Before

Island Ponds 2005

After

Island Ponds 2015

Before

Ravenswood Pond SF2 2008

After

Ravenswood Pond SF2 2015

Before

Island Ponds 2002

After

Island Ponds 2012

Before & After

Ravenswood Pond SF2

Learn more about the visible effects of large landscape restoration.

About the Restoration

California State Coastal Conservancy - State of California
California State Coastal Conservancy - State of California

The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project is the largest tidal wetland restoration project on the West Coast. When complete, the Project will restore 15,100 acres of industrial salt ponds to a rich mosaic of tidal wetlands and other habitats. Review the Project brochure:

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Observe the Project from the skies!

What We Do

 

Restoration

Transform industrial ponds to wetlands and other wildlife habitats

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Recreation

Connect people to the Bay by building trails, boat launches, and viewing areas

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Protection

Buffer South Bay cities from high tides and sea level rise

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Latest Videos
Why it’s taken decades to help this tiny threatened Bay Area bird

Why it’s taken decades to help this tiny threatened Bay Area bird

  • News Coverage
Description

Video by Magali Gauthier of The Almanac.

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Salt Ponds to Wetlands

Salt Ponds to Wetlands

  • News Coverage
Description

Mark Jones for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission/Association of Bay Area Governments provides an overview of the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project and video of a summer 2024 tour of

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OpenRoad: Largest wetland restoration project on the west coast (Episode 91)

OpenRoad: Largest wetland restoration project on the west coast (Episode 91)

  • News Coverage
Description

The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project was featured in an episode of OpenRoad on NBC Bay Area, Sunday, March 24, 2024:

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Ravenswood Breach 2023 Video

Ravenswood Breach 2023 Video

  • Watch Us at Work
Description

A video of the December 13, 2023, breach of 300-acre Pond R4 in the Ravenswood Pond Complex of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

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SF Bay Expands with Wetland Restoration

SF Bay Expands with Wetland Restoration

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San Francisco Bay got slightly bigger Wednesday when federal wildlife officials breached a levee near Menlo Park.  KQED climate reporter Ezra David Romero explains they are restoring a th

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Levee breach creates new tidal marshland in San Francisco Bay

Levee breach creates new tidal marshland in San Francisco Bay

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Description

As a crowd watched from a nearby

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Levee breach aids tidal marshland restoration project in Menlo Park

Levee breach aids tidal marshland restoration project in Menlo Park

  • News Coverage
Description

Max Darrow of KPIX CBS News Bay Area reports on efforts by the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project to restore historic wetlands to tidal marshes (12-13-2023)

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Ravenswood Breach 2023 - Drone Video

Ravenswood Breach 2023 - Drone Video

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Description

Selected drone foota

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On the marsh: Why the Project is building upland transition habitat

On the marsh: Why the Project is building upland transition habitat

  • News Coverage
Description

Clip from: See just how much is left of San Francisco Bay's shrinking wetlands -- PBS NewsHour, Oct. 9, 2014.

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Living Refuge

Living Refuge

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Description

The Understory, a Bay Area-based motion picture team, produced, in partnership with the U.S Fish & Wildlife Service, a teaser of a short work-in-progress film to highlight the work of their bio

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Ravenswood 2021 Construction: Salty Dave Show and Tell

Ravenswood 2021 Construction: Salty Dave Show and Tell

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Description

Executive Project Manager Dave Halsing shows our work underway at the Ravenswood Ponds to build bird habitat. This video was shot on November 24, 2021.

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Thalassa - French documentary TV program: La baie dans le peau!

Thalassa - French documentary TV program: La baie dans le peau!

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Description

In 2012, Thalassa, the French documentary television program, produced an episode focused on the Bay Area, including a segment on the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project (about 13 minutes in to

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How dirt can rescue SF Bay Area levees

How dirt can rescue SF Bay Area levees

  • Watch Us at Work
Description

Video by Graniterock construction company on its 2021 work trucking in and spreading dirt at the California Fish and Wildlife Department's Eden Landing Ecological Reserve.

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Facebook Headquarters Trail Baylands Overview

Facebook Headquarters Trail Baylands Overview

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Description

This Facebook video, published in 2016, is accessible from a placard QR code along the public trail that skirts the company's Hacker Way campus in the City of Menlo Park.

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Bringing Back the Tide

Bringing Back the Tide

  • Audio
Description

Salt marshes absorb carbon and blunt climate impacts but we must heal them before they can protect us.  Local governments, non profits, and volunteers are racing sea level rise to get it done.

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Salt Pond Habitat Restoration

Salt Pond Habitat Restoration

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Description

This short film by Judy Irving introduces viewers to the largest habitat restoration project on the West Coast: Over 16,000 acres of salt evaporation ponds in San Francisco Bay are being restored t

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June 2005 North Creek Levee Breach, Part 2

June 2005 North Creek Levee Breach, Part 2

  • News Coverage
Description

KTVU, 2006

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March 31 2005 Alviso Flood Gate Opening

March 31 2005 Alviso Flood Gate Opening

  • News Coverage
Description

Channel 2 news

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KNTV, 2006

KNTV, 2006

  • News Coverage
Description

These clips cover the October 26, 2006 breach of a levee at Eden Landing.

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ABC, 2006

ABC, 2006

  • News Coverage
Description

These clips cover the October 26, 2006 breach of a levee at Eden Landing.

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Project Flyover

Project Flyover

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Description

The Project as visualized in Google Earth.

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Adapting to Sea Level Rise in the Bay Area

Adapting to Sea Level Rise in the Bay Area

  • Audio
Description

From the Commonwealth Club, 2013

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Bringing Back the Bay

Bringing Back the Bay

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Description

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Restoring the Salt Ponds (2014)

Restoring the Salt Ponds (2014)

  • Professional Videos
Description

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Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge film

Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge film

  • Professional Videos
Description

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (October 2016)

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Eden Landing: Wetland Restoration is Working

Eden Landing: Wetland Restoration is Working

  • Professional Videos
Description

San Francisco Bay Joint Venture (TrimTab Media, June 2017)

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Restoring the Salt Ponds | Science in the City | Exploratorium

Restoring the Salt Ponds | Science in the City | Exploratorium

  • Professional Videos
Description

What are salt ponds and why are they are being restored to their natural habitat? The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project is the largest tidal wetland restoration project on the West Coast.

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KGO, 2010

KGO, 2010

  • News Coverage
Description

Media coverage of Senator Dianne Feinstein's visit to the completed habitat restoration of the South Bay Salt Ponds Restoration project near the Dumbarton Bridge.

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KRON, Sept 2010

KRON, Sept 2010

  • News Coverage
Description

Media coverage of Senator Dianne Feinstein's visit to the completed habitat restoration of the South Bay Salt Ponds Restoration project near the Dumbarton Bridge.

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The Renaissance of San Francisco Bay

The Renaissance of San Francisco Bay

  • News Coverage
Description

Celebrate the story of how the Restoration Project came into being.

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Time Lapse Video of Island Ponds Restoration, 2007

Time Lapse Video of Island Ponds Restoration, 2007

  • Watch Us at Work
Description

Watch a time lapse of a tidal cycle in a restored pond, and view the many species of birds using the ponds.

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Channel 2 KTVU, 2006

Channel 2 KTVU, 2006

  • News Coverage
Description

These clips cover the October 26, 2006 breach of a levee at Eden Landing.

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We collaborate and partner to accomplish our work

 

With a wide variety of stakeholders and public…

 
People around table map
People around table map.
Girl at Earth day event. Photo by Judy Irving, Pelican Media
Girl at Earth day event. Photo by Judy Irving, Pelican Media
 

And internally, among our managing partners:

 

California Department of Fish and Wildlife

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Santa Clara Valley Water District

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

California State Coastal Conservancy

 

 

Credit: Judy Irving, Pelican Media

 

 

Credit: Judy Irving, Pelican Media

crew on the marsh

 

 

Credit: Steve Martarano

 

 

Credit: Judy Irving, Pelican Media

 

 

Credit: Judy Irving, Pelican Media

 

 

Credit: Judy Irving, Pelican Media

 

 

Credit: Judy Irving, Pelican Media

 

 

Credit: Judy Irving, Pelican Media

 

 

Credit: Judy Irving, Pelican Media

construction equipment on the marsh

 

 

Credit: Judy Irving, Pelican Media

 

 

Credit: Judy Irving, Pelican Media

bird in the marsh

 

 

Credit: Julie Kitzenberger

girl looking at camera

 

 

Credit: Judy Irving, Pelican Media

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