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Cover Story
Dutch Treat for the Delta
Twelve hundred acres of farmland near Oakley could soon become a unique restoration and research site, but environmentalists worry that unless CALFED acts quickly, the opportunity will be lost and thousands of housing units will occupy the property instead ... »Read More

In This Issue

Salt Pond Restoration Prognosis
A forthcoming study commissioned by Save the Bay suggests that restoring wetlands on some of the South Bay’s salt ponds may cost a pretty penny ... »Read More

Bulletin Board
NO TREASURE LIES at the foot of Blossom rock in San Francisco Bay. Nor are there any wrecked Gold Rush ships scattered around ... »Read More

Flush With Recycled Water
Visitors to Oakland often stop to marvel at the 22-story glass-and-steel skyscraper rapidly arising from a long-vacant lot at the corner of 12th and Jefferson Streets ... »Read More

Mitigation Malaise
Just a few months after a damning report by the National Academy of Sciences concluded that the national goal of no net loss of wetlands is not being met ... »Read More

Washington View: Jason Peltier
During his 12-year tenure as manager of the Central Valley Project Water Association, which represents users of CVP water, Jason Peltier ... »Read More

Mercury Fall Out
Atmospheric deposition contributes almost seven times as much mercury to the Bay as wastewater discharges, but is nonetheless not the primary source ... »Read More

Workshops Tackle Impacts on Communities
The potential effects of CALFED activities on rural communities that depend on often heavily contaminated groundwater were among the issues raised ... »Read More

Frogs on the Move
California red-legged frogs were still so common at the end of the 19th century that tens of thousands ended up on dinner plates each year ... »Read More

Feedback
Dear Estuary, Certain statements in the article "CALFED Quarterbacks" [in the last issue of ESTUARY, which discussed now-pending CALFED authorization ... »Read More


Special Features
CALFED Science in Action: Puzzling over the Shallows
A summary of recent scientific monitoring of efforts to restore shallow water habitat in the Bay and Delta, and resulting impacts on sediment accumulation, aquatic vegetation, plankton growth, fish usage and mercury methylation. »Read More

 
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