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High Honors: Beyond the Pale

Who is making an outstanding effort to protect and restore the S.F. Bay-Delta Estuary, and to implement the S.F. Estuary Project's Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan? These projects received awards from Friends of the S.F. Estuary and applause at the October State of the Estuary conference.

• The Cosumnes River Project - a river ecosystem preserve that has expanded from 1,000 to over 10,000 acres. The Nature Conservancy
• The Santa Clara County General Plan - recently updated to include non-point source pollution control, wetland and riparian restoration, and watershed management. Santa Clara County Planning Department
• BayKeeper - a citizen and community-based watchdog of polluters. Biologically Integrated Orchard Systems - helping farmers reduce reliance on chemicals in seven Central Valley counties. Community Alliance with Family Farmers
• Richmond High School Environmental Justice Project - organizing "creekkeeping" activities for high school youth. S.F. Estuary Project,
• S.F. Regional Board, Friends of the Estuary Watershed education programs - including Kids in Creeks, San Leandro and Sausal Creek community awareness programs, an annual educators conference, and more. S.F. Estuary Institute with support from Alameda County Flood Control District and Alameda Clean Water Program
• Expansion of Don Edwards S.F. Bay National Wildlife Refuge - from 23,000 acres to 45,746 acres. U.S. Fish & Wildlife and local interests
• Yolo Basin Wetlands and Bypass Wildlife Area - converting over 3,500 acres of farmland to wetlands in the largest public/private restoration project in the Western states. Yolo Basin Foundation
• Copper Sulfate Root Killer Brochure- a brochure produced by a voluntary association of POTWs to coordinate and protect water quality. S.F. Bay
• Area Pollution Prevention Group
• Silicon Valley Pollution Prevention Agreement - negotiated between a coalition of environmental groups and the City of San Jose to prevent toxic pollutant discharges at their source (South Bay copper and nickel levels have since declined significantly). CLEAN South Bay Coalition, co-founded by Communities for a Better Environment
• Individual Outstanding Effort - Rick Morat, U.S. Fish & Wildlife

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