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You only have to go to Bayfront Park in Menlo Park to get a feel for the past, present, and several possible futures for our corner of San Francisco Bay.
The summit of the former Marsh Road dump — once not-so-fondly called Mt. Trashmore — gives a rare view of the sweep of marsh, sloughs, salt ponds and developments that cushion our communities from the open waters of the Bay.
To the north, Greco Island is a green sliver remaining from the tidal marshes that once ringed the Bay before most were diked and filled. “We’ve destroyed 95 percent of the Bay’s original wetlands,” says David Lewis, executive director of the conservation organization, Save The Bay. “We have a chance to get some of them back.”
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