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Restoration crew at Palou-Phelps last week - photo Phillip Gerrie |
Palou-Phelps Natural Area in Hunter’s Point is under acute threat. Lots have been proposed for development in this beautiful open space, which is currently part of the California Native Plant Society's schedule of habitat restoration sites. Stay tuned for further updates, and volunteer with CNPS to help save these rich natural areas!
This week's workparty:
Laguna Honda Reservoir
12 - 3 pm
meet off 7th Ave between Lawton and the reservoir gate
Twin Peaks Habitat Restoration
San Francisco Weed Management Area (SFWMA) Removes Invasive Weeds from Endangered Species Habitat
Update from Mark Heath, January 18:
"Last week we started the first, rough phase of vegetation removal. The French broom was cut and mulched along Burnett. Cape ivy containment line created on the upper slopes near the Water Dept land. Isolated Cotoneaster were cut and mulched throughout the park, and the English ivy near Twin Peaks Blvd was scraped away and taken to the City dump. Most of the current projects all need hand detail work to finish up. We’ll be back when the cool weather returns."
The SFWMA is finally spending CDFA funds to manage priority weed infestations in San Francisco county. Click here to find out more about the SFWMA.
Bayview-Hunters Point Update
Nature in the City has been participating in discussions lead by ArcEcology around the environmental issues surrounding the Bayview/Hunters Point and Candlestick redevelopment. ArcEcology has produced an impressive draft of development alternatives to the current Lennar/City redevelopment plan.
The SF Chronicle recently published an article about ArcEcology's alternatives.
Please consider attending the Commission on the Environment meeting TONIGHT and the Joint BVHP Project Area Committee/Citizen Advisory Committee meeting on Urban Design Plan tomorrow night at the South East Community Facility.
You can get general information for Hunters Point Shipyard meetings from the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency.
Garden for the Birds
As reported in our last newsletter, the Sangati Center & Mission Greenbelt teamed up to bring you a sidewalk garden at 22nd & Shotwell - the Mission Greenbelt Garden for the Birds.
Here are some photos of the event and the beautiful garden that was created!
Photos courtesy of Amber Hasselbring
NTC TALK: Lake Merced
Wednesday, January 28 - 7:30 pmCounterPULSE
The largest coastal lagoon between Point Reyes and Pescadero, Lake Merced is an incomparable natural resource for San Francisco. The SFPUC owns the land and water and has undertaken a community watershed planning process in order to articulate a bold vision for the future of the lake and its environs.
Learn about proposals for the lake such as ecological habitat restoration, preserves, and recreation.
Dan Murphy (GGAS), David Behar (SFPUC) & 3rd panelist TBA.
Coming up next month:
Bees in the City
February 25
Phillip Gerrie (SF Beekeepers Association; Noe Valley Apiaries), K. Ruby (Institute for Urban Homesteading), Gordon Frankie, and Alemany Farm
From sfSWAle:
"TONIGHT the Commission on the Environment will be electing its President. Our friend Jane Martin - a tireless advocate of smart stormwater management and its centrality in greening our city - has been suggested as a candidate and I'd like to ask you all to come out and support her."
Margaret Goodale, Randall Museum Science Educator, is retiring at the end of this week.
An amazing naturalist, Margaret has worked at the museum for many years. In addition to many extraordinary science education programs and events, Margaret hosted the biennial San Francisco Ecological Restoration Conference.
Thanks!
Our donors were extremely gracious this past year and deserve our wholehearted thanks, especially during these rough economic times. Over 40% of you donated $100 or more, helping us raise $32,000 in member donations last year- thank you for all your support!
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Wednesday January 28
Alcatraz Gardens
Presidio Park Stewards
@ Baker Beach
California Native Plant Society
@ Laguna Honda Reservoir
Redwood Creek @ Muir Woods
Presidio Nursery
Thursday January 29
Crissy Field Landscape
Lands End Stewards
Friday January 30
Alcatraz Gardens
Presidio Plant Patrol
@ Wherry Corridor
Saturday January 31
Area A Landscape & Maintenance
Presidio Park Stewards
@ Viewshed Extension
Redwood Creek @ Muir Woods
Lands End Stewards
Presidio Nursery
Sunday February 1
Ocean Beach Cleanup
For more information, contact info, and directions to natural areas go to the Community Calendar on the Nature in the City website.
EcoCenter on the Chopping Block!
SF Gate
California's fiscal crisis has derailed 4,000 conservation projects across the state, from restoration of tidal marshes on San Francisco Bay to expansion of the coastal trail, and threatens major land acquisitions on the Sonoma, Big Sur and Mendocino coasts, state officials say...
Literacy for Environmental Justice, a small nonprofit organization, is preparing to pull the plug on construction of a $1.2 million EcoCenter at Heron's Head Park in Hunters Point after a decade of trying to get grants and permits to build a green building to educate 1,000 public school students about the environment each year.
Read the full article for more information.
Frog Alert!
Forwarded from steering committee member, Josiah Clark:
"This morning I was delighted to hear a single tree frog
calling in the garden in Visitacion Valley School. This frog
was from one of the ponds that Kids in Parks created for the
frogs tadpoles last year. Soon I heard a second respond from
across the parking lot. Later in the afternoon with Jeff's
class there must have been five or six calling in the
garden! - Alan"
More Golf in Pacifica?
From Brent Plater, January 15:
"There is a development idea for more golf, among other things, south of Mori Point. I think the support for Sharp Park Golf Course from the Pacifica City Council is tied to the development proposals for the quarry: the Council's preferred plan for raising tax revenues for the city's depleted coffers is to develop the quarry and lure seniors, travelers, home-buyers, etc. with a golf 'asset' near by.
Pacificans: contact your public officials and tell them there is already too much golf in Pacifica, and we need to Restore Sharp Park!"
San Francisco's Islais Creek
SF Gate
Even when you banish a creek from view, it has a way of making its presence known.
San Francisco's Islais Creek is mostly out of sight - running through an underground culvert except for a stretch in Glen Park and its bay outfall at Third Street. That's the creek that runs under Balboa High School, where it occasionally floods the cafeteria, and the Alemany Housing Project..
Check it out right now at www.foundsf.org!
Tree Frog Treks Play Night
EVERY Saturday Night at Tree Frog Treks
Ages 4 and up
2114 Hayes Street
5:30 – 9 pm
$45 first child / $25 sibling
Check out the TFT website for more information, dates, activities, and online registration.