"In a move to restore vital marsh habitat and combat sea level rise, the East Bay Regional Park District has acquired 77-acres of the Hayward Regional Shoreline from the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District. The property transfer this week furthers East Bay Parks' vision to open the shoreline for public access along the San Francisco Bay Trail and revitalize the tidal marshes that existed there over a century ago, before industrial salt ponds peppered the San Francisco Bay shoreline."
"As sea levels rise, marshes should keep up with it, and so they can rise along with the sea levels, and they can continue providing those benefits decades out into the future, said Dave Halsing, the executive project manager for the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project for the California State Coastal Conservancy. What's difficult is having to do it safely."
"The Coastal Conservancy estimates that 85% of the original tidal marshes have been lost to development, both from community expansion and the rise of industrial salt ponds along the bay. The most famous among these salt producers is the Leslie Salt Company, which operated on thousands of acres of coastline across the San Francisco Bay at the peak of production."
East Bay Regional Park District acquired 77 acres of the Hayward Regional Shoreline from the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District to restore marsh habitat and combat sea level rise. The acquisition aims to open the shoreline for public access along the San Francisco Bay Trail and to revitalize tidal marshes lost more than a century ago. Marshes should keep up with rising seas so they can continue providing benefits for decades, but restoration must be done safely. An estimated 85% of original tidal marshes have been lost to development and industrial salt ponds. The Leslie Salt Company converted many Bay shorelines to salt ponds but donated the Hayward Shoreline in 1980, and the shoreline addition provides space for public recreation and wildlife habitation.
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