News: Skaggs Island goes to USFWS

The former U.S. Navy base at Skaggs Island was officially transferred to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week, but the dream of restoring one of Sonoma County's most important wildlife havens into a teeming wetland is still on hold.

The 3,300-acre plot of land that was once a Navy communications base will officially become part of the San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge on March 31, completing a deal that environmentalists say will increase the protected areas available for birds and wildlife in the area by a quarter.

Read more at SFGate.  

Map from Bay Area Protected Areas Database.