About Us
Overview
The San Francisco Estuary restoration community is working rapidly to protect and restore wetlands that can provide flood protection, recreation, water quality improvement, and habitat for surrounding communities. In order to meet a regional target of 100,000 acres restored by 2030 (Baylands Ecosystem Habitat Goals Update), close coordination is needed between land managers, scientists and regulators.
The WRMP improves wetland restoration project success by putting in place regional-scale monitoring increasing the impact, utility and application of site specific permit-driven monitoring to inform science-based decision-making. Once in place, the WRMP will be a robust, science-driven, collaborative regional monitoring program that includes:
a) Monitoring site network;
b) Open data sharing platform;
c) Comprehensive science framework.
Geographic Scope
Map courtesy of the San Francisco Estuary Institute.
To facilitate data analysis, interpretation, and management consistent with other regional monitoring efforts such as the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (Bay RMP), the geographic scope of the WRMP is divided into five subregions including Suisun Bay, San Pablo Bay, Central Bay, South Bay, and Lower South Bay.
The WRMP may also utilize Operational Landscape Units (OLUs), identified in the San Francisco Bay Shoreline Adaptation Atlas. Operational Landscape Units are contiguous areas of baylands and adjoining watersheds distinguished by their unique combination of geology, topography, precipitation, and estuarine conditions that, in general, are likely to respond in similar ways to climate change. OLUs can serve as a natural spatial template at a scale between individual watersheds and subregions or counties for planning and assessing climate change adaptation.
Our Partners
WRMP Committees
Steering Committee
Heidi Nutters, Chair
San Francisco Estuary Partnership
Aimee Good
Alternate: Stuart Siegel
Brenda Goeden
Alternate: Brad McCrea
Brian Meux
Carl Wilcox
Alternate: Gregg Erickson
Dave Halsing
Alternate: Shalini Kannan
Erika Castillo
Alternate: Joseph Huston
Jessie Olson
Alternate: Rachelle Cardona
Jana Affonso
Matt Graul
Alternate: Doug Bell
Melissa Foley
Mike Chotkowski
Alternate: Tom Kimball
Jessica Davenport
Alternate: Moira McEnespy
Renee Spenst
Alternate: Natalie Washburn
Sahrye Cohen
Alternate: Sarah Firestone
Sandra Scoggin
Alternate: Ariana Rickard
Xavier Fernandez
Alternate: Christina Toms
Technical Advisory Committee
Christina Toms, Chair
San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
Donna Ball, Vice-Chair
San Francisco Estuary Institute
Alison Weber-Stover
National Marine Fisheries Service
Dylan Chapple
Delta Stewardship Council
Iryna Drynova
UC Berkeley
Jeremy Lowe
San Francisco Estuary Institute
John Bourgeois
Valley Water
John Callaway
University of San Francisco
Josh Collins
San Francisco Estuary Institute
Joy Albertson
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Julian Wood
Alternate: Sam Veloz
Julie Beagle
Alternate: Tessa Beach
Karen Thorne
U.S. Geological Survey
Levi Lewis
UC Davis
Mike Vasey
San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Susan De La Cruz
U.S. Geological Survey
Todd Hallenbeck
Alternate: Julia Kelly
Valary Bloom
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service