Bodega Marine Reserve

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, administered by the University of California, Davis.[1]

Bodega Marine Reserve
Bodega Marine Lab from the south, looking across Horseshoe Cove of Bodega Bay
LocationSonoma County, California
Coordinates39°18′25″N 123°3′58″W
Area362 acres (0.566 sq mi)
Governing bodyUniversity of California, Davis
Websitehttps://marinescience.ucdavis.edu/bml/bmr

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]

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See also

References

  1. "Bodega Marine Reserve". Archived from the original on 2009-02-02. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
  2. "Bodega Marine Reserve: Reserve Cautions". Archived from the original on 2009-04-08. Retrieved 2009-01-14.


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