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and Outer Bai�. Inner Bai� Island is connected to Redwood City and can be directly <br /> accessed by Whipple Street. A current loop trail surrounds Inner Bair on the levee <br /> top. Inner Bair is separated from Middle Bair by Smith Slough. Middle Bair is <br /> separated from Outer Bair by Corkscrew Slough. <br /> Inner Bai� Island is the <br /> smallest of three salt marsh <br /> habitat islands within the city <br /> limits of Redwood City. The <br /> island is within the Don -� <br /> Edwards National Wildlife - <br /> refuge (refuge), a non- <br /> contiguous refuge of San - <br /> Francisco Bay estuarial habitat. <br /> The National Wildlife Refuge = <br /> System (NWRS), starting with <br /> its office at the refuge and then _ <br /> the regional office in -� <br /> Sacramento, will propose a plan - <br /> foY Yellabi�itation anCl use of A New Perspective on the Bair Island Complex <br /> Bair Island according to the mission of the refuge system. An Environmental Impact <br /> Statement (EIS) with the preferred alternative included will soon be published in the <br /> Federal Register for public comment. <br /> The land is now a mosaic of habitats including tidal salt marsh, mud flats, seasonal <br /> wetlands, former diked salt ponds and diy upland. The Bai� Island complex is <br /> composed of 3200 acres of potential quality habitat. <br /> The San Carlos Airport, operated by an independent airport authority, adjoins <br /> Bai� Island as does the Redwood City harbor at the opposing end. San Carlos <br /> Airport owns fee interest in a portion of Inner Bair Island, designated as Airport <br /> Safety Zone. Adjoining U.S. 101,the Bai� Island Complex will see over 250,000 <br /> vehicle trips per day passing its borders. <br /> In 1997, the Peninsula Open Space Trust (POS"I� purchased the remaining <br /> portions of Bair Island in private ownership and turned it over to the NWRS as a part <br /> of the Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge. The Bai� Island complex is the last <br /> and one of the most import pieces of salt marsh habitat remaining unrestored on the <br /> San Francisco Bay. Inner Bai� Island, which on all NWRS alternatives serves at the <br /> location of human use, is over 323 acres. Rehabilitation of Inner and Middle Bair, <br /> breaching the levees to allow tidal flow and restoring Inner Bair to accommodate that <br /> flow, will cost the federal government millions of dollars. <br /> 23 <br />