Completed in the fall of 2011, the South San Diego Bay Wetlands Restoration & Enhancement Project successfully restored 220 acres of former solar salt ponds into a thriving salt marsh salt marsh
Salt marshes are found in tidal areas near the coast, where freshwater mixes with saltwater.
Learn more about salt marsh , complete with a new trail for viewing wildlife, the Bayside Birding & Walking Trail.
The project also included an additional site managed by the Port of San Diego, 80 acres at the Chula Vista Wildlife Reserve and the edge of Emory Cove.
During the construction, a floating dredge moved earth from Pond 10 into Pond 11 to create a sinuous network of channels that would serve as the main sloughs of over 200 acres of estuary in south San Diego Bay.
