Mowry Slough Explained

Mowry Slough
Iucn Category:	IV
Map:	San Francisco Bay Area#California#USA
Map Width:	220
Label:	Mowry Slough
Label Position:	Right
Location:	Fremont, California
Coordinates:	37.4835°N -122.0197°W
Coords Ref:	^[1]
Governing Body:	Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Owner:	US Fish and Wildlife Service

Mowry Slough^[1] is a 5.8adj=midNaNadj=mid^[2] slough in Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge and is the primary breeding ground for San Francisco Bay harbor seals. It is situated among the salt marshes and salt evaporation ponds in the city of Fremont.^{[3] [4]}

See also

• List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area
• Bair Island
• Greco Island

External links

• Map

Notes and References

1. 229219. Mowry Slough. 5 January 2017. 19 January 1981.
2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 15, 2011
3. http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~halmark/mowry.htm SFSU
4. Web site: Mowry Slough Watershed. Historically one of the deepest sloughs in South San Francisco Bay, Mowry Slough meanders through the tidal marsh bounded by colorful salt ponds. It is named for Origin Mowry who, in the mid-1800s, owned over 400 acres of farmland in the area and used the slough to transport goods and people by boat. Mowry Slough is located in the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge and is accessible only by boat. Being so isolated, it is an ideal home for harbor seals, which are easily disturbed by human activities. A healthy population of harbor seals thrives there, raising their young and sunbathing on the banks of the salt marsh..