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Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve

Geography of San DiegoProtected areas of San Diego County, CaliforniaUniversity of California, San DiegoUniversity of California Natural Reserve SystemWetlands of California

The Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve is a 20-acre (16 hectare) University of California Natural Reserve System reserve on the northern shore of Mission Bay in San Diego County, California. Administered by UC San Diego, the site is owned by the University of California and managed for teaching and research. The reserve protects some of the last remaining coastal salt marsh in Mission Bay. The city of San Diego’s adjacent Northern Wildlife Preserve expands this wetland habitat to approximately 40 acres (32 hectares).

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Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve
Fiesta Island Road, San Diego

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Mission Bay (San Diego)
Mission Bay (San Diego)

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