Download or read book Novato Creek Baylands Vision written by San Francisco Estuary Institute and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-15 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As we rethink land management along the San Francisco Bay shoreline in the face of climate change, we know well-functioning resilient tidal landscapes can protect development and sustain native ecosystems. Here, we present a possible future vision for lower Novato Creek and adjacent baylands that includes several components that would restore and support natural processes, and, in turn, benefit aspects of flood risk management and ecosystem functioning. The Novato Creek Baylands Vision is an element of an EPA-funded project called Flood Control 2.0, which is aimed at advancing new approaches for flood risk management and habitat enhancement along the San Francisco Bay shoreline for the 21st century and beyond. Lower Novato Creek has a history of flooding in downtown Novato during large storm events. To address this challenge, Marin County Department of Public Works (Marin County DPW) and Marin County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (MCFCWCD) are in the process of developing watershed-wide flood protection strategies (henceforth in this report, Marin County DPW includes MCFCWCD). While channel redesign has been undertaken in the past, Marin County DPW is continually re-evaluating best practices for channel management. Marin County DPW's ultimate goal is to meet current and future flood risk management needs in a cost-effective manner while improving ecosystem functioning within lower Novato Creek and adjacent baylands. Flood Control 2.0 team members and project partners worked with Marin County DPW to explore the potential integration of ecosystem functions and flood protection on lower Novato Creek . The process for developing this vision had three main components. First, SFEI built a baseline understanding of the historical and contemporary geomorphic and ecological conditions, and assessed the likely impact of future drivers (e.g., sea level rise, increased flood intensity). Second, these findings were presented at a workshop that included engineers and planners from Marin County DPW, state and local natural resource agency staff, and an advisory panel of regional science experts. The science advisory panel worked with Marin County DPW staff to develop ideas for management actions that would incorporate increased ecosystem functions into flood risk management. Finally, following the workshop, potential improvements to habitat and flood conveyance associated with the developed Vision were analyzed. The Novato Creek Baylands Vision is intended to help Marin County DPW, partner agencies, landowners, and other stakeholders explore adaptation approaches in the coming decades. Ideally, the Vision will continue to be refined through subsequent analyses, and through coordination with concurrent restoration and management efforts in the area. Ultimately, this Vision can be used to guide flood control channel-bayland redesign efforts around the Bay at the mouths of other flood control channels with similar landscapes.
Download or read book San Francisco Bay Shoreline Guide written by and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012-08-31 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The San Francisco Bay Shoreline Guide takes us on a walking and cycling journey around San Francisco Bay, unfolding the wonder, drama and beauty of one of the great estuaries of the world.”--Robert Redford "From the bustling waterfronts of our cities and towns, to our wild, windswept, and thankfully, protected natural wetlands, this is our fantastic guide to all of the magnificence of the San Francisco Bay Shoreline. Grab it and go on world-class journeys in our own backyard. I'll see you along the trail!"--Doug McConnell, Television Producer and Reporter “This guide helps to create an awareness and appreciation of San Francisco Bay.”--Sylvia McLaughlin, co-founder of Save the Bay Praise from the previous edition "There are absorbing stories here for the armchair reader and detailed guides for the active explorer. Read, enjoy, and cultivate your roots in the region."—Harold Gilliam "Comprehensive and copiously illustrated, this Guide is a treasure-house of user-friendly information. It reveals the equivalent of a national park hitherto unknown in our midst."—Margot Patterson Doss "This book is a complete guide to the Bay Area. All that's missing are the smells, so perhaps the next edition should be scratch and sniff."—Robin Williams
Download or read book San Francisco Bay Shoreline Adaptation Atlas written by Julie Beagle and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the climate continues to change, San Francisco Bay shoreline communities will need to adapt in order to build social and ecological resilience to rising sea levels. Given the complex and varied nature of the Bay shore, a science-based framework is essential to identify effective adaptation strategies that are appropriate for their particular settings and that take advantage of natural processes. This report proposes such a framework--Operational Landscape Units for San Francisco Bay.
Download or read book Federal Register written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 1528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book San Francisco Bay Plan written by San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Map Road Atlas written by American Map Corporation and published by Langenscheidt Publishing Group. This book was released on 2005-08-15 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This atlas with digital cartography details North America, including city vicinity maps, national park maps, and an adventure travel section to help you plan vacations.
Download or read book Status and Trends Report on Wetlands and Related Habitats in the San Francisco Estuary written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book From the Sierra to the Sea written by William S. Alevizon and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The original report From the Sierra to the Sea: Ecological History of the San Francisco Bay-Delta Watershed was a product of a three-year effort to develop a landscape level overview of the natural ecological structure, function and organization of the watershed, and the way it had changed over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries. Technical review and contributions from government and water agencies helped produce a collaborative document that provided information on the historical ecological baseline in order to assist in what was envisioned at the time as the most ambitious restoration effort ever undertaken in the United States. We are proud of the fact that the original document is still used as an objective reference, and has provided a foundation and inspiration for similar but more intensively researched localized efforts by others in the Bay-Delta watershed. This 20th anniversary edition contains a new Afterword describing changes to the estuary and its watershed since the report was originally published in 1998.
Download or read book Business Travel Atlas written by American Map Corporation and published by Langenscheidt Publishing Group. This book was released on 2002 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: United States, Canada, Mexico. All new digitized maps. Detailed city _vicinity maps. Detailed downtown city street maps. Same page state map indexing. Special business reference section including: USA statistics; time zone; zip code and area code maps; U.S. and international area code listings. Mileage and driving time charts.
Download or read book Invasive Plants of California s Wildlands written by Carla C. Bossard and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Invasive nonnative plants threaten native species with habitat loss, displacement, and severe population declines, thus seriously reducing biodiversity. Invasive Plants of California's Wildlands is a tremendous source for land managers and others who are interested in protecting the rich natural heritage of California and surrounding states."--John C. Sawhill, President and CEO, The Nature Conservancy
Download or read book Road Atlas written by American Map Corporation and published by American Map. This book was released on 2006-08-31 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the United States, Canada and Mexico, this road atlas utilises digital cartography to present up-to-date maps of North America.
Download or read book Soil Survey of Contra Costa County California written by Lawrence E. Welch and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Baylands Ecosystem Species and Community Profiles written by San Francisco Bay Area Wetlands Ecosystem Goals Project and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ecology Conservation and Restoration of Tidal Marshes written by Arnas Palaima and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012-09-08 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The San Francisco Bay, the biggest estuary on the west coast of North America, was once surrounded by an almost unbroken chain of tidal wetlands, a fecund sieve of ecosystems connecting the land and the Bay. Today, most of these wetlands have disappeared under the demands of coastal development, and those that remain cling precariously to a drastically altered coastline. This volume is a collaborative effort of nearly 40 scholars in which the wealth of scientific knowledge available on tidal wetlands of the San Francisco Estuary is summarized and integrated. This book addresses issues of taxonomy, geomorphology, toxicology, the impact of climate change, ecosystem services, public policy, and conservation, and it is an essential resource for ecologists, environmental scientists, coastal policymakers, and researchers interested in estuaries and conserving and restoring coastal wetlands around the world.
Download or read book Transportation Systems Management Element for the Nine county San Francisco Bay Area written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stream Corridor Restoration written by and published by National Technical Info Svc. This book was released on 1998 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document is a cooperative effort among fifteen Federal agencies and partners to produce a common reference on stream corridor restoration. It responds to a growing national and international interest in restoring stream corridors.
