Conservation
The salt marsh harvest mouse has been forced out of much of its habitat by extensive development of bayside marshland. Pollution, boat activity, commercial salt harvesting; moreover, decrease in native plant material has also reduced the species' numbers. It has been on the endangered lists since the 1970s, and has protected habitat within numerous Bay Area wildlife refuges. Individual political jurisdictions have conducted research and established habitat protection strategies to protect the salt marsh harvest mouse. For example, the city of San Rafael, California has established a shoreline setback standard to prevent any land development within fifty feet of the shoreline; this measure has been applied to several specific land developments along the San Francisco Bay shoreline.
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