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History of the ponds
Production of Salt ponds in the Bay?
Salt ponds environmental impact?
Restoration of Salt Ponds?
100
What Indian tribe began the practice of harvesting salt?
Ohlone Tribe
100
What is the cause of the different colors of salt ponds?
Tiny Microorganisms
100
What greenhouse gas is emitted into the atmosphere due to the destruction of marshes and wetlands?
Carbon
100
How much land did the project acquire from Cargill?
15,000 acres
200
What year did commercial salt production start?
1854
200
What do the color of the ponds reveal or indicate?
Salinity level of the ponds
200
How many acres of marshlands and wetlands were their before the construction of the bays coastlands in the 1850's?
200,000 acres
200
What senator has provided leadership and guidance for the project?
Senator Dianne Feinstein
300
Who started the commercial salt production and where?
John Johnson and Mount eden
300
How many years does the salt production process take?
5 years
300
How many acres of marshland are their today that surround the bay?
40,000
300
What year did the first phase begin?
2008
400
At highest levels of production the Leslie salt ponds covered how many acres of land?
36,000 to 40,000
400
How many inches is the crystalized salt layer?
5 to 12 inches.
400
Name at least one kind of animal that the salt ponds provide habitats for?
birds, fish, plants and invertebrates.
400
Name at least one of the three goals that the plan has to accomplish?
habitats for wildlife, protects against flood and also will have trails and platforms for human access.
500
What year did Cargill acquire the Leslie salt ponds?
1978
500
Name at least one Microorganism that is found in salt ponds?
Synechococcus, Halobacteria, and Dunaliella
500
How many shorebirds migrate to the bay's marshes and wetlands every winter?
one million
500
How do they restore these ponds?
They do this by breaking down levees and by allowing bay water to refill the ponds