June 2015 Newsletter Volume 33 Upcoming Events and Meetings More events, including volunteer restoration opportunities, are listed on the Events and Meetings section of the project web site. Meetings Joint Stakeholder Forum & Working Groups Meeting Tuesday, August 4 Walking Tour: 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Ponds R5/S5, Menlo Park (tour details to come!) Meeting: 3:00-5:00 […]
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- onMay 20, 2015
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Weiss Associates Recognized for Outstanding Performance at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Weiss Associates CEO and President, Mike Dresen, accepts an award from Jim Willman, Manager of Procurement and Contracts with Bechtel, and Kelly Miller, Supply Chain Department Manager for Bechtel at Lawrence Livermore. Weiss Associates was recently honored by Bechtel Corporation for Weiss’s commitment to […]
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Feinstein, Boxer float bill to fund restoration of San Francisco Bay By Debra Kahn, E&E reporter Published: Friday, February 27, 2015 California’s senators yesterday introduced a bill to fund restoration of San Francisco Bay activities. The “San Francisco Bay Restoration Act” would amend the Clean Water Act to require an annual list of restoration priorities […]
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The San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority Governing Board meeting is on Wednesday, 2/25/15, 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM, at the California State Coastal Conservancy, 1330 Broadway, 11th Floor Conference Room, Oakland. The meeting agenda and agenda packet combined are attached. The agenda packet is now available online here. Also see the meeting schedule for 2015.
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Additional information is now available on the web on a draft San Jose-area plan and environmental document to build new levees, restore about 3,000 acres of wetlands, and provide public trails. The information, a presentation and handouts from a January 14 meeting on the South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Study Phase 1 draft plan, are […]
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Click here to view the San Francisco Bay Joint Venture Bulletin for December 3, 2014 for all of the latest news and updates from the SFBJV.
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In October, I was honored to be selected to lead the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI). The Institute brings a solid, twenty-year track record of delivering quality science to inform and improve decisions by our leaders on complex environmental issues. SFEI’s scientists and technologists are impressive both individually and collectively. Their programs and products address today’s […]
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- onNovember 25, 2014
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The Port of Redwood City is seeking public input on environmental analysis it is launching on a plan to dredge deeper channels, and transport the soils to several possible sites, including South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project ponds. You can provide your thoughts on the scope and content of the Port’s environmental impact report by […]
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- onNovember 23, 2014
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Exciting News at WRA for 2015+ We are excited to share some big news with you. Beginning January 1, 2015, Tim DeGraff will be Chief Executive Officer of WRA. After spending 16 years on the front lines of wetlands science and mitigation banking, Tim will lead WRA into the next chapter of its 33-year story. […]
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- onNovember 12, 2014
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THE BULLETIN timely news from the SFBJV November 12, 2014 What’s going on along Highway 37? We’ve gotten a lot of calls about those huge, white foam blocks at the Cullinan Project along Highway 37 and thought you may have seen them and wondered about them too!? They’re known as geofoamblocks and Ducks […]
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