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Executive Summary

Habitat Evolution Mapping Project (HEMP) and the Baylands Habitat Map (BHM) are both effective mapping products that can be used for longitudinal habitat change analyses, but direct comparisons between the two require adjustments due to differences in methodology.

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

Because high tides increase in elevation across South San Francisco Bay, and because tidal inundation structures tidal salt marshes plant zonation, species distribution models (SDMs) of salt marsh plants require integrated, spatially continuous measures of tidal patterns and elevation.