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Tag Archives: Significant Natural Resource Areas Management Plan
Mt Davidson: Tree Destruction Imminent?
There’s a lot of activity at the Juanita entrance of Mt Davidson, and neighbors fear the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department (SFRPD) is rushing through its tree-felling program. At a time when we need trees more than ever to … Continue reading
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
Rally for Trees & Against Pesticides in Our Parks! Feb 28, 2017
Rally for Trees & Against Pesticides in Our Parks! Join Our City and San Francisco Forest Alliance to demand that the San Francisco Board of Supervisors vote to reject the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) that allows the Recreation and Park … Continue reading
San Francisco Forest Alliance Appeals to Board of Supervisors
Our supporters are aware that we intended to file an appeal when the Planning Commission certified the deeply-flawed Environmental Impact Report on the “Significant Natural Resource Areas Management Plan.” Here’s our letter: (Then it continues into details of the failings … Continue reading
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
Ten Reasons Why the Environmental Impact Report for Natural Areas is Flawed
After many years, millions of dollars, and a changing cast of consultants, the final Environmental Impact Report for the Natural Areas Management Plan has emerged. It’s deeply flawed. (This is the Plan known as the Significant Natural Resource Areas Management … Continue reading
Ten Reasons to Oppose the Natural Areas “Project”
The San Francisco Recreation and Parks Commission (SFRPC) is planning to approve the Significant Natural Resource Areas Management Plan (here called the Project) on December 15, 2016. This will happen if the Planning Commission certifies the Environment Impact Report, which … Continue reading
Felling Trees Will Harm Rare Frogs in Sharp Park
The Natural Resources Department (NRD -formerly called the Natural Areas Program) is planning to cut down more than 15,000 trees in Pacifica’s Sharp Park, mostly on hillsides east of Highway 1. This is supposed to benefit the two species that … Continue reading
Better Parks for People Who Need Them, 2: Improving the Equity Metrics
This article expresses further concerns about the Equity Metrics developed by San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department (SFRPD). The first article is here: The Proposed”Anti-Equity Metrics”. Proposition B provides SFRPD with set-aside funds for the next 30 years. It also … Continue reading
What’s Wrong With Proposition B? (San Francisco Rec & Parks Slush Fund)
[Edited to Add on 26th April 2016: The website of opponents to Prop B keeps a running tally of groups opposing the Proposition. HERE is the link: http://www.sfvotenopropositionb.info/ ] The San Francisco Forest Alliance opposes Proposition B. Initially, Proposition B, Supervisor … Continue reading
A Rare Walk in Idyllic Threatened Forest – Sharp Park, Pacifica
Recently, the San Francisco Forest Alliance organized a walk in Sharp Park for a small group of supporters. Not on the familiar historic golf course; this was on the freeway’s other side, in the woods around the San Francisco Archery … Continue reading
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
Ecological Communities and Time – Dr Arthur Shapiro, March 24 noon, Commonwealth Club
Earlier, we alerted you to a series of lectures that may provide thought leadership important thought leadership that could shift the way San Francisco manages its wild spaces. It’s the Science of Conservation and Biodiversity in the 21st Century series, from … Continue reading
California Invasive Plant Council: Remove Blue Gum Eucalyptus from the List of Invasive Plants
This is a guest post, republished from Death of a Million Trees: 2013 Progress Report | Death of a Million Trees 2013 PROGRESS REPORT from ‘Death of a Million Trees‘ As we approach the end of the year, let’s review … Continue reading
Why UC Berkeley’s Prof. McBride Wants to Save Mt Davidson
We’re very concerned about the SF Rec & Park plans, under the Natural Areas Program, to fell 1600 trees on Mount Davidson. We were pleased to learn of a letter Professor Joe McBride wrote to Phil Ginsburg, General Manager of … Continue reading
Natural Area Program’s Pretty Propaganda – and Some Truth-Telling
The Natural Areas Program’s response to its critics is a very pretty piece of propaganda: This Youtube Video. Please do watch it, it’s under five minutes of lovely images and soothing voice-over. … Only… it’s remarkably misleading. The “biodiversity hotspot”? … Continue reading
Glen Canyon: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
In recent weeks, neighbors and the San Francisco Forest Alliance have all faced growing confusion about what exactly was happening with Glen Canyon’s trees. Recently, the Glen Park News published an article that in our opinion only compounded the confusion … Continue reading
More on Glen Canyon’s Tree Loss: ACTION ALERT
A couple of days ago, we’d posted some estimates of how many trees Glen Canyon might lose over the next couple of years. It’s a large number and a vague one. We think the number is upwards of 400 trees. … Continue reading
West of Twin Peaks Central Council opposes Natural Areas Program, Part 4: Poor Public Process
This article is Part 4 of the West of Twin Peaks Central Council (WTPCC) letter opposing the Natural Areas Program (NAP). Emphasis has been added. Part 1 is HERE (Opposing the Natural Areas Plan) Part 2 is HERE (Trees and … Continue reading
West of Twin Peaks Central Council opposes Natural Areas Program, Part 3: Park Access, Habitat & Wildlife
This article is Part 3 of the West of Twin Peaks Central Council (WTPCC) letter opposing the Natural Areas Program (NAP). Emphasis has been added. Part 1 is HERE (Opposing the Natural Areas Plan) Part 2 in HERE (Trees and … Continue reading
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