The Richardson Bay Regional Agency (RBRA) recently celebrated the launch of a new Eelgrass Protection Zone. This is an area of water that will be off-limits to marine craft anchoring, in order to restore and protect eelgrass, which is critical to the health of the bay. “Eelgrass acts as the foundation for so much of what we love about the bay — from supporting herring runs and thousands of migratory birds, to helping ward off the impacts of climate change,” says U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman.