Brooks Island Salt Marsh

Brooks Island Salt Marsh

Brooks Island Salt Marsh is a wetlands area on Brooks Island in Brooks Island Regional Shoreline [http://www.ebparks.org/parks/brooks_island Brooks Island profile] , "East Bay Regional Parks District" website, retrieved August 3, 2007] a San Francisco Bay Area East Bay Regional Parks District preserve in Richmond, California. The marsh serves as important nesting ground for Caspian Terns. Harbor Bay Seals who have a rookery on the nearby Castro Rocks. The marsh is off limits to visitors all year long and access to the Island is restricted by special permit only.

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