Suisun Marsh Protection Plan Management Areas

A shapefile depiction of BCDC's Primary and Secondary Management Areas of the Suisun Marsh. Data was developed to assist with cartographic depiction of the Marsh and therefore should not be used for jurisdictional purposes.Please see Supplemental information for updates. This data is a depiction of the Primary Management Area of the Suisun Marsh generated by the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC). It is only a graphic depiction of the Primary Management Area and does not reflect the actual jurisdiction of BCDC. Per the Suisun Marsh Preservation Act, the "Suisun Marsh" or "marsh" means water covered areas, tidal marsh, diked-off wetlands, seasonal marshes, lowland grasslands, upland grasslands and cultivated lands specified on the map identified in Section 16 of that chapter of the Statutes of the 1977-78 Regular Session enacting this division. It includes both the primary and secondary management areas as shown on the Suisun Marsh Protection Plan Map and includes the entire right-of-way of any state highway that is designated as a portion of the boundary of the marsh. For additional information on BCDC's jurisdiction see the San Francisco Bay Plan, the Suisun Marsh Protection Plan and the Suisun Marsh Act. All information can be found at www.bcdc.ca.gov. Data based on map "Boundaries of the Suisun Marsh" in the Suisun Marsh Protection Plan, SFBCDC, 1976.