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Alviso Boat Tour, 8/10/18 by Ronald Horii
The inaugural boat tour of the Alviso Slough was held at Alviso Marina County Park on May 29, 2015, initiated by Santa Clara County Supervisor Dave Cortese: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.927239590632897.1073741908.100000405933924&type=1&l=a35ce85c14
The tour used County Sheriff's patrol boats. Tours were offered to schools, but were limited by the capacity of the boats, which were not intended to carry large numbers of passengers. To accommodate more people, the County Parks Department ordered a much bigger 33-foot long boat, specifically designed for tours. After trial runs with park staff, the first public boat tour was held yesterday. The tours are called the Salt Marsh Safari. Today was the second day of tours. The purpose of the tours is to give people the experience of seeing the slough and salt ponds up close, while learning about the history, plants, animals, geography, and future plans for these wetlands.
Salt Marsh Safari information: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/parks/parkfinder/Pages/Alviso-Boat-Tours.aspx
Information and maps of Alviso Marina County Park: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/parks/parkfinder/Pages/AlvisoMarina.aspx
Industrial salt ponds around the South Bay are being restored to benefit plants and wildlife as part of the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project: http://www.southbayrestoration.org/
Alviso salt pond map: http://www.southbayrestoration.org/images/Pond%20Maps/alviso.pdf
Most of the shoreline around the South Bay is part of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge: https://www.fws.gov/refuge/don_edwards_san_francisco_bay/
Alviso refuge trails: https://www.fws.gov/uploadedFiles/sf.bay.nat.wildlife.refuge-alviso.pdf
Waterfowl hunting is allowed in National Wildlife Refuge lands (not in the County Parks). Boat tours will be suspended during hunting season, generally October through January:
https://www.fws.gov/refuge/Don_Edwards_San_Francisco_Bay/hunting.html
2 days after this boat tour, I took a bike tour on the Bay Trail around the Alviso ponds: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1960207557336090&type=1&l=582dc483b3
Here are more of my pictures of Alviso Marina County Park and events there: http://www.rhorii.com/#AlvisoMarina
The trails around the Alviso Slough and salt ponds are part of the San Francisco Bay Trail: http://baytrail.org/
Here are my San Francisco Bay Trail pages: http://www.rhorii.com/Baytrails.htm
The inaugural boat tour of the Alviso Slough was held at Alviso Marina County Park on May 29, 2015, initiated by Santa Clara County Supervisor Dave Cortese: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.927239590632897.1073741908.100000405933924&type=1&l=a35ce85c14
The tour used County Sheriff's patrol boats. Tours were offered to schools, but were limited by the capacity of the boats, which were not intended to carry large numbers of passengers. To accommodate more people, the County Parks Department ordered a much bigger 33-foot long boat, specifically designed for tours. After trial runs with park staff, the first public boat tour was held yesterday. The tours are called the Salt Marsh Safari. Today was the second day of tours. The purpose of the tours is to give people the experience of seeing the slough and salt ponds up close, while learning about the history, plants, animals, geography, and future plans for these wetlands.
Salt Marsh Safari information: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/parks/parkfinder/Pages/Alviso-Boat-Tours.aspx
Information and maps of Alviso Marina County Park: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/parks/parkfinder/Pages/AlvisoMarina.aspx
Industrial salt ponds around the South Bay are being restored to benefit plants and wildlife as part of the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project: http://www.southbayrestoration.org/
Alviso salt pond map: http://www.southbayrestoration.org/images/Pond%20Maps/alviso.pdf
Most of the shoreline around the South Bay is part of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge: https://www.fws.gov/refuge/don_edwards_san_francisco_bay/
Alviso refuge trails: https://www.fws.gov/uploadedFiles/sf.bay.nat.wildlife.refuge-alviso.pdf
Waterfowl hunting is allowed in National Wildlife Refuge lands (not in the County Parks). Boat tours will be suspended during hunting season, generally October through January:
https://www.fws.gov/refuge/Don_Edwards_San_Francisco_Bay/hunting.html
2 days after this boat tour, I took a bike tour on the Bay Trail around the Alviso ponds: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1960207557336090&type=1&l=582dc483b3
Here are more of my pictures of Alviso Marina County Park and events there: http://www.rhorii.com/#AlvisoMarina
The trails around the Alviso Slough and salt ponds are part of the San Francisco Bay Trail: http://baytrail.org/
Here are my San Francisco Bay Trail pages: http://www.rhorii.com/Baytrails.htm
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