Bodega Marine Reserve

Bodega Marine Reserve
Bodega Marine Lab from the south, looking across Horseshoe Cove of Bodega Bay
LocationSonoma County, California
Coordinates38°19′3″N 123°4′19″W / 38.31750°N 123.07194°W / 38.31750; -123.07194
Area362 acres (0.566 sq mi)
Governing bodyUniversity of California, Davis
Websitehttps://marinescience.ucdavis.edu/bml/bmr

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]

Along California's north central coast, BMR is the only marine area protected for research and education.[2]

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.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bodega Marine Reserve". Archived from the original on February 2, 2009. Retrieved January 14, 2009.
  2. ^ "Bodega Marine Reserve". July 8, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
  3. ^ "Bodega Marine Reserve: Reserve Cautions". Archived from the original on April 8, 2009. Retrieved January 14, 2009.