by Diana Fu | Nov 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Visitors to the Tiburon shoreline may notice a new addition — a 5 ft. tall, bright yellow buoy anchored just offshore San Francisco State University’s Estuary and Ocean Science (EOS) Center. The Bay Ocean Buoy (BOB) and its companion mooring for Marine Acidification...
by Diana Fu | Nov 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
The San Francisco Estuary Partnership (SFEP) recently completed its Greener Pesticides for Cleaner Waterways (GPCW) project, to help implement the public outreach strategy listed in the Diazinon and Pesticide-Related Toxicity in Urban Creeks TMDL (Total Maximum Daily...
by Diana Fu | Nov 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Just south of San Jose in the Guadalupe River watershed sits the former New Almaden Mining District, once the largest mercury mine in the United States. The mine ran from 1846 to 1975 and produced 5% of the world’s mercury. It also produced a sticky, brittle waste...
by Diana Fu | Nov 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Champions of green and sustainable streets have a new roadmap with the release of the Roadmap of Funding Solutions for Sustainable Streets, now posted on the Estuary Partnership’s website. The goal of the Roadmap is to identify specific actions that can be undertaken...
by Diana Fu | Nov 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
To see the benefits of Sustainable Streets in action, look no farther than Chynoweth Avenue in the City of San Jose. Originally intended as a major thoroughfare, Chynoweth Avenue is now too wide for its surrounding land use and has gained a reputation for speeding and...
by Liz Juvera | Aug 31, 2021 | Habitats, Resilience, Uncategorized, Water
Transforming Urban Water Initiative From Gray to Green Shorelines Home Resources Regulatory Pathways for NBS Regional Roundtable Workshops Wetland Migration Workshop Local TRUW Projects Oro Loma Living Laboratory Palo Alto Horizontal Levee First Mile Horizontal Levee...
