According to a report, San Francisco Bay could experience a foot of water in sea level rise by 2050 if high emissions continue which is leading to a push for major spending to control flooding in the Bay Area before that scenario plays out.
As sea levels rise, there's a push for major spending to control flooding in the Bay Area before that scenario plays out.The San Francisco Bay could experience a foot of water in sea level rise by 2050 if high emissions continue, according to the State of California's Sea-Level Rise Guidance Report. There is a push for major spending to control flooding in the Bay Area before that scenario plays out - and one of the proposed solutions is tidal marsh.
According to the USDA Forest Service, more than 80 percent of the San Francisco Bay's original tidal wetlands have been altered or displaced. This has impacted habitats and species that live along the shoreline. It also partially led to recurring flooding in several areas along the Bay.Tongia and Saena are part of a community that recently helped restore tidal marsh to this section of Cooley Landing Park.
Lawmakers are pressing Governor Gavin Newsom to back a climate bond of at least $10 billion in time to make the July deadline for the fall ballot. One of the shoreline projects the money will go toward is the restoration of thousands of acres of tidal marsh that can help absorb rising sea levels. During King Tides, this area of East Palo Alto already sees flooding.
Earlier this year crews breached a levee at a nearby salt pond, creating the Bay's newest tidal marsh in Menlo Park, alongside a green levee planted by the group. An ABC7 data team analysis found more than 300,000 homes in the Bay Area have an 80% chance of flooding over the next 30 years and nearly 90% of those homeowners may not have flood insurance, according to First Street Foundation, a nonprofit science and research group that studies climate risk data.Areas including Bel Marin Keys near Novato and Foster City already need to bolster sea walls, improved levees and other flood control structures to stop current flooding from happening.
Lawmakers Push For Funding To Restore Tidal Marsh
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