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This report presents the results of fish surveys and water quality monitoring conducted throughout 2022, 2023,

Introduction

The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project (Project) 2024 Annual Self-monitoring Report on Water Quality has been prepared to provide an overview of the Projects effects on water quality and habitat suitability of managed ponds due to management and restoration activities.

Introduction

A yearly snapshot of Project milestones and assessment of progress toward meeting restoration, public access and flood management goals

A yearly snapshot of Project milestones and assessment of progress toward meeting restoration, public access and flood management goals

2021 Self-Monitoring Report prepared for USFWS's Don Edwards SF Bay National Wildlife Refuge 

2018 Self-Monitoring Report prepared for USFWS's Don Edwards SF Bay National Wildlife Refuge 

2019/2020 Self-Monitoring Report prepared for USFWS's Don Edwards SF Bay National Wildlife Refuge 

The New Almaden Mercury Mining District, established 1845 in the hills south of San Jose, California, was the first mercury mine in the state (Snell 1964).

The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project (SBSPRP) is one of the largest tidal marsh restorations in the United States.

The New Almaden Mercury Mining District, established 1845 in the hills south of San Jose, California, was the first mercury mine in the state (Snell 1964). It was located at the headwaters of the Guadalupe River which flows into the Alviso Marsh at Guadalupe Slough and Alviso Slough.

The Santa Clara Valley Water District’s (SCVWD) Healthy Creeks and Ecosystems’ Environmental Enhancement Grant Program funded the planning and implementation of tidal marsh-upland transitional plant community restoration at former salt pond A6 (Figure 1 below).

The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project plans to convert 50-90% of the former salt evaporation ponds of South San Francisco Bay into tidal marsh habitat. This large-scale habitat restoration may change the distribution, bioavailability, and bioaccumulation of methylmercury.

The goal of this project is to document the species assemblages within the restored salt ponds and to design a monitoring program to assess the effect of pond restoration on fish assemblages inside newly breached ponds and adjacent sloughs.