Advocates say habitat projects have long been underfunded given the estuary’s size and ecological importance.
The Sonoma Creek empties into San Pablo Bay east of Sears Point in Sonoma on Friday, April 15, 2022.
Leaders of the multiagency organizations that oversee the various bay restoration projects, such as the San Francisco Bay Joint Venture and San Francisco Bay Estuary Partnership, said the significant funding boost comes at a time when the region must aggressively advance projects to prevent losing habitat forever and to prevent bayside communities from becoming inundated.
“Almost any restoration projects along the bay will benefit water quality,” said Barbara Salzman, executive director of Marin Audubon. Another $4.5 million from the infrastructure bill was allotted to the National Estuary Program for San Francisco Bay Estuary projects over the next five years, which is about $1 million more than normal, Sweeney said.
In the past two centuries, the estuary has lost about 90% of its historic wetland habitat because of urban development, agriculture and other land-use changes. While efforts are ongoing to restore wetland habitat throughout the bay, the latest report card put out by the federal- and state-led San Francisco Estuary Partnership shows habitat conditions have not improved, or have worsened in some cases.
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