 The Tomales Bay Biodiversity Partnership is an organization
of community members and scientists dedicated to fostering
a deeper understanding of life in Tomales Bay and its watershed. Cooperation
for research and management of the bay has been established
between over 40 organizations and individuals. Our partnership includes land owners, public agencies, advocacy groups and educational
institutions. For a complete list of partners, click
here.
Strategies
 Inventory -
The Tomales Bay Biodiversity Inventory is the partnership’s community-based research, education
and public policy initiative to study and map the biological
communities in Tomales Bay, California. The results will
help ensure a sustainable Tomales Bay ecosystem by providing
guidance for:
- Mitigating threats to the bay - pollution,
habitat loss, invasive species, human disturbance, and
habitat fragmentation.
- Restoring deteriorated habitats.
- Creating stewards of biodiversity.
- Improving public policy by providing
information needed to make science-based management
decisions.
Working Together - A primary strength of this project
is integration of science and community involvement. This integration supports the capacity of stakeholders to address and reverse
threats to the bay. An important partner is The
Tomales Bay Watershed Council, a group of environmentalists,
ranchers, fisherman and other stakeholders. The Council provides
input on data needed and incorporates the TBBP's science
into their decision-making processes.
Refining Knowledge - Because of the need to draw large
scale conclusions from disparate datasets, another significant
feature of the TBBI is the integrated nature of data collection
and the unified database structure.Our data will yield products
for identifying hotspots of biodiversity, prioritizing
conservation areas, and guiding sustainable management
of the Tomales Bay ecosystem. Data from our research partners
is compiled into a single database, allowing information
from many species to be quickly and accurately summarized.
Current maps and data
are available on this website.
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