By PAUL ROGERS | Palo Alto Daily News, Calif. | Published: December 11, 2020 PALO ALTO, Calif. (Tribune News Service) For decades, the area was covered with asphalt, railroad tracks and warehouses as part of an Army base. But now a new project is transforming the landscape back to wetlands, creeks and trails for birds, fish, crabs and other wildlife and for outdoor lovers. Marking the most recent step forward in the decades-long effort to turn back the clock along San Francisco s waterfront to a more natural state not seen since the 1800s, planners on Friday are unveiling a new $23 million wetlands restoration project at the Presidio. The project has converted seven acres next to Crissy Field in an area adjacent to Presidio Parkway called Quartermaster Reach.