[CPEO-MEF] REUSE, WETLANDS: "Marin County wetlands rise again in Hamilton airfield [CA] restoration"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Marin County wetlands rise again in Hamilton airfield restoration

by Peter Fimrite
San Francisco Chronicle (CA)
April 26, 2014

A cheer went up as salt water from San Pablo Bay poured through a  
breached levee Friday and flooded old, abandoned Hamilton Field in  
Novato, a landmark moment in the effort to restore Bay Area marshland  
habitat.

The levee breach was the last, biggest step in nearly two decades of  
work by conservationists to reconnect 648 acres - about 1 square mile  
- of wetlands to the bay and to restore tideland habitat for  
shorebirds, waterfowl, fish and wildlife.

The flooding of the runway at the former Air Force base, which was  
closed starting in 1973, is part of a regional effort to restore  
100,000 acres of former wetlands around San Francisco Bay, according  
to conservationists. The Hamilton area was diked off around the turn  
of the 19th century, cutting off a primary landing spot for thousands  
of migrating waterfowl along the Pacific Flyway. It had remained dry  
until Friday, when a backhoe dug out the remaining mud barrier.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Marin-County-wetlands-rise- 
again-in-Hamilton-5430696.php


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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