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Charleston Slough

Coordinates: 37°26′31″N 122°05′33″W / 37.4418837°N 122.0924628°W / 37.4418837; -122.0924628[3]
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Dawn at the slough

Charleston Slough is a former Leslie salt pond that is now reverting to marsh[1] on the western shore of San Francisco Bay.

Environmental damage and recovery

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In 1975 Leslie Salt owned the slough and used it for its salt water evaporation operations. The company shrunk the channel and drastically restricted the tides within the slough.[2]

In 1996, the City of Mountain View embarked on an ambitious project to reverse the damage cause by Leslie, and returned the slough to a much more environmentally-friendly salt marsh.[2] 37°26′31″N 122°05′33″W / 37.4418837°N 122.0924628°W / 37.4418837; -122.0924628[3]

References

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  1. ^ Sexton, Jean Deitz (1992). Silicon Valley: inventing the future : a contemporary portrait. Windsor Publications. p. 250. ISBN 978-0897813891.
  2. ^ a b McCabe, Michael (September 13, 1996). "A Tide of Change at Charleston Slough". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Charleston Slough". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 19 January 1981. Retrieved 30 December 2016.