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	San Pablo Bay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		San Pablo Bay is a shallow tidal estuary that forms the northern extension of San Francisco Bay in northern California in the United States.
		The bay is shared between Contra Costa, Solano, Sonoma and Marin counties, the boundaries of which meet near the center of the bay.
		The undeveloped portions of the periphery of the bay are plentiful with salt marshes and mudflats.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Pablo_Bay (383 words)

	San Francisco Bay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		San Francisco Bay is located in the US state of California, surrounded by a contiguous region known as the San Francisco Bay Area, dominated by the big cities San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose.
		The Bay covers somewhere between 400[1] and 1600[2] square miles (1040 to 4160 square kilometres), depending on which sub-bays (such as San Pablo Bay), estuaries, wetlands, and so on are included in the measurement.
		San Francisco Bay is spanned by five bridges: the Golden Gate Bridge (which was the largest suspension bridge ever built at the time of its construction), the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, the Hayward-San Mateo Bridge and the Dumbarton Bridge.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Francisco_Bay (1305 words)

	Suisun Bay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Suisun Bay (pronounced "sue-soon") is a shallow tidal estuary located in central California of The United States of America.
		It lies at the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and forms the entrance to the Sacramento Delta, an inverted river delta.
		On its western end, Suisun Bay is drained by the Carquinez Strait, which connects to San Pablo Bay, a northern extension of San Francisco Bay.
	www.pineville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Suisun_Bay (342 words)

	San Pablo Bay 'in trouble'
		San Pablo Bay, where the Petaluma River empties into the ocean, is one of the least-healthy parts of the San Francisco Bay estuary.
		Complicating the situation for bay life are polluted waters caused by runoff of toxics from human uses and loss of tidal wetlands that are a necessary habitat for fish and other creatures, the report said.
		The Bay Institute is working in the North Bay and elsewhere to restore such habitat, and public participation is a big part of addressing the problems found in the 2005 index, said Executive Director Grant Davis.
	www.arguscourier.com /news/news/bayindex051019.html (621 words)

	San Pablo
		San Pablo (AVP-30) was laid down on 2 July 1941 302 by the Associated Shipbuilding Co., Seattle, Wash.; launched on 31 March 1942; sponsored by Mrs.
		San Pablo reached Portsmouth, Va., on 14 December and completed outfitting prior to sailing on 3 February 1949, in company with Rehoboth (AVP-50) for oceanographic work in the western approaches to the Mediterrannean.
		During 1951, San Pablo conducted oceanographic studies during various cruises, ranging from Scotland to the Mediterranean and along the coast in the Narragansett Bay operating area.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/s4/san_pablo.htm (1361 words)

	North Gate News Online :: Creek Clean-Up Underway in San Pablo
		SAN PABLO -- A whale-sized mound of sand, weeds, and trash was choking San Pablo Creek into two narrow channels near the city center today.
		But, many San Pablo addresses fall into the unincorporated areas of Contra Costa County and are not eligible for the vouchers, according to the newsletter.
		But, near the San Pablo Creek cleanup site, she plans to cite a landlord whose tenants appeared to be using the creek as a dumping ground.
	journalism.berkeley.edu /ngno/stories/003450.html (930 words)

	City of San Pablo - Spanish American Era (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		They soon found the ground in San Francisco inhospitable for planting, and so by 1815 they established Rancho San Pablo on the opposite coast (in Spanish the contra costa) of the bay to raise cattle and food for the mission.
		The name San Pablo was given to the land in 1811 by Ramón Abella, a priest from Mission Dolores who explored the bay and the northern rivers.
		The overseer of Rancho San Pablo requested permission to claim the rancho as his own and in 1823, Francisco Castro was granted 17,000 acres of land.
	www.ci.san-pablo.ca.us /main/spanishmexicanera.htm (292 words)

	San Pablo Bay, California (Natural Features)
		San Pablo, California is located in the East Bay north of Berkeley in western Contra Costa County.
		San Pablo is nestled between the cities of Pinole and Richmond and neighboring cities of El Cerrito and Hercules.
		San Pablo Bay is where the waters of the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River join with the Napa River to form a broad inland bay before emptying into San Francisco Bay.
	www.ohwy.com /ca/s/sanpabay.htm (158 words)

	San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge, a California State Park near American Canyon, Antioch, Benicia, Civic Center, ...
		The San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge lies along the north shore of San Pablo Bay in Sonoma, Solano, and Napa Counties in northern California.
		About 85 percent of the historic tidal marshes of San Pablo Bay have been altered, negatively affecting the ability of the remaining tidal marshes to accept winter rainfall and purify water in the bay.
		San Anselmo Inn - A European-style inn with warm hospitality located in the charming village of San Anselmo with easy access to San Francisco, the Sonoma and Napa wine countries and Pt.
	www.stateparks.com /san_pablo_bay.html (583 words)

	Friends of the San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge
		San Pablo Bay and Marin Islands National Wildlife Refuges, located approximately 45 miles northeast of San Francisco, are tucked away in the northern reaches of the San Francisco Bay estuary and span the counties of Marin, Sonoma, Napa and Solano.
		More than 13,000 acres of wildlife habitat include uplands, open bay, salt marshes and mud flats, freshwater wetlands, and agricultural lands that are being restored to wetlands, comprise the San Pablo Bay Refuge.
		The San Pablo Bay Refuge is accessible by motor vehicle and foot mostly over gentle terrain.
	www.pickleweed.org /visitor.htm (222 words)

	San Pablo Bay Watershed Study (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The study area is defined as from the line between Point San Pedro in Marin County and Point San Pablo in Contra Costa County to the Carquinez Bridge and all drainage emptying into San Pablo Bay.
		The collaboration now taking place in the San Pablo Bay watershed by Federal, State, and local government, non-profit groups, academia, and the private sector is in large part due to the potentially globally significant ecological benefits that may result from restoration of this ecosystem.
		This collaboration is evident in the efforts of the San Francisco Bay Area Wetlands Ecosystem Goals Project, the Partnership for the San Pablo Baylands, the San Francisco Bay Joint Venture and the North Bay Forum.
	www.spn.usace.army.mil /sanpablobay (314 words)

	CISNET (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		San Pablo Bay is at the confluence of several major environmental stressors.
		A set of 12 monitoring stations will be established within San Pablo Bay, on the major rivers feeding into the bay, and in two marshes along the bay.
		For example, tens of thousands of acres in the North Bay are being considered for large-scale wetland restoration and our monitoring and research will provide information necessary to decision-making on these projects and to establishing baseline conditions for future ecosystem response assessments.
	cee.engr.ucdavis.edu /Faculty/young/cisnet.htm (1165 words)

	UC Davis :: School of Vet Med :: Department of APC :: Werner Lab :: Aquatic Toxicology :: Research Projects - CISNet ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		San Pablo Bay is a sub-embayment of San Francisco Bay.
		San Pablo Bay receives water from several major tributaries: Gallinas Creek, Novato Creek, Petaluma River, Sonoma Creek, Wildcat Creek and Napa River.
		However, the major sources of water to the bay are the Sacramento/San Joaquin delta to the east, and the ocean tides.
	www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu /apc/wernerlab/subpage/CISNet_sanpablo.html (325 words)

	Bay Restoration
		San Francisco Bay has been altered drastically from the pristine estuary that existed well into the 1800s.
		The Bay Institute is working with the Department of Fish and Game and the Sonoma County Water Agency to import reclaimed water from surrounding communities and use the water to dilute the salty ponds.
		The Bay Institute supported the purchase and is actively engaged in the restoration planning process.
	www.bay.org /san_pablo_bay.htm (601 words)

	San Pablo
		San Pablo Bay - San Pablo Bay: see San Francisco Bay.
		San Francisco Bay - San Francisco Bay, 50 mi (80 km) long and from 3 to 13 mi (4.8–21 km) wide, W Calif.; entered...
		San Pablo, California, Demographic Statistics - California Atlas Demographic Statistics San Pablo, California QuickFacts · Demographic...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/us/A0843513.html (137 words)

	Whaling Away a Sunny Day / Many sightings of pod in San Pablo Bay
		Dale Anderson of the Vallejo Yacht Club was sailing his 41-foot Hunter sailboat home from the San Francisco Yacht Club when he saw a pair of whales ``spouting, just hanging out'' between Point Pinole and Point San Pablo.
		San Francisco reached 79, sultry enough to bring out the shorts and tank tops but 10 degrees shy of the record, set in 1985.
		Forecasters said the Bay Area will probably return to its typical spring and summer weather pattern -- fog and low clouds in the morning, sun in the afternoon and cool breezes in the evening.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/04/03/MN68634.DTL (558 words)

	Reports and Publications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In some regions of the Bay, 100% of the common species are introduced, creating "introduced communities." In locations ranging from freshwater sites in the Delta, through Suisun and San Pablo Bays and the shallower parts of the Central Bay to the South Bay, introduced species account for the majority of the species diversity.
		By 1941 it was reported from San Joaquin and Yolo counties on the edge of the Delta (Robbins et al., 1941).
		In 1993-95 we observed it on several floating docks in the South Bay, the eastern shore of the Central Bay, and the southern part of San Pablo Bay.
	www.anstaskforce.gov /sfinvade.htm (15625 words)

	ASTER Image Gallery: San Francisco
		UPPER RIGHT: This animated fly-over the San Francisco area was produced by draping the image data (seen at left) over a high resolution digital elevation model derived from US Geological Survey topographic data.
		The highest values are in Suisun and San Pablo Bays, and along the coast of the San Francisco Peninsula.
		UPPER LEFT: This image of the San Francisco Bay region was acquired on March 3, 2000, and covers an area 60 kilometers (37 miles) wide and 75 kilometers (47 miles) long in three bands of the reflected visible and infrared wavelength region.
	asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov /gallery/gallery.htm?name=SF (641 words)

	WHSRN - San Francisco Bay
		The bay is mostly shallow (14' at high tide) with dramatic tidal changes exposing extensive mudflats at low tide.
		All areas included in the site currently have some form of protection: In San Francisco and San Pablo Bays, there are National Wildlife Refuges that are protected; Richardson Bay Sanctuary is closed from October to March to avoid disturbance to large flocks of water birds.
		Alien invertebrate species: Invertebrates introduced into the Bay from ship’s ballast water, have replaced most of the native species and are affecting food supplies for shorebirds and endangered species such as the California Clapper Rail.
	www.manomet.org /WHSRN/viewsite.php?id=50 (1231 words)

	Stripers Go On Big Bite In San Pablo Bay, by Dan Bacher
		The fish are biting throughout a wide area, ranging from the reefs of the central bay to the flats of San Pablo Bay around the Pumphouse.
		The large number of shaker halibut in San Francisco Bay portends well for coming years, since the shakers of this season will be keepers in 1 to 2 years.
		The striper fishing is expected to hold in the bay through October, when increasing numbers of stripers will move into the Delta and Suisun Bay.
	www.fishsniffer.com /dbacher/100100striper.html (737 words)

	San Pablo Bay Fishing Map, The Fish Sniffer Online
		Point San Pablo Marina (Located at the end of Pt.
		Loch Lomond Marina (Located on San Pedro Rd. East of Hwy.
		San Pablo Bay has extensive flats, areas are subject to foggy conditions.
	www.fishsniffer.com /maps/sanpablobay.html (146 words)

	DFG Lands & Facilities Branch - San Pablo Bay Wildlife Area
		Location and Access: 11,040 acres located in the mudflats and surrounding San Pablo Bay waters in Marin County, between the mouths of the Petaluma River and Gallinas Creek.
		San Pablo Bay Wildlife Area is accessible by boat only via the Petaluma River.
		Boat launch ramps are located at the Petaluma Marina and on the west side of the Highway 37 bridge (Black Point Boat Launch Ramp, Harbor Drive, Novato).
	www.dfg.ca.gov /lands/wa/region3/sanpablobay.html (332 words)

	Oakland Creeks \| A meandering history of Bay Area creek restoration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The East Bay Regional Park District began restoration, aimed mostly at preventing erosion damage and improving fish habitat, on Upper Alameda, San Leandro, Redwood, and Wildcat Creeks.
		In the early '90s Lorette Rogers, a San Anselmo elementary-school teacher looking for a project involving endangered species, found that an endangered shrimp lived in the creek near her school.
		Industrial pollution is relatively rare today in Bay Area creeks, but sewage pollution is common, from broken pipes in older areas and from septic tanks in newer ones.
	www.oaklandpw.com /creeks/yodeler2.htm (3470 words)

	Bay Area Hiker: Tubbs Island
		I like summer, when unlike practically every other landscape in the bay area the marsh is still green, and trails are cooled by breezes blowing off the bay.
		White pelicans are commonly spotted on the water, or flying overhead in airshow formation.
		When the skies are clear, there are views across San Pablo Bay to all the substantial mountains of eastern Marin County.
	www.bahiker.com /northbayhikes/tubbs.html (859 words)

	BASA - San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge
		The San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge is part of a complex made up of 7 wildlife refuges in the San Francisco Bay Area.
		Founded in 1974 and administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge exists to conserve, restore, and protect bay wetlands for threatened and endangered species and migratory birds.
		San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge offers stretches of knee-high pickleweed, open bay waters with rafts of canvasback ducks riding the currents, and the timeless ebb and flow of the tidal wetlands.
	www.basa.info /pub/basa_org/96 (186 words)

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		Saltwater intake from San Pablo Bay is used as cooling water for various refinery processes.
		Occasionally potable water from East Bay Municipal Utility District may be added as a result of saltwater pump failure to supplement the saltwater for cooling purpose.
		Provision 14 (Waste Minimization Plan) San Pablo Bay is listed as one of the impaired water bodies in which the State Water Quality Standards are not met.
	www.swrcb.ca.gov /sanfranciscobay/OrderNum/00-015.doc (6064 words)

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