Starting in 2028, the San Francisco Estuary Partnership and the Association of Bay Area Governments will execute a comprehensive landscape overhaul at Strip Marsh East. The current site suffers from extreme ponding and evaporation cycles, which have effectively sterilized the soil and claimed 800 acres of marshland over the last 24 years. To reverse this, crews will dredge a four-mile tidal channel and use the extracted material to elevate the marsh floor, constructing refugia mounds that provide a high-tide sanctuary for the endangered Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse and Ridgway’s Rail.
EPA Funds $13.9 Million Tidal Marsh Restoration in Solano County
A $13.9 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency aims to revitalize 1,500 acres of degraded tidal wetlands near the State Route 37 corridor. The project addresses chronic drainage failures and soil salinity that have decimated habitat for endangered species since the turn of the millennium.
Beyond habitat recovery, the initiative functions as a pilot for integrating nature-based solutions into critical transportation infrastructure. By lowering intake berms and stabilizing the shoreline, the project seeks to protect the flood-prone Highway 37 from encroaching water. The grant also supports a broader scientific analysis of sediment dynamics within the upper estuary. This study will track how material flows from the Delta, offering a blueprint for future regional efforts to sustain wetlands in an era of intensifying weather events.
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