Island Ponds 2002
BEFORE
Island Ponds 2002
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Credit: Google Earth
Island Ponds 2012
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Island Ponds 2012
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Credit: Google Earth
Island Ponds 2005
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Island Ponds 2005
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Credit: Google Earth
Island Ponds 2015
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Island Ponds 2015
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Credit: Google Earth
Island Ponds 2008
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Island Ponds 2008
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Credit: Google Earth
Island Ponds 2015
AFTER
Island Ponds 2015
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Credit: Google Earth
Google Earth A21-A20 juxtapose
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Credit: Google Earth
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RESTORATION
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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

Eden Landing: Wetland Restoration is Working

Eden Landing: Wetland Restoration is Working

  • 19 September 2017
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Description

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

  • Skills
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Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge film

Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge film

  • 19 September 2017
  • Video
Description

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

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Restoring the Salt Ponds (2014)

Restoring the Salt Ponds (2014)

  • 19 September 2017
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Description

  • Skills
  • Client
Bringing Back the Bay

Bringing Back the Bay

  • 19 September 2017
  • Video
Description

  • Skills
  • Client
Adapting to Sea Level Rise in the Bay Area

Adapting to Sea Level Rise in the Bay Area

  • 19 September 2017
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Description

From the Commonwealth Club, 2013

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Project Flyover

Project Flyover

  • 21 September 2017
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Description

The Project as visualized in Google Earth.

  • Skills
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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

Cushioning Bayfronts

The restoration is a long-range effort to buffer the South Bay from the impacts of seal-level rise.

How wetlands offer protection from tides

 
Island Ponds
Island Ponds. Credit: Cris Benton
Child
Credit: Judy Irving, Pelican Media
flock
Credit: Judy Irving, Pelican Media
Construction
Credit: Judy Irving, Pelican Media
Construction
Credit: Judy Irving, Pelican Media
Leopard Shark
Credit: Nick Buckmaster
Riders
Credit: Judy Irving, Pelican Media
Construction
Credit: Judy Irving, Pelican Media
Bird
Credit: Judy Irving, Pelican Media
flock of birds
Credit: M. Bruce Grosjean
kayaks
Credit: Judy Irving, Pelican Media
Construction
Credit: Judy Irving, Pelican Media
Clapper Rail
Credit: Judy Irving, Pelican Media
Looking for mice
Credit: Steve Martarano
Ridgway Rail
Credit: Julie Kitzenberger
South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project

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