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	Bay Area Hiker: Point Pinole
		In a similar fashion to Mount Tamalpais (the top of which was shaved off by the Air Force) and Almaden Quicksilver (contaminated by toxic mercury mining), when the abusers were finished with the land, conservationists were able to snatch up the property, clean it up, prevent development, and preserve it as open space.
		Point Pinole, an over 2000 acre parcel perched at the edge of San Pablo Bay in Contra Costa County, was home to 4 explosives manufacturers from 1880 to 1960.
		After that the land was purchased by Bethlehem Steel, but their plant never was built, and the East Bay Regional Park District bought their first piece of Point Pinole in 1971.
	www.bahiker.com /eastbayhikes/pointpinole.html (1516 words)

	Places To Go: Point Pinole (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The journey is as scenic as the destination at Point Pinole Regional Shoreline, a 2,315-acre parkland right next to densely populated Pinole, Richmond, and San Pablo.
		Although a State fishing license is required to fish along the 5.5-mile shoreline, none is needed to fish from the pier.
		Point Pinole opened to the public in 1973 after a long process of acquiring the property from Bethlehem Steel.
	www.ebparks.org /parks/ptpinole.htm (304 words)

	East Bay Regional Park District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) is a public authority operating in Alameda County and Contra Costa County, California, within the East Bay area of the San Francisco Bay Area.
		It maintains and operates a system of regional parks which is the largest urban park district in the United States.
		Particularly notable are the string of parks along the ridge of the East Bay hills, including Wildcat Canyon Regional Park and Tilden Regional Park, and bay shore parks such as the Point Pinole Regional Shoreline.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/East_Bay_Regional_Park_District (301 words)

	Point Pinole Regional Shoreline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Point Pinole Regional Shoreline is a regional park on the shores of the San Pablo Bay, California (the northern arm of the San Francisco Bay).
		Point Pinole is located in the city of Richmond, California.
		Fresh and ocean waters mix at this point, so the marine life is rich; a leisure pier has been built at the end of promontory, replacing a former jetty used by the factories, and is a popular location for angling.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/P/Point-Pinole-Regional-Shoreline.htm (441 words)

	City of Richmond - Arts & Leisure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		A beautifully landscaped shoreline picnic area, a secluded cove with swimming beach, and a hilltop with excellent panoramic views of the north Bay Area - all these attractions are part of 295-acre Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline in Richmond.
		The ridge of hills that stretches north from Point Richmond across I-580 through the Chevron Refinery is known as San Pablo Ridge, and the portion north of I-580 is the San Pablo Peninsula, terminating at Point San Pablo.
		Point Pinole Regional Shoreline is a 2,147-acre parkland near the northern extremity of Richmond's Bay shoreline.
	www.ci.richmond.ca.us /Arts/shoreline.html (6093 words)

	Take a stroll, bring a pole to dynamic Point Pinole
		These are the payoffs at Point Pinole Regional Shoreline, set on the southern shore of San Pablo Bay, a beautiful park that is minutes away from the I-80 corridor of hell.
		Point Pinole is like an island of peace surrounded by urban and industrial development.
		Point Pinole Pier is one of the best fishing piers on the bay, fresh from a $350,000 renovation completed about a year ago that features new top rails made from Alaskan cedar.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/01/15/SPGMS49UGC1.DTL&type=printable (632 words)

	SF Invasive Spartina Project
		Point Pinole Regional Shoreline is a 2,315-acre park owned by the East Bay Regional Parks District.
		Point Pinole opened to the public in 1973 after the property was acquired from Bethlehem Steel.
		The non-native Spartina infestations at Point Pinole are in the early stages of establishment.
	www.spartina.org /control/site-detail.php?site_idref=42 (222 words)

	Washington Shoreline
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	www.lottery-news.net /dust15609-washington_shoreline.html (363 words)

	Trails for Richmond Action Committee - The Bay Trail in Richmond, California
		Moreover, located on San Pablo Bay, 2,147-acre Point Pinole Regional Shoreline is the largest shoreline park in the entire Bay Area.
		Point Pinole is the only shoreline park in Richmond lacking a Bay Trail connection.
		The planned trail runs from the viewpoint at the end of the Wildcat Creek Regional Trail along the Wildcat Marsh side of West County Wastewater District (WCWD) property to the landfill entrance and follows the south bank of San Pablo Creek to the existing Class I Bay Trail along the Richmond Parkway.
	www.pointrichmond.com /baytrail/northernshoreline.htm (529 words)

	Region Fresh : Article 'East Bay Regional Park District' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The park has an area of 17.75 km² (6,858 acres), and consists mainly of former ranch land, with a mixture of woodland and grasslands.
		Coyote Hills, part of the East Bay Regional Park District, is located in Fremont, California, on the shore of the San Francisco Bay.
		Examples are the East Bay Regional Park District in Alameda and Contra Costa counties, California, Huron-Clinton Metroparks in southeast Michigan, and the Three Rivers Park District in Minnesota.
	www.region-fresh.net /DisplayArticle420730.html (1027 words)

	East Bay Regional Park District Turns 65 (Sept/Oct 1999 Monitor)
		Sunol Regional Wilderness, Las Trampas, Little Hills, Coyote Hills, and Briones became parks, aided by the 1964 passage of a state bond issue, and Crown Memorial State Beach was turned over to EBRPD to operate.
		Point Pinole Regional Shoreline was acquired by combining Land and Water Conservation funds, private grants, and a loan from Bank of America.
		Martin Luther King Jr., Regional Shoreline opened in 1979 on San Leandro Bay land leased from PGandE, EBMUD, the Port of Oakland, the City of Oakland, and the Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District.
	www.bayareamonitor.org /sept99/parks65.html (717 words)

	Pier Fishing in California - Point Pinole Pier
		The shoreline is rocky and culminates in the point for which the park is named.
		Water here can be more brackish than farther south and the point extends out into water which is crossed by several species of anadromous fish as they journey to and from the ocean and the inland rivers.
		The word pinole is a Spanish word referring to a meal made of grain or seed used by the Indians in the area.
	www.pierfishing.com /pier_of_the_month/2001-06.html (1941 words)

	Wildernet.com - Point Pinole Regional Shoreline, California
		Description - The journey is as scenic as the destination at Point Pinole Regional Shoreline, a 2,315-acre parkland right next to densely populated Pinole, Richmond, and San Pablo.
		Point Pinole opened to the public in 1973 after a long process of acquiring the property from Bethlehem Steel.
		Although a State fishing license is required to fish along the 5.5-mile shoreline, none is needed to fish from the pier.
	www.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=CAEBPP&CU_ID=157 (519 words)

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		The high point on Patterson Pass Rd. Since Hwy 580 was constructed, Altamont Pass (not far to the north) has been by far the most heavily traveled route across these hills.
		At edge of Redwood Regional Park, at Monteiro Trail and Redwood Rd according to the park map, or near Redwood Rd and Skyline Dr according to the trail map cited above.
		Point in San Francisco Bay in Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline.
	www.diabloaudubon.com /places/P.html (3783 words)

	IX. Land Use and Planning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Adopted in June, 1993, the North Richmond Shoreline Specific Plan's land use goals are intended to "provide fuller utilization of the plan area for a range of land uses, with emphasis given to employment-generating uses, recreational uses, and preservation of natural resource areas" (p.
		Recognize the unique character of the North Richmond Shoreline Area and guide development of the area in a manner that improves its overall image benefits community residents and allows for a reasonable level of development within a framework of conservation and public access to the Bay.
		The City of Pinole is concerned only that the pipeline not interfere with the San Francisco Bay Trail, which will also use the Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way in the Pinole area.
	www.pgedivest.com /pipeline/fpipech_2ix.html (4780 words)

	Bay Area Hiker: Hiking with kids
		Hiking is limited here by the small size of the recreation area and its proximity to urban sprawl.
		Regional Shoreline (paved paths along the edge of San Leandro Bay)
		• A trip to the Lindsay Wildlife Museum in Walnut Creek (http://www.wildlife-museum.org/) or the Coyote Point Museum in Burlingame (http://www.coyoteptmuseum.org/) may be good introductions to bay area wildlife.
	www.bahiker.com /kids.html (2677 words)

	Hiking or Biking the Bay View Loop - The Green Gate from NRDC
		Point Pinole Regional Shoreline is a little park with a big heart, a place of tranquility not far from the urban bustle of the East Bay.
		Bay View Trail skirts the edge of Point Pinole’s peninsula and provides nonstop views of San Pablo Bay.
		Point Pinole is the only place on this side of San Pablo Bay with shoreline cliffs; elsewhere the water is surrounded by flatlands.
	www.nrdc.org /greengate/espanol/outside/adv5.asp (299 words)

	Pinole, California CA, city profile (Contra Costa County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Pinole, CA Pinole is a city in Contra Costa County, in the San Francisco-Oakland metro area.
		At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Pinole was $25,170, compared with $21,587 nationally.
		Median rent in Pinole, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $788.
	www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=10694 (542 words)

	Bay Area Hiker: Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		There is no direct public transportation to the park, but AC Transit bus #73 will drop you within walking distance: visit the Transit Info website for details.
		iller/Knox Regional Shoreline is a 260 acre grassy hillside and shoreline park, divided by Dornan Drive.
		There's also a small bit of shoreline access at Keller Beach, which is off Western Drive, the first street to the right as you come out of the tunnel.
	asif.com /bahiker/eastbayhikes/millerknox.html (1437 words)

	E-Mail Forum
		And the City has refused to help recruit replacement workers for the former Point Pinole Steel plant after the existing workforce was laid off prior to a change in ownership.
		The attached aerial photograph shows the project areas with the planned shoreline spur trail in orange, as well as the spine Bay Trail route in yellow from Goodrick Avenue along Rheem Creek and north to the border between the Tech Park and Point Pinole Regional Shoreline.
		Indeed, the EIR states that the project¹s failure to provide the planned Bay Trail spur and shoreline access to the spit of park land is not significant.
	www.tombutt.com /forum/2003/030309b.htm (1093 words)

	Trails for Richmond Action Committee - The Bay Trail in Richmond, California
		Point Pinole Regional Shoreline: Exhibits describe 80 years of explosives manufacturing history and current habitats.
		Ferry Point Loop: Six exhibit panels in Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline between Ferry Point tunnel and Ferry Point itself plus Eight panels along Seacliff Drive and Brickyard Cove Road Bay Trail interpret a wide variety of cultural and natural history topics (View the Brickyards, Waterfowl and Brooks Island images)
		Marina Bay: As part of the Rosie The Riveter/WW II Home Front National Historical Park, there are eight sculptural historical markers plus landscape-scale sculptural exhibits along the Bay Trail and within four shoreline parks telling fascinating stories of the WW II Home Front ship building effort and the resulting transformation of Richmond’s shoreline and culture.
	www.pointrichmond.com /baytrail/signs.htm (379 words)

	Richmond CVB: the Bay Trail
		Our region provides wintering grounds for tens of thousands of birds that migrate through the Pacific Flyway, a corridor reaching from Alaska to South America.
		Richmond not only has more shoreline than any other city on San Francisco and San Pablo bays — 32 miles — Richmond also has 24 miles of Bay Trail built, which is more than any other city.
		Detailed maps and descriptions of our 4 regional shoreline regional parks (Brooks Island, Miller/Knox, Point Isabel and Point Pinole — see map below) are available at the website of the East Bay Regional Park District.
	www.rcvb-ca.com /baytrail.htm (340 words)

	Pinole California Hotels News: Online Hotel Reservations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Stephen Bradley (2,381 in 2001) and Pinole Valley's D'Andre McFarland (1,758 in 2001), Rutley is in illustrious company.
		He worked as a train station agent, and started the Pinole power company, a weekly paper, and an insurance company.
		with Marc when he was in Pinole to finance a lot of the projects there.
	www.itravelcalifornia.com /hotels-news/california/pinole (293 words)

	Point Pinole Regional Shoreline: Bay View Trail \| CA: Northern California Hikes
		Preview: Point Pinole juts north like a thumb into San Pablo Bay, and the more than 10 miles of easy trails through its marshlands, grassy fields, and groves of eucalyptus offer a sanctuary from the almost continuous industrial and residential development stretching along the East Bay shoreline from San Leandro to the Carquinez Bridge.
		History buffs will especially enjoy this hike, because Point Pinole was the location of a large explosives manufacturing industry, which, from 1880 to 1960, turned out 2 billion pounds of dynamite.
		A few remnants, in the form of sunken bunkers and half-buried railroad ties, of this dangerous yet prosperous enterprise are still visible.
	www.trails.com /tcatalog_trail.asp?trailid=HGS300-001 (253 words)

	Soil Tectonics - Bibliography
		Borchardt, Glenn, 1988, Estuarine deposition and its relationship to the Hayward fault, Point Pinole Regional Shoreline, Richmond, California, in Borchardt, Glenn, ed., Soil development and displacement along the Hayward fault (Volume II): Point Pinole, California, California Division of Mines and Geology Open-File Report DMG OFR 88-13, p.
		Borchardt, Glenn, 1988, Soil development and displacement along the Hayward fault, Point Pinole Regional Shoreline, Richmond, California, in Borchardt, Glenn, ed., Soil development and displacement along the Hayward fault (Volume II): Point Pinole, California, California Division of Mines and Geology Open-File Report DMG OFR 88-13, p.
		Borchardt, Glenn, Seelig, K. A., and Wagner, D. L., 1988, Geology, paleosols, and crustal stability at Point Pinole Regional Shoreline, Contra Costa County, California, in Borchardt, Glenn, ed., Soil development and displacement along the Hayward fault (Volume II): Point Pinole, California, California Division of Mines and Geology Open-File Report DMG OFR 88-13, p.
	www.soiltectonics.com /bibliography.html (7565 words)

	Richmond Shore Festival, September/October 2004 Yodeler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Richmond's 33 miles of bay frontage make that city's shoreline one of the most spectacular on the entire San Francisco Bay.
		While attention is focused on proposals to build a casino (see article) and high-rise apartments along that beautiful shoreline, let's not forget to take pleasure in the miles already set aside for public benefit.
		If you're already interested in shoreline protection, this event will be a great opportunity to learn more about current issues.
	sanfranciscobay.sierraclub.org /yodeler/html/2004/9/events8.htm (189 words)

	MarinaBayCouncil.com \| Community News Announcements for Marina Bay and its Neighborhoods
		This June, Contra Costa property owners will have an unprecedented opportunity to restore and maintain existing neighborhood and regional parks and protect and preserve our most important remaining open spaces, wildlife habitats and shorelines in order to ensure that our children and grandchildren will enjoy the same quality of life that we do.
		on the San Pablo Peninsula north of the Richmond/San Rafael Bridge and the Breuner Marsh south of Point Pinole Regional Shoreline.
		This is a modest investment for protecting our last remaining natural lands, waterways, shorelines and natural history for our children and their children.
	marinabaycouncil.com /news/news.cgi?news=110 (243 words)

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