The ambitious effort to restore thousands of acres of salt marsh in the South Bay has been germinating for the past decade. Now it’s showtime.
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October 01, 2004 by Glen Martin
There are many factors to consider—from endangered species and sediment deficits to flood control and budget deficits—when you restore 16,500 acres of salt ponds.
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October 01, 2004 by Kathleen M. Wong
When Florence LaRiviere heard last year that 16,000 acres of Cargill’s salt ponds had been acquired for restoration, the longtime …
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October 01, 2004 by Susan Pultz Williams
Planners designing a strategy for one of the biggest wetlands recovery projects ever undertaken in this country—the South Bay salt …
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October 01, 2004 by Kathleen M. Wong
The baylands’ swampy smells and power lines are distasteful to many. But to Eileen McLaughlin, Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge …
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October 01, 2004 by Kathleen M. Wong
Howard Shellhammer is known as the champion of a very rare mouse. A world expert on the endangered salt marsh …
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October 01, 2004 by Kathleen M. Wong
Tom Laine knew the salt ponds long before they were making salt. “I was born here in 1937, and I’ve …
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