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Vulnerability Assessments in Support of the Climate Ready Estuaries Program: A Novel Approach Using Expert Judgment, Volume I: Results for the San Francisco Estuary Partnership (External Review Draft)
EPA is announcing the release of a draft report entitled, Vulnerability Assessments in Support of the Climate Ready Estuaries Program: A Novel Approach Using Expert Judgment, Volume I: Results for the San Francisco Estuary Partnership (SFEP) for a 30-day public review and comment period. An external peer review will be conducted simultaneously by letter. Public comments received on the draft report after October 11, 2011 will be considered by EPA in their revisions. [Federal Register Sep 8, 2011]
Citation:
U.S. EPA. Vulnerability Assessments in Support of the Climate Ready Estuaries Program: A Novel Approach Using Expert Judgment, Volume I: Results for the San Francisco Estuary Partnership (External Review Draft). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-11/058A, 2011.
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Description:
As part of the Climate Ready Estuaries (CRE) program, the Global Change Research Program (GCRP) in the National Center for Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has prepared this draft report exploring a new methodology for climate change vulnerability assessments using San Francisco Bay’s salt marsh and mudflat ecosystems as a demonstration.
URLs/Downloads:
Vulnerability Assessments in Support of the Climate Ready Estuaries Program: A Novel Approach Using Expert Judgment, Volume I: Results for the San Francisco Estuary Partnership (PDF, 98 pp, 531 KB, about PDF)Climate Ready Estuaries, Volume I: Tables and Figures (PDF, 53 pp, 3795 KB, about PDF)
FR Notice: Sep 8, 2011
SF Estuary Org Homepage (Steve Goldbeck: steveg@bcdc.ca.gov, Sara Polgar: sarap@bcdc.ca.gov)
EPA's Climate Ready Estuaries - Michael Craghan: craghan.michael@epa.gov, Jeremy Martinich: martinich.jeremy@epa.gov (POCs)
Peer Review Report and EPA Response to Comments (PDF, NA pp, 144 KB, about PDF)