Tomales Bay Environmental History and Historic Resource Study - Working Draft
Avery C. 2006. Tomales Bay Environmental History and Historic Resource Study - Working Draft. Point Reyes Station, California
The a study completed with the purpose of examining the political, social and economic changes brought about by successive generations of Tomales Bay residents, as well as to examine the interactions between these residents and the natural world. This project is a combination of an environmental history and historic resource study of Tomales Bay, an estuary that lies along a rift valley of the San Andreas Fault between Point Reyes Peninsula and the California mainland. Much of the Tomales Bay area is preserved by national, state; local and non-profit agencies making it among the most managed and studied bodies of water on the west coast. The estuary is part of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and the Golden Gate Biosphere Reserve. The purpose of this study is not only to examine the political, social and economic changes brought about by successive generations of Tomales Bay residents, but also to examine the interactions between these residents and the natural world.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Avery, Christy
- Date of Issue
- 2006-05-25
- Units
- GOGA , PORE
- Keywords
- bishop pine, California Land Commission, Coast Miwok, Elk, Grizzly Bear, tallow