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to test it. The barriers, which were the plan's essential element, failed to survive this critical study. The scrapping of the Reber Plan in the early 1960s was one sign, perhaps, of the end of an era of grandiose civil works projects aimed at totally restructuring a region's natural environment, and
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Hope, Dave (August 14, 1946). "Board hears
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unsigned editorial (August 17, 1946). "Causeway to the Future".
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173:"Bridging the Bay, Bridging the Campus: Salt Water Barriers"
228:"The Man Who Helped Save the Bay by Trying to Destroy It"
283:(Davis: California Water Resources Center, 1977), 63–65.
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825:San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge
217:. pp. 1–2. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
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840:Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center
18:John Reber, San Francisco Bay planner
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118:the birth of the environmental era.
895:National Estuarine Research Reserve
787:Stockton Deepwater Shipping Channel
309:"Debate Site New Bridge Across Bay"
133:Salt Water Barrier (Delaware River)
925:Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve
782:Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta
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263:(San Francisco, 1951), 1–2, 24–78
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79:endorsed the plan's concept of a
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830:Eden Landing Ecological Reserve
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915:Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline
247:(Sacramento, 1949), 23–25, 27
83:to replace or supplement the
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920:Big Break Regional Shoreline
890:Middle Harbor Shoreline Park
885:Coyote Point Recreation Area
151:Moffitt, Mike (2021-04-22).
111:U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
201:The San Francisco Chronicle
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50:San Francisco Bay Project
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85:San Francisco Bay Bridge
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76:San Francisco Chronicle
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762:Clifton Court Forebay
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273:W. Turrentine Jackson
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572:Coyote (Santa Clara)
1551:Estuary Partnership
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802:Guadalupe watershed
752:Lafayette Reservoir
747:Calaveras Reservoir
717:Fluvius Innominatus
406:List of tributaries
58:, the mouth of the
1524:Greenbelt Alliance
1444:Richmond Shipyards
1434:Humphrey the Whale
1400:Foster City Marina
335:. October 16, 1947
97:Feasibility tested
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1058:Peninsulas/infill
865:César Chávez Park
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379:San Francisco Bay
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103:Glenn B. Woodruff
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1561:Water Trail
1484:Delta smelt
1282:High Street
1272:Park Street
1247:Golden Gate
1179:Steinberger
1154:Napa Sonoma
1078:Foster City
1063:Albany Bulb
1033:The Sisters
1008:Coast Guard
968:Yerba Buena
934:Islands and
592:Schoolhouse
587:San Lorenzo
582:San Leandro
522:San Joaquin
501:Mission Bay
466:Grizzly Bay
461:Golden Gate
396:Hydrography
178:UC Berkeley
87:, stating:
1613:Categories
1534:Reber Plan
1459:Marincello
1402:(proposed)
1242:(inactive)
1164:Salt ponds
936:peninsulas
792:Watersheds
742:Reservoirs
727:Strawberry
632:San Rafael
567:Codornices
527:Sacramento
446:Suisun Bay
185:2006-08-21
139:References
128:Atlantropa
64:Suisun Bay
40:Reber Plan
1344:Ports and
1277:Fruitvale
1262:Carquinez
1234:Dumbarton
1200:and tubes
1189:Westpoint
993:Belvedere
811:Parks and
702:San Pablo
612:San Mateo
537:Guadalupe
510:Waterways
382:watershed
1597:Category
1302:Transbay
1129:Cordelia
1114:Baylands
1107:Wetlands
1028:Red Rock
988:Bay Farm
953:Alcatraz
662:Alhambra
597:Temescal
542:Petaluma
122:See also
81:causeway
68:Bay Area
1464:Ecology
1419:History
1346:marinas
1312:Ferries
1267:Leimert
1257:Antioch
1207:Bridges
1198:Bridges
1139:Hoffman
1124:Chelsea
1119:Belmont
998:Brother
948:Alameda
712:Wildcat
697:Karlson
687:Garrity
677:Refugio
657:Pacheco
607:Redwood
562:Cerrito
552:Alameda
401:Ecology
389:Outline
180:Library
1585:Portal
1184:Suisun
1144:Meeker
978:Brooks
732:Easton
707:Castro
682:Pinole
642:Novato
637:Miller
617:Sonoma
602:Sausal
557:Baxter
517:Rivers
491:Former
339:2 July
319:2 July
92:being.
62:(from
1412:Other
1292:Tubes
1174:Stege
1149:Mowry
1013:Greco
973:Minor
958:Angel
692:Rheem
672:Rodeo
667:Adobe
647:Tolay
456:Minor
436:Major
1169:Seal
1048:Ryer
1023:Mare
983:Bair
532:Napa
341:2019
321:2019
275:and
73:The
38:The
1043:Roe
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