Dam broken to restore Calif. wetlands

August 25, 2006 Dam broken to restore Calif. wetlands (AP)

People watch as the last barrier of sand from a large berm is washed away Thursday, Aug. 24, 2006, allowing seawater to flood the Bolsa Chica wetlands for the first time in a century. The tidal flow, which will seep across 367 acres of wetlands twice a day, will restore a living habitat that will sustain plants and fish and attract more migratory birds, serving as a major wildlife sanctuary. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

(AP) -- The ocean flowed into historic wetlands Thursday for the first time in more than a century after bulldozers peeled back the last layer of an earthen dam.



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