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Plans advance for salt pond restoration

Original post made on Sep 15, 2015

Mountain View City Counil last week received an update on plans to transform 700 acres of former industrial salt ponds north of Mountain View back into wetlands. The proposal by the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project would remove a longstanding levee system along the shoreline to reintroduce sea tides and change the area's ecosystem.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, September 15, 2015, 3:07 PM

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Posted by Clap Clap Clap
a resident of Bailey Park
on Sep 15, 2015 at 6:52 pm

Just this past week, in an area under the same type of restoration only in Fremont, they found 2 endangered clapper rails(M and F calling to each other) as well as endangered salt marsh harvest mice. This was less than 10 years after restoration started. Prior to that the "regular" birds and such had begun to fill in during the first spring and then kept on going. This project is really going to positively affect the entire South Bay. Good stuff!


Posted by Lisa
a resident of Blossom Valley
on Sep 16, 2015 at 11:02 am

This article is confusing. Are the salt ponds *NORTH* of MV or are they *IN* MV?

If they are in our city, where?

A bit more precision in language would be helpful, writers.


Posted by Name hidden
a resident of Blossom Valley

on Sep 16, 2015 at 11:35 am

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Posted by Magellen
a resident of Bailey Park
on Sep 16, 2015 at 1:39 pm

@Lisa, this link to Google maps will give a good representation of the area:
Web Link

The Charleston Slough pond located mid map is one, and I believe the Shoreline Slough pond is the other.


Posted by Mark Noack
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Sep 16, 2015 at 3:02 pm

@Lisa

My apologies about the confusion. The areas being focused on are directly east of the Charleston Slough. I uploaded a map from the council report that should clarify where the salt ponds are.


Posted by Name hidden
a resident of North Whisman

on Sep 24, 2017 at 8:37 pm

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