Restoration of Inner Bair Island is proceeding sporadically, but officials are optimistic the work will be completed by the 2011 target date. Since the effort to raise the level of the 3,000-acre ...

Workers had to contend with bay muds, limited site access and protected wildlife species during the tidal restoration project for three islands comprising Bair Island, a 2,600-acre former salt pond ...

REDWOOD CITY — The popular hiking trails on Redwood City’s Bair Island will be closed to the public indefinitely after officials working to restore the wetlands said people were acting unsafely around ...

The biggest undeveloped island in San Francisco Bay, hidden between Redwood City and San Carlos, is a haven for the harbor seal, the great egret and the salt marsh harvest mouse. Yet Bair Island might ...

Thirty years after Redwood City voters saved Bair Island from being transformed into a massive residential development, officials and some of the project’s early opponents gathered Monday to celebrate ...

The levees were breached recently at Bair Island, allowing water to flow so waterfowl can have a home in restored wetlands of Redwood City. Many credit the drive to save the area from development to a ...

Snow-white pelicans, speckled brown California clapper rail birds and light green, cactus-like pickleweed are among the species that have flourished on Redwood City’s Bair Island since efforts to ...

Join Peninsula Open Space Trust and San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory for this fun and unique opportunity to volunteer at the Bair Island Unit of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife ...

At the confluence of Redwood Creek and the San Francisco Bay in southern San Mateo County, three islands shape-shift in drifting piles of river silt and sea salt. Boundaries may blur, but Smith and ...

Join Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) and San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory (SFBBO) for a hands-on volunteer event at the Bair Island Unit of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife ...