Seal Beach, California

Seal Beach is a city in Orange County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 24,157. The City was incorporated on 25 October, 1915.

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Seal Beach includes the Leisure World retirement gated community with roughly 9,000 residents. This was the first major planned retirement community of its type in the U.S. The small gated community of Surfside Colony southwest of the Weapons Station is also part of Seal Beach.

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Leisure World - Gated community - Planned

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The United States Navy's Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach was originally developed during World War II for loading, unloading, and storing of ammunition for the Pacific Fleet, and especially those US Navy warships home-ported in Long Beach. With closure of the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, the Weapons Station has become more involved in the research and development of missiles, torpedoes and conventional ammunition. Although the US Navy declines to comment on the issue, the common rumor is that nuclear weapons have been among the munitions stored in the bunkers on the base.

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United States Navy's - Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach - World War II - Pacific Fleet - Long Beach - Long Beach Naval Shipyard - Missile - Torpedo - Ammunition

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The Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge is located on part of the Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach. Much of the refuge's 911 acres are the remnant of the saltwater marsh in the Anaheim Bay estuary (the rest of the marsh became the bayside community of Huntington Harbour, which is part of Huntington Beach). Three endangered species, the light-footed Clapper Rail, the California Least Tern, and the Belding's Savannah Sparrow, can be found nesting in the refuge. With the loss and degradation of coastal wetlands in California, the remaining habitat, including the Bolsa Chica Lagoon in Huntington Beach and Upper Newport Bay in Newport Beach, has become much more important for migrating and wintering shorebirds, waterfowl, and seabirds. Although the refuge is a great place for birdwatching, because it is part of the weapons station access is limited and usually restricted to once-a-month tours.

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National Wildlife Refuge - Marsh - Estuary - Huntington Beach - Clapper Rail - Least Tern - Savannah Sparrow - Bolsa Chica - Newport Beach

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