Today, artist Jordan Ma of Observation Society and Point Blue Conservation Science are thrilled to announce the launch of a six species tidal marsh restoration enamel pin series! Each species represents a key species within San Francisco Bay’s tidal marsh ecosystem.
Science Categories: San Francisco Bay
Rails, Camera, Action!
Last year, we began a new pilot study to investigate how extreme high tides are really affecting these secretive marsh birds. We’re putting cameras out during the winter high tides to spy on the rails without disturbing them.
STRAW Program Assumes Management of Restored Novato Baylands
Point Blue Conservation Science’s STRAW (Students and Teachers Restoring A Watershed) Program is excited to step into a management role at the Novato Baylands Restoration site. STRAW has played a key role in engaging communities to restore this former airfield since the beginning and our staff are looking forward to working with site partners, the
Ecological restoration works for urban birds in San Francisco’s Presidio
While cities and towns have not historically been considered priorities for ecological restoration projects, the UN Decade effort explicitly calls for urban restoration. The Presidio Trust, the National Park Service, and the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy were visionary in their pursuit of restoration in San Francisco’s Presidio, and since 2001 they have restored 78 acres.
Sea Level Rise Adaptation Framework
Webinar Release a Success! Thank you to the 174 participants of our webinar release hosted by Point Blue Conservation Science, the San Francisco Estuary Institute, and the County of Marin, on October 15th, 2019. Find the recording here. Planning with Nature Point Blue Conservation Science and the San Francisco Estuary Institute, in partnership with the
Healthy Transitions
Transitions can be hard, especially if you don’t have the proper space to move and change. This is true in life and nature. Point Blue is teaming up with partners to figure out what makes transition zones between marshes and upland around the San Francisco Bay healthy and useful in the face of climate change. Read on to learn more.
Monitoring Tidal-Marsh Change
Bird studies show that ecosystem restoration works in San Francisco Bay – and is “climate-smart” as sea levels rise.
Breaking the Ice and Making Connections
A Point Blue ecologist ponders the parallel struggle between marshes of the SF Bay and the Antarctic Ocean
Marin County Spotted Owls
Science, Good Management, and Good Neighbors = Healthy Owl Population
Re-imagining Ridgway’s Rails
The complexity and creativity of recovering a species in the San Francisco Bay
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