The owner of Point Buckler Island in the greater San Francisco Bay will not get a reprieve from paying for the restoration of the island after he was found liable for constructing an illegal levee and ...

In Sweeney’s estimation, though, the California Water Board and ... “They keep attacking me.” Point Buckler is a turtle-shaped island of marshy land in Suisun Marsh, the largest brackish ...

Extensive environmental restoration is needed at Point Buckler to restore ... thereby restoring the island’s tidal marsh ecosystem. This is vital to the health of California’s native fish ...

Despite owning the entirety of the island, Sweeney began to experience ... essential habitat for 700 species of California fish and wildlife.' 'Point Buckler is one of three islands that form ...