Richardson Bay ‘eelgrass protection zone’ goes into effect

The Richardson Bay Regional Agency has officially launched the “eelgrass protection zone,” a milestone in a long effort to restore the ecological resource.

The move is part of an initiative to remove the number of illegally anchored vessels that have damaged the plants. The agency will begin enforcing the zone, which comprises more than 700 acres, next week.

Agency representatives and various officials gathered at the Bay Model Visitor Center on Wednesday to mark the occasion.

“Celebrating the environment wins is an interesting challenge, because success is often defined by the thing that didn’t happen, the species not lost, the habitat not destroyed, water not polluted,” said agency consultant Rebecca Schwartz Lesberg, president of Coastal Policy Solutions. “We get to stand here today and celebrate something that did happen, a community coming together and saying the environment matters and we will do what we need to protect it, to save it.”

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By:  Krissy Waite
Source: Marin Independent Journal

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