Nature reserve in Hayward and Union City, California
Eden Landing Ecological Reserve is a nature reserve in Hayward and Union City, California, on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay. The reserve is managed by the California Department of Fish and Game and comprises 5,040 acres of former industrial salt ponds now used as a low salinity waterbird habitat.[1][2]
This is part of the organization's South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project, which is the largest salt pond restoration project on the west coast of the United States.[4] To date, over 1,000 acres of marsh have been restored, many of the former salt ponds have been enhanced for wildlife, and new trails and a kayak launch were opened to the public in April 2016. The Bay Area environmental organization Save the Bay is also working on the site to plant native vegetation along the edges of the salt marshes.
Further reading
John Krause (2008). "Eden Landing Ecological Reserve and the South Bay Salt Ponds Restoration Project: A View of the Alameda Creek Watershed from Its Intersection with the SF Bay" (PDF). CDFG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
Eden Landing, local former community from which its name is derived
References
^ ab"2010/2011 Waterfowl Hunting Opportunities for Eden Landing Ecological Reserve" (PDF). CA Department of Fish and Game. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-01. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
^"Eden Landing Ecological Reserve « Bay Nature". Baynature.org. 2013-01-22. Archived from the original on 2012-06-15. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
^"Eden Landing Ecological Reserve" (PDF). CA Department of Fish and Game. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-01. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
^"South Bay Restoration-Home". Southbayrestoration.org. Archived from the original on 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
External links
"Eden Landing Ecological Reserve". California Department of Fish and Game.
"Eden Landing Ecological Reserve". Bay Nature website.