LOCATION: Southern San Francisco Bay below San Mateo Bridge, Ravenswood and Alviso
Pond Complexes (Exhibits 1 and 2); Measure AA Region: West Bay, South Bay and East Bay San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority approval of this recommendation will provide the final
funding necessary to complete Phase 2 of the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project (Phase 2)
in the Ravenswood and Alviso Ponds and launch the next phase of the adaptive management
science program. One of the largest wetland restoration projects in the United States, the South
Bay Salt Pond (SBSP) Restoration Project is a multiagency effort to restore 15,100 acres of
former salt evaporation ponds in South San Francisco Bay in phases over a 50-year period.
After five years of planning, Phase 2 will further the goals of the SBSP Restoration Project by
implementing the next set of habitat, flood protection, and recreation improvements at five
locations: Mountain View Ponds (Pond A1 and A2W in the Alviso Pond Complex), Pond A8 (in
the Alviso Pond Complex), Island Ponds (Pond A19 in the Alviso Pond Complex), Ravenswood
Ponds (Ponds R5, S5, R4, and R3 in the Ravenswood Complex) and southern portion of the
Eden Landing Ponds (Ponds E1, E2, E4, E7, E5, E6, E1C, E2C, E4C, and E6C in the Eden
Landing Pond Complex). While the Alviso and Ravenswood Ponds Complexes are owned and
managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the Eden Landing Pond Complex
is owned and managed by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), the SBSP
Restoration Project is a cooperative effort involving the State Coastal Conservancy
(Conservancy), Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD), and many other local cities,
counties, nonprofit organizations, and stakeholders from the region
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