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ESTUARY, an eight-page, bi-monthly newsletter that includes fre- The Friends of the San The quent, comprehensive inserts about CALFED’s Science Program and the Regional Monitoring Program led by the San Francisco Francisco Estuary is a 501(c)(3) Estuary Project is a federal-state- Estuary Institute non-profit organization associated with local partnership working to restore water Courtesty Delta In-Channel Island Work Group. Bay-Delta Environmental Report Card, March 1999 the Estuary Project. Its goal is to quality and manage the natural resources of Bay-Delta Environmental Report Card, September 2001 increase public awareness of the the -Delta Estuary while Baylands Ecosystem Habitat Goals Estuary and to encourage Baylands Ecosystem Species and Community Profiles maintaining the region’s economic vitality. Boater’s Pumpout Map & Guides for San Francisco Bay and the San public involvement in The Estuary Project oversees and tracks Joaquin & Delta decision-making processes implementation of a Comprehensive CCMP Workbook, October 1996 about the Estuary. Conservation and Management Plan— Erosion and Sediment Control Field Manual and Guidebook for Construction Projects and videos:“Keep it Clean”;“Hold On To The Friends support the the “CCMP”—for preserving, restoring, and Your Dirt” education programs begun enhancing the Bay-Delta Estuary.The Estuary Introduction to the Ecology of the San Francisco Bay by the Estuary Project by Project disseminates newsletters, fact sheets, SFEP web site: http://sfep.abag.ca.gov sponsoring workshops for videos, and other materials to educate the public SFEP Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan State of the Estuary 2002: Science and Strategies for Restoration students and teachers and about Bay-Delta wetlands, wildlife, aquatic State of the Estuary 2000: Restoration Primer by helping community groups conduct resources, and land use issues. It helps implement State of the Estuary Report 1992-1997 restoration projects.As a joint project hands-on restoration projects, and administers The SF Bay-Delta Estuary Under Siege:Aquatic Invasive Species with the Regional Water Quality small grants, erosion control and science work- Threats to the West: the Invasion of Western Waters by Control Board, the Friends work with Non-Native Species shops, and many other programs. inner-city students from Richmond High School—the “Richmond High San Francisco Fact Sheets Creek Keepers”—each year to provide Agricultural Drainage environmental leadership opportunities Aquatic and Wildlife Resources and to train students to conduct CCMP Dredging and Waterway Modification hands-on restoration and public out- SAN FRANCISCO How We Use the Estuary’s Water reach. Donations to the Friends are tax ESTUARY PROJECT Land Use deductible. For more information, call Overview of Estuary Concerns 1515 Clay Street, Suite 1400 Pollutants Steve Cochrane at (510) 622-2337. Oakland, CA 94612 Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (510) 622-2465 Wetlands (510) 622-2501 (fax) Photo by Norah Rudin. Inset: Richmond Creek ESTUARY

Photo by Norah Rudin Norah Photo by ESTUARY Keepers. Photo by Steve Cochrane. Design: Bobbi Sloan | Writing: Lisa Owens-Viani http://sfep.abag.ca.gov Project Invasive Species Delta In-Channel Island Work Group To help implement the Invasive Species Act of 1996, the Estuary Project works with the Aquatic Nuisance Species National Task In Fall 2002, the Estuary Project com- BackgroundBackground Projects / Programs Force and other groups to educate the public, maritime industry, pleted restoration of a third in-channel and ports about ballast water and associated invasive species issues. island, one of several islands created The San Francisco Bay-Delta Comprehensive Conservation and The Estuary Project developed, printed, and distributed 25,000 when channels were dredged to build copies of an 8-page fact sheet on invasive species in western states, Estuary is the largest estuary on the West Management Plan (CCMP) Delta levees.The three projects and 20,000 copies of a 6-page fact sheet on Bay-Delta invasives. demonstrate the benefits and habitat Coast and a vital resource for the state’s Over 100 private, government, and community stakeholders helped values of soil bioengineering/bank human and wildlife populations. develop the CCMP in 1993.The CCMP sets forth 145 actions Boater Education stabilization techniques.The Work needed to save fish, conserve water, reduce pollution, and promote Group plans to develop an inventory Courtesty Delta In-Channel Island The Estuary Project conducts widespread media campaigns to edu- Work Group. environmentally sound decisions about land use. Every few years, the of all of the in-channel islands. The Estuary system encompasses roughly 1,600 Estuary Project convenes the CCMP stakeholders to re-evaluate the cate boaters about how to prevent pollution, and prints and distrib- utes environmental guidelines for recreational boaters along with square miles, drains over 40 percent of the state group’s priorities. JARPA (Joint Aquatic Resource maps of the Bay-Delta showing the location of pump-out stations. (60,000 square miles), provides drinking water The Estuary Project evaluates its progress in enhancing environmen- Permit Application) to 22 million Californians (two-thirds of the tal protection by publishing a progress report called the Bay-Delta Construction Site Planning and Management Estuary Project staff assist project managers and public agencies Environmental Report Card.Three report cards have been issued for Water Quality Protection needing aquatic permits by guiding them through a streamlined state’s population), and irrigates 4.5 million since 1993. Working closely with the San Francisco Regional Water Quality permit application process. acres of farmland. Two-thirds of the state’s The Estuary Project also sponsors a biennial, three-day State of the Control Board, the Estuary Project holds workshops each year to Small Grants salmon pass through the Bay and Delta, as do Estuary Conference and produces the State of the Estuary report teach developers, builders, consultants, and municipal staffs about nearly half of the waterfowl and shorebirds summarizing the science presented at the conference.The 2001 Best Management Practices that prevent erosion and pollution and In 2002-2003, the Estuary Project established a competitive, conference was co-sponsored by CALFED and more than 50 other control sediment runoff from construction sites. small grants program to fund community projects that improve migrating along the Pacific Flyway. agencies and organizations. the health of the Estuary.

In 1987, Congress authorized the National Estuary Program under Section 320 of the Clean Water Act to address the decline of our The Estuary Project plays a key role in implementing the CCMP by facilitating joint programs nation’s estuaries. California’s governor nominated with other agencies and partners with an interest in the Bay-Delta Estuary. Among those San Francisco Bay as an “estuary of national Coordination and Collaboration programs and partnerships are the following: significance,” and the U.S. EPA officially added ABAG CALFED Task Force Interagency Ecological program (helped organize 2003 annual San Francisco Bay Joint Venture the Bay-Delta Estuary to the program in conference in Asilomar) CALFED Science and Drinking Water Quality Programs Santa Clara Watershed Management Initiative and Santa Clara December 1987. Lagunitas Creek: worked with SF Regional Water Quality Control Valley Water District (technical assistance) Citizen Monitoring and Watershed Assessment Resource Center; support Board to assess benefits to salmonids after installation of large for Coastal Conservancy funding of Watershed Assessment projects Selection of Ecosystem Indicators for the San Francisco Estuary woody debris The Estuary Project is financed by federal (with SFEI,The Bay Institute, and other partners) Contaminant Levels in San Francisco Bay Fish Tissues Advisory Monitoring/Assessing Air Emission Impacts on Water Quality with appropriations under the Clean Water Act and Committee Supplemental Environmental Projects (oversight of local environ- BASMAA mental projects funded through Administrative Civil Liabilities fines matching funds from state and local entities, and Copper Brake Pad Partnership North Bay Restoration and Enhancement Activities imposed by the SF Regional Water Quality Control Board) operates on an annual budget of approximately EcoAtlas Information System and Tracking Habitat (with SFEI and Oakland Middle Harbor Enhancement Project: with Friends of the TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Loads for pollutants of concern) other partners) $6-8 million, depending on funding availability. Estuary, BCDC, and the , conducted technical review —assist SF Regional Water Quality Control Board with public Electronic Reporting System for National Pollutant Discharge outreach San Francisco Bay Wetlands Restoration Program and Habitat Elimination System Permits (NPDES) (assist SF Regional Water Goals Project Quality Control Board) Photo by Norah Rudin Norah Photo by