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Tag Archives: SNRAMP
Dec 15th: Joint Meeting of Planning Commission and Rec&Parks Commission
Edited to Add: Unfortunately, the Environmental Impact Report was certified despite its many flaws; and the Significant Natural Resources Areas Management Plan (SNRAMP – “sin-ramp”) was approved. Our thanks to all the people who came to the meeting and spoke. … Continue reading
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Tagged EIR, meeting, Planning Commission, SF Natural Areas, SNRAMP
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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
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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You can Read Draft of EIR Comment Responses Here
As readers of this website will know, the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) on the Significant Natural Resource Areas Management Plan (SNRAMP – “Sin-ramp”) is still in process. The Planning Department received hundreds of comments, and the EIR can only be … 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
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
Posted in "Natural" Areas Program, Blocks Access
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
NAP Plan Paperwork Costs Over $2 Million – Not Including Implementation
San Francisco’s Recreation and Parks Commission just voted to allocate $237 thousand from the Open Space Contingency Reserve to hire a new consultant. Its job will be just to respond to the approximately 450 comments on the Draft Environmental Impact … Continue reading
Posted in "Natural" Areas Program, Wastes Money
Tagged environment, Natural Areas Program, SNRAMP
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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
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
West of Twin Peaks Central Council opposes Natural Areas Program, Part 2: Trees and Pesticides
This article continues the West of Twin Peaks Central Council (WTPCC) letter opposing the Natural Areas Program (NAP). Emphasis has been added. Click here for the beginning of the letter. Click here for Part 3, Park Access and Habitat & … Continue reading
“Rethink Support for Natural Areas Program” – West of Twin Peaks Central Council letter Part 1
In May 2012, the West of Twin Peaks Central Council (WTPCC) passed a resolution to write a letter opposing the Natural Areas Program (NAP). We will (with permission) be serializing that letter, which was sent last month to the San … Continue reading
Mt Davidson Chirps: The Pink Umbrella
We received this letter recently from a foggy-day visitor to Mount Davidson. It’s published with permission. After many visits to Mt Davidson, I’m still amazed at how it rains inside the forest even on some sunny days, and creeks run … Continue reading
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Tagged forest, Mount Davidson, Mt Davidson, Natural Areas Program, SNRAMP, trees
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Natural Areas Plan: SFFA comments on the DEIR (Pt 7: False “Fire Hazard” Assumptions)
One of the most problematic assumptions in the Significant Natural Resource Area Managment Plan (SNRAMP – Sin-ramp) is that the eucalyptus forests are a fire hazard, and that thinning/ felling them, removing the existing understory, and substituting native plants will … Continue reading
Natural Areas Plan: SFFA comments on the DEIR (Pt 6: Flawed Process)
Whatever one thinks of the Significant Natural Resource Areas Management Program (SNRAMP, Sin-ramp) – and this website has documented what we do think about it – it’s important that the public is kept informed. They should be able to know … Continue reading
Natural Areas Plan: SFFA comments on the DEIR (Pt 5: Supporting the “Maintenance Alternative”)
In the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) on the Significant Natural Resource Areas Management Plan (SNRAMP), considered 4 alternatives to the SNRAMP: (1) No Project – which would mean NAP would continue doing what they planned under an earlier plan, … Continue reading
Natural Areas Plan: SFFA comments on the DEIR (Pt 4: Restricting Recreation)
One of the failings of the SNRAMP is that it blocks recreational access to the Natural Areas. Visitors are required to stay on the trails, and just about the only thing you can do is walk along the prescribed trails. … Continue reading
Natural Areas Plan: SFFA comments on the DEIR (Pt 2: Herbicides)
As readers will be aware, NAP uses Tier II and Tier I (more hazardous and most hazardous) herbicides. If the Significant Natural Areas Program (SNRAMP – Sin-ramp) is implemented, pesticide use will rise even more than it has done so … Continue reading
Natural Areas Plan: SFFA comments on the DEIR (Overview)
Recently, the City reopened comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) on the Significant Resource Areas Management Plan (SNRAMP, pronounced Sin-ramp.) You can submit comments until 11 June, 2012. SFFA is providing its comments. They are detailed; specific; well- … Continue reading
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