San Francisco Bay Joint Venture Newsletter for August 10, 2016

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August 10, 2016

The Novato Watershed Program – our latest featured project

The Novato Creek Watershed

drains 45 square miles from its
headwaters above Stafford Lake to
its destiny in San Pablo Bay.  The Novato Watershed Program, comprised of people working at Marin County, City of Novato, Novato Sanitary District, North Marin Water District, and the Flood Control Advisory Board have been making substantial progress on their efforts to improve flood protection and sediment management, while enhancing habitat values, reducing dredging costs and adapting to climate change.  We are featuring their work on our website here.

Meet Brenda Goeden, Sediment Program Manager with the
San Francisco Bay C0nservation and Development Commission

 

Brenda Goeden has been thinking a
lot about all things sediment for the past 15 years.  As Sediment Program Manager for BCDC, she’s had the “honor” (her words) of providing
input on many SFBJV projects – from Bair Island and the South Bay Salt Ponds, to Cullinan Ranch and Lower Novato Creek through the Flood Control 2.0 program.  When not solving the jigsaw puzzle of how all
the various considerations go
together involving sediment and projects in the Bay, she is often volunteering to rehab birds or volunteering for the Farallones Marine Sanctuary conducting monthly wildlife and beach condition surveys at Drakes Beach.  Our shout out this month goes to Brenda Goeden, for her clear and sincere dedication to seeing the big picture and helping to move wetland restoration projects forward all over San Francisco Bay.
Thank you Brenda!!   You can read a more complete bio on her here.

        Grants with Deadlines

By August 15

Rose Foundation California Wildlands Grassroots & Watershed Protection 

These funds support projects designed to help preserve California’s wilderness and native biological diversity and/or benefit the water quality of many of California’s watersheds and their ecosystems.

This annual competitive grant program funds Urban Open Space (UOS) projects in one or more categories: Environmental Stewardship and Restoration Parks, Trails, and Public Access Environmental Education Urban Agriculture/Food Systems.

 
By August 31

Proposition 1 WCB – California Stream Flow Enhancement Program

This funding through the Wildlife Conservation Board will be awarded to

programs that provide support for anadromous fish; special status, threatened, endangered or at risk species; provide wildlife corridors; and/or provide
resilience to climate change.

By August 31

Environmental Enhancement Fund Grant Program 

The objective of this grant program, administered by the California Department
of Fish and Wildlife, is to award grants to nonprofit organizations, cities, counties,  districts, state agencies, and departments; and, to federal agencies to support environmental enhancement projects located within or immediately adjacent to waters of the state.

By September 1

Water Energy Grant Program  

This Program provides funds to implement water efficiency programs or projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and reduce water and energy use.

By September 2
Tribal Wildlife Grants 

These grants are used to provide technical and financial assistance to Tribes for the development and implementation of programs that benefit fish and wildlife resources and their habitat.

 

Proposal Solicitation for Round 5 of the grants provided by the water quality, supply and infrastructure act of Oct 2014, and distributed by SCC, can be
found here.

 

Ongoing Grants

More grants with upcoming deadlines later in 2016 as well as others that

have no deadlines or are ongoing can be found on our funding page.

Upcoming Events – find our list of all the events we know about here 

 

                        Leading researchers and practitioners, Truckee    

Aug 16     North Amercian Ornithological Conference                             

                        Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Audubon in Washington DC

Aug 17      SFBJV Project Tracker Training

                       San Francisco Bay Joint Venture at SFEI 

Aug 18      Delta Conservation Framework outreach workshop 

                         Delta Restoration Network, Sacramento

Aug 18      How to Develop Design Criteria for a Distressed Marsh

                          U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

Sept 2-6    Global Shoerbird Count 2016       

                Western Hemispheric Shorebird Reserve Network, everywhere  

                            Local Government Commission and others, Long Beach

                            San Francisco Bay NERR Coastal Training Program, Tiburon

Sept 15       Visions of the Wild Festival – Wild in the City

                            Vallejo and American Canyon
Sept 17       National Estuaries Week

                             Restore America’s Estuaries, Everywhere
Sept 21       Certified Stormwater Inspector Training

                              National Stormwater Center, Oakland  

JOBS with deadlines – these change frequently, to stay current check our jobs page

                      Park Conservancy’s Park Stewardship Program 

 

August 15   Conservation Program Manager  

                      California Invasive Plant Council

August 26   Project Manager                                              
State Coastal Conservancy

August 26   Assistant Ecologist                       
Alameda County Resource Conservation District

August 27   Environmental Education Intern                       
Friends of Sausal Creek

Sept 9          Education and Strategic Communications Associate                                               Alameda County Resource Conservation District 

 

JOBS with no deadlines

    • Sierra Club
    • Bay Area Open Space Council
    • Bay Area Open Space Council
    • Friends of Sausal Creek
    • Friends of Sausal Creek
    • Contra Costa Resource Conservation District
    • Aquarium of the Bay

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Sandra Scoggin – Assistant Coordinator

Caroline Warner – Public Outreach Coordinator 

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