State Wildlife Action Plan 2015 Update

North Coast Marine Conservation Unit Bays, Estuaries, and Lagoons

Debbie Aseltine-Neilson, CDFW November 13, 2013

Marine Region: • North Coast • N-C Coast • Central Coast • South Coast

Marine Region Broad Ecosystems: • Bays, Estuaries, & Lagoons • Intertidal (rocky, beaches) • Nearshore Zone (0-30 m) • Mid-Depth Zone (30-100 m) • Deep Zone (>100 m)

Marine Region • Bays, Estuaries, & Lagoons • Intertidal (rocky, beaches) • Nearshore Zone (0-30 m)

Derek Stein, CDFW

Marine Region • Bays, Estuaries, & Lagoons

Humboldt Bay. Annie Eicher

North Coast Marine Conservation Unit

Bays, Estuaries,

and Lagoons

Bays, Estuaries, and Lagoons

Humboldt Bay – Classic Estuary. Google Earth

Tomales Bay – Tidal Bay. Google Earth

Navarro River – River Mouth. Google Earth

Redwood Creek - Lagoon. Marna Powell

Navarro River – River Mouth. Google Earth

Why Are Bays, Estuaries, & Lagoons Important?

Herring Spawn Event. Ryan Bartling, CDFW

Brown Pelicans. Dave Feliz, CDFW

Snowy Plovers. Jenny Erbes, Point Blue Conservation Science

Humboldt Bay. Kirsten Ramey, CDFW

Big Lagoon. Google Earth

Bays, Estuaries, and Lagoons Key Attributes • Surface water

flow regime • Freshwater

input – water quality

Stressors • Changes in

freshwater input • Changes in quality

of freshwater input

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Bays, Estuaries, and Lagoons Key Attributes • Area/extent • Circulation • Connectivity

Stressors • Reduction in area • Changes in circulation

patterns • Change/loss in connectivity • Altered tidal mixing

Eel River. Google Earth

Morro Bay. Bob Stafford, CDFW

Key Attributes • Water quality • Quality of

sediments • Biogenic

habitat

Stressors • Decrease in quality of

water and sediments within water bodies

• Decrease in seagrass (eelgrass) beds

Kirsten Ramey, CDFW

Klamath River. Mike Wallace, CDFW

Robin Madrid, CDFW

Key Attributes • Biotic

assemblages • Biotic

interactions

Kirsten Ramey, CDFW

Stressors • Decrease in native species

populations including shorebirds and native bivalves

Species of Interest

Tidewater Goby. Mike Wallace, CDFW

Brown Pelicans. Dave Feliz, CDFW

Green Sturgeon. Ed Roberts, CDFW

Longfin Smelt. CDFW Eulachon. Seth Ricker, CDFW

Snowy Plover. Media.photobucket.com

Species of Interest

Native Oysters. Kirsten Ramey, CDFW

Seagrasses. Kirsten Ramey, CDFW

Species of Interest

Juvenile Dungeness Crabs. Steve Cannata, CDFW

California Halibut. Travis Tanaka, CDFW

Human-related Activities

• Shoreline Development • Urban Runoff

• Diversion/Control of Freshwater

• Agricultural Runoff

Smith River. Google Earth

Mad River. Google Earth

Human-related Activities • Hazardous Spills • Invasive Species

Humboldt Bay. Jeff Dayton, CDFW

Zostera japonica. Vicki Frey, CDFW

Human-related Activities • Modification of • Mouth/Channels

Batiquitos Lagoon. CDFW Archived Photo

Redwood Creek. Steve Cannata, CDFW

Human-related Activities • Climate Change and Ocean Acidification

B. McVeigh, CDFW

Humboldt Bay. Annie Eicher

Strategies • Improve engagement in

decision-making process • Reviewing documents • Participating in meetings • Collaborating on projects • Coordinating

management of habitats at the ocean-land interface

• Advocate for policies and practices that minimize impacts on shorelines and wetlands Ten-mile River. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Strategies • Improve rapid

response capabilities to events that degrade target

• Support effective regulations

• Expand education and outreach activities

Upper Newport Bay. Robin Madrid, CDFW

Strategies • Expand restoration activities • Support monitoring activities

and data integration into management

• Encourage research • Perform vulnerability

assessment of marine resources to climate change and ocean acidification

Elkhorn Slough. Dave Feliz, CDFW

Klamath River. Jeff Dayton, CDFW

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