The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Recovery Plan for the western snowy plover lists 1.0 chicks fledged per male as a key recovery metric that each recovery unit (RU) must maintain for five years prior to delisting (USFWS 2007).
Introduction
See Attachments A, B, and C, uploaded separately.
Executive Summary excerpts:
This report summarizes waterbird and water quality monitoring efforts by the San Francisco Bay Bird
Observatory between September 2024 and May 2025 at 82 ponds within the South Bay Salt Pond
The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory (SFBBO) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats through science and outreach.
The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project (SBSPRP) is restoring over 15,000 acres of former salt evaporation ponds to a mix of tidal marsh and ponded wetland habitats.
FINAL REPORT
Suggested citation: Burns, G. 2022. South Bay Salt Pond Waterbird Surveys: September – May 2022. Report prepared for the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project.
REVISED FINAL REPORT
Suggested citation: Van Schmidt, Nathan D. 2023. South Bay Salt Pond Waterbird Surveys: September 2022–May 2023. Report prepared for the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project.
The objectives of this study were to 1) determine whether avian and mammalian predator activity, density, and space use can be successfully detected and quantified using camera traps, 2) employ multiple field techniques to estimate the activity, density, and space use of the array of species that
During the 2023 breeding season, SFBBO monitored Snowy Plover population size, nesting and fledging success, the use of experimental habitat enhancement sites, and potential predators at eight historical salt production pond complexes in the South San Franc
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project (SBSPRP) is restoring over 15,000 acres of former salt
evaporation ponds to a mix of tidal marsh and ponded wetland habitats. These wetlands provide habitat
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project (SBSPRP) is restoring over 15,000 acres of former
salt evaporation ponds to a mix of tidal marsh and ponded wetland habitats. These wetlands
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project (SBSPRP) is restoring over 15,000 acres of former
salt evaporation ponds to a mix of tidal marsh and ponded wetland habitats. These wetlands
This report conveys the results of the 2005 nesting waterbird monitoring program, led by the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory.
This report conveys the results of the 2006 nesting waterbird monitoring program, led by the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory.
This report conveys the results of the 2007 nesting waterbird monitoring program, led by the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory.
This report conveys the results of the 2008 nesting waterbird monitoring program, led by the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory.