fitzgerald marine reserve: under staffed and mismanaged
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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
Fitzgerald Marine Reserve
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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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