San Francisco Bay Joint Venture Project 50 San Francisco Bay Joint Venture Projects 1995-01-01 Unknown Jeff Rasmussen Jeff Rasmussen JRASMUSSEN@ebparks.org Delta Science Center

US East Bay Regional Park District

US Mt. Diablo Audubon Society

US Sandy Scoggin sscoggin@sfbayjv.org Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector Control District Cooperator Delta Science Center Lead agency East Bay Regional Park District Lead agency East Bay Regional Park District Cooperator Ironhouse Sanitary District Cooperator Mt. Diablo Audubon Society Lead agency Unknown Unknown 0 Creation of a major science center spotlighting wetland, bay/delta, shallow waters of the bay, etc. The parking lot, restroom building and fishing/observation pier are currently (Oct 2007) open at the site. The District has secured $8.5 million for the current project to construct an outdoor education classroom and outdoor educational exhibits. The classroom which will be operated by District and Science Center non-profit will be located away from the waters edge, close to the parking lot. The exhibits such as watershed model, forming the Delta interactive, animals of the Delta sculptures and interpretive signage will be connected by a series of pathways near the shoreline. The next phase of the project will construct a kayak storage / restroom facility and turf Unknown 90 -90 180 -180 Wetlands Habitat Protection Habitat Enhancement Environmental Education and Outreach Planning and Evaluation Habitat Restoration Bay Habitat - Bay habitat unspecified 3500 waterfowl shorebirds salt marsh harvest mouse Delta smelt longfin smelt splittail steelhead salmon Contra Costa County CalEDLN project standard 1.0RC1 2009-11-06 Sandra Scoggin