Bodega Marine Reserve
Nature and marine reserve in California
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Location | Sonoma County, California |
Coordinates | 39°18′25″N 123°3′58″W / 39.30694°N 123.06611°W / 39.30694; -123.06611 |
Area | 362 acres (0.566 sq mi) |
Governing body | University of California, Davis |
Website | https://marinescience.ucdavis.edu/bml/bmr |
Bodega Marine Reserve is a 362-acre (146 ha) nature reserve and marine reserve on the coast of northern California, located in the vicinity of the Bodega Marine Laboratory on Bodega Head. It is a unit of the University of California Natural Reserve System, administered by the University of California, Davis.
Features
The reserve is adjacent to Bodega Bay and the open Pacific Ocean, on a peninsula in rural western Sonoma County.
Natural hazards of the area include high cliffs, sleeper waves, white sharks, poison oak, Lyme disease, hantavirus, skunks, and mountain lions.
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