The dispute over the roughly 2,100-acre property centers on questions about which lands should be counted as tidal marsh habitat in the delta, one of California’s primary water sources.

The effort was the latest example of progress made by the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project to restore historic wetlands to tidal marshes. "In just a few years, this dry and crusty salt pond ...

Once eyed for thousands of homes, the recently restored Dutch Slough tidal marsh in east Contra Costa County is already flourishing as a new habitat for fish and wildlife, a living laboratory for ...

And as a crowd watched from a nearby hilltop, waters poured into a former industrial salt pond, 300 acres that will slowly and steadily turn into the Bay Area's newest tidal marsh. "Nature can ...

With construction set to begin this month, managed wetland will be turned both into tidal marsh and offer increased public access to recreational activities like fishing, boating, hunting and ...

The scientists have turned the tidal marsh near the Chesapeake Bay into a giant experimental laboratory designed to simulate how marshes might respond to climate conditions decades into the future.

When we first met Jessie Olson, she was in the middle of a multiyear project, to create what's known as a horizontal levee, alongside a newly opened tidal marsh in Menlo Park. Joined by volunteers ...

Nearby the large tidal marsh is a popular beach and boardwalk, a campground, wooded trails and a pavilion. Having one of the few large public access beaches in the state, Rocky Neck is one of ...