Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Map of the DESFBNWR (2003)
Map showing the location of Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Map showing the location of Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Map of the United States
Map showing the location of Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Map showing the location of Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge (California)
Map showing the location of Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Map showing the location of Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge (the United States)
LocationAlameda County, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, California, United States
Nearest cityNewark, California
Coordinates37°30′00″N 122°07′00″W / 37.5°N 122.116667°W / 37.5; -122.116667[1]
Area30,000 acres (120 km2)
Established1974; 50 years ago (1974)
Governing bodyU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Websitewww.fws.gov/refuge/don_edwards_san_francisco_bay/ Edit this at Wikidata

Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge (DESFBNWR) is a United States National Wildlife Refuge located in the southern part of San Francisco Bay, California. Its headquarters and visitor center are in the Baylands district of Fremont, next to Coyote Hills Regional Park, in Alameda County. The visitor center is on Marshlands Rd, off Thornton Ave.[2]

Most of the refuge stretches along the marshy shoreline north and south of the Dumbarton Bridge, but Bair Island, in San Mateo County, is also part of the system. The southernmost extent is in northern Santa Clara County.

  1. ^ "Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 15, 2011. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  2. ^ "Refuge pamphlet with map" (PDF). August 23, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 23, 2013. Retrieved January 19, 2016.