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Nature in the City News
Green Hairstreak Planting A Success!
On Sunday, February 8, Liam O'Brien led the third planting workparty for the Green Hairstreak Corridor Project - this time at the Aerial Staircase.All of the plants that we have been growing here at Nature in the City are now in the ground - including Coastal Buckwheat, Seaside Daisy and other native dune species. We would like to thank everyone who participated, especially Barbara Kobayashi and Alane Bowling for their leadership and volunteer recruitment efforts, Matt Zlatunich for growing dozens of native plants in his beautiful Richmond backyard, and the San Francisco Parks Trust.
Nature in the City Needs a Grantwriter!
If you have a background in grantwriting, and have some spare time on your hands, we really need you! We are looking for a volunteer grantwriter to help us get the funding we need to continue all the wonderful things we do for San Francisco and its people & wildlife.
Please forward this on to anyone you think may be interested! If you are succesful you will be compensated for your work.
Give us a call at 415-564-4107 or send an e-mail to steward@natureinthecity.org if you would like to lend us your expertise.
Finish Planting the New Year!
with the SFRPD Natural Areas Program
Join your neighbors and the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department for habitat planting at McLaren Park -including the Yosemite Marsh Restoration - on Saturday, February 14! Click here for more information.
This year has been inordinately dry - according to the National Weather Service, San Francisco has only reached 0.69" at a time when the norm is almost 4.5"- but February seems to be picking up a bit. Get out there and finish the season of planting while there is still some moisture left in the air!
YBI Habitat Management Plan Update
"The Yerba Buena Island Habitat Management Plan (HMP) is being prepared now in order to be closely coordinated with the redevelopment planning and analyzed as a project component in the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the proposed Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island Redevelopment Plan.
The Draft HMP is expected to be presented and distributed for public comment in April 2009, and the Final HMP Plan is expected to be complete by June 2009. In the interim, please refer to the Development Plan and Term Sheet for the Redevelopment of Naval Station Treasure Island on the website.
All information regarding the Habitat Management Plan will be posted on the Treasure Island Development Authority website."
For more information about Yerba Buena Island and the role of Nature in the City click here.
Open Space Community Workshops
Go and advocate for natural areas and biodiversity conservation and restoration! Public input will inform the creation of an Open Space Framework for San Francisco.
Visit the Open Space 2100 website for the full calendar.
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Wednesday February 11
Alcatraz Gardens
Presidio Park Stewards
@ Inspiration Point
Redwood Creek
California Native Plant Society
@ Lake Merced
Presidio Nursery
Thursday February 12
Crissy Field Landscape
Lands End Stewards
Friday February 13
Alcatraz Gardens
Presidio Plant Patrol
@ Wherry Corridor
Saturday February 14
Quail on the Presidio
Heron's Head Marsh
Area A Landscape & Maintenance
Presidio Park Stewards
@ Presidio Hills
Fort Funston
Oak Woodlands
Lands End Stewards
Presidio Nursery
Friends of McLaren Park
Colma Creek
Redwood Creek
Friends of Edgehill Mountain
Sunday February 15
Ocean Beach Cleanup
Bernal Hill Native Grasslands
San Bruno Mountain
For more information, contact info, and directions to natural areas go to the Community Calendar on the Nature in the City website.
Tell Your Senators TODAY to Oppose the Coburn Amendment!
"Yesterday, Senator Coburn (R-OK) introduced an amendment to the economic stimulus package that prohibits funding from the bill to be used for community parks. Specifically the amendment states that "no funds in the bill can be used for any casino or other gambling establishment, aquarium, zoo, golf course, swimming pool, stadium, community park, museum, theater, art center, and highway beautification project."
We all know what an asset our neighborhood parks are to our communities--park funding is especially crucial at this moment because more and more people will be taking advantage of public recreation opportunities during these tough economic times.
Write your senators TODAY and urge them to oppose this amendment. Visit the SF Neighborhood Parks Coalition website for more information. "
UC Berkeley's Eucalyptus Removal and Restoration Plan Stalled!
"Pity anyone who tries to chop down a tree in Berkeley.
UC Berkeley has been haggling for four years with the federal government over a $5 million grant to remove eucalyptus, pine and acacia trees from the Berkeley and Oakland hills to reduce the threat of wildfire.
But a [singular] neighborhood group has stalled and possibly blocked the project, fearing it will leave the East Bay hills resembling a clear-cut moonscape."
Read the full article on SFGate.com.
New Film:
American Coyote — Still Wild at Heart
"Project Coyote - in partnership with Still Wild at Heart - is excited to announce the launch of a new documentary, American Coyote — Still Wild at Heart. This compelling thirty minute film produced by San-Francisco based filmmaker, Melissa Peabody, is a virtual case study of the coyote’s natural range expansion continent wide. While the film unfolds with the return of coyotes to the San Francisco Bay area, it pursues the coyote’s story across the North American landscape —from Northern California to New York City's Central Park to Chicago, and points in between."
"Golden Lands, Golden Opportunity" Aggressive Report Would Preserve Remaining Bay Area Open Space
"Thousands of acres in the Bay Area - from redwood forests in Sonoma County to orchards in Contra Costa and a large section of open space on San Francisco's waterfront - should be protected from development, according to a report released Tuesday.
The areas are included in the first comprehensive list of woodlands, trails, orchards, watersheds and parks that more than 100 land-use experts decided should be part of a regionwide green corridor with space for wildlife, human recreation and agriculture."
Nature in the City and other local conservationists provided viable input for the San Francisco section of "Golden Lands, Golden Opportunities."
Read the full article on SFGate.com.
Update on WildCare's Work to Save the Woodpeckers
"Despite the efforts of WildCare and other wildlife experts to bring a humane solution to the Rossmoor senior adult community's problems with Acorn Woodpeckers, their Homeowner's Association voted 3 to 2 to go forward with the planned sharpshooting of fifty of the birds.
WildCare's next step is to get the sharpshooting permit revoked!"