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The San Pablo Bay Watershed Restoration Program (SPBWRP) provides technical and financial assistance to individuals, organizations and government agencies who undertake ecological restoration projects within the San Pablo Bay watershed. The purpose of the SPBWRP is to promote revitalization of the watershed's wetlands, rivers, lakes and streams, and to improve the health of San Pablo Bay itself. The SPBWRP was established in response to the growing awareness that the ecological integrity of the watershed is essential to the long-term health of both human and wildlife communities.

Financial and technical assistance are awarded competitively as resources permit. This web site provides detailed information about the San Pablo Bay watershed, as well as about the Watershed Restoration Program. Take a look at the Restoration Projects section to get an idea of the kinds of efforts that are planned, or are already underway. Browse through the menu on the left, and feel free to contact the project sponsors to discuss the program.

Restoration of the San Pablo Bay watershed is an ongoing enterprise, and this web site will be updated regularly to reflect advances in restoration efforts.

The San Pablo Bay Watershed Restoration Program is a collaborative effort of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Coastal Conservancy, and The Bay Institute.

The San Pablo Bay Watershed Restoration Program was developed by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Coastal Conservancy, and The Bay Institute over a period of about two years. A Preliminary Study Plan was prepared by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, as required by law. Subsequently, research was conducted and a numbers of public and technical advisory meetings were convened to help shape the program. This section contains the records of those meetings, and other information related to the development of the program.

• General description of how the program was established.
• Graphic representation of how the program was established
• Meeting Minutes
• Contributing Authors and Artists

This section is intended to showcase pieces of the site recently added. 
Since this whole web is new, some features to look for are:

• The San Pablo Bay Watershed Restoration Program document
• The Reference Library with searchable database
• Opportunities to add relevant documents to the Reference Library
• Interactive maps of land use, surface water and wetlands in the San Pablo Bay Watershed and GIS Data sources
• Examples of the types of restoration projects this program is hoping to help fund
• An extensive list of links related to restoration in the San Pablo Bay Watershed
• A list of program sponsors to contact to help jump-start your restoration project

• A discussion of monitoring in the San Pablo Bay Watershed 
• Enhanced mapping
• Additional navigational flexibility among pdf files posted here
• Additional links to related websites from within pdf files posted here

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