Bodega Marine Reserve | |
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Location | Sonoma County, California |
Coordinates | 38°19′3″N 123°4′19″W / 38.31750°N 123.07194°W |
Area | 362 acres (0.566 sq mi) |
Governing body | University of California, Davis |
Website | https://marinescience.ucdavis.edu/bml/bmr |
Bodega Marine Reserve is a 362-acre (146 ha) nature reserve and marine reserve on the coast of northern California, located in the vicinity of the Bodega Marine Laboratory on Bodega Head. It is a unit of the University of California Natural Reserve System, administered by the University of California, Davis.[1]
Along California's north central coast, BMR is the only marine area protected for research and education.[2]