The Middle Harbor Enhancement · The Middle Harbor Enhancement Area October 3, 2019 1. Restoration...
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The Middle Harbor Enhancement Area
October 3, 2019
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Restoration Projects Receiving Dredge Material(millions of cubic yards – mcy)
Hamilton MontezumaAirforce Base (2.8 mcy)(5.9 mcy)
Middle Harbor EnhancementArea(5.6 mcy)
Source: BCDC 10/2/14
Commission Report
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An Early Experiment Creating Subtidal Habitat in an Industrialized Port
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Middle Harbor in the 1990s
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Middle Harbor Enhancement Area Today
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Avian Habitat is Critical
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Avian Uses in MHEA
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https://goldengateaudubon.org/blog-posts/middle-harbor-shoreline-birding-hotspot/
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Bird Species – 1997 Survey vs. 2010-October 2019 (Citizen Science)
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Eelgrass
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Summer 2019 Eelgrass Plantings –82 Test Plots – 12,300 Plants
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The Takeaway• Birding Hot Spot (Audubon approved)
• Eelgrass Planting was Successful (Monitoring Period has Begun)
• Well-Functioning Subtidal Habitat, Even if Success Criteria Don’t Agree (Yet)
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Sept. 21, 1999
Goals - Middle Harbor Target Habitats