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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 16, 2018
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Estuary News for September 2018

You don’t want to miss this.   September Issue Extras!   Last week we sent you your link to the latest issue of our 20-page magazine ESTUARY News.    If you missed our stories on everything from what’s up with the WaterFix to persistent pollution from cigarette butts to how wild cats use creeks to […]

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March 2018 Issue of Estuary News

Click here to read the March 2018 issue of Estuary News. This issue includes stories on human centered conservation in North Richmond, new radar for tracking atmospheric rivers, new thinking about how to soften urban shores,  and what the makeover of a flooded, weed-infested Delta island like Franks Tract might look like.  Other interesting topics […]

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Whitehouse Signs National Estuary Program Reauthorization

Following up on Caitlin Sweeney’s (Director of San Francisco Estuary Partnership) Report item on the reauthorization of the National Estuary Program, the Partnership is pleased to announce that the President signed the bill for reauthorization. Here is a link to the Whitehouse statement: http://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/whitehouse-statement-on-signing-of-national-estuary-program-reauthorization

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ESTUARY News Magazine for March 2016

Click here to read the March issue of ESTUARY News magazine.  The issue details lessons being learned from a rock barrier on the False River designed to prevent salt water intrusion into the Delta, and says farewell to the grande dame of Bay research, a yacht called the Polaris now being replaced with a catamaran. The issue also explores […]

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Institute’s Historical Ecology Featured in the New York Times

www.sfei.org Institute’s Historical Ecology featured in the New York Times Robin Grossinger in the field, helping to pioneer new ways of seeing the potential in a natural landscape through a vision of its past. Photo by Ruth Askevold New York (January 26, 2016) – In today’s New York Times, the San Francisco Estuary Institute and its scientists […]

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San Francisco Estuary Partnership Implementation Committee Meeting on November 17, 2015

The upcoming Implementation Committee meeting on November 17 will be Judy Kelly’s last IC meeting as Director of the Partnership. The meeting will be Tuesday, November 17 from 9:30 to 12:30 in Room 10 of the State Building at 1515 Clay Street in Oakland. The meeting materials are posted at http://www.sfestuary.org/about-us/implementation-committee/

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State of the Estuary Conference — September 17-18, 2015 — Register Now

  State of the San Francisco Estuary Conference – The deadline for the early-bird registration rate is August 20th September 17-18, 2015 Oakland, California http://www.sfestuary.org/soe/  Register Here Every two years, the Partnership brings a focus on the management and ecological health of the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary.  The State of the Estuary Conference showcases the […]

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Friends of the San Francisco Estuary – Current Water Updates in Our Bay-Delta Estuary

Updates from Friends of the San Francisco Estuary Sacramento River, Spring 2015 Current Water Updates for the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary June 2015 What’s Happening Today: DROUGHT ACTIONS AFFECTING THE SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY STATE WATER LEGISLATION FEDERAL DROUGHT LEGISLATION: DO NO HARM SACRAMENTO RIVER TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT PLAN REGIONAL NEWS FOR THE ESTUARY DROUGHT ACTIONS AFFECTING […]

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