By Shaun Bishop

By Julia Scott I REDWOOD CITY FEW HUMAN BEINGS have ever set foot on Bair Island, home to the largest tidal wetlands restoration project in the country outside the Florida Everglades. On Wednesday, a group of students from Belmont's Notre Dame High School came prepared to make their mark.

By Shaun Bishop REDWOOD CITY -- Three environmental groups intend to announce today they will be gathering signatures to place a measure on the Redwood City ballot to block development of "precious open spaces," including the Cargill salt lands. The 1,433-acre site on the Bay side of U.S.

By Shaun BishopSTAFF REDWOOD CITY -- The popular hiking trails on Redwood City's Bair Island will be closed to the public indefinitely after officials working to restore the wetlands said people were acting unsafely around dirt-moving equipment. U.S.

By Todd R. Brown FREMONT -- A sea of dusty soil spread south from Cushing Road near the interstate, dotted with patches of crusty salt pooled in shallow gullies. Tall reeds and grasses lined the dirt roadway while a lone white butterfly flitted amid the foliage with a few darting dragonflies.