Science Support for Wetland Restoration in the Napa-Sonoma Salt Ponds

Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Western Fisheries Research Center (WFRC, Seattle) | Format: URL

wfrc.usgs.gov — Over the past 150 years, land reclamation activities have resulted in loss of significant amounts of tidal marshes (sometimes referred to as inter-tidal wetlands, the estuarine zone that is alternately flooded and exposed) in San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Bay/Delta). Recently, in an effort to halt or reverse the decline More... Over the past 150 years, land reclamation activities have resulted in loss of significant amounts of tidal marshes (sometimes referred to as inter-tidal wetlands, the estuarine zone that is alternately flooded and exposed) in San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Bay/Delta). Recently, in an effort to halt or reverse the decline of fish and wildlife populations in the Bay/Delta, agricultural fields, salt ponds, and other lands of marginal economic value that historically functioned as tidal marshes were converted back to marsh habitats. The purpose of this study is to describe the value of restored tidal marshes as habitat for estuarine fishes in the Bay/Delta. Less...