Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse (Endangered)

From the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS):

Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse — Hailing from the home state of Mickey, this salt marsh harvest mouse is considered an endangered species. This species is dependent on the marshes around the San Francisco Bay area — which has already lost the majority of its marsh habitat since the 19th Century — and could lose even more marshes by the year 2100 due to sea level rise according to USGS scientists. Using a sophisticated computer model, USGS researchers found that 95 percent (4,798 acres) of 12 marshes (near Petaluma River, San Pablo Bay, Napa River and South San Francisco Bay) will be inundated by 2100 under a four-foot sea-level rise scenario — losing their vegetation and being converted into tidal mudflat habitats.

You can read more about this model, the results, and view the full report at http://on.doi.gov/SFBayMarshes.

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