North Central Coast Region
 

#14 Del Mar Landing Ecological Reserve ASBS
#15 Del Mar Landing Ecological Reserve
 Sonoma County
 North Central Coast Region
 *source 1: pages 32-33, 52
source 2: pages 5, 16
USGS 7.5 Stewarts Landing
 note: seaward boundary formed by connecting line segments, southern and
  northern legs to 1000', leg land origins inferred from sketch

#16 Salt Point (Gerstle Cove) State Park
Sonoma County
North Central Coast Region
USGS 7.5 Plantation
note: seaward boundary as shown on USGS quad

#17 Gerstle Cove ASBS
Sonoma County
North Central Coast Region
source 2: pages 5, 17
USGS 7.5 Plantation
note: seaward boundary formed by a line connecting Salt Point and BM 293
 -within Salt Point Underwater Park

#18 Gerstle Cove Reserve
Sonoma County
North Central Coast Region
source 1: pages 23, 52
USGS 7.5 Plantation
note: seaward boundary 600' from the northern most part of the bay, shared land leg origin with  ASBS at Salt Point
 -within Grestle Cove Area of Special Biological Significance

#19 Fort Ross State Historic Park
Sonoma County
North Central Coast Region
source 3: Land Ownership Record, Drawing #27082
USGS 7.5 Fort Ross, Plantation
 note: seaward to the 18' isobath, leg land origins as shown on USGS quads

#20 Sonoma Coast State Beach
Sonoma County
North Central Coast Region
source 4: Sonoma Coast State Beach
USGS 7.5 Arched Rock, Bodega Head
note: seaward to the interpolated 18' isobath, northern leg land origin Russian
 River, southern leg land origin Mussel Point

#21 Bodega Marine Life Refuge ASBS
#22 Bodega Marine Life Refuge
Sonoma County
North Central Coast Region
source 1: pages 18, 52
source 2: pages 5, 18
source 4: Site Description
USGS 7.5 Bodega Head
NOAA Bodega and Tomales #18643
note: seaward to 1000', southern leg shared by all, northern leg land origin for
 ASBS from Mussel Point, Marine Life Refuge as shown on NOAA chart

#23 Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Sonoma County
North Central Coast Region
source 5: Digital Database

#24 Central California Coast Man and Biosphere Reserve
Sonoma, Marin, SF and San Mateo Counties
North Central Coast Region
source 5: Digital Database

#25 Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
 Sonoma and Marin Counties
 North Central Region
 source 5: Digital Database

#26 Point Reyes National Seashore
Marin County
North Central Coast Region
source 5: Digital Database
note: seaward to .25 mile, northern leg land origin as shown on USGS quad,
 southern leg coincides with northern leg of Duxbury Reef Reserve
 Marine Life Refuge (Poplar Road)

#27 Bird Rock ASBS
Marin County
North Central Coast Region
source 2: pages 8, 31
USGS 7.5 Tomales
 note: seaward to 1000' in all directions

#28 Point Reyes Headlands Reserve and Extension ASBS
#29 Point Reyes Headlands Reserve
#30 Point Reyes Headlands National Research Natural Area
Marin County
North Central Coast Region
source 1: pages 23, 62
source 2: pages 8, 29
USGS 7.5 Drakes Bay
note: seaward to 1000', to 2000' for ASBS Extension, western leg from Point
 Reyes Light House, eastern leg from Chimney Rock

#31 Double Point ASBS
Marin County
North Central Coast Region
source 2: pages 8, 30
USGS 7.5 Double Point
 note: seaward to the 30' isobath, leg land origins and headings inferred from
 available sketch

#32 Duxbury Reef Reserve and Extension ASBS
#33 Duxbury Reef Reserve
Marin County
North Central Coast Region
source 1: pages 23, 53 (updated)
source 2: pages 8, 28
USGS 7.5 Bolinas
note: seaward to 1000' for Marine Reserve, to 2000' for ASBS,
northern leg from Poplar Road, southern leg from Kale Road

#34 Farallon Island ASBS
#35 Farallon Islands Game Refuge
 SF County
North Central Coast Region
source 1: pages 17, 54
source 2: pages 8, 27
source 5: Digital Database
USGS 7.5 Farallon Islands
note: seaward to one nautical mile

#36 Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
 San Fransisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties
 North Central Coast Region
 source 5: Digital Database

#37 Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Marin, SF and San Mateo Counties
North Central Coast Region
 source: Digital Database

#38 James V Fitzgerald Marine Reserve ASBS
San Mateo County
North Central Coast Region
source 2: pages 7, 26
USGS 7.5 Montara Mountain, Half Moon Bay
note: seaward to 2000', northern leg shared with James V Fitzgerald Marine
  Reserve, southern leg Pillar Point breakwater

#39 James V Fitzgerald Marine Reserve
San Mateo County
North Central Coast Region
source 1: pages 20-21, 56
USGS 7.5 Montara Mountain, Half Moon Bay
 note: seaward to 1000', northern and southern leg land origins inferred
 from available sketch

#40 Ano Nuevo Point and Island ASBS
San Mateo County
North Central Coast Region
source 2: pages 9, 32
USGS 7.5 Ano Nuevo, Franklin Point
 note: seaward to 3 nautical miles, southern leg land origin form the Santa Cruz
 County Line, northern leg land origin from Cascade Creek

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Sources:
1) The Marine Life Refuges and Reserves of California
 Marine Resources Information Bulletin No. 1
 July 1989
2) Areas of Special Biological Significance
 California State Water Resources Control Board
 July 1976
3) Department of Parks and Recreation Blue Prints
 Base Maps, Land Ownership Records and General Plans
4) California State Parks Department
 Department of Fish and Game, Marine Resources Division
 Proposed Natural Preserve Additions
5) Golden Gate National Recreation Area
 Digital Database, National Parks Department
6) Minerals Management Service

Acknowledgments:
guide book text and graphics prepared by D. McArdle, book scanned by Berkeley Digital Library Project