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UV152 Active Project Query Date: September 21, 2010 - Other data sources: baylands from SFEI EcoAtlas, other protected lands from the Bay Area Open Space Council and GreenInfo Network. 0 10 20 Miles µ SAN BENITO UV1 ¤£101 Active Habitat Projects of the San Francisco Bay Joint Venture Projects Listed Alphabetically by Region Central Bay Map Type Rank North Bay - continued Map Type Rank Alameda Naval Air Station 4 W Other Shollenberger Park wetland enhancement 662 W 1 Albany Beach Expansion Project, Eastshore State Park 575 W 2 Simmon's Slough 211 W 2 Albany Marsh Expansion 5 W Other Skaggs Island 212 W 1 Aramburu Island Enhancement Project - Richardson Bay 621 W 1 Sonoma Creek - Tidal Marsh Enhancement 615 W 1 Arroyo Corte Madera (Mill Valley) 10 C 2 Sonoma Creek & Tributaries: Fish Passage Repairs Cnty Rds 214 C 1 Brooks Island Habitat Improvement Project 565 W 2 Sonoma Creek & Tributaries: State Park Road Rehabilitation 293 C 1 Canalways 30 W Other Sonoma Creek and Tributaries: Stuart Creek Acquisition 710 C 1 Candlestick Point -- Yosemite Slough Wetland Restoration 274 W 1 Sonoma Creek and Tributaries: Stuart Creek Restoration 627 C 2 Cerrito Creek - San Pablo west to Pacific East Mall 432 C Other Sonoma Creek and Tributaries: TMDL Implementation 301 C 1 Codornices Creek - Kains to San Pablo 280 C 2 Sonoma Creek Lower Reach 502 W 2 Codornices Creek - middle (San Pablo - MLK) 430 C 2 Sonoma Creek Riparian Revegetation 302 C 1 Community-Based Restoration and Stewardship - Bothin Marsh 667 W Other Sonoma Creek Strategic Plan 303 C 1 Crissy Field - Phase II 48 W Other Sonoma Creek Watershed Enhancement Projects 538 C 2 Dimond Park and Canyon Restoration 201 C 1 Sonoma Creek: Protecting Stream Base Flows for Habitat 677 C 1 Dragonfly Creek 581 C 2 Sonoma Valley Habitat Stewards/Landowners Assistance 305 C 1 Hoffman Marsh Restoration Project, Eastshore State Park 577 W 2 Tolay Lake Regional Park 251 W Other Intertidal Habitat Improvement Project, Eastshore State Park 574 W 2 Tubbs Island Hydrologic Study 682 W Other Lake Merritt and Lake Merritt Channel Improvements 84 W 1 Tubbs Island Marsh Enhancement Monitoring 592 W 1 Lake Merritt Bird Islands Restoration Project 709 W 1 Upper Adobe Creek Fish Passage Project 535 C 2 Mountain Lake 701 C Other Viansa 583 C 1 Off-shore Bird Habitat Project, Eastshore State Park 579 W 2 Wildcat Creek Restoration 550 C 2 Plant Material Growing Ground Project, Eastshore State Park 578 W 2 Wingo East 663 W 1 Pt Pinole Native Oyster Reef 708 W 1 Zinfandel Lane Fish Passage Project 626 C 2 Radio Beach Expansion Project, Eastshore State Park 576 W 2 Russian River San Anselmo Creek - Corte Madera Fish Barriers 563 C 2 City of Santa Rosa Farms Creek Restoration 614 C 1 Sausal Creek Native Plant Propagation 202 C 2 Felta Creek Sediment Reduction Project 616 C 2 Sausal Creek Watershed Management Plan 203 C 1 Laguna de Santa Rosa Middle Reach Restoration 537 C 1 Sausalito Marine - Eelgrass Preserve 652 W Other Laguna Wetlands Preserve Riparian and Oak Restoration 613 W 1 Schoolhouse Creek mouth - Eastshore State Park 205 C 2 Russian River Giant Reed Removal and Riparian Restoration 580 C 1 Strawberry Creek 237 W 2 S. Laguna de Santa Rosa Stony Point-Llano Riparian 612 W 1 Strawberry Creek mouth - Eastshore State Park 307 C Other Upper Mark West Creek Management Plan and Projects 623 C 1 Tennessee Hollow: Confluence (Macarthur meadow) 640 C Other Upper Mark West Creek Sediment Reduction Project Phase II 624 C 2 Tennessee Hollow: El Polin 632 C 1 South Bay Tennessee Hollow: Fill Site 1 630 C 2 Alameda Creek Fisheries Restoration 3 C 2 Tennessee Hollow: Inspiration Point 629 C 1 Community-Based Restoration - Eden Landing Eco. Reserve 666 W Other Tennessee Hollow: Land Fill 2 631 C 2 Community-Based Restoration - Ravenswood Salt Ponds 668 W 1 Tennessee Hollow: Lover's lane Reach 637 C Other Guadalupe River Restoration 69 C 2 Tennessee Hollow: Macarthur Ave Reach 633 C Other Middle and Inner Bair Island 15 W 1 Tennessee Hollow: Morton St. Field Reach 635 C Other Moffett Field Wetlands 109 W Other Tennessee Hollow: Quartermaster Reach 643 C Other New Chicago Marsh Acquisition 125 W 2 Tennessee Hollow: South East Dunes 634 C 1 New Chicago Marsh Restoration 582 W 1 Tennessee Hollow: Sumner Avenue Grassland 636 C 1 Patterson Ranch - Coyote Hills Regional Park 136 C Other Tennessee Hollow: Thompson Reach 642 C 1 Pete's Landing at Middle Bair Island 530 W 1 Tennessee Hollow: Western Tributary 639 C Other San Francisquito Creek ACE Investigation 515 C 1 Tennessee Hollow: Western Tributary Upland 638 C Other San Francisquito Creek Watershed Fish Passage 179 C Other Tennessee Hollow: YMCA Reach 641 C Other South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project Overview 231 W 1 Tiscornia Marsh Restoration Project 651 W Other South Bay Salt Ponds: Alviso - Knapp Tract (Pond A6) 570 W 1 Western Stege Marsh Restoration Program 267 W 1 South Bay Salt Ponds: Alviso - Pond A16 568 W 1 Coast South Bay Salt Ponds: Alviso - Pond A8 645 W 1 Bolinas Lagoon 555 W 2 South Bay Salt Ponds: Eden Landing Ponds E12 and 13 647 W 2 Giacomini Wetlands Monitoring 421 W 1 South Bay Salt Ponds: Eden Landing Ponds E8A, 9 and 8X 646 W 1 Lagunitas Creek Watershed -Acquisition 433 C 1 South Bay Salt Ponds: Ravenswood SF2 650 W 1 Lagunitas -San Geronimo Valley Sediment Reduction 559 C 2 Suisun Mori Point 622 W 1 Alhambra Creek Restoration and Enviro. 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Collaborative 521 C 2 Redwood Creek Restoration at Muir Beach (Big Lagoon) 163 C 1 Alhambra Valley Creek Coalition Restoration Project 6 C 2 San Pedro Creek Tidal Area 192 W Other Bay Point Regional Shoreline Restoration Project 17 W Other Tomales Dunes Wetlands 601 W 1 Byron Vernal Pools Restoration 669 W 2 North Bay Concord NWS Wetlands Restoration 40 W 2 Bahia Monitoring 14 W 1 Dutch Slough 54 W 1 Breuner Property Restoration and Public Access Project 25 W 2 Kirker Creek Watershed Plan and Partners for the Watershed 77 C 1 Champlin Creek 35 C 2 Lower Marsh Creek - Oakley 91 C 2 Chelsea Wetlands 558 W 1 Lower Walnut Creek Restoration 94 W Other Cullinan Ranch 49 W 1 Marsh Creek - Griffith Park 99 C Other Eel Grass Protection and Creation Project, Eastshore SP 573 W 2 Marsh Creek Fish Ladder 547 C 1 Eelgrass Monitoring and Pilot Restoration Project, SFSU 494 W 1 Marsh Creek Reservoir Rehabilitation 511 W Other Fernandez Ranch- Rodeo Creek Restoration and Access 450 C 1 Martinez Regional Shoreline Marsh Restoration 102 W Other Friends of Pinole Creek -Native Plant Restoration 655 C 1 McNabney Marsh tidal restoration project 545 W 2 Hamilton - Bel Marin Keys Wetlands Restoration 70 W 1 Mount Diablo State Park: Mitchell Creek Riparian Restoration 107 C 2 Mira Monte Acquisition 658 W 1 Mt. Diablo Creek Watershed Coordinated Steelhead Passage 519 W 2 Napa Plant Site 483 W 1 Native vegetation planting in McNabney Marsh buffer zone 600 W 1 Napa River Fish Passage Project 644 C 1 Pacheco Marsh 133 W Other Napa River Flood Protection Project 118 C 1 Peyton Slough Wetland Complex Management 104 W 2 Napa River Rutherford Reach Restoration 400 C 1 Rush Ranch 540 W 1 Napa-Sonoma Marshes Wildlife Area 121 W 1 Suisun Creek Watershed Enhancement Program 238 C 1 North Richmond Shoreline Land Acquisition 557 W 1 Regional Novato Creek Watershed Program 129 C 2 Bay Area Early Detection Network (BAEDN) 707 W 1 Pavon Creeks 478 C 1 Invasive Spartina Control Efforts in San Francisco Bay 241 W 1 Petaluma Marsh Expansion and Restoration - Marin 141 W 1 Petaluma River - Watershed Enhancement 142 C 2 Pinole Creek Fish Passage Improvement Project 654 C 2 For more information contact: Pinole Creek Restoration and Greenway Park 152 C 1 Beth Huning, SFBJV Coordinator Point Pinole Regional Shoreline Wetlands Enhancement 156 W 1 [email protected] or 415-259-0334 Rheem Creek 166 W 2 Richmond Wetlands - San Pablo Marsh 551 W 1 Edition: September, 2010 San Antonio Creek Erosion Control and Riparian Restoration 517 C 2 San Pablo Creek 190 C 1 Sears Point Restoration Project 481 W 1 Key: Project Types (W = Wetland, C = Creek); Project Tiers (1 = Ready to Go, 2= Some Impediments, Other = Active Planning).
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