THE BULLETIN
timely news from the SFBJV
February 25, 2015
| Point Blue Climate-Smart Conservation Tools workshop coming up on March 25!
Join us for a workshop hosted by the San Francisco Bay Joint Venture and Point Blue Conservation Science and co-sponsored by the San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve featuring two of Point Blue’s climate-smart conservation planning tools. Through a live demo and opportunity for hands-on practice with the improved Future Marshes Tool, you will learn how the tool’s new features can help assess the resilience or vulnerability of marshes and restoration sites to different sea-level rise and sediment assumption scenarios. Also covered will be Point Blue’s Climate-Smart Riparian Restoration Toolkit which can help with planning restoration projects that follow climate-smart principles as well as selecting plant species for re-vegetation most likely to be successful under a range of future conditions. For questions contact Sandra Scoggin, or register for the workshop here. |
Paying Tribute to RALPH NOBLES:
Ralph Nobles, gallant defender of the marshes in Redwood City, died on Friday February 20. Ralph was a leader in the efforts to save Bair Island and was both respected and loved. He will be missed. You can read more about Ralph here.
Our 2015 Fact Sheet is now available!
Every year we create a fact sheet about the SFBJV to bring with us as a leave-behind on visits to those who may be interested in the work of our partnership. This year we featured some projects that achieved a major milestone over the course of the 2014-2015 calendar year. You can find it here on our website.
GRANTS with deadlines:
By April 15, 2015
Clean Water Act Alameda County Anti-litter School Outreach
Projects must be designed to help K-12 students and teachers understand the connection between storm drains and local creeks, wetlands and the Bay, and to encourage storm water pollution prevention, with a strong emphasis on litter reduction.
National Park Service Land and Water Conservation Fund
This program is intended to create and maintain a nationwide legacy of high quality recreation areas and facilities and to stimulate non-federal investments in the protection and maintenance of recreation resources across the United States.
By April 30, 2015
Patagonia Environmental Grants
Supports small, grassroots, activist organizations with provocative direct-action agendas, working on multi-pronged campaigns to preserve and protect our environment.
By May 15, 2015
California Wildlands Grassroots Funds
This fund supports conservationists advocating for the permanent protection of intact wildlands on both public and private lands in order to help preserve California’s wilderness and native biological diversity.
Ongoing Grants
Wildlife Conservation Board Grants
WCB awards grants on an ongoing basis to local governments, non-profits, state departments and federal agencies for projects that restore and enhance wildlife habitats.
David and Lucille Packard Foundation
Funds from the Packard Foundation are focused on ocean and land conservation, climate change mitigation and scientific research with an aim to invest in actions and ideas that conserve and restore ecosystems while enhancing human well-being.
| JOB OPPORTUNITIES
with deadlines:
By March 6 Program Assistant, San Mateo County Resource Conservation District (RCD) By March 9 Generation EARTH Lead Mentors, Cultural Vistas By March 15 two positions at San Francisco Bird Observatory – |
| OPEN until filled – Jobs with no stated deadlines
Sierra to the Sea Climate-Smart Restoration Internship, Point Blue Conservation Science Fisheries Biologist/Aquatic Ecologist, McBain Associates Executive Director, Bay Area Open Space Council Park Aide, San Mateo County Parks Department Finance Manager, Conservation Corps North Bay SFBJV intern, San Francisco Bay Joint Venture job opportunities are updated frequently, please visit our jobs page to stay current! |
EVENTS
FEBRUARY AND MARCH
February 27 BPC Expert Briefing on the Water Bond
February 28 Alameda Creek Volunteer Workday
February 28 Creek restoration days
February 28 Celebrating our Successes and Responding to Challenges
March 03 2015 California Land Conservation Conference
March 11 Birds Matter Advocacy Day
March 11 Coastal Conservancy Draft Prop 1 Guidelines – Public Meeting
March 17 Pacific Coast Wetland Restoration
March 19 BAWN Annual Meeting
March 19 Coastal Conservancy Draft Prop 1 Guidelines – Public Meeting
March 19 Caring for Our Creeks
March 22 Bay Nature’s Annual Awards Dinner
March 23 Wetland Delineation
March 24 Congressional Operations Inst Outlook for the 114th Congress
March 24 Rare Plant Survey Protocols: A Scientific Approach
March 25 Science for Parks, Parks for Science: The Next Century
March 25 Pt Blue Climate-Smart Conservation Tools
a few from BEYOND
April 11 -14 Greater and Greener 2015
April – July Cram Trainings from Moss Landing to Sacramento
May 9 International Migratory Bird Day
May 14 Bay Area Open Space Council 2015 conference
May 31-June 4 Society Wetland Scientists Changing Climate, Changing Wetlands
June 22-24 Fish Passage Conference
to keep up with all our events visit our website!
IN THE NEWS
MEDIA
Ralph Nobles dies – Manhattan Project physicist saved San Francisco Bay wetlands
San Jose Mercury News, February 24, 2015
Dealing with sea level rise becomes real in Marin
Marin Independent Journal Envionment, February 10, 2015
Mass Death of Seabirds in Western U.S. Is ‘Unprecedented’
National Geographic News, January 23, 2015
Restoring Presidio watershed hits final phase
San Francisco Chronicle, February 7, 2015
Latest News on Mystery Bird Goo
International Bird Rescue
New plan pitched to enhance Bolinas Lagoon
Marin IJ, January 26, 2015
Tiny Parasite Threatens Native Plants
KQED Science, January 12, 2015
OTHER
- State Coastal Conservancy invites comments on draft project solicitation & evaluation guidelines for implementation of the Proposition 1 water bond through March 20
- Restoration Grant Program Draft Guidelines for the Ca Dept of Fish and Wildlife Available for Public Comment through March 26
