Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge


Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Parks Directory of the United States / National Wildlife RefugesAddress:9500 Thornton Ave
Newark, CA 94560
Phone:510-792-0222
Web: www.fws.gov/desfbay
Established: 1974.
Location:Near the Dumbarton Bridge toll plaza in Fremont, California.
Facilities:Visitor center, viewing sites, hiking trails, fishing pier, boat ramps, historic features, (é), environmental education center.
Activities:Boating, canoeing, fishing, hunting, hiking, educational programs.
Special Features:Refuge protects habitat for the endangered California clapper rail and the salt marsh harvest mouse, as well as the California brown pelican, California least tern, and peregrine falcon.
Habitats: 30,000 acres of mudflats, open water, salt marshes, salt ponds, and uplands.
Access: Year round during daylight hours.
Wild life: Western snowy plover, California clapper rail, salt marsh harvest mouse, and brine shrimp.
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