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integration of the refuge into Redwood City. Redwood City believes that the site <br />should be served by two parking lots: one shown on the NWRS plan on Redwood <br />Creek, the other at a location near the San Carlos Airport. Both lots should be <br />planned for school buses, have restroom facilities and informational material in <br />covered kiosks. <br />The City recommends against a long unimproved 0.5 -mile trail that lies between a <br />residential neighborhood complex and directly adjacent to unprotected critical habitat <br />outside of the refuge boundaries. Failure to provide adequate control and <br />supervision of this area over the next decades may result in invasive intrusions into <br />the peace and quiet of nearby residents. Encouraging access in this area will leave <br />unprotected critical habitat for the salt marsh harvest mouse. An additional 1 -mile <br />walk may provide a deterrent to handicapped persons and sensitive sub - populations <br />desiring to share in a refuge experience. <br />FWS reports that one of the largest threats to endangered clapper rails and <br />harvest mice, after habitat loss, is predation by domestic dogs and cats and wild fox <br />and raccoon. Given this information, Redwood City must recommend against a <br />Whipple Street entrance to the refuge. <br />9 <br />Inner Bair Predator Risk Comes From the Land <br />