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Mouse, cont. throughhabitat acquisition and restoration do exist in the Bay area but are limited. Scientific and technological approaches to marsh reconstruction are debated by the experts routinely and need to be explored further.
Howard Shellhammer, Ph.D, Professor of Biology at San Jose State University, 1961-1996. Currently, teaching Spring semesters only as part of Faculty Early Retirement program. Dr. Shellhammer received his degree in Zoology from University of California at Davis and has studied the salt marsh harvest mouse for over 35 years. As an active participant in the effort to create Don Edwards San Francisco Bay NWR, Dr. Shellhammer was one of the original group that petitioned Congress to pursue its establishment. |
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children may see a different looking Refuge in the years to come, especially
in the South San Francisco Bay where large marshes with internal ponds and deep
upper edges might be possible through continued restoration and management efforts.
The overall biological support base will be greater and more diverse if these
efforts are successful. Perhaps in the Refuge of tomorrow, a marsh will be a
marsh will be a marsh to all its inhabitants including the salt marsh harvest
mouse, the beautiful little grooved tooth
mouse with the red belly.Last updated:
May 27, 2008
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