State awards Marin Audubon Society $2M for Novato baylands project

A plan to restore two former tidal marshlands spanning more than 300 acres in Novato has received a $2 million boost from the state.

The funding from the 2024 Climate Bond will help the Marin Audubon Society purchase the parcels so it can pursue a major restoration effort to expand the Bahia wetlands to about double the size. The project would create a contiguous corridor of tidal habitat from Novato through the Petaluma Marsh along the Petaluma River.

The California State Coastal...