The Estuary Report
By San Francisco Estuary Partnership
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Podcast Description
The Estuary Report is your source for news and information about issues impacting San Francisco Bay, from fish and wildlife to watersheds and wetlands, the Delta, habitat restoration, oil pollution and legislation. Reports provide background, perspective and context to more fully understand these important issues.
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| 1 | VideoPicking Off Periwinkles | Littorina littorea is an exotic snail that has been introduced into San Francisco Bay. It is a small creature, so what harm can it do? Turns out it can have big impacts on native species. | 6/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoMarsh Magic | The Estuary Partnership and Marin Audubon Society are working to enhance the habitat value of seasonal and tidal marshes at Bahia Marsh in Marin County, over a three-year period. We are growing and planting 40,920 native plants to help establish upland t | 6/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoTaming Mercury | Mercury has been called San Francisco Bay's public enemy number one. It is the main pollutant driving public health concerns about eating fish from the Bay, and it is a prime suspect in harming the health of birds and wildlife in the Bay. Its most t | 5/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoPump It, Don't Dump It | When we consider the fact that over one million registered boats cruise the waters of California, we can begin to understand the potential impact that recreational boaters can have on their environment. ;The untreated sewage discharge of one devoted week | 5/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoCleaner Greener Boating | Recreational boaters are lucky enough to experience the beauty of the San Francisco Bay and Delta up close and personal. Yet those same people can have huge impacts on the Bay's water quality, especially if they flush untreated sewage into the Bay o | 5/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoTrestle Trouble | Most of the train trestles over creeks and marshes at the Bay’s edges were built in the late 1800s or early 1900s and are seriously undersized, causing creek waters to back up behind them, resulting in localized flooding. When tides are high and as | 4/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoCut the Curbs to Claim the Rain! | How can Bay Area cities green their streets, making them more livable and attractive, while helping San Francisco Bay? Two pioneers from El Cerrito and two scientists from the Estuary Institute explain how green stormwater treatment systems help slow and | 12/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoGreener Pest Control | Homeowners and building managers can eliminate or reduce pesticides by using Integrated Pest Management (IPM), which involves good housekeeping, making physical changes to keep pests out, and using less or non-toxic pesticides. Chemical solutions should | 11/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoControlling Ants in Your Home | Ant pesticides are so toxic that even tiny amounts sprayed in and around your house can kill the microscopic creatures at the base of the food chain in creeks many miles downstream. In this report, we offer environmentally sound methods to deter ants fro | 11/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoFish Friendly Farming | Fish Friendly Farming® is a certification program for agricultural properties that are managed to restore fish and wildlife habitat and improve water quality. Our guest is Laurel Marcus, Executive Director of the California Land Stewardship Institut | 8/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoNature's Filtration Systems | Two scientists explain how the soil and plants in green stormwater treatment systems filter pollutants and how they are studying the process and reporting their results. San Francisco Estuary Partnership | 8/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoHelp From Harbors | Harbors lining San Francisco Bay are impacted by oil spills but harbor masters are often overlooked as resources and potential responders. Ted Warburton, Harbormaster at the Brisbane Marina, talks about his experience during the Cosco Busan oil spill. Sa | 8/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoParking Strip Landscaping | Removing concrete helps create a more permeable watershed in San Francisco. | 7/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoClaim the Rain | Choosing the right soils and plants can transform home and public gardens into beautiful filtration systems that protect our creeks and the San Francisco Bay. Eric Berntsen, a specialist with the California State Water Resources Control Board, shares the | 7/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoSlow it, Spread it, Sink it! | Learn about green streets and stormwater. | 6/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoLet Plants Do the Work! | What is soil bioengineering? | 6/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoFrom Storm Sewer to Babbling Brook! | How does creek restoration help the Bay? | 6/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | VideoBooming Technologies | Stephanie Brown, Oil Response Engineer with the United States Navy, offers background and up-to-date information regarding booming technologies which can be used to stop and collect oil after a spill. | 6/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoNew Oil Spill Legislation | Jared Huffman, California State Assemblymember (6th Assembly District), talks about AB 234: "Oil Spill Prevention and Response: Transfer of Oil" | 6/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 19 Episodes |
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- Category: Natural Sciences
- Language: English
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