ISP staff conducting Spartina Identification
workshop for Tomales Bay biologists and landowners.

The California State Coastal Conservancy (Conservancy) established the Invasive Spartina Project (ISP) in 2000. The overall goal of the project is to develop a regionally coordinated project to address the rapid spread of four introduced and highly invasive Spartina (cordgrass) species in the San Francisco Estuary. The Conservancy has a broad mandate to protect the coastal resources of California. The ISP is comprised of a number of components including outreach, research, permitting, mapping, monitoring, and the allocation of funds for efforts to eliminate populations of nonindigenous Spartina.

Funding for the Invasive Spartina Project comes from the CALFED Bay-Delta Program, United States Fish and Wildlife Service Coastal Program, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and the California State Coastal Conservancy.

Peggy Olofson
Project Director

Maxene Spellman
Project Manager, State Coastal Conservancy

Erik Grijalva
Field Operations Manager

Drew Kerr
Assistant Field Operations Manager
dwkerr@earthlink.net

Ingrid Hogle
Monitoring Program Manager
ibhogle@spartina.org

Stephanie Ericson
Administrative Assistant
sericson@spartina.org