This little-known island in San Francisco Bay is being returned to nature
… Point Buckler Island, a 50-acre, boat-only island in Suisun Bay, has been purchased by the John Muir Land Trust, which plans to restore the island to its original tidal marshland. The acquisition follows years of legal disputes tied to unauthorized development that altered the island’s natural flows. Located just east of the Carquinez Strait in Solano County, Point Buckler sits at a critical transition zone where saltwater from San Francisco Bay meets freshwater from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. This brackish habitat plays an outsized role in supporting migrating waterfowl along the Pacific Flyway and helps young salmon and steelhead adjust as they move from river to ocean.
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