Most of the tidelands in San Francisco Bay have been diked or filled. In the South Bay, tidal salt marshes were turned into salt ponds. View this segment to learn

• how different the Bay shoreline used to be.
• how tidal marshes were exchanged for grasslands and salt ponds.
• about solar salt production in the South Bay.

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