San Francisco Bay salt ponds

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anthropogenic landscape salt evaporation pond system wetland restoration site

The San Francisco Bay salt ponds are a network of colorful, human-made evaporation ponds along the Bay’s shoreline historically used for salt production and now central to major wetland restoration and conservation efforts.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
San Francisco Bay tidal marsh system	1
South Bay salt ponds	1

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anthropogenic landscape ⓘ salt evaporation pond system ⓘ wetland restoration site ⓘ
adjacentTo	Alviso neighborhood of San Jose NERFINISHED ⓘ Fremont NERFINISHED ⓘ Newark, California NERFINISHED ⓘ Redwood City NERFINISHED ⓘ San Jose NERFINISHED ⓘ
area	tens of thousands of acres historically ⓘ
border	San Francisco Bay shoreline NERFINISHED ⓘ
colorCause	algal blooms ⓘ halophilic microorganisms ⓘ mineral precipitation ⓘ varying salinity levels ⓘ
colorCharacteristic	green ⓘ orange ⓘ pink ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ yellow ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
currentUse	managed ponds for wildlife ⓘ phased wetland restoration ⓘ
ecologicalRole	foraging habitat for shorebirds ⓘ migratory bird stopover habitat ⓘ nursery habitat for some fish and invertebrates ⓘ roosting habitat for waterbirds ⓘ
environmentalIssue	balancing salt pond habitat with tidal marsh restoration ⓘ management of hypersaline waters ⓘ mercury contamination concerns ⓘ
hasPart	Alviso salt ponds NERFINISHED ⓘ Cargill salt ponds NERFINISHED ⓘ Eden Landing Ecological Reserve salt ponds NERFINISHED ⓘ Newark salt ponds NERFINISHED ⓘ North Bay salt ponds NERFINISHED ⓘ Ravenswood salt ponds NERFINISHED ⓘ South Bay salt ponds ⓘ
historicalOperator	Cargill Salt NERFINISHED ⓘ Leslie Salt Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalUse	commercial salt production ⓘ industrial salt extraction ⓘ
locatedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California San Francisco Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
managedBy	California Department of Fish and Wildlife NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service NERFINISHED ⓘ local restoration partnerships ⓘ
partOf	San Francisco Bay estuary ecosystem ⓘ South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project NERFINISHED ⓘ
restorationGoal	enhance wildlife habitat diversity ⓘ improve flood protection ⓘ increase public access and recreation ⓘ re-establish tidal marsh ⓘ
threat	contaminant mobilization ⓘ habitat loss if not restored ⓘ sea level rise ⓘ
timePeriod	developed in late 19th century ⓘ expanded in 20th century ⓘ
usedFor	habitat restoration ⓘ public recreation in adjacent trails ⓘ salt production ⓘ shorebird habitat ⓘ solar evaporation of seawater ⓘ waterfowl habitat ⓘ wildlife conservation ⓘ
visibleFrom	aircraft approaching San Francisco International Airport ⓘ satellite imagery ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission → appliesTo → San Francisco Bay salt ponds ⓘ

Baylands Park → hasView → San Francisco Bay salt ponds ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Bay salt ponds

Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve → partOf → San Francisco Bay salt ponds ⓘ

this entity surface form: San Francisco Bay tidal marsh system