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Contents

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Project Participants

Preface

Chapter 1: Summary

Process for Developing Goals

Habitat Goals

Implementing the Goals Recommendations

Chapter 2: Introduction

Project Purpose

Scope

Wetlands

The Baylands

The Baylands Ecosystem

Background

Participants and Project Organization

Resource Managers Group

Focus Teams

Hydrogeomorphic Advisory Team

Science Review Group

Administrative Core Team

San Francisco Estuary Institute

Public Outreach

Funding

Chapter 3: The Process for Establishing Goals

Selecting Key Species and Habitats

Assembling and Evaluating Information

Preliminary Recommendations

Integration

Chapter 4: Key Species and Communities

Fish and Wildlife Species

Plant Communities

Chapter 5: Key Habitats of the Baylands Ecosystem

Bay Habitats

Baylands Habitats

Tidal Baylands

Diked Baylands

Adjacent Habitats

Chapter 6: Baylands Habitats, Past and Present

A Picture of the Past

Historical Development and Wetland Losses

Comparing the Past to the Present

Suisun Subregion

North Bay Subregion

Central Bay Subregion

South Bay Subregion

Chapter 7: Habitat Goals

Guiding Principles

The Vision

Suisun Subregion

North Bay Subregion

Central Bay Subregion

South Bay Subregion

Habitat Recommendations

Suisun Subregion

North Bay

Central Bay

South Bay

Chapter 8: Technical Considerations for Habitat Restoration

Physical Considerations

Sea Level Rise

Sediment Supply

Sediment Deposition

Design and Management Considerations

Self-Maintaining Habitats

Managed Habitats

Chapter 9: Monitoring and Research

Considerations for Research and Monitoring

Fish and Wildlife Conditions

Habitat Conditions

Ecological Thresholds and Limiting Factors

Timeframe for Research and Monitoring

Pilot Projects

Information Management Systems

Chapter 10: Implementation Issues

Phasing

Contaminants

Use of Dredged Material for Wetlands Restoration

Wastewater Use

Salt Pond and Bittern Discharges

Buffers

Public Access

Control of Exotic Plants and Animals

Mosquitos

Freshwater Flows

Restoration of Wetlands Outside of the Baylands

Landowner Incentives

Expected Land Value

Need for Coordinated Regulatory Procedures

Use of the Goals by Regional Planning Efforts

San Francisco Bay Joint Venture

Endangered Species Recovery Plans

San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex Comprehensive Conservation Plan

San Francisco Bay Area Conservancy Program

Regional Wetlands Plan

Next Steps

Appendices

Appendix A: EcoAtlas

Appendix B: Compilation of Focus Teams and Hydrogeomorphic Advisory Team Recommendations

Plant Focus Team Recommendations

Fish and Aquatic Invertebrate Focus Team Recommendations

Mammals, Amphibians, Reptiles and Terrestrial Invertebrates Focus Team Recommendations

Shorebirds and Waterfowl Focus Team Recommendations

Other Birds Focus Team Recommendations

Integrating Abiotic Factors in the Goals Project: Tenets of the Hydrogeomorphic Advisory Team

Appendix C: Past and Present Acreages for San Francisco Bay, the Baylands, and Adjacent Habitats

Figures

 Figure 2.1 Project Area Map

Figure 2.2 Project Structure

Figure 3.1 Process for Establishing Goals

Figure 5.1 Habitat Classification

 Figure 5.2 Locations of Habitat Examples

 Figure 6.1 Past Distribution of Baylands and Adjacent Habitats

 Figure 6.1 Present Distribution of Baylands and Adjacent Habitats

Figure 6.2 Past and Present Acreages of Habitats Project Area

Figure 6.3 Past and Present Acreages of Habitats Suisun Subregion

Figure 6.4 Past and Present Acreages of Habitats North Bay Subregion

Figure 6.5 Past and Present Acreages of Habitats Central Bay Subregion

Figure 6.6 Past and Present Acreages of Habitats of South Bay Subregion

 Figure 7.1 The Vision

 Figure 7.2 Project Area with Subregions and Segments

Figure 7.3 Approximate Acreage Goals for Baylands Habitats in the Suisun Subregion

 Figure 7.4 Suisun Subregion

Figure 7.5 Approximate Acreage Goals for Baylands Habitats in the North Bay Subregion

 Figure 7.6 North Bay Subregion

Figure 7.7 Approximate Acreage Goals for Baylands Habitats in the Central Bay Subregion

 Figure 7.8 Central Bay Subregion

Figure 7.9 Approximate Acreage Goals for Baylands Habitats in the South Bay Subregion

 Figure 7.10 South Bay Subregion

Figure 8.1 Relation of Local and Regional Factors That Control Wetlands and Adjacent Habitats

TABLES

Table 4.1 Criteria Developed by Focus Teams for Selecting Key Species

Table 4.2 Standardized Selection Criteria

Table 4.3 Key Species and Standardized Selection Criteria

Table 5.1 Locations of Habitat Examples