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Podcasts

Our podcasts are short audio programs covering topics ranging from bird migration to wetland restoration. For a complete list of topics, please see our Podcast Archive.

FLOOD CONTROL 2.0

Take Aways on Flood Control 2.0 Regulatory Studies: Ideas for Improving Multi-Benefit Flood Control Projects Planning Process

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Join our guest Brenda Goeden, Sediment Program Manager at the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission for a discussion about planning and permitting multi-benefit flood control projects, and what can be done to enhance such a complicated process.

Visit FloodControl.sfei.org for a complete suite of tools available for flood control and environmental project managers.

For more information:

San Francisco Bay Joint Venture - www.sfbayjv.org
San Francisco Estuary Institute - www.sfei.org
San Francisco Estuary Partnership: http://www.sfestuary.org
San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission - www.bcdc.ca.gov

Flood Control 2.0 Implementation Project: Lower Walnut Creek

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From single to multi-purpose flood control channel: join Paul Detjens, Senior Civil Engineer with the Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District in discussing what the Flood Control 2.0 project brought to the ongoing Lower Walnut Creek Restoration Project.

Visit FloodControl.sfei.org for a complete suite of tools available for flood control and environmental project managers.

For more information:

San Francisco Bay Joint Venture - www.sfbayjv.org
San Francisco Estuary Institute - www.sfei.org
San Francisco Estuary Partnership: http://www.sfestuary.org
San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission - www.bcdc.ca.gov

Flood Control 2.0 Implementation Project: San Francisquito Creek

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Len Materman, Executive Director of the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority discusses the challenges of reconnecting marshes with upstream sediment, while maintaining flood protection and environmental benefits over time.

Visit FloodControl.sfei.org for a complete suite of tools available for flood control and environmental project managers.

For more information:

San Francisco Bay Joint Venture - www.sfbayjv.org
San Francisco Estuary Institute - www.sfei.org
San Francisco Estuary Partnership: http://www.sfestuary.org
San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission - www.bcdc.ca.gov

SediMatch: A Flood Control 2.0 Tool for Linking Available Sediment with Projects in Need of Sediment.php

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SediMatch web site

Sediment and restoration projects: a love affair! Join us for a presentation of Sedimatch, a new Flood Control 2.0 Tool with Brenda Goeden, Sediment Program Manager at the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission.

For more information: Visit FloodControl.sfei.org for a complete suite of tools available for flood control and environmental project managers.

For more information:

San Francisco Bay Joint Venture - www.sfbayjv.org
San Francisco Estuary Institute - www.sfei.org
San Francisco Estuary Partnership: http://www.sfestuary.org
San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission - www.bcdc.ca.gov

Your Wetlands

What is Flood Control 2.0?

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Join our guest Robin Grossinger, a Senior Scientist at the San Francisco Estuary Institute as he describes Flood Control 2.0 and how bay area environmental organizations are rethinking the way that flooding is controlled around San Francisco Bay. Your Wetlands is a project of the San Francisco Bay Joint Venture.

For more information:

San Francisco Bay Joint Venture - www.sfbayjv.org
San Francisco Estuary Institute - www.sfei.org
San Francisco Estuary Partnership: http://www.sfestuary.org/our-projects/watershed-management/floodcontrol/
San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission - www.bcdc.ca.gov

What is the Role Sediment Plays in Our Environment?

What is the Role Sediment Plays in Our Environment?

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My guest is Brenda Goeden, Sediment Program Manager with the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission. Please join us as we talk about what an incredible resource sediment is and why it is so valuable to the health of the bay. Your Wetlands is a project of the San Francisco Bay Joint Venture.

For more information:

San Francisco Bay Joint Venture - www.sfbayjv.org
San Francisco Estuary Institute - www.sfei.org
San Francisco Estuary Partnership: http://www.sfestuary.org/our-projects/watershed-management/floodcontrol/
San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission - www.bcdc.ca.gov

Your Wetlands

Where Has All the Sediment Gone?

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This is a refrain being sung by many researchers as they contemplate a possible sediment deficit and how we can get it back. On this episode of Your Wetlands, my guest is Brenda Goeden, Sediment Program Manager for the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission.  Your Wetlands is a project of the San Francisco Bay Joint Venture.

For more information:

San Francisco Bay Joint Venture - www.sfbayjv.org
San Francisco Estuary Institute - www.sfei.org
San Francisco Estuary Partnership: http://www.sfestuary.org/our-projects/watershed-management/floodcontrol/
San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission - www.bcdc.ca.gov

Your Wetlands

Lower Novato Creek Redesign Project

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There are extraordinary restoration projects being designed all around SF Bay. One of them is in the North Bay and is called "the Lower Novato Creek Redesign Project". With a history of flooding during large storms in downtown Novato, the community is supportive of projects that integrate flood control and include environmental enhancements. This program looks at the thinking behind the design of this project.