Bodega Marine Reserve

Bodega Marine Reserve

Bodega Marine Lab from the south, looking across Horseshoe Cove of Bodega Bay
Location Sonoma County, California
Coordinates 39°18′25″N 123°3′58″W / 39.30694°N 123.06611°W / 39.30694; -123.06611Coordinates: 39°18′25″N 123°3′58″W / 39.30694°N 123.06611°W / 39.30694; -123.06611
Area 362 acres (0.566 sq mi)
Governing body University of California, Davis
Website http://www.bml.ucdavis.edu/bmr/index.html

Bodega Marine Reserve is a 362-acre (146 ha) nature reserve and marine reserve on the coast of northern California, located in the vicinity of the Bodega Marine Laboratory on Bodega Head. It is a unit of the University of California Natural Reserve System, that is administered by the University of California, Davis.[1]

Features

The reserve is adjacent to Bodega Bay and the open Pacific Ocean, on a peninsula in rural western Sonoma County.

Natural hazards of the area include high cliffs, sleeper waves, white sharks, poison oak, Lyme disease, hantavirus, skunks, and mountain lions.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Bodega Marine Reserve". Retrieved 2009-01-14.
  2. "Bodega Marine Reserve: Reserve Cautions". Retrieved 2009-01-14.

External links

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