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  2. Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge

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    As of 2004, the refuge spanned 30,000 acres (120 km 2) of open bay, salt pond, salt marsh, mudflat, upland and vernal pool habitats located throughout south San Francisco Bay. About 9,000 acres (36 km 2 ) of salt ponds within the refuge are managed by Cargill Salt, which has perpetual salt-making rights.

  3. Marin Islands - Wikipedia

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    Geography. The Marin Islands are located offshore from the city of San Rafael, in the northern San Francisco Bay Area. The islands comprise the Marin Islands National Wildlife Refuge, which was established in 1992. The surrounding submerged tidelands are also included in the refuge.

  4. San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex

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    San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a National Wildlife Refuge complex in the state of California, comprising seven separate wildlife refuges in and around San Francisco Bay. They are administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The complex is also responsible for the Common Murre Restoration Project, designed to ...

  5. Farallon Islands - Wikipedia

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    Aulon Island of Aulon Arch, Great Arch Rock and Sugarloaf, as seen from SEFI. Southeast Farallon Island (SEFI) is the largest island, with an area of 95.79 acres or 0.14970 square miles (0.3877 km 2), and is the only inhabited one. The island is pyramidal in shape and 357 feet (109 m) high.

  6. Seal Bay Conservation Park - Wikipedia

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    Seal Bay Conservation Park. /  35.99861°S 137.36250°E  / -35.99861; 137.36250. Seal Bay Conservation Park is a protected area located on the south coast of Kangaroo Island in the Australian state of South Australia. It is the home of the third largest Australian sea lion colony in Australia. [4]

  7. Bair Island - Wikipedia

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    Bair Island State Marine Park. Bair Island is a marsh area in Redwood City, California, covering 3,000 acres (1,200 ha), and includes three islands: Inner, Middle and Outer islands. [2] Bair Island is part of the larger Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. [3] It is surrounded by the Steinberger slough to the northwest and ...

  8. Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary - Wikipedia

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    Designated in 1981, Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (GFNMS) spanned 1,279 square miles (966 square nautical miles) just north and west of San Francisco Bay, and protected open ocean, nearshore tidal flats, rocky intertidal areas, estuarine wetlands, subtidal reefs, and coastal beaches within its boundaries. In 2015, GFNMS ...

  9. Kangaroo Island - Wikipedia

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    Kangaroo Island, also known as Karta Pintingga (lit. ' [The] Island of the Dead' in the language of the Kaurna people), [2] is Australia 's third-largest island, after Tasmania and Melville Island. It lies in the state of South Australia, 112 km (70 mi) southwest of Adelaide. Its closest point to the mainland is Snapper Point in Backstairs ...

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