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The Bay Area is more than halfway toward its goal of restoring 100,000 acres of tidal wetlands, which are a natural buffer to floodwaters from future sea level rise.
The Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program published data in September showing that restored tidal marshes nearly quadrupled from 2000 to 2020. On Tuesday, at the State of the San Francisco Estuary Conference, scientists announced that several thousand acres would be added through 2024. The Bay Area now boasts 57,800 acres of restored tidal marsh.
“That’s really tremendous progress, especially compared to other areas of the country or other areas globally where we’re seeing wetland loss,” said April Robinson, a senior scientist with the San Francisco Estuary Institute…