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.
Science Tags: San Francisco Bay
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
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
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
Re-imagining Ridgway’s Rails
The complexity and creativity of recovering a species in the San Francisco Bay
Citizen Science: Save Whales with Your Smartphone
A new app can reduce conflict between endangered whales and ships.
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