resilience to climate change through the implementation of several multi-benefit environmental projects by the San Francisco Estuary Partnership, SFEI, and 15 other organizations.
Programs and Focus Areas:
Clean Water Program
Environmental Informatics Program
Resilient Landscapes Program
Related Projects, News, and Events:
South Bay Landscape Vision Workshop (News)
On June 7, SFEI, in partnership with the Santa Clara Valley Water District and South Bay Salt Ponds Restoration Project, hosted a landscape “visioning” workshop in San Jose. The goal of the workshop was to develop a resilient, multi-benefit vision highlighting opportunities along the South Bay shoreline for supporting both tidal marsh restoration and flood management.
Vision for the Calabazas Creek, San Tomas Aquino Creek, and Pond A8 (News)
SFEI recently released a resilient landscape vision for the interface of Calabazas Creek, San Tomas Aquino Creek, and Pond A8 in South San Francisco Bay that benefits both flood management and bayland habitat restoration. The vision, developed in coordination with a team of regional science experts, explores a reconfigured shoreline that could improve ecosystem health and resilience, reduce maintenance costs, and protect surrounding infrastructure.