Protecting Streams and Wetlands
Protecting, Restoring, and Managing Streams and Wetlands Resource Materials
- Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay Basin (our master planning document, the “Basin Plan,” 2006)
- The San Francisco Estuary Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (2007)
- Bayland Ecosystem Habitat Goals (1999; PDF 43MB; download report sections here
- Baylands Ecosystem Species and Community Profiles (2000; PDF 9.7MB)
- A Primer on Stream and River Protection for the Regulator and Program Manager: Technical Reference Circular WD 02-1 (pdf, 5.7MB)
- Local Government Riparian Buffers in the San Francisco Bay Area (2004; pdf 366KB)
- Urban Streams Restoration Program Resources (Department of Water Resources)
- Wetland Ecological and Compliance Assessments in the San Francisco Bay Region
- Putting a Price on Riparian Corridors as Water Treatment Facilities
Examples of Wetlands Restoration and Mitigation in the San Francisco Bay Area
The Water Board is involved with thousands of acres of wetland and riparian restoration projects currently underway around the Bay. Some of those include:
