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WETLAND RESTORATION  IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY  John A. Bourgeois Wetland Ecologist California State Coastal Conservancy  and H. T. Harvey & Associates
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],San Francisco Bay Features © David Sanger
 
“ A good day’s bag.”
 
Acres x 1000 Open Bay (<MLLW) Intertidal (tidal flat and marsh)  Ca 1850
Acres x 1000 Open Bay (<MLLW) Intertidal (tidal flat and marsh) 2000
Wetlands Past and Present ca. 1850 ca. 1998
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],History of Land Loss
© David Sanger
 
 
Wetlands defined ,[object Object],Ecosystem defined
Wetland Functions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],1995 San Jose Floods Chinook Salmon
Morphological Adaptations
Physiological Adaptations ,[object Object],[object Object]
Endangered Species  (in San Francisco Bay) ,[object Object],[object Object]
San Francisco Bay: Mixed Semi-Diurnal Tides When there are two high tides each day but with different heights (and two low tides also of different heights).
Tidal Prism: The volume of water that flows into and out of an estuary in one tidal cycle.
Subsidence ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source: www.lacoast.gov
Why Restore the South Bay? Docent-led Interpretive Tour Least Sandpipers 1983 Alviso Floods
Regional Planning Efforts
 
Salt Pond  Acquisition © Mark Rauzon © Cargill Salt
Cost of Acquisition ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],May 29, 2003 Acquisition Ceremony
 
Ecological Trade-offs ,[object Object]
 
Wetland Restoration 101 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Narrow strip marshes do not allow for complex channel development Abrupt levee transitions do not provide high tide refugia Restored Marshes should target specific habitat features
 
 
 
 
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Acknowledgements
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
 
 
 

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