Months along into restoration project, Pacheco Marsh is starting to thrive

SINCE THE LEVEES to Suisun Bay were breached nearly six months ago, the landscape of Pacheco Marsh has changed dramatically.

It’s closer to being a waterscape now, with the 5.32 miles of channels cut by earthmovers last year now full of Bay water, flowing upstream or down, depending on the tide. Ribbons of yellow wildflowers — dotted with orange poppies — wind through the marsh.