Presidio
The Presidio of San Francisco, part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, is the crown jewel of San Francisco's urban wildlands.
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The Presidio is home to 17 rare and endangered plants, 300 other species of native flora, hundreds of species of birds, reptiles, amphibians, and even 50 species of solitary bees! The Presidio has wondrous remaining natural communities including wetlands, grasslands, creeks, dunes, and oak woodlands. These habitats grow on sand dunes, Colma formation and rocks of the Franciscan formation, including serpentinite, the California State Rock.
The natural resources of the Presidio are co-managed by the Presidio Trust, the National Park Service, and the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy. These agencies collaborate successfully to steward a very complex landscape. But the history, complexity and diversity of the Presidio warrants a very active program of community advocacy for the park's natural areas and precious natural resources.
Nature in the City works with other San Francisco conservation organizations to foster ecological restoration of the Presidio's indigenous natural lands and watersheds. The Presidio Environmental Council (PEC), of which Nature in the City is an active member, is dedicated to working with the agencies to optimize ecological sustainability at this spectacular urban National Park.
The following are high priorities of PEC:
Crissy Field Marsh Expansion - for tidal prism, habitat expansion, and habitat diversification
Doyle Drive Reconstruction - revegetation, stormwater management, wildlife habitat, and overall ecological sustainability
Main Post District - environmental sustainability and historical integrity
Public Health Services Hospital District - environmental remediation, species conservation and wildlife corridors
Tennessee Hollow - PEC advocated for a maximum ecological restoration alternative in the Tennessee Hollow Watershed Restoration EA
See the Presidio Trust for major projects underway.
For Volunteer information visit:
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
Or check out the Nature in the City Calendar.