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Category Archives: Blocks Access
Restricting Access in McLaren Park
Plans are afoot in McLaren Park to close many of the trails people actually enjoy, and substitute a limited number of broad road-type paths. Most park users don’t realize this is going on – not just in McLaren, but all … Continue reading
So Much City, So Little Green
This beautiful aerial view of San Francisco, taken by Fiona Fay and used here with permission, shows just how important our urban forests are. At just 13.7% cover, San Francisco has amongst the smallest tree canopy of any major city. … Continue reading
Before and After in the “Natural” Areas
Satire… for when truth is so strange that most people don’t believe it
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Disturbing Story of the Mt Davidson Bench
Here’s the story of the Mount Davidson Eagle Scout bench, from its sudden removal by the Natural Areas Program, to the silly lie included in the Environmental Impact Report on the Natural Resource Areas Management Plan. The Natural Area Program’s … Continue reading
Hands Off Mt Davidson’s Forest – Take it Away from NAP
San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department’s Natural Areas Program (NAP) plans to remove 1/3 (10 acres) of the mature and healthy forest on Mount Davidson. We think the 30-acre forested area of the mountain should be removed from NAP’s control … Continue reading
Posted in "Natural" Areas Program, Applies Pesticides, Blocks Access, Fells Trees, Ruins Habitat, Wastes Money
Tagged Mt Davidson, NAP, SNRAMP
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San Francisco’s RPD is Closing 31% of Our Parkland in “Natural Areas”
[This article has been updated 7/21/2016 to include more recent pictures. The text has been slightly edited.] The San Francisco Forest Alliance opposes the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department (SFRPD)’s Natural Areas Program (NAP) for several reasons: Destruction of … Continue reading
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Tagged Natural Areas Program (NAP), SFRPD, Trail closures
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McLaren Park walk: Looking at the Future, Minus 800 Trees
[Apologies: Some glitch on the website caused Draft versions of this post to be published. Please ignore the earlier posts.] On a Saturday in late August 2015, the San Francisco Forest Alliance organized a walk in John McLaren Park – … Continue reading
Posted in "Natural" Areas Program, Applies Pesticides, Blocks Access, Fells Trees
Tagged McLaren Park
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Signs of Annoyance – Natural Areas Program
Recently, the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department (SFRPD) spent an estimated half-million dollars on signage, most of which listed various Don’ts (though ironically, they start with “San Francisco Recreation & Parks Welcomes You”). All our parks and open spaces … Continue reading
Posted in "Natural" Areas Program, Applies Pesticides, Blocks Access, Wastes Money
Tagged access, environment, Glyphosate, Toxic, wildlife
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Excluded Bike Riders Volunteered Thousands of Hours
Tom Borden, a bike rider who has been active with various recreational bicycle organizations in San Francisco contacted us some weeks ago. A rash of new restrictive signage has gone up all over the parks of San Francisco, particularly Natural … Continue reading
Glen Canyon with Stairs and Coyote
This is one of our “park visitor” series – first person accounts of our parks, published with permission. It was dusk when I climbed down into Glen Canyon from the Christopher Playground. It’s been some months since I visited it … Continue reading
Restricting Access to San Francisco’s Parks
Access to our parks and especially our Natural Areas is one of our key concerns with the Natural Areas Program – and the values that underlie it, now being spread to all open lands. (Click here for our article on … Continue reading
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Tagged environment, Natural Areas Program, SF Natural Areas, SNRAMP
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Fighting The NAP Nativist Agenda
Once in a while, we want to affirm the values that San Francisco Forest Alliance stands for. We’re a grass-roots organization of people who love nature and the environment, pay taxes responsibly, and want access to our parks and wild … Continue reading
Improvements to the Glen Canyon Park Playground?
Last month we reported on the status of the Glen Canyon Park Playground Improvements. We mentioned the new playground and that it will not be the same as it was:- a steep staircase to the slide and bushes that were … Continue reading
Help us save the urban forests in our San Francisco Parks
We must save the urban forests in our San Francisco Parks; Sign now, help stop NAP: http://t.co/QQH0tsjlVE #sf #sanfrancisco #mayoredlee — SF Forest Alliance (@SForestAlliance) March 6, 2014
Glen Canyon Park: One Year after Start of Tree Destruction
The Glen Canyon Playground and Tennis Court Project – as the city is calling this – is nearly completed. In February or March 2014 there will be great fanfare at the completion of this project. Video update to the Glen … Continue reading
Glen Canyon Park: Nine Months after Tree Destruction
Video update to the Glen Canyon Park tree demolition project San Francisco’s Wreck and Park Department is now calling this “The Glen Canyon Playground and Tennis Court Project“. This is only a continuation of the mis-information that have been provided … Continue reading
Long Lost Manzanita Brings Newfound Problems (Westside Observer re-post)
Editor Notes: This is a reposting of an important story about the plan to reintroduce Franciscan manzanita into City park land – and now also private property along Marietta Drive in the Miraloma Park neighborhood. We also want to refer … Continue reading
Update – “Unsuitable” tree removals on Creekside Trail, Glen Canyon Park
On October 24th we reported the planned tree removals along the Creekside Trial (west side of Islais Creek) in Glen Canyon. We are now submitting aftermath photos: the conditions now, after the Glen Canyon Trails project “tree work”. Background: HORT … Continue reading
Endangered Manzanita – Reopened Comments until July 29, 2013
US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has reopened the comment period for its designation of “critical habitat” for an endangered manzanita. [You can find the Notification HERE] This designation will likely mean significant access restrictions and possibly other unfortunate effects … Continue reading
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Tagged Habitat destruction, Natural Areas Program
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Franciscan manzanita is now an endangered species
Last week US Fish & Wildlife announced that Franciscan manzanita is now an endangered species. In 2009 the single plant known to exist in the wild was discovered during the reconstruction of Doyle Drive. It was transplanted to an undisclosed … Continue reading
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