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Subject: Re: [SBB] South Bay Restoration Plans
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In a message dated 7/8/04 9:41:36 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
[[email protected]] writes:
(5 to 50 years) 
All,

Obviously 5 years is much to short a time span to determine the "long term" 
effect that this huge "restoration project" will have on the bay and on the 
birds.  Is anyone seriously looking at 50 years?  A short 50 years ago people 
thought it was a good idea to drain the swamps in Florida, built cities on the 
reclaimed land in the bay and pump that unused water down south.  Hopefully the 
salt marsh ponds won't become overgrown with reeds (a big problem) and become 
useless to shorebirds as well as birders (as is currently becoming the case 
with the Stevens Creek Mitigation Pond).  I'm also concerned that one of the 
first things that these well-meaning organizations do is post "No Trespassing" 
signs.  I suspect that nobody is seriously considering allowing public access to 
these areas let alone providing improved public viewing of the birds 
(elevated blinds, etc.).  I certainly hope that ten years from now we don't look back 
on this time as the "good old days" of bird watching in the bay.

Bob Reiling
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