Catherine Burns

This report serves as a data summary and coarse-scale assessment of waterbird and water quality monitoring efforts at Alviso, Eden Landing, Coyote Hills, Dumbarton, Mowry and Ravenswood pond complexes in the South San Francisco Bay. Coyote Hills, Dumbarton and Mowry salt ponds are owned by Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge and managed for salt production by Cargill Salt. Alviso and Ravenswood complexes are owned and managed by Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge; Eden Landing ponds are owned and managed by California Department of Fish and Wildlife. This report is based on data collected by the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory between September 2013 and August 2014, although previous years’ data are also included in several areas.

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birds

survey

wildlife

Establishing baseline conditions to inform adaptive management of South San Francisco Bay salt ponds: A comparison of waterbird abundance from the 1980s to the 2000s

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Establishing baseline conditions to inform adaptive management of South San Francisco Bay salt ponds: A comparison of waterbird abundance from the 1980s to the 2000s admin Wed, 11/22/2017 - 16:21

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Scientific Reports

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Date

2013-10-16

Summary

The 30,000 acres of wetlands within the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge) provide critical habitat for over one million waterbirds annually (Page et al. 1999, Warnock et al. 2002). These wetlands consist largely of tidal marshes and open water ponds. Salt evaporator ponds have been in this landscape for over 150 years (Ver Planck 1958) and are heavily used by shorebirds, waterfowl and other wildlife species (Anderson 1970, Accurso 1992, Takekawa et al. 2001, Warnock et al. 2002). Salt ponds, and former salt ponds now managed as wildlife habitat, provide the majority of the roosting and (for some species) foraging habitat for waterbirds in the San Francisco Bay. The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project (Restoration Project), of which the Refuge and California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (CDFW, also CDFG) Eden Landing Ecological Reserve are a part, is implementing a large-scale plan to convert 15,100 acres of former salt ponds into tidal and managed wetland habitats (SBSPRP 2007)

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habitat restoration

tidal marshes

birds