Essay - Monterey Bay Introduction the Environment Has Clearly Been Impacted by...

Monterey Bay

Introduction

The environment has clearly been impacted by human habitation. We recognize the damaging effects of much of modern life, but there ***** ***** a human impact on the envir*****ment extending back much further in history. The concentration of the human population into certain areas had an effect on ***** ecology of those areas on several levels, from the amount ***** food the ***** required to the effect of smoke from fires, waste disposal, clearing of ground for housing or agriculture, conflicts with other species in the area, and so on. The Monterey Bay region has long attracted human populations and has shown the effects of the human presence ***** centuries. ***** effect can be seen cont*****uing **********, indeed being accelerated today as the human footprint has expanded greatly in the area. Governments in the region have taken steps to protect the environment, notably ***** the creation of the Monterey ***** National Mar*****e Sanctuary, one ***** the largest protected marine areas in the world.. Still, the ***** faces a number of environmental threats caused by human action. The region is also home ***** a number of pl*****nt and animal forms that can be endangered by changes in ***** ecology. ***** way human ecology has impacted the region over ***** centuries ***** be descri*****d, followed by some analysis ***** the ***** of the region ***** and the threats perceived by various observers.

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Monterey is found on ***** Monterey Peninsula, 120 miles south of San Francisco, 60 miles south of San Jose, and 345 miles north ***** Los Angeles. The peninsula is bordered by Monterey Bay to the *****, ***** Pacific Ocean to the west, and Carmel ***** to the south. ***** area ***** marked by cool, dry summers and wet winters, though the different regions of Monterey County show considerable climatic diversity. The warmest months are July through October, ***** rainiest November and April, and summer months are often foggy, especially early and late in the day, because of the chilly and unchang*****g water temperatures ***** the Pacific *****.

Today, ***** ***** Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS) is a Federally protected marine area offshore of California's central coast and extending from Marin to Cambria, encompassing a shoreline length of 276 miles ***** 5,322 square ***** of ocean. This area supports one of the world's most diverse marine ecosystems, ***** to numerous mammals, seabirds, fishes, invertebrates, and plants. The MBNMS was established for ***** purpose of resource protection, research, education, and public use and is part of a system of 13 N*****tional Marine Sanctuaries administered ***** the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The Central Valley ***** California was originally an extension of the Pacific Ocean and was open to the sea at San *****. The region has been filled with sediment ***** the western slope of the Sierra Nevada. Wrapped around the Central Valley along ***** coast from Santa Barbara to Monterey Bay are *****as of mixed open forests ***** live oaks and pines. The coast from *****