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dog off-leash, please visit the the visit please off-leash, dog and wildlife habitat preservation. preservation. habitat wildlife and
the City of Palo Alto as open space for recreation recreation for space open as Alto Palo of City the you would like to exercise your your exercise to like would you
almost 4,000 acres maintained and managed by by managed and maintained acres 4,000 almost
posted in special nesting areas. If If areas. nesting special in posted
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Photo: PNNL Curlews HISTORY are often Over a century ago, the Palo Alto seen on the edge of Baylands salt marshes extended inland, the marsh approximately to the location of the at the Bay- In every walk lands Bayshore Freeway. The marshes were with nature, a valuable resource providing Native Americans and early city residents one receives with fish, shellfish, small mammals, far more than waterfowl and plants for food, medi cine, and construction materials. FACILITIES he seeks. Palo Alto’s stewardship of the —John Muir • Lucy Evans Baylands Nature Baylands began in 1921 with the pur Interpretive Center chase of 40 acres. In the 1930s the Hours: Tu-F 2-5 pm, S & S 1-5 pm yacht harbor clubhouse, a saltwater • Byxbee Park Hills (Art Park) swimming pool (now the Duck Pond), and the lagoon were constructed. • Emily Renzel Wetlands • Baylands Athletic Center Today, the Baylands covers 1940 (baseball and softball) acres—1600 acres are protected in the Baylands Nature Preserve. The • Wildlife observation platforms preserve includes some of the last and benches remaining salt marsh/mudflat habitats • Picnic facilities and barbecues on the West Coast. It is home to the endangered California Clapper Rail PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES and the Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse. • Walking and biking trails, bird watching, Unlike other Bay marshes sailboarding and boating with non- which have plants that grow in dis- motorized, hand-launched watercraft such tinct zones, the Palo Alto marshes as canoes and kayaks. have a mixed plant distribution. This includes pickleweed and cordgrass • Nature walks and programs on ecology habitats that are interspersed and natural history are presented for all between mudflats. age groups and are offered on weekends Bird watching in the Baylands throughout the year. A schedule of is excellent year-round. In programs is available in the City’s Enjoy! wintertime extreme high tides catalog or on the Internet at bring bird watchers from http://enjoyonline.cityofpaloalto.org around the world. In the spring Call 650-329-2506 for information. and fall, this is a prime stopover or destination for birds • School programs are offered September traveling on the Pacific route of through June, Monday through Friday. Call their migratory flyway. 650-329-2506 for information.
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