News and Notables

SFEI Scientist to speak at Commonweath Club
Sep-24-13 | Events and Appearances

Perspectives of the Bay that are informed by a deeper, more fluid understanding of both geography and history. Research by Robin Grossinger and his colleagues at the San Francisco Estuary Institute informs us of what it was like before the arrival of Europeans.

"Shaping San Francisco" hosting presentation on historical ecology
Mar-27-13 | Events and Appearances

Ruth Askevold and Robin Grossinger will present: 'Designing Resilient Landscapes: What history teaches us about San Francisco and the Bay-Delta Estuary'

SFEI Scientist honored at Berkeley Public Library Foundation's Authors Dinner
Feb-09-13 | Events and Appearances

Join Honorary Co-Chairs Ayelet Waldman and Michael Chabon for a celebration of our libraries and the Bay Area literary community.

SCVWD publishes 'Watching Our Watersheds' interactive map layers using data from SFEI's historical ecology studies
Jan-02-13 | Coordination and Collaboration

The Santa Clara Valley Water District has published a series interactive maps depicting the streams and historical habitats of the South Bay and the Santa Clara Valley. Interactive maps and points of interest are viewable in Google Earth.

RMP Scientists Contribute to Bay Article as Part of a Synthesis on Mercury in Marine Ecosystems
Dec-05-12 | Publications and Reports | Featured

As part of a Coastal and Marine Mercury Ecosystem Research Collaborative (C-MERC), RMP scientists have contributed to a manuscript assessing avenues for reducing methylmercury contamination in the food webs of San Francisco Bay and its local watershed. The article was published as part of a special issue of the journal Environmental Research.

Historical Ecology Presentation at the Delta Stewardship Council
Nov-15-12 | Events and Appearances

Robin Grossinger and Alison Whipple presented the Delta Historical Ecology Report

Return of the Alma
Nov-01-12 | Events and Appearances

SFEI scientist Robin Grossinger has been invited to sail on the Alma, a historic schooner that was built at a shipyard near Hunter's Point in 1891. On November 1, the Alma will sail from Aquatic Park to the historic shipyard where the scow was built in India Basin.

2012 RMP Insert in SFEP's Estuary News: Flame Retardants in San Francisco Bay
Oct-26-12 | Publications and Reports

This annual RMP contribution will be distributed as an insert in the October issue of Estuary News, published by the San Francisco Estuary Partnership. This edition summarizes information on flame retardant concentrations and trends in San Francisco Bay.

2012 Regional Monitoring Program Update
Oct-17-12 | Publications and Reports | Featured

The RMP has released the electronic edition of the 2012 Regional Monitoring Program Update. This report provides a concise overview of noteworthy RMP activities and findings, a summary of progress and plans in addressing priority water quality topics, and updated trend plots for key pollutants, water quality indicators, and factors that influence water quality.

SFEI-ASC Shines at Bay-Delta Science Conferences
Oct-16-12 | Events and Appearances

SFEI-ASC Scientists gave 5 presentations and displayed 3 posters at the 7th Biennial Bay-Delta Science Conference

NPR Story on Delta Historical Ecology featured nationally on Weekend Edition
Oct-07-12 | Media

Restore The California Delta! To What, Exactly?

This detective story begins on a sunny day in a dry field of corn, about an hour east of San Francisco.
Alison Whipple and Robin Grossinger are looking through a pile of maps, trying to piece together the path of William Wright, a man who got hopelessly lost somewhere nearby...

Delta Historical Ecology Study Released
Sep-30-12 | Publications and Reports

Press for the Delta Historical Ecology Study: access the report, maps, press release, and media coverage, including Public Radio story and KQED-Stanford Interactive Map

UC Davis' California WaterBlog: "Knowing the Delta’s past offers new ideas forward"
Sep-26-12 | Media

"Little did Sherman know that more than 150 years later his testimony and maps would help reveal what the Delta looked like and how it worked back then..."

"New Study Examines How Delta Ecosystem Once Worked" - Delta Historical Ecology on Valley Public Radio
Sep-14-12 | Media

The Delta Historical Ecology Study is part of an effort to allow scientists to better understand how to restore the Delta, by examining how the massive freshwater estuary functioned, before the gold rush and agriculture transformed the region with levees, shipping channels and dredging.

Announcing the release of the Delta Historical Ecology report
Sep-13-12 | Media

A new study provides a detailed look at the Delta before levees and water diversions permanently altered it. This will help guide efforts now under way to improve ecological function in the Delta by providing new insight into how the region once appeared and worked.