• In 2018, the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program contracted with Volkert, Inc. and Allen Engineering and Science to develop a comprehensive Watershed Management Plan (WMP) for the Wolf Bay Watershed. (mobilebaynep.com)
  • Mobile Bay National Estuary Program announces publication of Wolf Bay Watershed Management Plan. (mobilebaynep.com)
  • Mobile Bay National Estuary Program has contracted with Goodwyn Mills & Cawood and South Coast Engineers to develop a comprehensive EPS 9-Step Watershed Management Plan (WMP) for the Western Shore. (mobilebaynep.com)
  • Section 320 of the U.S. Clean Water Act created the National Estuary Program (NEP). (estuario.org)
  • The Morro Bay National Estuary Program continuously leads and organizes the efforts of our residents to protect the bay for all the species that use it, including the local citizens. (cleankarma.org)
  • The Morro Bay National Estuary Program works to protect and restore Morro Bay and its watershed by conducting monitoring and research to track the health of the estuary, repairing natural habitats to protect water quality and wildlife, and educating residents and visitors on how to be good stewards of the bay. (cleankarma.org)
  • Thank you for your interest in volunteering with the Morro Bay National Estuary Program! (cleankarma.org)
  • The Pensacola & Perdido Bays Estuary Program (PPBEP) invites the community to celebrate National Estuaries Week (September 18th-25th). (ppbep.org)
  • The San Juan Bay Estuary Program, hereinafter called "Estuario", requests proposals from qualified firms to develop a watershed index that measures and describes the conditions and health of the San Juan Bay Estuary's watershed and provides information to evaluate environmental conditions status and trends. (estuario.org)
  • Then, in 1994, the San Juan Bay Estuary Program was launched. (estuario.org)
  • The Pensacola & Perdido Bays Estuary Program's Community Grant Program funds projects that serve to restore, preserve, connect, inform, and educate. (ppbep.org)
  • Join representatives from the Pensacola and Perdido Bay Estuary Program (PPBEP) for a series of special story times and programs about the wildlife in our local watershed. (greaterpensacolaparents.com)
  • The Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay is an innovative collaboration of the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, the regulated discharger community, and the San Francisco Estuary Institute. (sfei.org)
  • The Program issues a report each year, the Pulse of the Bay in even years and the RMP Update in odd years. (sfei.org)
  • The Program issues a report every other year, The Pulse of the Bay, that presents the latest results from monitoring and addresses a theme related to a timely water quality topic. (sfei.org)
  • This edition celebrates the 25th anniversary of the RMP with a look back at the history of the program, along with articles on emerging contaminants, nutrients, and the Bay margins. (sfei.org)
  • The mission of the Tampa Bay Estuary Program is to build partnerships to restore and protect Tampa Bay through implementation of a scientifically sound, community based management plan . (tbep.org)
  • The most recent meeting of the San Francisco Estuary Geospatial Workgroup featured Pete Kauhanen and Lawrence Sim of SFEI's Environmental program. (sfei.org)
  • Members from the Institute's Environmental Informatics program also sit on the steering committee for the San Francisco Estuary Geospatial Workgroup, which serves as a gathering point for geospatial practitioners, scientists, and technologists who present on a diverse set of topics in the geospatial domain including sea level rise, wildlife conservation, and remote sensing. (sfei.org)
  • The second phase of the BGIC program is to transplant the nursery-raised grasses at restoration sites around Tampa Bay. (guidestar.org)
  • The goal of Tampa Bay Watch's Bay Grasses in Classes Program is to provide middle and high school students with an educational resource to learn about ecological and agricultural practices, enhancing the science-based curriculums at their schools. (guidestar.org)
  • This project was funded by the Long Island Community Foundation and the Peconic Estuary Program. (peconicgreengrowth.org)
  • Funding from the Estuary Program directly supports coastal restoration training, job readiness, and career pathways for local youth. (ppbep.org)
  • EscaRosa Oyster Corps has received two grants from the Estuary Program totaling approximately $100,000. (ppbep.org)
  • The meeting also included student presentations with presenter awards sponsored by the Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program. (utexas.edu)
  • The meeting will be hosted by The University of Texas Marine Science Institute and its Mission-Aransas Reserve and Graduate Student Association with sponsorship from the Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program, Texas A&M Corpus Christi Harte Research Institute, Texas SeaGrant, Flatsworthy, Eureka Water Probes. (utexas.edu)
  • The Estuary Program offers different volunteer opportunities throughout the year. (cleankarma.org)
  • The Sarasota Bay Estuary Program is dedicated to restoring the region's most important natural asset: Sarasota Bay. (epa.gov)
  • Narraganset Bay (USA), the largest estuary in New England, has large seasonal zones of hypoxia. (mdpi.com)
  • Tampa Bay is the largest estuary in the state of Florida, encompassing 400 square miles of open water and 2,300 square miles of highly developed watershed that supports industry, agriculture, and a diverse population in excess of 2.4 million people. (guidestar.org)
  • The PPBEP is encouraging residents and visitors to explore and engage with their local estuaries through a week-long schedule of events. (ppbep.org)
  • Along with being compliant with the limitations this policy had set up, it also sets the expectation for further compliance with existing acts, such as components of the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Act and the "Water Quality Control Plan for Control of Temperature in the Coastal and Interstate Waters and Enclosed Bays and Estuaries of California of 1972. (wikipedia.org)
  • The amount of nutrients and sediment delivered to an estuary affects the water quality, productivity, and characteristic of a coastal ecosystem. (usgs.gov)
  • The increase in rain and resultant flooding can increase sediment erosion and nutrient runoff into coastal rivers and consequently increase sediment and nutrient input into estuaries and bays. (usgs.gov)
  • According to the law's model, it allows the governors of coastal states with estuaries to submit these bodies of water to the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (estuario.org)
  • The project location is the watershed or drainage basin of the San Juan Bay Estuary, which extends above a broad, flat coastal plain and consists of 83 square miles (215 km 2 ) of land and 14 square miles (36 km 2 ) of water. (estuario.org)
  • As of recently, the United States has taken a leap to restore estuary habitats in 2000 with the Estuary Restoration Act (ERA). (wikipedia.org)
  • The visions provided by this pre-disaster challenge - modeled on the post-disaster Rebuild by Design challenge in New York that followed superstorm Sandy - are powerful, silo-crossing conversation starters for a region now working to prepare low-lying communities, creeks, habitats, and infrastructure for a bigger Bay. (estuarynews.org)
  • The 1994 spring phytoplankton bloom in South San Francisco Bay caused substantial reductions in concentrations of dissolved Cd, Ni, and Zn, but not Cu. We estimate that the equivalent of similar to 60% of the total annual input of Cd, Ni, and Zn from local waste-water treatment plants is cycled through the phytoplankton in South Bay. (columbia.edu)
  • Started in 1994, Bay Grasses in Classes (BGIC) coordinates efforts at approximately 18 middle and high schools across the Bay area to grow native salt marsh and then transfer it to large-scale restoration sites along the Tampa Bay shoreline. (guidestar.org)
  • The 2019 edition of The Pulse of the Bay features articles on the four major pollutant pathways that are the primary focus of Bay water quality managers: municipal wastewater, industrial wastewater, stormwater, and dredging and dredged material disposal. (sfei.org)
  • The Resilient by Design Bay Area Challenge (2017-2018) invited nine teams to design innovative shoreline adaptations to rising sea levels at nine sites around the San Francisco Estuary. (estuarynews.org)
  • This project has been funded wholly or in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under assistance agreement CE-98T25101 to the Bay Foundation of Morro Bay. (mbnep.org)
  • Help protect and restore Morro Bay for people and wildlife! (cleankarma.org)
  • Bays and estuaries depend on the delivery of freshwater, nutrients, and sediment to maintain physical conditions that support a diversity of estuarine life. (usgs.gov)
  • Assessing the processes driving the delivery of freshwater, nutrients, and sediment into Texas estuaries is essential for improving our understanding of freshwater inflow needs. (usgs.gov)
  • Poor water quality caused by an abundance of these nutrients in an estuary can stimulate the excessive growth of phytoplankton, reduce dissolved oxygen (DO) levels, and potentially lead to fish kills. (usgs.gov)
  • This peer-reviewed publication discusses why the bay is classified as highly eutrophic and identifies several of the adverse impacts associated with excess nutrients and potential solutions to those problems. (savebarnegatbay.org)
  • Western Hudson Bay is both a cultural and ecological treasure. (oceansnorth.org)
  • With the demand for water in Texas anticipated to increase with population growth, sustaining adequate freshwater inflows into bays estuaries while meeting water supply needs may become an increasing challenge for resource managers. (usgs.gov)
  • Two main themes are examined in this report: 1) demonstrating the effects of freshwater inflows on living and non-living components of estuarine ecosystems and 2) presenting a methodology for assessing the freshwater inflow needs of Texas bays and estuaries that satisfies the requirement of maintaining an ecologically sound environment and the productivity of fish, shellfish, and other estuarine life. (tdl.org)
  • The Community Grant Symposium will highlight the work completed by the Estuary Program's 2020-2021 grant recipients. (ppbep.org)
  • We look forward to sharing the impressive work accomplished by our 2020-2021 grant recipients during National Estuaries Week. (ppbep.org)
  • That's why Oceans North has released a new report called " Western Hudson Bay and Its Beluga Estuaries: Protecting Abundance for a Sustainable Future " which advocates for a national marine conservation area in this region. (oceansnorth.org)
  • The USGS Texas Water Science Center is evaluating the variability of nutrient and sediment concentrations and loads entering Texas bays and estuaries across a range of hydrologic conditions in Galveston Bay (inflow from the Trinity and San Jacinto Rivers), Matagordo Bay (inflow from the Colorado River), San Antonio Bay (inflow from the Guadalupe River), and Nueces Bay (inflow from Nueces River). (usgs.gov)
  • The results suggest that processes that affect phytoplankton bloom frequency or intensity in estuaries (e.g. nutrient enrichment) may also affect metal trapping. (columbia.edu)
  • By installing a VOG off your dock, you create oyster habitat and contribute to our understanding of oyster distribution in Tampa Bay. (tbep.org)
  • These reefs are extremely important to the estuary because they provide habitat and are a feeding ground for a variety of critters, including birds and iconic fish, like snapper, snook, and redfish. (tbep.org)
  • These estuaries provide critical habitat for nearly one-third of the planet's belugas. (oceansnorth.org)
  • Mixing zones for fresh and ocean waters at the mouths of the Smith River, Klamath River, Mad River, Eel River, Noyo River, Russian River, and Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta are identified as estuaries. (wikipedia.org)
  • The policy called for the entirety of closed bays and estuaries in California to extract toxic substances present in the waters, while coming up with unproblematic methods of discharging these wastes. (wikipedia.org)
  • Expanding opportunities for community access to the natural resources and waters of Mobile Bay. (mobilebaynep.com)
  • More than 70% of all fish, shellfish, and crustaceans spend some part of their lives in the protected waters of estuaries like Tampa Bay. (guidestar.org)
  • Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful Engages Volunteers in Trash Free Waters. (estuaries.org)
  • However, we are still busy with our work to protect and restore Casco Bay. (cascobayestuary.org)
  • The language changed from should restore to must restore," says David Thomson of the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory, referring to federal guidance on tidal marsh recovery. (estuarynews.org)
  • Restore America's Estuaries works to counter these and other threats with a host of partners nationwide. (estuaries.org)
  • Kaituna River mouth and Maketu estuary and wetland behind. (naturespic.com)
  • Students actively participate in restoration activities, and work side by side with scientists to perform wetland restoration in Tampa Bay. (guidestar.org)
  • By involving our youth and educating them about the importance of salt marsh and a healthy wetland environment, Tampa Bay Watch is taking an active role in promoting education about challenges to the health of Tampa Bay and the solutions available through restoration. (guidestar.org)
  • In January the Bay Conservation and Development Commission and the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board appealed decisions by a Solano County Superior Court Judge voiding $3.6 million in fines and cleanup and restoration requirements that the agencies imposed on the island's owner for dumping excavation spoil in Suisun Bay and draining tidal wetland without authorization. (estuarynews.org)
  • The measure, which resulted in creation of the SF Bay Restoration Authority, may be a catalyst for a regional approach to wetland restoration, rising sea levels and other challenges. (estuarynews.org)
  • John Sweeney, the current owner of Point Buckler Island via a limited liability corporation, faces enforcement action by the Bay Conservation and Development Commission and the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board for diking and draining a tidal wetland and dumping excavation spoils in Suisun Bay. (estuarynews.org)
  • Estuaries are partially enclosed bodies of water where fresh and salt water mix. (ppbep.org)
  • When Bay Area voters approved Measure AA in June 2016 they not only created a significant new source of environmental funding, they also made California history, levying a parcel tax across the entire region for the first time. (estuarynews.org)
  • Exceptions for waste disposal were made for San Francisco Bay and for cooling water discharges at other locations. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Estuario aims to develop a novel and comprehensive watershed indicator index for the San Juan Bay Estuary system that sustainably delivers a range of benefits and services to the people. (estuario.org)
  • Similarly, high sediment loads delivered to an estuary can alter water quality. (usgs.gov)
  • An increased sediment load delivered to an estuary can reduce water clarity and light penetration in the water column. (usgs.gov)
  • We're finally seeing a change in paradigm," says Brett Milligan regarding how sediment is treated in the Bay Area. (estuarynews.org)
  • What was once considered waste is now considered a resource, and a group called "Public Sediment," part of the Bay Area Resilient by Design Challenge, are proposing mud rooms, mud berms, mud pathways, and top-to-bottom mud management to better build up Bay Area shorelines and keep them above rising water. (estuarynews.org)
  • Though the Clean Water Act did an amazing job of reducing wastewater and stormwater pollution of the San Francisco Estuary, some contaminants remain thorny problems. (estuarynews.org)
  • Maketu Estuary, looking west towards Maketu Government Purpose (Wildlife Management) Reserve and Kaituna River mouth. (naturespic.com)
  • A citizen's group, Vallejoans for Cost Efficient Growth, supported by Save the Bay and other environmental organizations, helped kill Egret Bay, and, in a deal brokered by Congresswoman Barbara Boxer, the land became part of the San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge. (estuarynews.org)
  • The San Francisco Estuary is a place where people, wildlife, and commerce congregate, and where watersheds, rivers and the ocean meet and mix, creating a place of unusual diversity. (estuarynews.org)
  • The Water Quality Control Policy for the Enclosed Bays and Estuaries of California is published by the California State Water Resources Control Board as guidelines to prevent water quality degradation. (wikipedia.org)
  • The California Bays and Estuaries Policy served as part of the water quality standards in effect for the CWA. (wikipedia.org)
  • It provides water quality regulators with information they need to manage the Bay effectively. (sfei.org)
  • The purpose of The Pulse is to make the most important information available on water quality in the Bay accessible to water quality managers, decision-makers, scientists, and the public. (sfei.org)
  • This Pulse also includes summaries, with a historical perspective, on the major water quality parameters of concern in the Bay. (sfei.org)
  • The Pulse focuses on Bay water quality and summarizes information from all sources. (sfei.org)
  • The RMP has made millions of measurements of water quality in the Bay. (sfei.org)
  • Management of these pathways will be the key to further improving and protecting Bay water quality. (sfei.org)
  • Because of their filtering capacity, oysters support a healthy estuary by improving both water quality and clarity- helping to keep the bay beautiful and blue! (tbep.org)
  • As part of the Puget Sound Initiative, the Washington State Department of Ecology has worked to expedite the cleanup of contaminated waterfront sites in several Puget Sound bays that have been given higher priority. (enviroissues.com)
  • EnviroIssues joined the Ecology team to help develop a model for bay-wide community engagement, moving beyond the typical approach that is specific to a project or small geographic area. (enviroissues.com)
  • Residents from the Manatee River to Clearwater Harbor and from Hillsborough Bay to the Gulf of Mexico depend on Tampa Bay for commercial and recreational activities. (guidestar.org)
  • Tourists travel to the nearby town of Churchill from all over the world for a chance to see these magnificent white whales that congregate in the Nelson, Churchill and Seal river estuaries to molt, feed, calve and escape predation. (oceansnorth.org)
  • The final result, a concept called "the Estuary Commons," proposes to build tidal cities-pre-assembled housing units floating on excavated lagoons-but a huge part of the process was understanding how the design concepts would actually work amidst the realities that East Oakland faces. (estuarynews.org)
  • The Bays and Estuaries Policy adopted on 16 May 1974 concluded discharges of municipal wastewater and industrial process water should only be allowed when such discharges enhance the quality of the bay or estuary. (wikipedia.org)
  • It allowed specific exceptions to the original prohibition of wastewater discharges to the San Francisco Bay, south of Dumbarton Bridge under the premise that a series of qualifying findings were met. (wikipedia.org)
  • Save Barnegat Bay hosts the Barnegat Bay Book Club to celebrate the incredible books written over the years about the. (savebarnegatbay.org)
  • Tampa Bay Watch is dedicated to fostering a healthy Tampa Bay watershed through community-driven restoration projects, education programs, and outreach initiatives. (guidestar.org)
  • Legal name of organization: Tampa Bay Watch, Inc. (guidestar.org)
  • Estuaries like Tampa Bay are among the most diverse and productive ecosystems in the world. (guidestar.org)
  • Salt marsh plants have many benefits in the Tampa Bay estuary. (guidestar.org)
  • These first estimates of blue catfish population dynamics in the Chesapeake Bay region provide inputs for projection models to evaluate prospective management actions and identify monitoring needs. (usgs.gov)
  • The San Francisco Estuary Institute is working to provide support for the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) though Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Graphics, and Technological Services. (sfei.org)
  • National Estuaries Week is a nation wide celebration of our estuaries and they many benefits they provide to local communities. (ppbep.org)
  • Blue catfish ( Ictalurus furcatus ) were introduced to the Chesapeake Bay watershed to support recreational fisheries but also consume species of conservation need and economic importance. (usgs.gov)
  • 75% of all recreationally or commercially caught fishery species will spend part of their lives in an estuary. (ppbep.org)
  • In 2012, we partnered with Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Province of Manitoba to study belugas in the Seal River estuary. (oceansnorth.org)
  • An archaeological dig at Hubbard Point near the Seal River estuary in collaboration with the Inuit Heritage Trust and research scientist Dr. Virginia Petch showed that Inuit have occupied the hunting camp there for close to a thousand years. (oceansnorth.org)
  • Through these action projects, the Estuary Program's vision is to create a healthy and sustainable environment, economy, and community. (ppbep.org)
  • The post Tides Coos Bay, OR Estuary, Sept. 28 appeared first on Community Plus . (oregonbusinessnetwork.net)
  • Ask a design specialist, like Claire Bonham-Carter of Resilient By Design's All Bay Collective, and she'll point to "massive infrastructure-the Oakland airport, the BART station, two major roadways…" On the other hand, community activist Colin Miller of the Oakland Climate Action Coalition says "It's the people that really makes it special. (estuarynews.org)
  • Miller and the other All Bay Collective community advocates pushed the team hard from the start to consider equity and social justice in all aspects of the project. (estuarynews.org)
  • Most importantly, such a designation in Western Hudson Bay can help harmonize human activity with conservation principles and secure a sustainable future. (oceansnorth.org)
  • On April 20, 1993, the Governor of Puerto Rico signed the official designation of the San Juan Bay Estuary system as one of national importance to the United States. (estuario.org)
  • The same is true for Puget Sound: it is a large system of interconnected bays, each with specific issues and challenges. (enviroissues.com)
  • The San Juan Bay Estuary is the only tropical estuary system within the NEP outside the continental United States. (estuario.org)
  • How do Guiana dolphin (Sotalia guianensis), from the Cananéia estuary in State of São Paulo, use cerco-fixo fish traps in their fishing activities? (bvsalud.org)
  • Specifically, on the southeastern Brazilian coast, there is a small cetacean, referred by local fishermen as boto cinza ( Sotalia guianensis, CETACEA, DELPHINIDAE) (Guiana dolphin) that interacts with fish traps built inside the Cananéia estuary, namely, the cerco-fixo fish traps. (bvsalud.org)
  • In 2017, the federal government signaled its intention to create a national marine conservation area in Western Hudson Bay to help ensure that this beluga population remains healthy. (oceansnorth.org)
  • Welcome to Aldcliffe & Freeman's Wood, Lancaster - an area of the Lune Estuary in Morecambe Bay, North Lancs. (blogspot.com)
  • A Bay Area native, Isaac's writing is informed by his master's degree in environmental science, as well as many adventures from living and working in South America, Europe, and Southeast Asia. (estuarynews.org)
  • Marsh-upland transition zones are crucial for a properly functioning estuary, but nearly all of these historic zones have been impacted by human activity. (estuarynews.org)