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
The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project aims to restore many former salt production ponds, now managed for wildlife and water quality, to tidal marsh.
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
Wilson’s and red-necked phalaropes (Phalaropus tricolor and P. lobatus, respectively), have
poorly understood conservation statuses. These species breed in northerly latitudes of North
In south San Francisco Bay, former salt ponds now managed as wildlife habitat support large populations of breeding waterbirds. In 2006, the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project began the process of converting 50% to 90% of these managed pond habitats into tidal marsh.
Executive Summary
To address the 2008/2010 and Supplemental 2014 National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Fisheries Biological Opinion for operation of the Federal Columbia River Power