Dotson Family Marsh

It was/is located between the bay and Parchester Village,[3] a post-WW II master planned community that was the first in the state to sell to African Americans.

During the 1970s he had much of the wetlands illegally destroyed, with the intention of building a private general aviation airport, to be called Breuner Field.

[3] However community and political opposition prohibited it,[9] and the small model plane airfield was the largest he could build, and some of the mixed wetlands—grasslands still remained.

[14] Breuner Marsh was purchased in 2000 by Bay Area Wetlands LLC, a company that planned on selling the land to the highest bidding developer.

[3] Development was also fought by the Sierra Club and the North Richmond Shoreline Open Space Alliance,[3] and by Gayle McLaughlin and the East Bay Regional Parks District.

[3][8] Bay Area Wetlands LLC at one point wanted to build "Edgewater Technology Park" but were rebuffed by Parchester residents.

[15] A lawsuit was filed against the property owners to protect the open space, and the court's preliminary judgment was reached on March 28, 2008.

[16] The East Bay Regional Park District purchased a large portion of the historic Breuner Marsh in May 2008 for $8,830,155.