Costanoan-Ohlone Case Study

Since the 2009 dredge project, only one big ship that the dredge was accommodating for has come into the bay. The purpose of the 2009 dredge was to allow larger ships come into the bay as it was to shallow, but since then only one has come through making it almost not worth it considering the effects it's had on the bay.

The efforts in restoring the Chesapeake Bay also has importance on economic value. The Chesapeake bay is a commercial and recreational resource for more than 15 million people who live in and near its watershed (drainage basin).” (Atkins & Anderson, 2003). According to the Chesapeake Bay foundation, also known as the CBF; in 2004, the Virginia Institute of Marine Science conducted an study estimated that the Chesapeake Bay contributed $1.23 billion in sales, $717 million in income, and nearly more than 13,000 jobs in Virginia from recreational and commercial fishing

When work began to improve the Chesapeake Bay they needed to find the culprits of the bad water quality then get rid of them.

I visited the Newport Back Bay Visitors Center. It is located in the Newport Back Bay for people to visit and learn about the wonderful Back Bay that is only steps from our very own school, CDM. The history of the Back Bay goes back a long time. In the 18th century when the Spanish arrived in California places like the Back Bay were very abundant. However by 1975 less than 10% remained in-between Santa Barbra and Mexico. In 1960 plans were made to make the back bay a large marina with houses right along the water. But in 1967 when a group of citizens founded the Friends of Newport Bay they fought to keep this from happening. It was also founded to help bring attention to the ecological importance of the Bay and to help try and ensure its survival. As a result of the Friends of Newport Bay the Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve was founded in 1975. Seven years latter in 1982 more land was added at Big Canyon. Five years later, in 1989 what is now known as Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve was established on the neighboring bluffs after the County of Orange acquired an additional 140 acres. Eleven years after in 2000 the Friends and the Naturalists joined forces to become the Newport Bay Naturalists & Friends. Most recently, in 2010 it was elected to change the name of this organization to the Newport Bay Conservancy, which is the name that stands today. The visitor’s center helps inform people of the intricate Back Bay, how it is being preserved,

In 1973, the James Bay Project was initiated, which indicated the damming of many rivers and flooding the surrounding areas. Since then, it became progressively under the review of the community, internationally.

D) large warehouses and docks where naval ships could be tied up when not in use

Mendocinos geography, plants, and animals have been have been changing for years on the Mendocino coast, even though you may not notice it, it still happens everywhere. It’s probably happening right now. Wind, water, the sun, our redwood trees, and the people who came to the Mendocino coast have been shaping Mendocino for so long to make it where it is today.

On June 19th, my classmates and I had field trip for Oceanography Lab (OCN 101) class with Professor Ocean Matt Horrigan. We went to Corte Madera Salt Marsh, which is located 12 miles North of San Francisco, to examine how rising and falling of tide effect on

The goal of this program was to reduce the level of nitrogen and phosphorous flowing to the Bay by 40% by the year 2000, from their 1985 levels (Blankenship 2). The first step in this program was to reduce the amount of nutrient pollution from point sources (end-of-the-pipe) such as wastewater treatment facilities that feed into the many tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay (The Chesapeake Bay Watershed 1). However, the results of these cleanup efforts were not enough to reach the goal of the program. Therefore, the areas involved now had to target the non-point sources of nitrogen and phosphorous. The non-point sources are storm water run off from agricultural and developed sites, air pollution, and the development of sensitive forests that act as buffers for tributaries and the Bay (1). The Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act of 1989 took aim at these sources in Tidewater Virginia by requiring resource management practices in the use and development of environmentally sensitive land (1). The Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area Ordinance of 1991 also took aim at these non-point sources by designating environmentally sensitive areas in Virginia Beach as Resource Protection Areas and Resource Management Areas which are intended to protect the integrity of the lands that effect the Chesapeake Bay (2). The States involved also

Around 10,000 years ago the San Francisco Bay was once not a bay. The glaciers from the ice age melted into water and then the water flowed into “canyons” to form into the San Francisco Bay. However the flowing of the bay may not have stopped. The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission predicts that the sea level will increase so much the sea will take over and flood populated areas and landmarks like the San Francisco and the Oakland International Airports. We could recover from natural disasters like earthquakes, tornadoes, and hurricanes, but not sea level rising. The New York Daily News say that it would take only 12 feet for the ocean to rise and take over several landmarks and populated areas in the San Francisco Bay Area and another landmark could be San Francisco Giants’ AT&T Park.

John Barron along with John Craig owned a very profitable wharf or dock, which had the deepest waters in the Baltimore Harbor. After great expansion and development, the city diverted the streams of water into the wharf. The streams carried down soil and large masses of sand, which deposited along and widely in front of the Wharf. This made the water shallow to the point of not being profitable and useable. Barron sued the city of Baltimore, claiming this development

The first step towards the revival of the Bayview Yards is to remediate the soil and groundwater contamination which are the direct results of the municipal landfills, former rail yards, and current snow dump activities . After these environmental strains are lifted, the city will work to restore open spaces and green linkages between districts which will provide the foundation for the newly designated heritage building in the heart of Bayview Yards, the new Innovation Centre (7 Bayview Yards)

Throughout history, the coastline of Sandy Bay has been subject to erosion. The areas focussed on in this study are Nutgrove and Long Beach. Erosion was first documented in this area in 1813. Sea level rise and the increase in the frequency and severity of weather events is currently having an impact on the land cover of both Nutgrove and Long Beach and this is erosion is likely to increase as time passes and climate change progresses.

A possible new marine sanctuary in the Potomac River, the Potomac River is home to the “Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay.” There are two-hundred known ships in the fourteen square mile area of the river adjacent to Charles County. The ships ages range from the Revolutionary War to the present days. Some of the ships are from the largest World War One wooden steam ships build for the American Emergency Fleet. The ships were burned and scuttled in the bay in 1925. Someone from the public committed on the area on Wednesday, experts have highlighted the importance of Mallows Bay. “... a national treasure in the process of being discovered,” said Maritime Historian Donald Shomette. People say that

* There has been continued redevelopment. In 2006 there was a 3.4 million redevelopment package which again developed the docks.