Tolay Lake is a shallow freshwater lake in southern Sonoma County, California, United States.[1] The lake, nestled within the southern vestiges of the Sonoma Mountains, is the site of significant Native American prehistoric seasonal settlement. In 2005, Sonoma County acquired the entirety of the lake and virtually its whole drainage basin from the Cardoza family for the sum of $18 million; the county's intention is to utilize the property as Tolay Lake Regional Park for ecological and archaeological preservation, as well as public use and enjoyment.[2] Tolay Lake and its immediate drainage area is home to several nesting pairs of golden eagles, Aquila chrysaetos,[3] and a number of rare, threatened or endangered species including the California red-legged frog, Rana draytonii; Western pond turtle, Actinemys marmorata; and Western burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia.
Tolay Lake was initially altered about 1850 by European settlers who dynamited a natural earth dam on the lake's south side, in order to enable more intensive agricultural cultivation and grazing of the basin; at times thereafter, the lake typically became almost dry in the summer months, when rainfall in this region is at its seasonal nadir. Another modern alteration is the construction of an east–west earthen causeway that effectively bisects the lake, impeding thorough water circulation and fragmenting plant and animal colonies of the lake.
^United States Geological Survey, Sears Point, California 7.5 minute quadrangle, U.S. government Printing Office, Washington DC
^Sonoma County Agricultural and Open Space Agency: Acquisition of Tolay Lake Ranch
^Christine Sculati, News From the Conservation Community and the Natural World, Bay Nature, January-March, 2005
TolayLake is a shallow freshwater lake in southern Sonoma County, California, United States. The lake, nestled within the southern vestiges of the Sonoma...
BP–6300 BP) in the Clear Lake Basin. Over a thousand prehistoric charmstones and numerous arrowheads have been unearthed at TolayLake, southern Sonoma County...
southernmost peak of the Sonoma Mountains and forms the southwestern ridge above TolayLake. Starting with European settlement of this area in the mid-19th century...
flows through Tolay Lake and ends in north San Pablo Bay. The Alaguali were a Coast Miwok community of northern San Pablo Bay in the Tolay Creek region. Alaguali...
2004. TolayLake Park: Natural and Cultural History Archived 2008-04-03 at the Wayback Machine, County of Sonoma Regional Parks Department: TolayLake Regional...
ucjeps.berkeley.edu. "Grass Manual Treatment". herbarium.usu.edu/. "TolayLake Park: Natural and Cultural History". Archived from the original on April...
lakes, reservoirs, and dry lakes in the U.S. state of California. In terms of area covered, the largest lake in California is the Salton Sea, a lake formed...
Creek Reservoir (232564) Lake Sonoma (234892) Lake Suttonfield (253226) TolayLake Toole Pond (236463) Vineyard Lake (1657224) Lakes portal San Francisco...
turn east toward Sonoma, crossing the Sonoma Mountains directly north of TolayLake and descending into the Sonoma Valley. In Sonoma, SR 116 runs along Arnold...
in Season 1 Episode 3 The Fast and the Curious Napa Sonoma Marsh Tolay Creek TolayLake "Contact us". Archived from the original on 13 February 2014. Retrieved...
route begins at SR 37 in Sears Point, and then runs past the TolayLake basin and across Tolay Creek near Infineon Raceway. As it continues northward through...
study for the construction of a water resources development project at TolayLake, California. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to complete construction...
Regional Park Kawana Terrace, Santa Rosa, California 1,100 acres (450 ha) TolayLake Regional Park Cannon Lane, Petaluma, California 1,769 acres (716 ha) Tom...
fed by Sonoma Creek (which drains the Sonoma Valley), Tolay Creek (originating in the TolayLake basin), and the Napa River (which drains the Napa Valley)...
sa anang ing-alinan, indi enged maka-abot sa anang papakonan. Ibanag I tolay nga ari mallipay ta naggafuananna, ari makadde ta angayanna. Ilokano Ti...
tadday dua tallu appa' lima tolay balay kitu niuk aggaw bagu sittam anni afi Gaddang antet addwa tallo appat lima tolay balay atu ayog aw bawu ikkanetam...
expressway in a more easterly, then southeasterly, direction as it crosses Tolay Creek and proceeds through the Napa Sonoma Marsh at the northern edge of...
sites in Cortaillod include postholes, burials, hearths and pottery at Tolay, in Champ Barrett, Rochettes in Chanélaz and at Tilles as well as a number...
northern shore of San Pablo Bay, from the mouth of the Petaluma River, to Tolay Creek, Sonoma Creek, and ending at Mare Island. The refuge encompasses the...
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featured movement of lumber and cattle hides. At this time land west of Lake Merritt Slough consisted of undeveloped marshlands. In 1853 the first dredging...
Creek (234217) Capri Creek Lichau Creek (234157) Willow Brook (269133) Tolay Creek (236414) Sonoma Creek (234882) Napa Slough (229414) East Branch (222851)...
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Corte Madera Arroyo Corte Madera del Presidio San Rafael Miller Novato Tolay San Francisquito Pacheco Alhambra Adobe Rodeo Refugio Pinole Garrity Rheem...
Corte Madera Arroyo Corte Madera del Presidio San Rafael Miller Novato Tolay San Francisquito Pacheco Alhambra Adobe Rodeo Refugio Pinole Garrity Rheem...
Corte Madera Arroyo Corte Madera del Presidio San Rafael Miller Novato Tolay San Francisquito Pacheco Alhambra Adobe Rodeo Refugio Pinole Garrity Rheem...
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