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Bair Island, Redwood City

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
View from the air across a tidal march, mudflat, and channels with bay water to the right and a city in the background.
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After 100 years of restricted tidal activity to support agricultural use and salt harvesting, the tidal marshes around San Francisco Bay, like this one at Bair Island, are steadily rebuilding, returning to a stunning mosaic of marsh, mudflat, and channels.

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Photo by Laura Torresan