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Nature in the City NEWS
EARTH MONTH (and a half!)
Join Nature in the City and all our wonderful partners for Super Earth Month 2010!
This Spring 2010, we have 30! events that we are producing or in which we are participating. From benefits to treks to habitat restoration, you should be able find your nature in the city during our Super Earth Month.
Stay tuned to the Earth Month webpage for up to date information and more events!
Special Events |
April 24 |
Earth Day in the Twin Peaks Bioregion Following the TREK through the Green Hairstreak Corridor, Nature in the City's Peter Brastow will lead an amazing hike through the Twin Peaks Bioregion highlighting some of San Francisco's most special places, including: the Oak Woodlands of Golden Gate Park, Mt. Sutro, Twin Peaks (Mission Blue Butterfly habitat), and the wildland in the city, Glen Canyon. |
April 10 |
April 18 |
10 am - 12 pm |
10 am - 3 pm |
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April 11 |
April 18 |
Beauty for a Cause at Moxi Salon Come get a haircut, brow wax, or spa treatment - proceeds go to Nature in the City's projects & programs! |
Henry George Historical Society Walk to Benefit Nature in the City 100% of the money received for this walk goes to NTC! RSVP to Ellie Billings now! |
10 am - 5 pm |
1 - 4 pm |
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March 28 |
April 3 |
April 10 |
9 am - 12 pm |
1 - 2:30 pm |
10 am - 12 pm |
April 17 |
April 24 & May 2 |
April 25 |
1 - 3 pm |
11 am - 1 pm |
8:30 - 11 am |
Talks |
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March 10 |
March 16 |
April 22 |
7 pm |
6:30 pm |
7:30 pm |
| Habitat Restoration |
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March 20, April 17 |
March 21, April 18 |
9 am - 12 pm |
1 - 4 pm |
April 3, May 1 |
April 10 |
April 11 |
9 am - 1 pm |
9 am - 3 pm |
10 am - 12 pm |
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Green Hairstreak Photo by KS Kyle |
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TREKS Start This Month!
Among our 30 Nature in the City related Super Earth Month activities, we will offer 9 Nature in the City TREKS, led by local ecological leaders. These will complement our diverse array of volunteer stewardship opportunities. Check out the website and RSVP to Iris Clearwater, iris@natureinthecity.org or (415) 564-4107.
Help the Mt. Sutro Historic Trail
TOMORROW, Thursday, March 4th the proposal to reopen the second half of Mt. Sutro's Historic Trail will go before the Recreation and Parks Commission. This last segment of the 1880's trail is the original access point to Mt. Sutro located at Stanyan Street at 17th Street in Cole Valley, from where it runs into the Interior Greenbelt.
Please submit a letter supporting this project! Your letter of support addressed to the Recreation and Park Commission should be emailed to Margaret.McArthur@sfgov.org (the commission secretary). Copies will be sent to each of the commissioners. You can find a sample letter here.
A Day At Alemany
An Update from NTC's Stewardship Coordinator, Iris Clearwater
The photos are of the progression of the newly planted Native Plant Crescent at Alemany Farm, over several weeks of planning, preparing, and planting! Volunteers came from all over the city, as well as all the way from Santa Cruz and Stanford. Check out this video of Alemany Farm's habitat restoration from NEN TV!
Literacy for Environmental Justice's native plant nursery donated tons of plants! Thank you LEJ! Check out their upcoming events on April 10th and April 18th!
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Before...a sea of invasive weeds and non-native grasses. |
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Cutting up burlap to sheet-mulch with. |
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Covering it all with mulch to keep in moisture. |
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After... seeds of a thriving educational native plant habitat area! |
Still a lot to do. Come lend a hand, and find out how you can donate plants to this project! Join our workdays on 3rd Sundays from 1-4, or contact iris@natureinthecity.org. |
Guides, Maps & URBIA
Now IN STORES!
Nature in the City's Field Guide to the Butterfly's of San Francisco & MAP of San Francisco's Natural Heritage, and URBIA Self-Guided Eco Adventures, are now available in stores!
We especially want to thank Cole Hardware, who will carry our publications in all their stores, citywide, as well as beautiful, local native plants from HANC's Native Plant Nursery!
Click here to see all the stores that carry our publications! Don't see our items in your favorite bookstore? Tell them to call (415) 564-4107 or email iris@natureinthecity.org and we'll get them set up with the full NTC suite!
Trees in SF
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Oak Woodlands in Golden Gate Park Photo by Christopher Campbell |
The San Francisco Chronicle recently published an article abo ut planting native trees in San Francisco, which although well intentioned, included a few common misconceptions about trees in the city. Read the article here.
Nature in the City's founding director, Peter Brastow, wrote a Letter to the Editor in response, which did not make it into the paper. However, we thought that it deserved to be read, so here it is!
SFWMA Update
The San Francisco Weed Management Area (SFWMA), led by Nature in the City, published the first ever countywide invasive weed GIS (Geographic Information System), which may be the most comprehensive compendium of county level invasive plant data in the state of California. Peter Brastow will present the project this week at the Bay Area Early Detection Network (BAEDN) meeting in Oakland.
Brian Harvey, a geography Master's candidate at San Francisco State, performed the lionshare of the work on the project, and the geography gods have rewarded him by getting him into several Ph.D. programs across the nation. Way to go Brian!
CA State Parks Grassroots Champion Award
Nature in the City, along with over 200 other California organizations, will be a recipient of the inaugural State Parks Grassroots Champion Award!
"Typically, CSPF [California State Parks Foundation] bestows annual Legacy Awards to selected legislators as part of our annual Park Advocacy Day activities. While there were legislators who were sympathetic to state park issues in 2009, the tireless efforts of state park advocates to stop the closure of 220 state parks clearly stand out as the most powerful and effective achievements of 2009."
Awardees will be recognized at a Park Advocacy Day reception to be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the California Museum for History, Women & the Arts at 1020 O Street in Sacramento.
Also fill out CSPF's online survey for Park Excellence!
Funding Found for Franciscan Manzanita
"Responding to a petition filed by the Wild Equity Institute, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has secured funding to start the Endangered Species Act protection process for the Franciscan manzanita in 2010."