Richardson Bay (originally Richardson's Bay) is a shallow,
ecologically
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rich arm of
San Francisco Bay
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, managed under by the
Richardson Bay Regional Agency, created under a joint powers agreement by the
County of Marin, Town of
Tiburon, and Cities of
Belvedere
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and
Mill Valley
Mill Valley is a city in Marin County, California, United States, located about north of San Francisco via the Golden Gate Bridge and from Napa Valley. The population was 14,231 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census.
Mill Valley is lo ...
. The Richardson Bay Sanctuary was acquired in the early 1960s by the
National Audubon Society
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.
The bay was named for
William A. Richardson, early 19th century
sea captain
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and
builder
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in
San Francisco
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. It contains both
Strawberry Spit
Strawberry Spit (also Sanctuary Island) is a small artificial island in the San Francisco Bay's Richardson's Bay embayment of Strawberry Lagoon. It is still referred to as Strawberry Spit, although it no longer is technically a spit.
Historical ...
and
Aramburu Island.
In spite of its urbanized periphery, Richardson Bay supports extensive
eelgrass Eelgrass is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
* '' Zostera'', marine eelgrass
* '' Vallisneria'', freshwater eelgrass
See also
*'' Potamogeton compressus'', known as eel-grass pondweed
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