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The Napa Sonoma Marsh is a wetland at the northern edge of San Pablo Bay, which is a northern arm of the San Francisco Bay in California, United States.This marsh has an area of 48,000 acres (190 km 2), of which 13,000 acres (53 km 2) are abandoned salt evaporation ponds.
The Madrona Marsh Preserve, in the city of Torrance in the South Bay region of Southern California, is a seasonal wetland with vernal pools. The 43 acres (17 ha) was a former site of oil wells and is one of the few natural areas remaining within an urban landscape. [1]
Restoration of the wetlands began in 1988 and was completed in 2000. [1] Now, the site serves a dual purpose of removing nitrates from the creek water and providing a bird habitat. The water district also operates an adjacent wastewater treatment facility but the treated wastewater does not enter the wildlife sanctuary. [2]
Sewage from the city of Arcata is treated and released to Humboldt Bay via complex flow routing through a number of contiguous ponds, wetlands, and marshes. Resemblance of treatment features to natural bay environments may cause potential ambiguity about where wastewater ceases to be considered partially treated sewage and meets enhancement objectives of the California Bays and Estuaries ...
It encompasses over 7,000 acres (28 km 2) of riparian woodlands, wetlands and grasslands that host a diversity of wildlife native to California's Central Valley. The refuge is situated where three major rivers, the San Joaquin , Tuolumne and Stanislaus Rivers , join providing key wildlife corridor habitat.
Wetlands of California — including estuaries, marshes, and perennial riparian areas. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. M.
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The upland habitat provided nesting, shelter, and food for egrets, herons, and raptors that also used the wetlands. View of the reserve from offshore. In 1997, the state of California purchased 880 acres (3.6 km 2) of Hearthside Homes’ holdings. Restoration was completed in 2006 at a cost of $147 million which included opening an inlet to the ...