The Marin Audubon Society has completed its purchase of two parcels spanning 323 acres in unincorporated Novato.
The nonprofit bought the diked bayland properties on Thursday, following through on a purchase agreement it signed last year. The group worked in partnership with Marin Baylands Advocates on the acquisition.
“We’re thrilled to be able to do this,” said Barbara Salzman, president of the Marin Audubon Society. “It’s just a wonderful opportunity, and it really is on the Marin side, the last piece to make a continuous boundary of wetlands all along the Petaluma River and the land between the river and marshes.”…