Biology Reference
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Tidal flat
Tidal marsh
Salt pond
Deep bay/Channel
Shallow bay/Channel
Managed habitat
Agricultural land
~2000
Map 10. Map of current wetland habitats around San Francisco Bay, circa 2000.
(Data from S.F. Estuary Institute, redrawn courtesy of S.F. Bay Joint Venture)
and seasonal ponds over tidal marshes, and who eventually succeeded in
state lobbying to create a Suisun Marsh protection area in and around 150
private clubs.
Elsewhere around the bay, as Save the Bay's campaign against fill gath-
ered steam, concerned residents began trying to stop construction on the
bayshore and to defend tidal marshes. Championed by Congressman Don
