While the rest of the world loses wetlands—along with their carbon storage, water cleaning, flood protection, habitat, and many other services—the Bay Area is gaining tidal wetlands thanks to intensive restoration efforts. Learn more: www.sfei.org/documents/tr... #NationalEstuariesWeek

You can explore maps for your own part of the Bay Area for free! www.sfei.org/documents/sa...

Bay Area #wetlands filter runoff, absorb floodwaters, and shelter #endangeredspecies. A new report from @sfestuaryinstitute.bsky.social identifies 100+ opportunities to boost wetland resilience against #sealevelrise by strategically placing sediment and connecting habitats. 🧵 1/3

Happy #WorldWaterMonitoringDay! Join us on our recent water quality monitoring all over San Francisco Bay. www.sfei.org/news/all-abo... SFEI runs the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality (RMP), a cutting-edge example of collaborative water quality science.

You're invited to attend the Annual Meeting for the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay! The free meeting will highlight the world-class program's latest updates. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-rmp-annual-meeting-virtual-tickets-1478422283849?aff=oddtdtcreator

Senior scientist Ezra Miller was interviewed for this article about microplastics. Their advice: “source control” is “the most effective and the most societally cost-effective” way to reduce microplastics.

Matthew Héberger, one of our Clean Water scientists, was quoted as an expert in this article. He emphasizes that improved water quality will require ongoing commitment.

Final day to submit your best ideas for naming our stormwater sampling robots! Learn more: www.sfei.org/news/help-us... #NationalWaterQualityMonth #SanFranciscoBay

It's #NationalWaterQualityMonth! We've worked with the Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay for decades to bring independent science to protecting the Bay's water quality. Learning more in the RMP e-update: https://mailchi.mp/sfei/rmp-eupdate-summer2020-9167755

A new report by @sfestuaryinstitute.bsky.social assesses the changing landscape of Suisun Marsh - and highlights the importance of preserving “migration space” for the marsh to adapt to climate change. buff.ly/FIbBnk9 #wetlandrestoration #marsh #Suisun #Solano #sealevelrise 🧵 5/7

Do you have a knack for puns? Do you agree that pollution sucks? Submit your most creative names for our new stormwater sampling machines! Naming each sampler will help keep them organized as they sip up water samples across the Bay Area to test water quality.   https://forms.gle/nuNRk7V1R3HuYSjk6

We've monitored #foreverchemicals in the Bay’s wildlife, water, and bottom for sixteen years. Our new report has the most complete data ever about PFAS in San Francisco Bay water and sediment.

‘A hidden threat’: San Mateo lawmaker warns of rising groundwater risks, seeks study funding https://trib.al/VZKV9nz

"Sea level rise won’t just mean water lapping over shorelines. As the bay rises, it will push up groundwater inland." Learn more about what that means in Alameda, Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo counties: www.sfei.org/projects/sha...

In the #SacramentoDelta, 320,000 acres sit below high tide. Once tidal #wetlands, these places are sinking and costly to maintain. Is it time for #wetlandrestoration? Hear the latest at the October State of the Estuary Conference.  http://bit.ly/43BzqmA

Suisun Marsh may be the most underappreciated part of the #CaliforniaWater puzzle. A new SFEI report, covered in Maven’s Notebook, shows time is short to act on sea level rise, growth & subsidence. Read more: http://bit.ly/44S30ot #DeltaLife #CaliforniaWater #SanFranciscoBay #WetlandRestoration

SFEI is back in the field! Members of our team Joined Valley Water, and others to assess the health of rivers in the Upper Pajaro River watershed in Santa Clara County. They started in June with a refresher training in riverine wetland surveying--chest deep in river science!

Thank you to everyone who joined the Living Shorelines Collaborative site visit at Heron’s Head Park! We had a great turnout, asked insightful questions, and built momentum for nature-based solutions. Special thanks to our co-hosts, speakers, and EcoCenter staff! #NatureBasedSolutions

Microplastics are already everywhere—the air we breathe, the water we drink, and our own bodies—and we put more into the environment each year. What can we do to keep these tiny contaminants from harming wildlife and ourselves? My✍️for @MavensNotebook #cawater

Learn more about the research on how to stop #microplastics from entering San Francisco Bay in this interview with one of our Clean Water Program senior scientists, Ezra Miller!

Tidal marsh vegetation surveys for the new Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program (WRMP) in the San Francisco Estuary are well underway! These surveys at 17+ sites across the estuary will occupy much of my working time over the next few months. @sfestuaryinstitute.bsky.social

To learn more about emerging contaminants in San Francisco Bay, check out the Pulse of the Bay (for a public-friendly overview) or the Contaminants of Emerging Concern Strategy (for more technical details). www.sfei.org/documents/pu... www.sfei.org/documents/co...

Many pollutants in San Francisco Bay are newer chemicals that are loosely regulated (or not regulated at all)  ☠️ Our Clean Water scientists with the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality have a strategy to track these emerging contaminants, and the first step is assessing risk. Learn more 👇

Estuaries are environments where saltwater and freshwater mix. If you're one of the 8 million people who live around the San Francisco Estuary, it probably improves your life—even if you don't know know much about it (yet)! Click through the images to learn more.

We had a great time at the Santa Clara Valley Sediment Beneficial Reuse Workshop in San Jose. It was a full house as we presented alongside our partners and delved into conversations centered on beneficial reuse priorities, opportunities, and challenges. @sfestuaryinstitute.bsky.social

SFEI is now a 1% for the Planet Environmental Partner! This global network links us with values-driven groups and businesses to support actionable science for resilient communities. 🔗 Explore our profile—link in bio! #SFEI #OnePercentForThePlanet #ClimateAction #EnvironmentalPartner

If you liked our Adaptation Atlas, you’ll love our new Resilience Metrics Mapbook, a collection of “treasure maps” for a more resilient Bay! It helps planners, regulators, community-based organizations, and others decide where and how to use nature-based solutions for sea level rise resilience. 👇

ICYMI: #PFAS forever chemicals have been found in San Francisco Bay sportfish by researchers with @sfestuaryinstitute.bsky.social — at levels that could pose a health threat to people who fish there to eat calmatters.org/environment/...

A new study from the @sfestuaryinstitute.bsky.social found that 10 species of commonly consumed fish from the Bay frequently contain high levels of "forever chemicals" (PFAS). The South Bay is especially polluted. www.kqed.org/science/1996... @dventon.bsky.social

Our Clean Water program scientists are making a splash in California news! Learn more about the new research published today in @pubs.acs.org ES&T Water. www.sfei.org/news/forever...

Released today: Our scientists published the most comprehensive study to date about toxic #foreverchemicals in ten species of popular fish to eat from San Francisco Bay. https://www.sfei.org/news/forever-chemicals-found-fish-through-most-bay

(1/2) Senior scientist @beckysuttonphd.bsky.social was interviewed on @abc7news.bsky.social as an expert on #foreverchemicals. "Forever chemicals can build up in the bodies of people and wildlife over time. And it turns out they're highly toxic," she explained. abc7news.com/post/experts...

It's Endangered Species Day! California Least Terns have only a four-inch wingspan, but migrate up to thousands of miles to destinations unknown. Efforts in the last 50 years have helped turn this species away from the brink of extinction, but its populations are still small.

Mission Blue Butterflies rely on lupine in coastal scrublands and grasslands. If you're lucky, you'll spot them in Marin County, San Francisco County, or San Mateo County. They don't exist anywhere else!

We're still highlighting endangered species around the San Francisco Estuary! California tiger salamanders can grow to over 9 inches and live as long as a large dog. Habitat loss and fragmentation, migration barriers (like busy roads), and non-native species all threaten these native amphibians.

With three days to go until Endangered Species Day, let's celebrate salties. The greatest threat to the salt marsh harvest mouse is habitat loss from filling, diking, subsidence, changes in water salinity, non-native species invasions, sea level rise, and pollution (Source: USFWS).

To share your thoughts on the rule change to weaken Endangered Species Act protections, comment by May 19: www.regulations.gov/document/FWS...

One week to go until #EndangeredSpecies Day. This week, we'll share info about some endangered species that call habitats around the San Francisco Estuary home.

ICYMI      The Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program (WRMP) is generating a lot of regional excitement and was recently featured in three news articles. Check them out and learn more about the impactful work we are doing in partnership with our WRMP co-leads at the San Francisco Estuary Institute...

CRAM 2025 Training - http://eepurl.com/i7kooc

Check out the @KneeDeepTimes article on SFEI’s Ecology for Health guide! It share some of the key insights gleaned from the new #design guidance for supporting #health and #biodiversity in cities: https://www.kneedeeptimes.org/optimizing-the-health-benefits-of-urban-greens/

To celebrate the release of SFEI's latest report "Where Creeks Meet Baylands" lead authors brought the elements of creek-to-bayland connections to life, with their furry companions embodying species that stand to benefit. Check out the report and the costumes that tell the story!

Making Nature’s City Toolkit, which distills #biodiversity science and #UrbanDesign strategies into a user-friendly website, now includes content from our #EcologyForHealth guide funded by @RWJF. Explore the Toolkit here: https://www.makingnaturescity.org/

Last month SFEI hosted over 50 practitioners in #UrbanPlanning, #LandscapeArchitecture, #Engineering, #Science & more at our #EcologyForHealth Salon. We’re still glowing from the group’s ideas, inspiration & aspirations for fostering a #healthy, #biodiverse #BayArea.

How can we design cities for both #humanhealth and #biodiversity? SFEI’s new #EcologyForHealth guide funded by @RWJF offers practical science-based strategies to maximize urban space benefits through #UrbanPlanning & #LandscapeArchitecture. Read here: https://tinyurl.com/2fr6nxhd

Join us for a community meeting where SFEI scientists will co-present on how we can restore the Navarro River watershed and build climate resilience by better understanding its historical ecology, carbon storage, and community stewardship opportunities. https://bit.ly/NavarroRiverClimateResilienc...

Join us at the 2023 RMP Annual Meeting! - https://mailchi.mp/sfei/2023-rmp-annual-meeting

On the health of the San Francisco Bay: SFEI's Dr. Jay Davis co-authored an op-ed in the SF Chronicle in collaboration with Andy Gunther and Alexis Strauss Hacker https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/san-francisco-bay-water-algae-bloom-17621616.php

Download the 2022 Pulse of the Bay, celebrating 50 years of the #CleanWaterAct Before #CWA: Partially treated sewage discharged into #SFBay (photo by USEPA Documerica project) Today: Valuable wetland habitat http://sfei.org/rmp/pulse @JayDavis_ASC #CleanWater50 #ProtectOurWaters