Strawberry Lagoon

Strawberry Lagoon is an inlet within Richardson Bay, Marin County, California, United States.

Pressures of urban development at Strawberry Point along with increases in small boat traffic have diminished the use of this lagoon for seal haul out, noted as early as 1990.

Typically Harbor seals in California do not congregate in haul outs in numbers exceeding 100.

An Earth Metrics Inc. study of 1990 provided for more protection of the seals by constructing an earthen berm on the southern part of Sanctuary Island and landscaping this area with shrubby native grasses to provide enhanced privacy for the Harbor seals.

(U.S. Congress, 1972) The higher ground above the lagoon is dominated by Ring Mountain, the location of certain extant Native American petroglyphs and a considerable diversity of native flora, including several rare and endangered species.