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    Point Reyes

    National Seashore California

  • 2012 Harbor Seal Pupping Season Closures

    From March 1 through June 30, an annual closure of Drakes Estero and certain beaches of Tomales Bay is implemented to protect harbor seals during the pupping season. Please avoid disturbing seals to ensure a successful pupping season. More »

Multimedia Presentations: Giacomini Wetland Restoration Project

OpenRoad.TV with Doug McConnell
Watch the "Giacomini Wetlands Restored" video.

Stream the video:
10-minute long version
14-minute long version

Download the video:
The QuickTime videos are available as "Low," "Medium-Low," "Medium," and "High" quality videos. The "Low" quality videos were compressed to 10 frames per second with a screen size of 160 pixels x 90 pixels; "Medium Low" to 12 frames per second and 320 pixels x 180 pixels; "Medium" to 15 frames per second and 320 pixels x 180 pixels; and "High" to 480 pixels x 270 pixels. The MPEG-4 videos are available as "Low," "Medium," and "High" quality videos. The "Low" and "Medium" quality videos, which were both compressed to 15 frames per second with screen sizes of 320 pixels x 180 pixels. The "Low" quality MPEG-4 was compressed at a data rate of 64 kbps, while the "Medium" quality MPEG-4 was compressed at a data rate of 256 kbps. The "High" quality videos are available at screen sizes of 480 pixels x 270 pixels.

10-minute long version
QuickTime: Low (12 MB) | Medium Low (16 MB) | Medium (24 MB) | High (128 MB)
MPEG-4: Low (11 MB) | Medium (27 MB) | High (75 MB)

14-minute long version
QuickTime: Low (16 MB) | Medium Low (21 MB) | Medium (32 MB) | High (156 MB)
MPEG-4: Low (15 MB) | Medium (35 MB) | High (99 MB)

If any of the multimedia presentations above do not play on your computer, you may not have the latest version of QuickTime or Windows Media Player.

More on Point Reyes at OpenRoad.TV with Doug McConnell.

 

Giacomini Wetland Restoration Project
Take an historical tour of this "working dairy ranch turned restored wetlands" project with Point Reyes National Seashore's wetlands ecologist Lorraine Parsons.

Your Wetlands: Giacomini Wetland Restoration Project podcast

Visit our Giacomini Wetland Restoration Project pages for more information about this incredible legacy project at the head of Tomales Bay.

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Did You Know?

Harbor Seal Pup, © Sue Van Der Wal

Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) are present in the waters of Point Reyes year round. Every spring, approximately 7,000 harbor seals, or 20% of the mainland California breeding population, haul out on the beaches of Point Reyes. Look for them in the esteros and in Tomales Bay and Bolinas Lagoon. More...