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Hi, I am Tim Johnson and welcome to the
California Business Minute. Catellus
Development Group, a ProLogis company
specializing in mixed-use development,
announced its donation of 440 acres of
enhanced vernal wetlands habitat in northern
California to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The land consists of two preserve areas
believed to have previously supported an
extensive vernal pool and wetland complex.
Catellus is restoring and rebuilding the
habitat in connection with its Pacific Commons
project, an 840-acre, mixed-use development
located in the city of Fremont. Working with
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Catellus recreated a series of shallow
vernal pools that border their project.  In
addition, the company also constructed a
1,800-foot causeway to preserve connectivity
between the pools allowing resident wildlife,
which includes several endangered and
protected plant and animal species, to safely
migrate under the roadway. The reconstruction
of the pools, which are characterized by their
seasonal flooding and drying, has resulted in a
number of unique and rarely seen plants to re-emerge.

The land, the largest vernal pool complex in the
South Bay, is being incorporated into the Don
Edwards San Francisco Bay Wildlife Refuge,
the first urban federal wildlife refuge established
in the nation.  Catellus will also donate and install
several large interpretive panels to educate the
public about the function of the seasonal wetlands
and to introduce the rare species. I am Tim Johnson
and this has been the California Business Minute.