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66th AV. Slough OAKLAND EDES OAKPORT ST. AV. LESSER ST. PEPPERMINT 880 D GATE A M Zhone O OAKPORT N ZHONE WY. Wetland DAMON SLOUGH k e STREET AV. STAGING e AC TRANSIT #98 r TIDEWATER GARRETSON POINT C M Edgewater A t RSH OAKLAND SPORTS STAGING AIL s n TR COMPLEX Dam Seasonal r o o u W n Mars h h ild Wetland WAY AC TRANSIT N, #50 .84 life Sanc m AC TRANSIT tu HASSLER WAY a ary m #98 l D E EAST CREEK POINT East Creek Slough EDGEWATER DRIVE HEGENBERGER PARK OFFICE NATIVE PLANT NURSERY ELMHURST CREEK ELMHURST STAGING EXERCISE COURSE .71 TRAIL FERNSIDE BL. GARR ROLAND ETSON POINT TRAIL CAPWELL DRIVE KAYAK LAUNCH PARDEE LN. SAN LEANDRO CREEK TRAIL EAST AC TRANSIT N, #50 LEET DRIVE San Leandro Creek .87 OBSERVATION TOWER LEGEND SAN LEANDRO CREEK TRAIL WEST GENBERGER San SKIS HE BOATS OR JET Multiuse Paved – NO AREA SAN LEANDRO PLACE AKE TERN CREEK STAGING San Francisco Bay Trail ICTEDW Leandro RESTR BUFFLE .16 HEAD Mileage Between Points SEASONAL EGRET Paved Road Arrowhead Marsh PONDS AIRPORT DR. Creek Bay RES ROAD Parking TRICTE DRIVE D WAK S PLOVER PARDEE LINCOLN PARK E ARE SKI Information A – R JET (City of Alameda) NO BOATS O KING FISHER Water N Channel Airport 98th AV. Restroom 1.03 ARRO SHORELINE CENTER OLIT WHEAD Wheelchair Access DO TLE S TR BOAT LAUNCH AIL MARSH W 61 A Martin Luther King, Jr., Grove Phone N PELICAN BLUE .51 Fishing Dock BUOYS MARK THE CHANNEL Picnic HERON RAIL WATCH FOR UNMARKED HAZARDSTRAIL WAY Reservable Picnic DOOLITTLE STAGING Boat Launch WILDLIFE Marsh SANCTUARY Fishing Dock Bus Stop Doolittle OAKLAND 0 1/4 1/2 Mile DOOLITTLE DRIVE INTERNATIONAL Pond AIRPORT Mileages courtesy Hal MacDonald, EBRPD volunteer. F Model ALAMEDA E R Airplane Field N (City of Alameda) S WETLANDS RESTORATION In 1998 one of the East annually to rest and feed, and some species, such as avocets, I HARBOR BAY PARKWAY D E Bay’s most significant wetlands restoration projects was terns, egrets, and the endangered California clapper rail B HIGH ST. L completed at Martin Luther King, Jr., Regional Shoreline, and burrowing owl, live at the marsh year round. Chuck Corica which restored tidal flow to 71acres of tidal and seasonal Municipal School and volunteer groups utilize the restored marsh Golf Complex wetlands that had been filled in the mid 1980s. The project for teaching opportunities and community involvement DRIVE PEDESTRIAN/ is a co-operative effort of the Park District, the Port of projects. Students from local schools learn about wetlands BIKE SAN FRANCISCO BAY TRAIL Oakland, the Golden Gate Audubon Society, the U.S. BRIDGES PUBLIC TRANSIT AC Transit #98 operates weekdays ecosystems, venture into the marsh in canoes to explore DR. from the Coliseum BART to Hassler Way and Edgewater Army Corps of Engineers, and San Francisco Bay Regional the wetlands, and participate in a wide variety of monitoring OTIS 61 DOOLITTLE Drive (about one-quarter mile from the park), and 66th Water Quality Board, all in partnership with Save San and restoration efforts. In addition, volunteers participate and Oakport streets. AC Transit lines N and #50 Francisco Bay Association, the Sierra Club, and Citizens in various ongoing restoration and conservation efforts. (weekdays/weekends) operate from Coliseum BART along for Alameda’s Last Marshlands. Persons or groups wishing to volunteer can contact the ISLAND DR. Hegenberger Road to Edgewater and Leet drives. Routes The marsh restoration resulted in recolonization of park supervisor at (510) 562-1373. Teachers interested in V ETE RA NS subject to change. Call AC Transit, 817-1717; TDD/TTY: native plants and the return of many species of birds. field trips for wetlands study or interpretive programs can SHORELINE CT. PARK 800-448-9790; ParaTransit: 510-287-5000. Thousands of migrating birds have returned to the marsh contact the Crab Cove Visitor Center at (510) 521-6887..