State allots $20M for massive Novato marsh restoration project
One of the largest wetland restoration projects around San Francisco Bay is closer to launching its final phase of construction after receiving a $20 million infusion of state funding. The funding, approved by the California State Coastal Conservancy in a unanimous vote last week, will be used to restore 1,600 acres of former tidal marshland near Bel Marin Keys that had been converted to agricultural fields. … Led by the conservancy and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the estimated $165 million Bel Marin Keys Wetland Restoration Project began work in late 2019. It is the largest piece of the 2,600-acre Hamilton Wetlands Restoration Project. About 650 acres of marshland near the former Hamilton Army air field were restored in 2014.
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