In 2011, California completed a 300-acre restoration of former San Diego salt ponds; five-year monitoring later documented 80 bird, 22 fish and 10 invertebrate species
For decades, parts of South San Diego Bay looked very different from the tidal wetlands that once occupied them. Former salt ponds had been separated from the bay, limiting natural tidal flows and reducing habitat for wildlife. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project, a partnership involving…