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i <br /> Altcrnative 2, the Tidal Marsh Restoration with Restricted l'ublic Acccss Altcrnativc, <br /> would bc the samc as the PrcterTed Altemative (Alternative 1) except for thc following: <br /> 1) No pets would be allowed on lnner Bair lsland and the public access trail �vould be <br /> reduced to 1.8 miles on the levee to the north ending in one wildlife viewing platform on <br /> Smith Slough, and 2) there would be a seasonal closure to boating in Corkscre�� Slough <br /> to protect harbor seals. Approximately 1,400 acres of tidal salt marsh would be restored <br /> more quickly that the No Action Alternative for the endangered California clapper rail, <br /> salt marsh harvest mouse and other native wildlife. <br /> Alternative 3, the Tidal and Managed Marsh Restoration with Moderate Public Access <br /> Alternative, would be the sazne as Alternative 1 except Inner Bair Island would not be <br /> restored to tidal salt marsh. Using water control structures, managed salt marsh would be <br /> created on Inner Bair Island, a flow restrictor would be built in Smith Slough to prevent <br /> an unacceptable increase in tidal velocity at Pete's Harbor Marina and the slough would <br /> not be restored to its historic meander. Approximately 1,100 acres of tidal salt marsh <br /> would be restored on Outer and Middle Bair Island more quickly than the No Action <br /> Alternative for the endangered Califomia clapper rail, salt marsh harvest mouse and other <br /> native wildlife. Three hundred acres of managed salt marsh would be created on Inner <br /> Bair island for the salt marsh harvest mouse but no habitat would be created for the <br /> endangered Califomia clapper rail. Public use would be the same as Alternative 1. <br /> Alternative 4, the Tidal and Managcd Marsh Restoration with Restricted 1'ublic Access <br /> Alternative would be a mixture of Alternative 2 and Alternative 3. The restoration of <br /> 9 <br />