| McLaughlin Eastshore State Park | |
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 McLaughlin Eastshore State Park, December 2023 | |
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| Location | San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda County, California) |
| Area | 1854 acres |
| Operated by | East Bay Regional Park District |
McLaughlin Eastshore State Park is a state park and wildlife refuge along the San Francisco Bay shoreline of the East Bay between the cities of Richmond, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, and Oakland. It encompasses remnant natural wetlands, restored wetlands, as well as landfill west of the Eastshore Freeway. Its shoreline is 8.5 miles (13.7 km) long, and its total area is 1,854 acres (750 ha), which includes both tidelands and uplands.[1] Originally named just Eastshore State Park, it was renamed in October 2012 to honor the late Save the Bay founder Sylvia McLaughlin,[2] who, along with the late Dwight Steele of Citizens for Eastshore Park (now Citizens for East Shore Parks), drove the establishment of the park. Prior to 2013, it was jointly managed by the California State Parks and East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD). The state agency and EBRPD executed a 30-year agreement for EBRPD to manage the park.[3]
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- ^ "McLoughlin Eastshore State Park". East Bay Regional Park District. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
- ^ "Berkeley Voice community briefs: Regional parks contract at Eastshore extended; arrests in smartphone thefts; University Village project discussion." Mercury News. June 5, 2013. Accessed June 10, 2017.