57696 Data Set Published / External 47021 NERRS Project Completed 2019 This project initiated an adaptation planning process to address tidal road flooding in China Camp State Park in the San Francisco Bay area. Using a facilitated process that blended technical expertise and active community participation, a wide range of stakeholders representing diverse local interests identified and evaluated adaptation options for the park’s North San Pedro Road. New field research improved understanding of the extent to which sea level rise influences the shoreline, marsh, and road. A series of workshops generated a clearly defined set of adaptation options and their pros and cons, and created a strategy to move forward with planning and implementation. The project offers a potential model for other communities facing similar threats to coastal infrastructure. Coastal communities around the country are facing rising seas and tidal flooding and must find creative solutions to protect low-lying roads, homes, and other coastal infrastructure. This project took a close look at one example of this complex problem—a shoreline road that bisects the San Francisco National Estuarine Research Reserve’s China Camp State Park. The shoreline section of North San Pedro Road is an important transportation corridor; however, the road routinely floods, and its undersized culverts restrict tidal influence in the interior marshes, which limits their ability to adapt naturally to sea level rise. This project brought together key stakeholders and decision makers to initiate an adaptation planning process from the bottom up. In discussions of short- and long-term fixes for North San Pedro Road, stakeholders agreed on the need to generate adaptation options that could protect the road, marsh, and surrounding human and natural communities. This project brings together key stakeholders and decision makers to initiate adaptation planning from the bottom-up. The project approach involves a mix of targeted data collection, technical analyses and syntheses, and well planned and facilitated stakeholder meetings to identify, evaluate, and compare road reconfiguration options. The project will pave the way for implementing an adaptation solution at China Camp and potentially serve as a model for other communities facing similar problems nationwide. ==Project Lead and Contact Stuart Siegel, San Francisco Bay NERR, siegel@sfsu.edu Aimee Good, San Francisco Bay NERR, aimee@sfsu.edu ==Project Type: Catalyst ==Project Partners California Department of Parks and Recreation Center for Collaborative Policy Marin County Board of Supervisors Marin County Department of Public Works San Francisco Bay National Estuary Research Reserve Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > ESTUARY Theme adaptation Theme climate change Theme planning Theme sea level rise Spatial San Francisco Bay, CA Data Set dataset None Planned The distributor does not assume liability. Data Steward 2015 Organization Office for Coastal Management OCM https://ror.org/05v14bq57 2234 South Hobson Avenue Charleston SC 29405-2413 https://www.coast.noaa.gov/ Distributor 2015 Organization Office for Coastal Management OCM https://ror.org/05v14bq57 2234 South Hobson Avenue Charleston SC 29405-2413 https://www.coast.noaa.gov/ Metadata Contact 2017-10-31 Person Cothran, Jeremy jeremy.cothran@gmail.com Ground Condition -122.505 -122.45 38.014 37.98 San Francisco Bay, CA NERRS Range 2018-09-01 2019-08-01 Unclassified None Cite this dataset when used as a source: NOAA retains the right to analyze, synthesize and publish summaries of the NERRS/NSC data. The NERRS/NSC retains the right to be fully credited for having collected and process the data. Following academic courtesy standards, the NERR site where the data were collected should be contacted and fully acknowledged in any subsequent publications in which any part of the data are used. 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Requested citation format: NOAA National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) Science Collaborative(NSC). http://www.nerrssciencecollaborative.org/project/Siegel18 2015 Organization Office for Coastal Management https://ror.org/05v14bq57 Siegel18 Multiple formats http://www.nerrssciencecollaborative.org/project/Siegel18 Online Resource This site provides a project overview and links to all associated products, including data. https://www.sfbaynerr.org/ Online Resource Project Website N/A This information is detailed within the project links. This information is detailed within the project links. N/A 1 N/A Organization Office for Coastal Management OCM https://ror.org/05v14bq57 2234 South Hobson Avenue Charleston SC 29405-2413 https://www.coast.noaa.gov/ gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:57696 Jeremy Cothran 2019-09-24T12:17:00 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2026-03-04T19:17:17 2019-11-01 Office for Coastal Management OCM 1002 Public No No 2019-11-01 1 Year 2020-11-01