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Wetland Revival:

The Science Behind the Restoration in South San Francisco Bay

There’s a massive and complex make-over in San Francisco Bay to reverse the loss of wetland habitat. What will it take to return to nature 15,000 acres in South Bay, which over the past 50 to 150 years have been managed as closed ponds for commercial salt production? Go online to get a behind-the-scenes understanding of the role of USGS science supporting this restoration process in a new USGS documentary video, “Wetland Revival.”

Learn about the adaptive management effort to bring back tidal habitats to the Nation’s most urbanized estuary, home to 8 million people and 1 million waterbirds. The video can be streamed upon demand below in your format of choice.

Video (25.6 minutes in length) Transcript
Collage: Wetland Revial title, Steve Schwarzbach, sal pond plaque, Steve Richie, California clapper rail

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