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Levee breach marks key step in wetlands restoration - 9/13/2011

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Levee Breach To Restore Wetlands - 9/13/2011

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Gulls Threaten Restoration Work - 7/15/2011

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KQED Radio reporter Lauren Sommer joins USGS staff on a South Bay trip to band Forrester's terns - 7/7/2011

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South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project - Pond A8 - 6/1/2011

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Alviso Waterway Reconnected To The Bay - 6/1/2011

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The Changing Bay - 5/30/2011

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Science Symposium 2011 - 2/3/2011

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Opening a Bay Trail segment near Moffett Field - 9/20/2010

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Senator Dianne Feinstein's visit to the completed habitat restoration of the South Bay Salt Ponds Restoration project near the Dumbarton Bridge - 9/7/2010

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2011

• Bird lovers count San Francisco bay's shorebirds - 11/30/11 PDF
• San Francisco Bay conservation 2.0 - 11/20/11 PDF
• Fate of a tiny mouse rests on salt marsh restoration - 10/14/11 PDF
• San Francisco tries to clip wings of gulls gone wild - 09/19/11 PDF
• Controlled levee breach to launch the opening of 630 acres to San Francisco Bay - 09/13/11 PDF
• Environmentalists Celebrate Levee Destruction - 09/13/11 PDF
• Levee breach bringing new life to Hayward shoreline - 09/13/11 PDF
• Levee breached to restore SF Bay tidal wetlands - 09/13/11 PDF
• Oldest Bay Area salt flat turned into wetland - 09/13/11 PDF
• Bay salt pond restoration reaches milestone tomorrow - 09/12/11 PDF
• In San Francisco, Look Out For Gulls Gone Wild - 08/09/11 PDF
• Returning Tides Transform Salt Ponds to Marshes - 06/01/11 PDF
• Beauty of devastated Californian land seen from a kite - 06/15/11 PDF
• Alviso Waterway Reconnected To The Bay - 06/01/11 PDF
• Project opens tidal action at Alviso between bay and Guadalupe River - 06/01/11 PDF
• Avocets, snowy plovers nest at former salt ponds - 05/04/11 PDF
• From Salt Pond to Salt Marsh - 03/24/11 PDF
• Seeking compromise on wetlands restoration - 02/16/11 PDF
• Today: Wetlands restoration takes next step - 02/10/11 PDF
• 'So far, so good' for salt pond restoration effort - 02/03/11 PDF

2010

• 'Renaissance of the bay' continues with restoration of 330-acre former salt pond off Alviso - 12/04/10 PDF
• Volunteers work to revive Hayward salt pond - 10/23/10 PDF
• Opening up a key piece of the Bay Trail - 9/20/10 PDF
• Crucial 'missing link' of Bay Trail to open today behind Moffett Field -
  9/17/10 PDF
• Moffett Field trail will connect MV, Sunnyvale - 9/14/10 PDF
• South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Celebrated - 9/7/10 PDF
• Feinstein Takes Part in Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for Habitat Restoration Project - 9/7/10 PDF
• SF Bay Dumbarton Bridge wetlands area restored - 9/7/10 PDF
• Feinstein marks end of wetlands restoration project - 9/7/10 PDF
• Wetlands restoration along Dumbarton Bridge speeds up Bay renaissance - 9/7/10 PDF
• Trail connecting 26 miles along bay set to open in Sunnyvale - 9/3/10 PDF
• Levees broken, levees built at Eden Landing in Hayward - 8/18/10
• Chewing Through the Bay's Salty Past - 8/17/10
• Just add water: former Cargill salt ponds being converted to tidal marsh, expanding the bay - 8/17/10
• Ghost town of Drawbridge is going down into bay - 3/25/10
• Salt pond restoration tests for hidden danger - 2/18/10
• Feds want marsh recovery effort around Marin's shores and rest of the bay - 2/11/10
• Feds release endangered species recovery plan for San Francisco Bay marshes - 2/11/10
• Marsh plan nearly final, but no funds - 2/10/10
• Pond A8 Notch Construction: Celebrating the creation of vital
  wetland habitat - 1/19/10
• NOAA Celebrates Wetlands Restoration in San Francisco Bay - 1/14/10
• New project will reconnect San Francisco Bay to the Guadalupe River - 1/12/10

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February 2006 November 2005 April 2005 February 2005 October 2004 July 2004 April 2004 February 2004 November 2003

• Officials At Groundbreaking Event Announce South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project to Receive Economic Stimulus Funding to Help Restore San Francisco Bay (January 2010)
• Ponds A16 and A17 to be temporarily drained (October 2007)
• Local Nature Magazine Wins Award for South Bay Salt Ponds Restoration Coverage - 5/6/05
• Cargill Salt Wins Outstanding Environmental Engineering Award - 9/30/04
• Tide Gates Open on Historic San Francisco Bay Restoration - 7/19/04
• Coastal Conservancy Selects Executive Project Manager and Consortium of Local Firms to Lead Planning and Design - 3/2/04
• South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Appoints 28-Member Stakeholder Forum to Assist with Restoration Planning - 11/24/03
• Coastal Conservancy Announces Online Access to South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Research Documents, Solicits Submissions from Bay Researchers - 11/17/03
• Governor Davis, Senator Feinstein, Interior Secretary Norton Announce Transfer Of Ownership Of Cargill Salt-Ponds To The Public - 3/06/03
• Documents Regarding Cargill Salt Pond Acquisition Available to Public - 1/16/03
• Historic Agreement Reached to Purchase San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds - 5/29/02
• Governor Davis Announces the Largest Coastal Wetlands Restoration Project In California's History - 5/29/02