San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

It’s not WRMP Wednesday but shout out to the newest fellow running the show-thank you Alex for all that you do to keep WRMP rolling along, we couldn’t do it without you! #SF Estuary

Gonna be awhile before they get to CA, but fun to learn about our East Coast partners

Check out those pollen sacs! This hungry hungry bee was spotted feeding on lupine nectar outside the Estuary and Ocean Science Center (@eoscentersfstate). Long hairs on its hind legs form a pollen basket that collects nectar from flowers and transfers it between plants, allowing them to reproduce. Comment if you can name this bee species! #bees #hymenoptera #pollen #pollination #sfsu

Participants from our Teachers on the Estuary: Restoring Rocky Bay Beaches training workshop were up early this week collecting data for oyster and rockweed monitoring with researchers from the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center They will use this data in the next part of the training which will focus on working with real ecological data and how to bring data analysis and interpretation into the classroom!@smithsonianenvironment #teachersontheestuary #sfbaynerr #ecologicalmonitoring #oysters #fucusdistichus #estuaries #science #teacherlife

Reserve Road Trip-join us!

Up, up, and away! Last week our education coordinator got to observe a drone take flight over Sears Point after launching in a vineyard. The imagery collected by the drone will be used for vegetation mapping and photogrammetry of the levy’s pre-construction condition. Though satellite imagery can be more readily available, drones can provide higher resolution imagery of a specific area of interest. #sfbaynerr #wheresthedroneemoji #searspoint #dronestagram #drones #science #remotesensing

Closing out the NERR graduate student spotlight series is our own Dulce Cortez! Dulce first fell in love with sediment work during her undergrad when she was given the opportunity to research sediment accretion rates in a local urban estuary. She grew up near the estuary and always had a million questions about why certain things were happening in the bay (like dredging, bird migrations, etc.). As a first generation Mexican American, she strived to further understand the ...processes so she could share them with her parents. Her undergrad advisor encouraged her to continue doing research so she applied to RIPTIDES @sanfranciscostate and is currently working with Dr. Matt Ferner at the NERR. Her research focuses on the relationship between turbidity and total suspended solids along the natural salinity gradient of the San Francisco Estuary. Her academic experiences allowed her to develop an interest in working to close the gap between the local community, public policy, and environmental science. She is currently a Wetlands Specialist with the Irvine Ranch Water District #sfbaynerr #estuaries #weltands #gradschool #research #science See more

The Biden administration released a report with 8 guiding principles for meeting the President’s #30x30 conservation goalsand it calls out expanding the NERRS!

Repost from an exciting day of botanizing with SFSU Botanist Dr. Jason Cantley! @jasonchus.cantleyi says: We had a great find of a new population (at least to us) of the endangered soft bird's beak (Chloropyron molle ssp. molle, Orobanchaceae) while walking in Hill Slough tidal marsh with @sanfranciscobaynerr. This plant is Federally listed as Endangered and had a California Rare Plant Rank of 1B.2. What's amazing about this scene is that soft bird's beak is a hemiparasite w...ith roots connection to a host plant underground, but it also has chlorophyll and makes some of its own energy. It is also being parasitized by an orange threadlike plant called dodder (Cuscuta sp., Convulvulaceae) without chlorophyll which is a true or holo- parasite. Photo 4 shows how micro the habitats can be in a tidal marsh. This orange line is just a few centimeters lower in elevation, but low enough that the tidal influence floods this rivulet more than the surrounding areas. Some plants, such as dodder and soft bird's beak really seem to thrive with this tiny extra influence of water. Can't forget to mention that this is all in a sea of cool plants such as arrowgrass (Triglochin maritima, Juncaginaceae) and salt grass (Distichlis spicata, Poaceae). #science #botany #marshesmatter #estuaries #softbirdsbeak #endangeredspecies #research #sanfranciscostateuniversity #sfbaynerr

Bella's getting the National spotlight, check out the great interview!

Who is that masked scientist? Our favorite senior technician hides behind that mask! Wind, fog & freeway noise can’t stop our data collection.

Congratulations to our friends at SFEP! Keep up all the great work!

full funding for NERRS system! Let's keep it going

Time is running out to sign up for the virtual #CoastalGeotools conference. Don’t forget to sign up for one of the special interest meetings when you register! https://go.usa.gov/xACee

https://www.pewtrusts.org//11-facts-about-salt-marshes-and

Many coastal areas are experiencing higher than normal tides this week. Learn what factors affect tides (spoiler alert: it's a lot) and how NOAA measures tidal activity: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/e/tutorial_tides/welcome.html

Happy 2021! Check out what the Wetland Regional Monitoring Program has been up to https://mailchi.mp/c5c2df7960/happy-new-year-from-the-wrmp

Hi wetland wanderers! It’s #WRMPWednesday and this month the Wetland Regional Monitoring Program is featuring the San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research ...Reserve (SF Bay NERR) whose mission is to improve the understanding and stewardship of the estuary, with broader relevance to the ecosystems beyond the Golden Gate. The SF Bay NERR is part of NOAA’s National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) and a partnership between San Francisco State University, the Estuary & Ocean Science Center - San Francisco State University, Solano Land Trust, California State Parks, and the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission - BCDC. The tidal marshes at Rush Ranch and China Camp serve as research sites for scientists; classrooms for teachers, land managers and naturalists; and inspiring places for Bay Area residents to visit.

Mike Vasey, Director of the San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (SF Bay NERR) believes in the need for science to inform management and engage...ment to conserve the SF Estuary. He led a collaborative process to design the SF Bay NERR which resulted in its designation in 2003. Aimee Good, Wetland Science & Coastal Training Program Coordinator of the SF Bay NERR is passionate about wetlands and has worked to expand the diversity of training offered at both the EOS Center and SF Bay NERR. Mike served on the WRMP Steering Committee before joining the Technical Advisory Committee and Aimee serves on both the Steering Committee and the Core Team. Their participation & partnership is essential to the Wetland Regional Monitoring Program. #WRMPWednesday

Rush Ranch is one of the San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve sites. The interior includes a rare tidal brackish marsh that is a special remnan...t of a once vast habitat that allows scientists to learn more about California’s natural history. Long term monitoring that is conducted at Rush Ranch and other NERR sites throughout the country include water quality, meteorological, and emergent vegetation data. These data are online in the Data Export System through the Centralized Data Management Office http://cdmo.baruch.sc.edu/dges/ #WRMPWednesday

Want to join our team? We are looking for a new Coastal Science Education Coordinator for the San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve http://www.sfbaynerr.org/about-us/jobs/

Help us honor and respect our Ohlone, Miwok and Patwin tribes in addition to all of our Indigenous people.

Happy National #EstuariesWeek! Enjoy this virtual field trip to Rush Ranch in northern #SanFranciscoBay, one of San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve's sites. What do you notice? What do you see? What do you hear? Video by Sarah Ferner.

NERR graduate student Catie Thow developed a great story map for a restoration project at Rush Ranch. Read more about it here #EstuariesWeek http://www.sfbaynerr.org//arcgis-storymap-on-the-lower-sp/ or to jump straight to the story map... https://storymaps.arcgis.com//afc210395d584ba4b67ddfd1964e

National #EstuariesWeek is here to remind us how important our beautiful Bay and Delta are to our health and well-being! https://blog.bayareametro.gov/p/national-estuaries-week-now

Join us for a free virtual science seminar Wednesday, September 23, 3:30pm #EstuariesWeek Engineering your engineer: the effects of scale, legacy engineering, and geometry on two dominant ecosystem engineers... with R. Daniel Harris, Boyer Lab Postdoctoral Fellow Zoom link for free registration https://eoscenter.sfsu.edu//rosenberg-institute-spring-sem

Another winning entry by Tom Muehleisen, amazing entries-congratulations to all

It's National #EstuariesWeek and we are celebrating some of our #EstuaryHeroes! Please join us this week as we share the incredible work that our partners do ev...ery day for the San Francisco Estuary. Clockwise from top: Juliana Gonzalez of The Watershed Project; Xavier Fernandez of SF Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board; Vivian Matuk of CA Division of Boating and Waterways; and center: Nahal Ghoghaie of BCDC. See more