User:Kayakphotographer/Giacomini wetlands

The Giacomini Wetlands area is a semi-historical recreation of wetlands at the southern end of Tomales Bay, California. This is a project enacted by the Point Reyes National Seashore, the Point Reyes National Seashore Association (PRNSA) and various volunteer groups. Large parts of the funding came from PRNSA fundraising and from CALTRANS wetlands mitigation funds.

The project created over 550 acres of tidal and freshwater wetland- up to 12% of California's total saltwater wetland habitat. The initial flooding of the wetlands occurred on October 25, 2008. Since then sevral species of duck and shorebird have begun to visit the wetlands, seasonally and on a yearlong basis. The habitat has shifted from largely non-native vegetation left over from its time as a levied off cow pastures to native and non native salt water habitat.