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Sentinel network completed to support planned wetlands monitoring program SCCWRP and its partners have completed the first major component of a planned coastal wetland monitoring program for Southern California – a milestone that brings coastal managers one step closer ... More |
Effort launched to build network of Southern California estuary monitoring sites SCCWRP and its partners have begun working to build a network of estuary monitoring sites across Southern California that can serve as sentinel indicators for how the region’s coastal wetlands ... More |
Tools being developed to evaluate resiliency of coastal wetlands to sea level rise SCCWRP and its partners have begun developing a set of regional assessment tools to evaluate the resiliency of Southern California’s coastal wetlands to sea level rise – a project that ... More |
Tijuana River sediment fluxes estimated for effort to improve sediment management practices SCCWRP and San Diego State University have successfully estimated the sediment fluxes being discharged from the Tijuana River at the U.S.-Mexico border to its coastal estuarine terminus – a key ... More |
Study examines how to alter sediment dredging in wetlands to offset rising sea levels SCCWRP and the University of California, Irvine have completed a four-year study exploring how altering sediment dredging practices in coastal wetlands vulnerable to sea level rise could reduce anticipated ecological ... More |
Report outlines strategy for protecting coastal wetlands Coastal resources managers have an opportunity to increase the total size of Southern California’s coastal wetlands in the coming decades even as rising sea levels permanently submerge existing wetland areas, ... More |
Coastal vulnerability to storm surge being documented at 10 sites SCCWRP and its project partners have begun using camera stations and water-level loggers set up at 10 Southern California sites to collect data on how El Nino storm surges this ... More |
Workgroup for San Diego flow ecology study begins meeting SCCWRP in November facilitated the inaugural meeting of a San Diego-area workgroup that will be working to ascertain the minimum flow requirements necessary to sustain the ecological health of streams ... More |
Preliminary modeling tool unveiled to predict sea level rise’s impacts on wetlands SCCWRP and its partners have developed a preliminary computer modeling tool that enables coastal resources managers to predict how low-lying wetlands in Upper Newport Bay and the Tijuana River Estuary ... More |
Novel sediment management strategies to be explored for protecting coastal wetlands SCCWRP and its partners have launched a four-year study exploring how innovative sediment management strategies could be used to prepare low-lying coastal areas for the impacts of sea level rise ... More |
Model evaluates vulnerability of 104 wetlands to sea level rise SCCWRP and its partners have developed a vulnerability index model that predicts how Southern California coastal wetlands of all types and sizes could be impacted by sea level rise over ... More |
Workshop highlights need for improved science to manage ‘climate-ready’ bar-built estuaries SCCWRP in September helped kick-start a wide-ranging discussion with California water-quality and natural resource managers about how to more effectively manage a common type of coastal estuary known as a ... More |
Virtual-reality simulation to enable exploration of changing environmental conditions in Tijuana estuary SCCWRP has teamed up with the geospatial software firm Esri to create a computer game-like re-creation of the Tijuana River estuary that will enable users to travel through the habitat ... More |
Virtual-reality simulation to enable exploration of changing environmental conditions in Tijuana estuary SCCWRP has teamed up with the geospatial software firm Esri to create a computer game-like re-creation of the Tijuana River estuary that will enable users to travel through the habitat ... More |
SCCWRP-facilitated design charrette helps create priorities for estuary restoration SCCWRP has submitted to the California State Coastal Conservancy a report outlining how the design charrette process can be used to develop restoration goals and priorities for small coastal estuaries ... More |
Scientists to track El Niño’s physical impacts to coastal lagoons this winter To better understand how sea level rise may impact Southern California’s vulnerable coastal lagoons, SCCWRP is launching a study this month to observe how predicted El Niño-fueled storm surges this ... More |