Point Reyes and Golden Gate take first step in restoring wetlands
In February 2000 the National Park Service, with additional funding from the California Department of Transportation, acquired the 560-acre (227-hectare) Giacomini Dairy. Located at the head of the ecologically sensitive and significant Tomales Bay within the Northern District of Golden Gate National Recreation Area, the property has separated Lagunitas Creek from the bay and confined the estuary to the leveed stream channel for nearly 60 years. This acquisition is the first step in reversing this trend and will lead to full-scale restoration when the land is relinquished in 2007. The restoration of the tidal wetland and floodplain habitat will add significantly to the already diverse aquatic and terrestrial ecology of Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area. In addition to their herring runs and oysters, Tomales Bay and the Lagunitas Creek estuary are vital to anadromous fish, catadromous fish, and marine aquatic species. Lagunitas and Olema Creeks, which flow through the property, are passages for nearly 10 percent of the remaining federally threatened coho salmon (O. kisutch) in central California.
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Tomales Bay at low tide, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California.
Photo copyright 1994, Bruce Farnsworth
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