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WETLANDS WORK AT SFEI
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Basic Conceptual Model e.g., juvenile fish, organic carbon, contaminants, detritus e.g., salt, intertidal fishes, suspended sediment Atmosphere WatershedsWetlands Bays Ocean e.g., salt, anadromous fishes, riparian birds e.g., contaminants, suspended sediment, freshwater
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Bay Tidal Wetlands Non-Tidal Wetlands Focus on Tidal Wetlands Working Uphill
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Basic Strategy 1.Set Habitat Goals * 2.Make & Measure Progress
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Basic Process to Set Goals Understand the Past, Present, and Change Predict Future
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PastPresentChange Historical Ecology Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program Bay Area EcoAtlas
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www.ecoatlas.org Historical View in the EcoAtlas
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Basic Strategy 1.Set Habitat Goals 2.Measure Progress with the WRMP *
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Basic WRMP Structure SFEI forms and administers and partners with technical teams to develop indicators, collect data, and report understanding. Physical Process, Bio-Geo Chemistry, Vegetation, Invertebrates, Fish, Amphibians and Reptiles, Mammals, Birds, Landscape Ecology, Information Technology
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Current WRMP Projects Wetland Tracking Project Monitoring Special Studies Information Technology Wetland Inventory and Indicator Development Review of Project Data and Reports Ecosystem Effects Research EPA’s 3-tier Approach Data Management And Reporting EMAP- Estuaries West Coast Pilot Restoration Project Mapping Montezuma Project Crissy Field Project CALFED Wetlands Pilot UC Davis & Univ. Oregon Indicator Tests NIS Spartina Geomorphic Effects EAIS Development EcoAtlas Steering Committee SFEP Indicator Development Coyote Hills Project
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EPA 3-Tier Approach Level 1: Landscape Analysis EcoAtlas used to measure landscape metrics Level 2: CA Rapid Assessment Method Level 3: Intensive Assessment Expert Teams Score Random Wetland Sites CRAM is Tested along Stressor Gradients
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Current WRMP Projects Wetland Tracking Project Monitoring Special Studies Information Technology Wetland Inventory and Indicator Development Review of Project Data and Reports Ecosystem Effects Research EPA’s 3-tier Approach Data Management And Reporting EMAP- Estuaries West Coast Pilot Restoration Project Mapping Montezuma Project Crissy Field Project CALFED Wetlands Pilot UC Davis & Univ. Oregon Indicator Tests NIS Spartina Geomorphic Effects EAIS Development EcoAtlas Steering Committee SFEP Indicator Development Coyote Hills Project
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EMAP Pilot to Identify Gradients 30 random points, each within a drainage system … … within a marsh patch … … within a watershed.
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Current WRMP Projects Wetland Tracking Project Monitoring Special Studies Information Technology Wetland Inventory and Indicator Development Review of Project Data and Reports Ecosystem Effects Research EPA’s 3-tier Approach Data Management And Reporting EMAP- Estuaries West Coast Pilot Restoration Project Mapping Montezuma Project Crissy Field Project CALFED Wetlands Pilot UC Davis & Univ. Oregon Indicator Tests NIS Spartina Geomorphic Effects EAIS Development EcoAtlas Steering Committee SFEP Indicator Development Coyote Hills Project
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www.ecoatlas.org Wetland Projects in the EcoAtlas
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Current WRMP Projects Wetland Tracking Project Monitoring Special Studies Information Technology Wetland Inventory and Indicator Development Review of Project Data and Reports Ecosystem Effects Research EPA’s 3-tier Approach Data Management And Reporting EMAP- Estuaries West Coast Pilot Restoration Project Mapping Montezuma Project Crissy Field Project CALFED Wetlands Pilot UC Davis & Univ. Oregon Indicator Tests NIS Spartina Geomorphic Effects EAIS Development EcoAtlas Steering Committee SFEP Indicator Development Coyote Hills Project
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Review of Project Data and Monitoring Reports Form and Administer TRTs to: Advise and Review Habitat Plans Recommend Indicators Review Monitoring Results Recommend Adaptations
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Current WRMP Projects Wetland Tracking Project Monitoring Special Studies Information Technology Wetland Inventory and Indicator Development Review of Project Data and Reports Ecosystem Effects Research EPA’s 3-tier Approach Data Management And Reporting EMAP- Estuaries West Coast Pilot Restoration Project Mapping Montezuma Project Crissy Field Project CALFED Wetlands Pilot UC Davis & Univ. Oregon Indicator Tests NIS Spartina Geomorphic Effects EAIS Development EcoAtlas Steering Committee SFEP Indicator Development Coyote Hills Project
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University-based Research Partners Multi-disciplinary research teams are developing new indicators and analytical methods to assess wetland form, processes, and ecosystem functions that could be used in the WRMP to monitor status and trends and wetland project performance.
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Current WRMP Projects Wetland Tracking Project Monitoring Special Studies Information Technology Wetland Inventory and Indicator Development Review of Project Data and Reports Ecosystem Effects Research EPA’s 3-tier Approach Data Management And Reporting EMAP- Estuaries West Coast Pilot Restoration Project Mapping Montezuma Project Crissy Field Project CALFED Wetlands Pilot UC Davis & Univ. Oregon Indicator Tests NIS Spartina Geomorphic Effects EAIS Development EcoAtlas Steering Committee SFEP Indicator Development Coyote Hills Project
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Mapping Invasive Cordgrass
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www.ecoatlas.org Spartina Invasions in the EcoAtlas
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Hydro-geomorphic Effects of Invasive Cordgrass
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Current WRMP Projects Wetland Tracking Project Monitoring Special Studies Information Technology Wetland Inventory and Indicator Development Review of Project Data and Reports Ecosystem Effects Research EPA’s 3-tier Approach Data Management And Reporting EMAP- Estuaries West Coast Pilot Restoration Project Mapping Montezuma Project Crissy Field Project CALFED Wetlands Pilot UC Davis & Univ. Oregon Indicator Tests NIS Spartina Geomorphic Effects EAIS Development EcoAtlas Steering Committee SFEP Indicator Development Coyote Hills Project
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www.ecoatlas.org New EcoAtlas Tools
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Some New Proposals Map Shellmounds to help recover Tradition Ecological Knowledge Recover historical topographic maps as templates for wetland restoration Move WRMP to Level 3 of the EPA wetland monitoring approach Support the Subtidal Goals Project
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WETLANDS WORK AT SFEI
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