Cypress Grove Research Center

Audubon Canyon Ranch has a developing research facility on the east shore of Tomales Bay called Cypress Grove Research Center. Through Cypress Grove Research Center, ACR studies wintering shorebirds, monitors waterbirds on Tomales Bay, investigates processes for restoration of coastal marshes, tracks the reproductive performance of heron and egret colonies throughout the northern San Francisco Bay Area, and analyzes behaviors of Common Ravens. ACR owns and protects almost 500 acres of important and diverse lands on Tomales Bay.

Audubon Canyon Ranch developed the Cypress Grove Research Center as a headquarters for its research and natural resource management programs, and to promote Tomales Bay as a valuable system for ecological study. The Tomales Bay estuary offers extraordinary opportunities for conservation biology, because of its simple shape, intermediate size, biological richness, and undisturbed quality relative to the nearby San Francisco estuary.

Cypress Grove Research Center does not offer public access except during community events, workshops or seminars. Disabled access is provided.