Officials mark completion of $20 million salt pond restoration in Mountain View

Conservationists and environmental groups on Friday marked the completion of a $20 million restoration project in Mountain View that transformed a 435-acre former salt pond, along with an adjacent closed landfill, into wildlife habitat and public open space.

Views of Stanford University’s Hoover Tower and Google’s campus to the north framed the event, where residents, environmental groups and local leaders gathered to celebrate the restoration of Pond A2W.

Though this three-year...