The Wetlands Tracker Project provides public access to scientific and practical management information about past and proposed wetland restoration, enhancement, creation, and mitigation projects within the historical extent of the tides in San Pablo Bay, Central Bay and South Bay of the San Francisco Estuary. The project goals are:

(1) create an accurate database of existing information about the locations, sizes, main habitats, sponsors, schedules, and contact people for all projects;
(2) create a website that allows public access to the wetland project information via project lists and interactive maps;
(3) create capability for anyone to upload and share information about any project; and
(4) produce a process to maintain the information database and regional maps of projects through the permitting process of state and federal regulatory agencies.

A San Francisco Bay Area map and database of past and proposed wetland projects is a basic requirement for the analysis of site-specific and cumulative effects of the projects on ecological and economic factors of the region. Without such fundamental information, we cannot assess the value of wetland restoration efforts or prioritize projects, we cannot say what is the net change in amount of wetland habitat locally or overall, and we do not know the locations of restoration projects of different age that when looked at together would allow us to estimate the rate of recovery of wetlands or their functions. What is needed is a basic map in digital format that shows the boundaries of all wetland projects in the region, annotated with basic information about each project.

The Wetland Tracker is being developed by the San Francisco Estuary Institute to meet this need. Initial development was funded by the San Francisco Foundation. Additional funding has been provided by the USEPA ( The United States Environmental Protection Agency), the San Francisco Estuary Project, and the San Francisco Bay Program of the USFWS (United States Fish and Wildlife Service).

The Wetland Tracker exists at www.wetlandtracker.org.
Also see: Wetland Tracker List of Projects

Link:
Project Completion Report (4 page .pdf file)