Salmonids and Watershed Health

Salmonids (salmon and trout) provide the perfect indicator of the health of whole watersheds from mountains to the sea due to their life cycle, split between freshwater and salt. Salmon must constantly adjust to new conditions found in mountain streams, estuaries, and the open sea even as they contend with human changes to their environment. Some individuals will travel up to 3,000 miles from hatching to laying their own eggs....
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Board of Trustees

Bill Buck – multimedia producer currently filming the series Bay Wild, an environmental documentary highlighting wildlife in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Dennis DeDomenico - Owner of Rock Wren Winery, past Chairman of the Board of Directors at The Marine Mammal Center (6 years), past General Manager at Ghiradelli Chocolate Company, California licensed Attorney.

Terrance Gosliner – senior curator for Invertebrate Zoology and Geology at the California Academy of Sciences.

Francesca Koe, President – multi-agency SCUBA instructor, freediver and co-founder of the tsunami relief project, Paavima.org; senior editor for Deeperblue.com; Vice President of the United States Apnea Association.

Ed Ueber, Vice President – former superintendent of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and recently retired from a career with the National Park Service.

Bob Wilson, Treasurer – retired lawyer with the federal government; volunteer with the Beach Watch program; actively involved with various non-profit conservation organizations, including The Marine Mammal Center and Polar Bears International.

1995: The Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association (FMSA) is created to direct community resources and provide financial and programmatic support to the GFNMS and the areas it manages

1996: FMSA takes over coordination of Beach Watch Program, which is cited in the Congressional Record as a significant volunteer program of the DOC

1996: Beach Watch and its volunteers are also recognized as vital in the response and clean up of the Cape Mohican oil spill

1997: The SEALS program is established to document the impact of human activity on harbor seals in Tomales Bay and Bolinas Lagoon

1998: The first National Marine Sanctuary visitor center is established in the Presidio, in just five months there are 4,500 visitors

1998: Beach Watch responds to the Command oil spill off of San Mateo County and Fine funds are obtained by GFNMS for itself and Monterey Bay NMS

1999: FMSA Coordinates 150 volunteers contributing 38,500 hours, the equivalent of 19 full-time employees

1999: Beach Watch assesses natural resource damages for the Point Reyes National Seashore oil spill

1999: SEALS volunteers eliminate disturbance of harbor seals by clam diggers on Clam and Seal islands in Bolinas Bay