Protecting Endangered Species

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Protecting Endangered Species
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Shoreline Recreation and Open Space
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Salt Ponds Site was Bay
Highway 101
Seaport Blvd
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Salt Ponds Site in 1946
Seaport Blvd
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Diking More Salt Ponds from Bay 1947
Seaport Blvd
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Bair Island Restoration Former Salt Ponds
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Volunteers Restore Wetland Habitat
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Redwood City Zoning Tidal Plain

• 20.2 Permitted Uses.
• The following structures and uses are permitted
  in the Tidal Plain District
• Agriculture
• Extraction of chemicals from sea water by natural
  evaporation and extraction of oyster shells or
  other deposits from San Francisco Bay
• Public parks and public recreation areas or
  facilities.

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Cargill Site is Restorable
Seaport Blvd
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Restoration Happens
BEFORE
LaRiviere Marsh in Newark is a former
crystallizer pond
AFTER
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Napa Plant Site Restoration of Crystallizers
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What could it be? Restored Habitats

• South Ponds Tidal marsh
• Easy connection to bay,
• historic tidal channels
• Benefits for many species
• clapper rails, harbor seals,
• saltmarsh harvest mice, and fish

• North Ponds Seasonal Wetlands
• High salinity, easy grading, further from bay
• Benefits many species western snowy plover,
• nesting shorebirds, migratory shorebirds

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Nearby Agencies and Projects Can Aid Restoration
in Redwood City
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Site is in Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National
Wildlife Refuge Approved Refuge Boundary
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Sea Level Rise
"It may be better to abandon plans than to allow
development and face the costs of protecting it
from flooding - which may be inevitable."
The Almanac, 1/30/08 Will Travis, Exec. Dir. San
Francisco Bay Conservation and Development
Commission
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Supporters of tidal plain zoning uses on salt
pond site

• Friends of Redwood City
• Sequoia Audubon Society
• Sierra Club
• Committee for Green Foothills
• Sierra Club
• Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge

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www.saveSFbay.org 510-452-9261