Largest wetland restoration project on the west coast

In Episode 91 of OpenRoad, you’ll visit the largest wetlands restoration project on the west coast.
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[@peterbedford2610]

Yes!! In my 65 years living here, its great to see its natural beauty being somewhat restored.

[@ClydeFog]

seeing the change in the wetlands near menlo park is nothing short of incredible in person

[@TNT_FPV]

felt a Huel Howser vibe on the intro , miss that guy

[@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059]

I know. Sad day when Huell passed away.

[@Debbie_Bcool]

I can't express how good this is. Humans can learn, heal our earth heal us.

[@retirednavychief6983]

I used to watch the salt ponds whenever I was in the back of a Moffett Field P3; I'm really glad to hear that salt-pond removal/wetland restoration is finally happening.

[@williamlloyd3769]

Fantastic to see this finally happening!

[@ralphw7454]

This is so wonderful to see! I loved how the American Canyon wetlands were restored; running and walking are fantastic, especially after a rainy day. It's great to see all these projects coming to fruition! Watching from Boston! I miss my home, the bay!

[@2cartalkers]

This is why I love Cali, we try. Yeah, we have a lot of issues but we do try.

[@chuckgiannotti990]

As a young boy growing up and fishing and hunting on the bay bair island is looking so good it’s coming back I’m so happy this is being done our bay is so important to all of us

[@mfwagged]

Many of the newly and future restored areas could have been developed into new subdivisions with additional needed new housing so a big thank you to the many various collective organizational efforts and policies that have helped resist that direction and instead made rewilding possible.

[@eh3477]

Many of these areas would have been subject to sea level rise and flooding. Not a great place to live.

[@sailingbrewer]

And would be terrible in an earthquake

[@lag9765]

As a child and young man growing up in San Francisco, I witnessed the destruction of our wetlands by the state, feds and local government agencies. Finally there are those who care and understand how precious these lands are and the need for them to protected and restored. I thank you for having a vision of a healthy future for all the living creatures we share the earth with...

[@s.terris9537]

I sure hope this is NOT an april fool's joke! So inspiring.

[@raclark2730]

Oh its no joke. There is a growing movement in these kinds of projects world wide. And anyone can contribute to the process.

[@raclark2730]

That's the spirit, well done.

[@pravachan4355]

Commendable work! Thank You!

[@kanSiR636R]

Wow.. I can’t wait for this to finish. I can fish here locally instead of having to drive up north!

[@teejayman215]

restore Tulare lake next!!

[@kurtzwar729]

River delta estuaries collapse due to erosion at the marsh perimeter. They are NOT collapsing due to sea level rise. They are collapsing due to high wind wave EROSION from increasing tidal flat size. If sediment is blocked by dams or diversions (1937 Skagit River Diversion in WA, a prime example), an entire estuary can collapse with NO sea level rise. Giulio Mariotti's seminal research in 2013 "Critical width of tidal flats triggers marsh collapse in the absence of sea-level rise" proved this. A new paradigm exists in river delta estuaries. We need to be IN the tide flats to block high wind waves and CREATE NEW ESTUARIES FROM THE TIDE FLATS. It works on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and around the world in river delta estuaries.

[@sw8741]

I'm glad someone else has common sense. The ocean has risen 130 meters, a little over 400', from the end of the glacial maximum some 20,000 years ago. But knowing this will never be told since it doesn't fit the narrative. Sea level rise is natural and construction along a shore line will be eventually be inundated, just like some ancient ports were inundated centuries ago. None of this means these projects shouldn't be done or aren't worthwhile but the drum beat of doing them because of sea level rise is a falsehood.

[@Cobbmtngirl]

Excellent! Thank you!

[@ispq]

Now get the sea grass to grow again, along with the oyster beds.

[@Dog_gone_it]

This is cool

[@zacharyrasner9672]

Building along any body of water should be illegal. keep our waterways all natural is the best way.

[@thegoldengatesound]

Lady Mormont rules over Bear Island and she don’t play around. When visiting, you better be on your best behavior

[@chasingsunsets87]

This area is very beautiful during sunset in summer

[@whiteGIANT510]

Im the camp host at Dumbarton Quarry Campground #dqc , since September 2023 i have #seedbomb 10 pounds of California native wildflower seeds 23 species. I didnt get permission from the park but #ohwell. I have my first blooming flowers in my controlled test area. #coyotehills should be quite colorful in the coming weeks

[@hotttt28]

Ravenswood the old black neighborhood in East Palo Alto !

[@fixpacifica]

We want Mutley!

[@danielraymadden]

San Fransisco Bay is the Mediterranean Sea of California...The Bay is a Jewel of California....it was the garden of Eden 300years ago before settlements....

[@eewilson9835]

not a joke its a beautiful bay

[@matthewchase2512]

The valley could use some of this relief!

[@tommunyon2874]

I still remember flying in from Hawaii to S.F. on emergency leave in 1984 and looking down to see Foster City on what appeared to be former tide flats and thinking, "What the Hell!"

[@anytow]

I’m wondering, could they have just used the dredge Mallard to open up these levees? Is it still operating? It also should be preserved as the last wooden side draft dredge left.

[@emead528]

Thank you to all the residents who votes for this. 🥰

[@shellysmith1037]

The leading questions are pretty funny.

[@hotttt28]

The army court of engineers have made many mistakes in the past. Let's hope they don't get involved in this one.

[@Jimmyxsx]

👏👏

[@timwhiting6721]

Wonder is the crap on the streets flows that way ?

[@DeathsGarden-oz9gg]

At least there doing something but can you have farms grow more native edible foods I mean you have a few hundred different kinds in California alone.

[@BenPease-qq2jp]

"Bear Island" = Bair Island

[@tapeglue8315]

Have any of you actually tried to access these areas? I was at one of them and the homeless zombies took over the parking lot. It's great that this is being done. But beyond the photo op, take care of the facilities.

[@rickyfox67]

How will you ever recover

[@karlkoehler341]

Well, how about making that easy to access on foot or by bike ? Try accessing the bay trail around Milpitas. Yes, "Dixon Landing Road" and whoever built that. They where probably only thinking "How much area can we pave over for cars only, and can we make them go at highway speeds ?" The answer was "8 super-wide lanes" and "Yes". There's work TBD to make the thing nice all-around and an actually connected trail. Isn't Milpitas also extending the garbage dump there ? That stink worries me more than a few homeless, they are people too after all.

[@richardmccallum2735]

They’re going to get hit with a tsunami next year

[@danielraymadden]

Reed grasses filter and purify toxic water ....over ten varieties of mollusk filter bay water...in 60s the bay was still teaming with life...I remember walking the mile long Berkley pier and fish filled the pier bass were 4 and 5 ft long....halibut perch rock fish flounder were abundant...

[@100kwatt_Neville_Goddard]

has there been testing for toxins in the sediment being released in the area.

[@redjetsen1002]

Miles of marsh 100 years ago...yeah you could really smell the low tide.

[@stevenearlsmith2595]

So, 1,100 acrea of hay fields... where will that hay come from now?

[@StephenDavis-vh4oc]

I'd like to see the entire Bay Area reclaimed back to it's natural beauty before there were people here. City centers with asphalt and concrete create hot spots for heat much hotter than rural areas.

[@DemPilafian]

Yet you still live here.

[@berklia]

I love these precious Baylands & have spent years hiking through most of these estuaries around every edge of the Bay here. Unfortunately, - at these organizations' 'example' Bay region - Baer Island - they allow unlimited Sports 'Water motor' vehicles, where dozens of kids on these 'motocycle' size speed vehicles chase, terrorize and kill the wildlife and extremely fragile habitats. It is horrifying to watch, and super sad that this is allowed. The canoe video they shared in this video is a joke - I have never seen canoes at these locations - just the water speed boats ripping circles into the ecosystem and ruining it. The noise of these vehicles is deafening - so there is horrible noise pollution that traumatizes the wildlife there as well. Super sad what these organizations are allowing here.

[@chalmerscharitycrouse7834]

Comment 64: 2:29 pm CST April 28, 2024 Co-President Charity Colleen "Lovejoy" Crouse I mean...

[@hereforthechips7710]

WOW. That’s why rent is so expensive.

[@skypieper]

Good hunting in the Napa Sonoma marsh. Hope those acres are open to it.

[@ExploringCabinsandMines]

YES climate change is over and the salmon will return! rofl

[@Letyourcolorsblendwithmine]

Knowing the West Coast, they busted that levie from the wrong side and now have to drive that trackhoe twenty miles.

[@imd1b4u]

What do you know of the west coast? Do you know most of these operators are IUOE local 3 very highly skilled journeyman operators, What is your expertise?

[@sgtpepperz25]

Less and less land for humans...I can hardly afford land.

[@pierheadjump]

⚓️ Plenty in Winnemucca 🌈

[@karlkoehler341]

Yes. And look around you. Your neighborhood street is probably 40' wide, where it could be 18. Every little commercial space has acreages of parking, and even on black Friday, while the roads are clogged, there _still_ is parking ! That's already land for humans. Massive amounts dedicated only to make driving and parking cars cheaper, and needlessly overbuilt, most neighborhoods will not suddenly have skyscrapers instead of single-family houses on them. We don't live in Hongkong, not even close.

[@pierheadjump]

@@karlkoehler341 ⚓️ Thanks Karl 🌈 All your Republican strip mall real estate twits on planning commissions… zoning committees… city hall…. County supervisors…. The .. you scratch my back… I’ll scratch yours… committee…. Real estate is all the deal. Trading strip malls is how all those assholes got rich… how do you get to a strip mall? Yep … with a BMW strapped to your ass 🤠

[@JohnDoe-eh1ie]

There's a very fine line between class discrimination and racism. Historically the majority of white Americans were not rich, were not slaveowners, and suffered as well. But the rich were still predominantly white. If you look at the entire history of environmentalism - it overlaps with racism and elitism now still works to maintain these bad institutions. You have a few rich white people who own massive acreage, more than they can maintain. Once the have too much land to handle, they make it a government environmental preserve where the public / people of color are not allowed on it. Historically many urban cities around the world were terrible. London was full of pollution. Riding horses meant feces everywhere. People dumped chamber pots out the windows before toilets. So the rich liked to go to pseudo-natural places for excursions. Environmentalism was created by hunters to make sure they had fancy animals to kill so they could mount the heads on their wall. Environmentalism was the guise used to kill "savage" native people to pretend that the land was always like that. If you went back 250 years ago, 500 years ago, or 1,000 years ago - that area would have been full of native Americans and human activity. If you go back 150 years ago that was right after a genocide - which these environmentalists are looking at as the ideal target. Meanwhile the poor of all races suffer as these guises to prevent tens of thousands of affordable houses from being built. $500 million tax payer dollars for a tractor to breach a levee on free donated land.

[@whiteGIANT510]

Too bad noone alive today will get to see it fully restored.