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	Tomales Bay::About the Bay
		Tomales Bay is a 6800 acre estuary located on the central California coast approximately 40 miles northwest of San Francisco.
		The Tomales Bay watershed occupies an area of approximately 219 square miles (140,00 acres, 142 perimeter miles.) The northern end of the bay opens to Bodega Bay and the Pacific Ocean while the southern end is fed by Papermill Creek and marked by wetlands.
		Tomales Point and the surrounding hillsides were not traditionally forested, stands of non-native Monterey Cypress trees and "Blue Gum" eucalyptus trees were planted on the Point and along the shores of Tomales Bay and on Hog Island to shelter pioneer settlements and summer residences.
	www.tomalesbay.net /about.html (281 words)

	Tomales Bay
		Tomales Bay ends where wave action from the open ocean wraps around Tomales Point and forms Sand Point at the mouth of the bay, near Lawson's Landing.
		Tomales Bay is thus an estuarine environment, one of fluctuating salinities.
		Tomales Bay provides significant habitat for endangered Coho Salmon, is an important area of oyster and clam aquaculture, and hosts recreational fishing and kayaking.
	www.tomalesbaylife.org /tomales_bay.htm (370 words)

	Tomales Bay Watershed Council: Watershed
		Creeks flow into Tomales Bay from Mount Tamalpais and Bolinas Ridge to the south, Inverness Ridge to the west, and Walker Creek watershed to the east.
		The Tomales Bay waters are part of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary.
		Of the wild coho salmon remaining along the central California coast from Humboldt to Santa Cruz Counties, nearly 20 percent of the population spawns in Lagunitas and Olema Creek watersheds.
	www.tomalesbaywatershed.org /watershed.html (497 words)

	Tomales Bay:
		Tomales Bay reaches like an outstretched arm between the shores of West Marin and the Point Reyes National Seashore.
		The health of the bay water is integral to the survival of the bordering communities.
		Along Inverness Ridge, the backbone that lies to the west of the bay, the scorched skeletons of the bishop pine forest are still visible.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/getoutside/archive/1997/10/01/overview.DTL (787 words)

	Tomales Bay
		Tomales Bay, and the concerns people have for its water quality, natural resources and beneficial uses, is a microcosm that mirrors situations found in estuarine systems around the world.
		In Tomales Bay, siltation is most obvious in the Southern reaches of the Bay and at the mouth of Walker creek.
		The first introduction of the Pacific oyster to Tomales Bay occurred in 1928, and in subsequent years they were introduced to most California estuaries, where they thrived and supported the oyster culture industry.
	www.sonomamarinrcds.org /district-mc/2000_StateofTB.html (3509 words)

	Tomales Bay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tomales Bay is a long narrow inlet of the Pacific Ocean in Marin County in northern California in the United States.
		The bay is formed by a submerged portion of the San Andreas Fault.
		Tomales Bay State Park was formed to preserve some of it.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tomales_Bay (384 words)

	Tomales Bay
		Tomales Bay is quite shallow, with wide expanses of mud flats exposed at low tide.
		The bay supports a large bird population year round and is an important winter feeding ground for 20,000 shorebirds and 25,000 waterfowl.
		When the bay is quiet and we are floating offshore, the sound of the wing beats of huge flocks of birds taking off is achingly beautiful.
	www.pointreyesvisions.com /NewFiles/PRV_Book/Tomales_Bay.html (524 words)

	Zostera in Tomales Bay
		Tomales Bay, CA, USA, is a 20 km long and 1.4 km wide embayment formed at the intersection of the rift valley formed by the San Andreas fault and the Pacific Ocean (Figure 1).
		N of the sediments of inner Tomales Bay (Figure 5) are not as isotopically heavy as the seagrasses from the inner bay (Figure 4) may be evidence of the importance of the water column as an N source for seagrasses in this system; unfortunately we have no measurements of the d
		The C:N ratio for the outer bay plants remained relatively constant throughout the year, but there was a summer maximum for the plants from inner bay stations (Figure 6, and the station X season interaction, Table 2).
	www.fiu.edu /~seagrass/papers/tbzostera/body.html (6106 words)

	inn on tomales bay - point reyes station lodging, point reyes national seashore, tomales bay
		The eastern shore of Tomales Bay rests on the American tectonic plate, and the western shore, the Point Reyes Peninsula rests on the Pacific tectonic plate.
		Point Reyes Station lies at the south end, the throat of the bay, and Dillon Beach lies at the north end, the mouth of the bay.
		The town of Tomales, on Highway 1 (the Coast Highway), is a few miles inland from Dillon Beach.
	www.tomalesbay.com (150 words)

	Tomales Bay Watershed Council
		The Tomales Bay Watershed Council is made up of representatives from local organizations, businesses and government agencies who are dedicated to managing the 220 square miles of the Tomales Bay watershed, an area that encompasses about one-third of Marin County, California.
		Our purpose is to help implement the Tomales Bay Stewardship Plan, unanimously adopted in 2003 as a means for preserving and protecting the water and land resources for sustainable uses by agriculture, aquaculture, business, environmental, recreation and residential interests.
		Tomales Bay is the geographic heart of the portion of western Marin County that includes the watersheds of Lagunitas, Olema, and Walker creeks.
	www.tomalesbaywatershed.org /index.html (653 words)

	Sea Kayak Trips: Tomales Bay Seafood Extravaganza with Sea Trek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tomales Bay is approximately 15 miles long and one mile wide.
		The west side of Tomales Bay is part of the Point Reyes National Seashore and is covered by granite cliffs and pine forests.
		The towns of Marshall and Tomales are the social center for local ranchers, oyster farmers, and passersby.
	www.seatrekkayak.com /pages/localtrips/tripdetails/tomales.htm (412 words)

	October 1997: Tomales Bay
		Exploring the length of Tomales Bay is like visiting a living museum of coastal California wildlife.
		The shallow bay's sandy bottom attracts a variety of bottom-dwelling fish such as sole and halibut.
		To the east of the bay, the ridges of West Marin have been crumpled and pushed skyward by the rumbling action of the earth below.
	www.sfgate.com /getoutside/1997/oct/tb_nature.html (1244 words)

	Tomales Bay
		Tomales Bay itself is the result of seismic activity.
		The bay is hemmed in by a slim peninsula and the mainland.
		Imagine the bay is a clock face; the bay mouth is 12 and the end of the pier at Spud Point Marina is 3.
	www.serve.com /marbeth/tomales.html (4242 words)

	HotBox Isses! - Coasts - California - Sierra Club
		Tomales Dunes is at the mouth of Tomales Bay in Marin County, across from the Point Reyes National Seashore.
		Tomales Dunes lends a great deal to the unique character of Tomales Bay and the surrounding landscape.
		Tomales Dunes is not only a valuable, fragile natural resource; it is also the site of Lawson's Landing, the largest RV campground on the coast of California.
	www.sierraclub.org /ca/coasts/hotbox/tomales_dunes.asp (654 words)

	Hog Island Oyster Company
		Different species of oysters each have identifiable characteristics, but an oyster's unique flavor --the experience that separates sumptuous from sublime -- reflects a host of environmental factors including the salinity of the water, the temperature and tides, the availability of nutrients and how the oyster is farmed.
		Tomales Bay is a pristine estuary; a narrow, 22 mile-long inlet fed by the Pacific Ocean.
		Because oysters, clams and mussels are filter feeders, Hog Island has a vested interest in protecting and preserving the water quality and environmental health of Tomales Bay and its surrounding watershed.
	www.hogislandoysters.com /v2/template1.php?sessionID=4eAzZfp4zdILK5MM&pageId=2 (272 words)

	Bay Area Hiker: Tomales Point
		When I first hiked at Tomales Point around 1994, some days the elk were elusive, and I scanned the hillsides with binoculars for a glimpse of them.
		Tomales Point may be at its best during the clear and gentle weather of autumn and spring, but I enjoy it in summer as well, when conditions are reliably cool.
		Tomales Point Trail, a 4.7 mile out-and-back route, is the only long distance option here, but you could also walk from the trailhead to McClures Beach, an under 1 mile round trip, or cut short a Tomales Point Trail hike wherever you choose along the way.
	www.bahiker.com /northbayhikes/tomalespt.html (1433 words)

	TOMALES LMER/BRIE HOME PAGE
		NASA ER-2 false color infrared photograph of Tomales Bay, California, and surrounding watershed.
		For scale, the bay is approximately 20 km in length and is oriented NW-SE.
		Tomales Bay was chosen as an LMER study site in 1989 because its simple geometry, small surrounding watershed, and readily defined characteristics of freshwater flow and internal water circulation make the site especially tractable for the analysis of how a whole system receives, processes, and exports materials.
	lmer.marsci.uga.edu /tomales (364 words)

	Top Tastes - The Wine News - Grapevine Wine Pages
		The tasty yet tiny Olympia oyster could again grow in Tomales Bay, but Marin County farmers have ceded the honor to Washington State, where the oyster is grown on the coast near the city of Olympia.
		Tomales Bay growers say scrupulous farming practices, temperature control, federally regulated testing of farming waters, harvest closures (when bacteria counts go up) and proper storage are all assurances.
		Johnson’s Drakes Bay Oysters cultivates its bivalves in Drakes Estero, in
	www.toptastes.com /wine/aug02/oysters.htm (2424 words)

	Point Reyes National Seashore - Kayaking Around Point Reyes National Seashore (U.S. National Park Service)
		Tomales Bay is a 24-kilometer (15-mile) long, 2645-hectare (6780-acre) tidal water body located in rural west Marin County, California.
		The bay is bounded largely on the west by the Point Reyes National Seashore.
		The island is in the northern section of Tomales Bay across from Whites Gulch on the west side and Nicks Cove on the east side.
	www.nps.gov /pore/activ_kayak.htm (1015 words)

	Blue Waters Kayaking - Point Reyes,Tomales Bay, Drakes Estero, Sea Kayaking Tours
		Tomales Bay is the largest unspoiled bay along California's coastline.
		Our Tomales Bay site is one of the premier locations on the west coast for sea kayaking tours, and it provides beginners or experienced paddlers with easy access to the heart of the Point Reyes National Seashore.
		Departing from Drake's Bay Oyster Co., we'll glide through the eelgrass and kelp beds of this scenic estuary, home to harbor seals, bat rays, leopard sharks and many birds species such as osprey, geese, white pelicans, loons, grebes, shorebirds.
	www.bwkayak.com /PtReyesTours.htm (527 words)

	Tomales Bay - CA
		When you paddle from the eastern to the western shore of Tomales Bay, you cross a border—not a political border, but a tectonic one.
		Tomales Bay is a finger of the Pacific created by the San Andreas Fault.
		The waters of Tomales Bay cover the border and create what is called a "liminal" place—a place of transition, of change, a magical land- and seascape that is neither here nor there, but somewhere in between.
	www.paddling.net /places/showReport.html?1101 (547 words)

	Tomales Bay
		They may not be launched at any state, federal or county park along the bay.
		Tomales bay is a coastal estuary located on the central California coast approximately 40 miles northwest of San Francisco.
		"...Tomales Bay is a vital ecosystem with clean water and diverse wildlife.
	www.tomalesbay.net (215 words)

	THIRD BIENNIAL STATE OF TOMALES BAY CONFERENCE, 1992
		And at the head of Tomales Bay at Tomasini Creek, a sevenfold expansion of the West Marin Sanitary Landfill is being planned.
		We postulated that from 5,000 to 15,000 acres of range and farmland are needed in the region for the land-based recycling of the animal waste nutrients.
		The San Francisco Bay Region includes the area from the southern boundary of the watershed of the Estero de San Antonio in Marin County (south of the Stemple Creek drainage) to the southern boundary of the Pescadero Creek watershed in San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties.
	www.sonomamarinrcds.org /district-mc/1992_StateofTB.html (6736 words)

	Bay Area Hiker: Tomales Bay State Park
		Tomales Bay State Park has a few hike in campsites, and Point Reyes has several hike-in campgrounds -- enquire at the Point Reyes Ranger Station in Bear Valley, or read more about the options here.
		The loop is short, but truly awesome; one of the most beautiful woodland hikes in the bay area.
		When fog lingers near the ocean, the wind blows, trees moan and whisper with the breeze, outside noise is drowned away, and gusts of cool air keep the temperature pleasant on the trails.
	www.bahiker.com /northbayhikes/tomales.html (1634 words)

	VIA Online: Tomales Bay
		In California’s northwest Marin County, this area, celebrated for its natural beauty, is one of constant movement: the animal migrations, the seasonal wildflowers that push up through the earth, the land.
		Or stop by one of the local oyster farms such as Johnson’s in the National Seashore or Hog Island along the east shore of Tomales Bay, and head out to one of many barbeque areas.
		Here, in Tomales Bay State Park, you’ll find a charming, wind-protected beach, possibly kayakers slipping their boats onto shore, hiking trails heading north and south along the low cliffs edging the bay (one offers a history of local Native American culture), and picnic tables and benches on cliff-top spots overlooking Tomales Bay.
	www.viamagazine.com /weekenders/tomales98.asp (1324 words)

	All Streams Lead to Tomales Bay
		The freshwater tributaries that flow into Tomales Bay from Walker Creek, Lagunitas Creek and the varied sidelets carry with them a story.
		Tomales Bay has been listed as both ‘pristine’ and ‘impaired,’ and both are true.
		What we want to see is a raising of the standard, to leave the Bay and the watershed to the next generation in a healthy, productive condition.
	groups.ucanr.org /GIM/All_Streams_Lead_to_tomales_Bay (531 words)

	Tomales Bay SP
		The Coast Miwok people were the first to inhabit the coastal area of sheltered coves, beaches, tidal marshes, and forest of Bishop pines now known as Tomales Bay State Park, forty miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge.
		In 1952, Tomales Bay State Park was formally dedicated and opened to the public.
		Eight miles from Highway One on the west side of the bay and four miles north of Inverness on Pierce Point Road.
	www.parks.ca.gov /?page_id=470 (412 words)

	Tomales Bay Weekend - Adventure Sports Travel
		Tomales Bay is the northern extension of the San Andreas fault.
		The tectonic new earth carved a bay of rolling hills juxtaposed with jutting cliffs.
		Situated north of San Francisco, Tomales Bay is a California setting that will take your breath away.
	www.asudoit.com /travel/tomales/kayak_tomales.html (315 words)

	Tomales Bay State Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tomales Bay State Park is a California state park in Marin County, California.
		It consists of approximately 2,000 acres (8 km²) divided between two area, one on the west side of Tomales Bay and the other on the east side.
		Some of the beach areas on Tomales Bay began to be purchased by private parties, and in order to secure public access to the Bay, conservation groups and the state of California also purchased property, and the state park was opened on November 8, 1952.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tomales_Bay_State_Park (401 words)

	Mike's Kayak Journal
		While on a hiking camping trip in Point Reyes National Seashore one time, Marty and I noticed that there was a small state park, Tomales Bay State Park, in the middle of the National Park.
		There is a boat ramp on the east shore of the bay about 9 kilometers north of the park.
		This island is in the middle of the bay near the boat launch where we got in on Friday.
	www.kayaker.net /marin/tomales.htm (1442 words)

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