San Francisco Bay WHSRN Site
 

Photo Gallery

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American Avocet
American Avocet
Photo by Stuart MacKay		 Black-Necked Stilt
Black-Necked Stilt
Photo by Stuart MacKay
Marbled Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Photo by Stuart MacKay
 Snowy Plover
Snowy Plover
Photo by Stuart MacKay

LaRiviere Marsh
Napa-Sonoma Marshes


Rainbow Refuge
Salt Ponds


Napa-Sonoma Marshes
Sonoma Baylands
Photo by Stephen Josephine
Site Facts

Country, State,
Province/Region:
USA, California

Relative Location:
Estuarine wetlands in the San Francisco and San Pablo Bays

Latitude/Longitude:
37º 28’ N, 122º 02’ W

Category:
Hemispheric Site

Basis for Designation:
Usage by more than 900,000 shorebirds annually

Size:
22,489 ha. (55,571 acres)

Joined:
1989

Site Owner/Steward:
Multiple landowners: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Fish and Game Lands, East Bay Regional District, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, City of Mountain View, National Audubon Society

Site Partners:
Point Reyes Bird Observatory, San Francisco Bay Joint Venture

Human Population within 100 km
About 8 million

Contact:
Catherine Hickey, PRBO