15-16 May 2023, Tomales Bay (Marin County, California)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomales_Bay: … a long, narrow inlet of the Pacific Ocean … approximately 15 mi (24 km) long …, effectively separating the Point Reyes Peninsula from the mainland of Marin County … On its northern end, it opens out onto Bodega Bay, which shelters it from the direct current of the Pacific … The bay is formed along a submerged portion of the San Andreas Fault … Oyster farming is a major industry on the bay … territory of the Coast Miwok … Early 19th-century settlements constituted the southernmost Russian colony in North America … The Ramsar Convention, signed in 1971, listed Tomales Bay as a wetland of international importance. The Giacomini Wetland Restoration Project, completed in 2008, returned to wetland several hundred acres at the south end of the bay that had been drained for grazing during the 1940s.