The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project (the Project) is a 15,000-acre San Francisco Bay wetland restoration project managed by the State Coastal Conservancy, US Fish and Wildlife Service and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Providing public access and protecting the abundance and diversity of waterbirds in the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project area are important but potentially competing goals of the Project Objectives (SBSP FEIS/R 2007).
This study assessed how waterfowl at new and existing trail sites in the South San Francisco Bay respond to trail use. One primary research approach we employed was to compare the number of birds before experimental trail walks to the number after at each pond site.
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
This study addresses these questions: What is the flush rate and flush distance of nesting snowy plovers in response to new trail use around seasonally-dry ponds where birds nest? Do plovers respond differently to people who have disturbed them versus people they have not seen before?
Adapted from the Adaptive Management Plan