Land trust raises millions for Pacheco Marsh restoration project

A fundraising campaign is underway for a salt marsh restoration effort near Martinez that a preservation group sees as an educational opportunity to help improve the ecology of the Contra Costa County shoreline.

The John Muir Land Trust, a Martinez-based nonprofit that acquires and oversees open spaces, ranch lands and shorelines in Contra Costa and Alameda counties, has in hand about $4 million of the $5 million it needs for work on the Pacheco Marsh Public Access and Recreation Project.