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Fitzgerald Marine Reserve

Harbor Seal haul-out

Seals breed near thehaul-out site after the

pups are born

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Fitzgerald Marine Reserve

People replace seals

on weekends

Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011

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Overly enthusiastic visitorsfrequently walk too close to the

seals and bring dogs to the beach

Dogs occasionally charge at the

seals on the beach and reef 

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DardenelleTrail

SealBreeding

New FMR Staircase

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The seals go away for the

weekend to avoid the“tide pool party”

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Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011What happened to the seals?

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On busy low-tide weekendsover 2000 people visit the

FMR tide pools

Paths are worn down in thereef due to heavy foot traffic

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Only one County employee is on dutyon a busy low-tide weekend at the

Fitzgerald Marine ReserveSunday, Feb. 27, 2011

“Lone Ranger”

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Improved Coastal Access needsto include responsible

stewardship of the marinehabitat, wildlife, and invasive

plant management

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Fitzgerald Marine Reserve

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Visitors and docents can

be found poking atmarine life with hiking

poles every weekend

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weekendFitzgerald Marine ReserveSunday, Feb. 27, 2011

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With such a large numberof visitors responsible

stewardship is notpossible with only one

San Mateo County rangeron duty at the FMR

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weekday

seal pups

Wed. June 2, 2010

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The new Fitzgerald MarineReserve staircase iscurrently being undermined

by stormwater runoff froman open drain pipe locatednext to the foundation of the stairs.

The project was completedfour months ago. Thestaircase ribbon-cutting wason October 27, 2010. The erosion problem hasgotten progressively worseover the past two months.

Feb. 28, 2011

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Oct. 30, 2010

NewFitzgerald

Marine Reserve

Staircase

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Drainage was not adequatelyaddressed when the FMRStaircase project was

designed and built in 2010

Oct. 30, 2010

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Oct. 30, 2010

Fitzgerald Marine ReserveStaircase

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Ocean Blvd.drains intothe FMR

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The San Mateo CountyDepartment of Public Works is

using Bags of Champions ChoiceSelenium “90” Trace Mineral Salt tomitigate storm water drainage into

the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve

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The San MateoCounty Departmentof Public Works put

bags of ChampionsChoice Selenium“90” Trace Mineral

Salt on Ocean Blvd.in the fall of 2010

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