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The San Francisco Estuary Partnership (or simply the Partnership) is one of the 28 National Estuary Programs created in the 1987 Amendments to the Clean Water Act.The Partnership is a non-regulatory federal-state-local collaboration working to restore water quality and manage the natural resources of the San Francisco Bay-Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta estuary.
The Peconics are a tidal estuary system fed at the western end by the Peconic River. [1] [2] Other notable tidal estuary creeks which provide brackish water to the system are Meeting House Creek, Brushes Creek, James Creek, and Deep Hole Creek on the North Fork. These and others bring lesser salinity to the water compared to the Atlantic Ocean.
San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission is a NOAA coastal zone managing agency within the San Francisco Estuary that partners with the reserve on coastal resilience and planning. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was involved in the South Bay during the reserve's planning phase.
The partnership and the Environment Agency have proposed estuary restoration, and have been talking to residents, businesses, and visitors about how to proceed in the future. Presently, a shingle beach and raised river banks prevent seawater from penetrating the uppermost [ citation needed ] areas of the Cuckmere Valley.
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San Pablo Bay, shown with San Francisco Bay San Pablo Bay and the Carquinez Strait Panorama of San Pablo Bay from Wildcat Mountain near Sears Point in Sonoma County. San Pablo Bay is a tidal estuary that forms the northern extension of the San Francisco Bay in the East Bay and North Bay regions of the San Francisco Bay Area in northern California.
The Westport River estuary has long been known for its wildlife. Deer, coyotes, foxes, and turkeys can all be spotted at different times along the shore. Ospreys are very prevalent. There were 41 nesting sites confirmed in 1980. Now the population has spread to over 300 statewide, due to the Westport River estuary nesting program.