California Ridgway’s Rail Surveys for the San Francisco Estuary Invasive Spartina Project 2020 Report to: The State Coastal Conservancy San Francisco Estuary Invasive Spartina Project 1515 Clay St., 10th Floor Oakland, CA 94612 Prepared by: Olofson Environmental, Inc. 1001 42nd Street, Suite 230 Oakland, California 94608 Contact:
[email protected] February 1, 2021 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This report was designed and prepared under the direction of Jen McBroom, the Invasive Spartina Project Ridgway’s Rail Monitoring Manager, with considerable hard work by other OEI biologists and staff, including Brian Ort, Jeanne Hammond, Kevin Eng, Nate Deakers, Pim Laulikitnont, Simon Gunner, Stephanie Chen, Tobias Rohmer, Melanie Anderson, and Lindsay Faye. This report was prepared for the California Coastal Conservancy’s San Francisco Estuary Invasive Spartina Project Table of Contents 1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 1 2. Study Area ......................................................................................................................................... 3 3. Methods ............................................................................................................................................. 5 3.1 Field Methods ........................................................................................................................ 5 3.2 Data Management ................................................................................................................