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ecology menu

historic photos

mount sutro
mountain watch

native plant nursery

native plant society

planet drum
the presidio


Endangered Species 

100 Success Stories
Endangered Species Recovery
NRDC Green Gate - Endangered and Threatened Species
San Bruno Mountain Endangered Species
San Francisco County Federally-Listed Species
Threatened and Endangered Species of San Francisco Bay

Rare and Endangered Plants

Focus on Rarities (articles)
Presidio Rare and Endangered Plants
Rare Plant Communities of the City
Rare Plant Program of CNPS
Rare Plant Inventory for San Francisco
Rare Plants Extirpated in San Francisco

Wildlife in the City

Endangered Wildlife

GGNRA Special Status Wildlife Species

California Brown Pelican

California Least Tern

California Red-Legged Frog

Mission Blue Butterfly

Mission Blue Project

Peregine Falcon Webcam in Downtown

San Francisco Garter Snake

San Francisco Garter Snake (the Return of)

Southern Sea Otter

Western Snowy Plover Conservation Strategy

Western Snowy Plover Critical Habitat Proposed

Western Snowy Plover to Retain Threatened Status

General Information

Amphibians and Reptiles of San Francisco
Ant Web
Bay Area Amphibian and Reptile Society
Butterflies of San Francisco

California Dragonflies and Damselflies

Farallon Islands Wildlife

Frogwatch
Gardening for Wildlife
Golden Gate Audubon Society
Golden Gate Raptor Observatory

Hawkwatch
Marine Mammal Center
Presidio Wildlife
Presidio Wildlife Studies

San Francisco Beekeeper's Association

San Francisco Field Ornithologists

San Francisco Rescued Orphan Mammal Program

SFSU Biogeography Projects

Wildcare

Species Specific

Coyotes, Coexisting With - Animal Protection Institute
Coyotes in San Francisco Parks

Coyote on Bernal

Bank Swallows at Fort Funston

Black Bear at Kirby Cove

California Quail Recovery Plan for San Francisco

California Sea Lions at Pier 39

California Sea Lions Webcam at Pier 39

Common Murre Webcam at Devil's Slide

Deer on the Golden Gate Bridge?

Gray Whale in the Bay

Harbor Seals at Yerba Buena Island

Herons in San Francisco

Mountain Lion on the Mountain!

Orca/White Shark Encounter

Otter Project

San Francisco Alligator Lizard

San Francisco Forktail Damselfly

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Flora, Fauna & Fungi continued...


Bunchgrasses of San Francisco

California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco Flora Bibliography

California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco Natural History

Hiking with a Field Microscope
Presidio Natural History

San Francisco Mycological Society

San Francisco Flora

San Francisco Weed Management Area

Yerba Buena Chapter, California Native Plant Society

Parks and Refuges & Environmental Management Agencies

Angel Island State Park
Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC)
Bay Model

California Coastal Commission

California Coastal Conservancy

California Department of Fish and Game - Fishing in the City

California Environmental Resources Evaluation System (CERES)

Candlestick Point State Recreation Area

Crystal Springs (Sawyer Camp Trail)

Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge

East Bay Regional Park District

Farallon National Wildlife Refuge

Fitzgerald Marine Reserve

Fort Point National Historic Site (Ida Geary's Flora for "Fort Point")

Golden Gate Biosphere Reserve

Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA)

Golden Gate Park

Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary

Junipero Serra

Marin County Open Space District

Marin Municipal Water District

McLaren Park

Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District

Mount Sutro

Mount Tamalpais State Park

Muir Woods

Port of San Francisco - Parks

Presidio of San Francisco

The Presidio Trust

San Bruno Mountain State and County Park

San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board

San Francisco Commission on the Environment

San Francisco Department of the Environment

San Francisco PUC (Beach Water Quality Monitoring)

San Francisco PUC (Environment and Natural Resources)

San Francisco PUC (Lake Merced Restoration)

San Francisco PUC (Water System Improvement Program)

San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, Natural Areas Program

San Mateo County Resource Conservation District

San Pedro Valley County Park

Thornton State Beach

 

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Environmental Education & Justice

Alemany Farm
Bay Area Wilderness Training
Center for Ecoliteracy

Center for Habitat Restoration

Communities for a Better Environment
Coyote Point Museum

Crissy Field Center

Garden for the Environment

Greenaction for Environmental Justice

Headlands Institute

Hidden Ecologies Project
Kids for the Bay

Kids in Parks

Literacy for Environmental Justice

Living Library

National Marine Sanctuaries

Randall Museum

San Francisco Botanical Garden

San Francisco Green Schoolyard Alliance

San Francisco Nature Education

Sand Crabs along California Beaches

SEEC-SF -- Stewardship and Environmental Education Collaborative of San Francisco

Tree Frog Treks

Tule Elk Park

Urban Habitat

Urban Watershed Project

Wild City - California Academy of Science

Wilderness Arts and Literacy Collaborative


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Urban Ecology & Sustainability

Arc Ecology
Art-Eco.org

Alliance for Golden Gate Park

Blue Greenway

EcoCity Builders

EcoCity World Summit 2008

Ecovian

Food NOT Bombs

Friends of the Urban Forest

Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council

Healthy Saturdays

Mission Greenbelt

Neighborhood Parks Council

Planet Drum Foundation

PlantSF

Presidio Sustainability Project

San Francisco Bay Area Progressive Directory

San Francisco Beautiful

San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

San Francisco Commission on the Environment

San Francisco Department of the Environment

San Francisco Garden Resource Organization

San Francisco League of Conservation Voters

San Francisco Parks Trust

San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association

San Francisco Preservation Society

San Francisco Sustainable City Plan

San Francisco Tomorrow

Shaping San Francisco

Sierra Club, Bay Chapter

Sierra Club, San Francisco Group

Sustainable Conservation

Transportation for a Livable City

Unified in Creative Action

Urban Alliance for Sustainability

Western Neighborhoods Project

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Natural Environment Plans, Policy and Laws

Biodiversity - San Francisco Sustainability Plan

California Quail Designated as Official City Bird - City of San Francisco Ordinance

California Quail Recovery Plan - 2004 Resolution of the San Francisco Commission on the Environment

Commission on the Environment - San Francisco Charter

Environmental Protection Element - San Francisco General Plan

Fort Funston Area Plan - San Francisco General Plan

Golden Gate Park Master Plan

Natural Areas Management Plan - Recreation and Park Department

Precautionary Principle Ordinance

Recreation and Open Space Element - San Francisco General Plan

Presidio of San Francisco Environmental Plans

San Bruno Mountain Habitat Conservation Plan

San Mateo County Environmental Planning

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Nature Conservation Advocacy, Science and Public Education

San Francisco Neighborhood Nature Groups

Ansel Adams Grove Restoration Project
Edgehill Mountain Park
Friends of Glen Canyon

Friends of Lake Merced

Friends of McLaren Park
Friends of Mountain Lake Park

Islais Creek

Lobos Creek Dunes

Mission Creek Bikeway and Greenbelt

Mission Creek Conservancy

Treasure Island Wetlands Project

Urban Watershed Project

Visitacion Valley Greenway

San Francisco Peninsula

Aquarium of the Bay

Community Gardens for Butterflies

Friends of Fitzgerald Marine Reserve

Friends of Sweeney Ridge

Green DogWalks

Habitat Potential

HISTORIC PHOTOS of Natural San Francisco

John Muir Laws

Lake Merced Task Force

Locals Only

Native Plant Nursery in Golden Gate Park
Native Spaces

Ocean Beach Natural Processes

Pacifica's Environmental Family

Pacifica Land Trust

PARC - Park Rangers Coalition

San Bruno Mountain, Friends of

San Bruno Mountain Stewardship Project, Heart of

San Bruno Mountain Watch

San Francisco Botanical Society

San Francisco Historical Creek Map

San Francisco Naturalist Society

San Francisco Weed Management Area

Shaping San Francisco Ecology

Shaping San Francisco Ecology (old version)

Sustainable Watershed Alliance

The Zoo Crew and "Backyard" Conservation

Yerba Buena Chapter, California Native Plant Society

Bay Area /California

Acterra
Alameda Creek Alliance

Audubon Canyon Ranch

Backyard Nature

Bay Area Open Space Council

Bay Area Science Alliance

Bay Classroom

Bay Institute

Bay Model Association

Bay Natives

Bay Nature Magazine

Baykeeper

CalFlora

California Academy of Sciences

California Biodiversity Council

California Coastal Records Project

California Invasive Plant Council

California Lichen Society

California Native Grasslands Association

California Native Plant Society

California Oak Foundation

California Oak Mortality Task Force

California Regional Environmental Education Community

California Society for Ecological Restoration

California Watershed Network

California Wildlife Foundation

Citizens for a Strawberry Creek Plaza

Claremont Canyon Conservancy

Close to Home - Living with Wildlife in the East Bay

Coastwalk

Costanoan/Ohlone Indigenous People

Ecology Center

Elkhorn Slough

Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association

Flyway Festival

Friends of Corte Madera Creek

Friends of Edgewood Natural Preserve

Friends of the San Francisco Estuary

Friends of Gallinas Creek

Friends of the Regional Parks Botanic Garden

Golden Gate Audubon Society

Golden Gate Biosphere Reserve

Greenbelt Alliance

Keep Barn Owls in Berkeley

Mountain Resource Group

Native Habitats

Natural Resources Defense Council

Oakland Museum of California

Pease Press

Peninsula Open Space Trust

Pescadero Conservation Alliance

Point Reyes Bird Observatory

Protect Our Bay

Redwood Creek Watershed

Richardson Bay Audubon Center and Sanctuary

San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory

San Francisco Bay Joint Venture

San Francisco Bay Trail

San Francisco Estuary Institute

San Francisco Estuary Invasive Spartina Project

San Francisco Estuary Project

San Gregorio Environmental Resource Center

San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Foundation

Save Our Shores

Save San Francisco Bay Association

Save the Oaks

Save the Sea Otters

Surfrider Foundation

Trail Center

Tri-City Ecology Center

University and Jepson Herbaria

University of California Botanic Garden

Urban Creeks Council

Urban Forest Ecosystems Institute

Watershed Project

Wildcare

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National and International Links

BioCity, Centre for Urban Habitats

Biodiversity Conservation Information System

Blackstone River Watershed Association

Center for Biological Diversity

Center for Ecosystem Survival

Center for Invasive Plant Management

Center for Urban Ecology

Center for Urban and Regional Ecology (CURE)

Convention on Biological Diversity - Urban Biodiversity

Conservation International Biodiversity Hotspots

Cultural Conservancy

Defenders of Wildlife

Ducks Unlimited

EcoEquity

Ecological Society of America

Endangered Species International

Greenpeace

Hooked on Nature

International Marine Mammal Project

International Rivers Network

Invasive.org

Mayor of London's Biodiversity Strategy

Missouri Botanical Garden

National Audubon Society

National Park Service - Nature and Science

National Parks and Conservation Association

National Wildlife Federation

Native Plant Conservation Campaign

Natural Areas Association

Natural Resources Defense Council

Nature Conservancy

Nature in the City, Bristol, England

North American Weed Management Association

Ontario Nature, Federation of Ontario Naturalists

Pacific Environment

Plant Conservation Alliance

Plant Native

Rainforest Action Network

Research and Action in Natural Wealth Administration (RANWA)

Resource Renewal Institute

River of Words

Society for Conservation Biology

Society for Ecological Restoration International

Texas Coastal Watershed Program

Texas Wildscapes

The Biodiversty Partnership

The Biodiversity Project

Third IUCN World Conservation Congress - Cities

Trust for Public Land

Urban Biodiversity Awareness Consortium

Urban Ecology Research Lab

Urban Wildlife Working Group of The Wildlife Society

Wildlife Conservation Society

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Global Climate Change

Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC)
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center

Climate Ark: Global Warming Portal

David Suzuki Foundation

EcoEquity

globalwarming.org

Global Environment Information Center

Global Warming for Kids

Green Facts

Nature Conservancy

New Scientist

NASA Global Change Master Directory

NOAA Global Warming FAQs

SF Cap & Trade Blog

US Climate Change Science Program

US globalchange.gov

US Global Change Research Program

North American Cities

Austin Nature Preserves

Baltimore Ecosystem Study

Baltimore Recreation and Parks Foundation

Boston Harbor, Island Alliance

Boston, Urban Ecology Institute

Calgary, Alberta

Chicago Wilderness

Cleveland - Shaker Lakes

Cleveland - EcoCity

Houston Arboretum and Nature Center

Houston Wilderness

Kansas City Nature Coalition

Los Angeles, Urban Wildlands Group

Milwaukee, Urban Ecology Center

Philadelphia, Fairmount Park

Portland Audubon Society

Portland , Friends and Advocates of Urban Natural Areas (FAUNA)

Portland Parks and Recreation

Providence/Warwick, Pawtuxet River Watershed Council

Providence, Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council

Providence/Narragansett Bay, Save the Bay

Sacramento Urban Creeks Council

Sacramento Valley Native Plant Society

Seattle Urban Nature Project

St. Louis, Gateway Wildlands

Tucson Audubon Society

Vancouver, British Columbia

Vancouver, Stanley Park Ecology Society

Washington D.C., Anacostia Watershed Network

Washington D.C., Center for Urban Ecology

Worcester, Blackstone River Watershed Association

 

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New York City

Bronx River Alliance
Center for Urban Restoration Ecology
Exploring the Nature of New York

Forever Wild: Nature in New York City

Go Wild in New York City

Nature Network of NY, NJ, CT

New York Botanical Garden (Old Growth in the Bronx?)

New York City Audubon

New York Metropolitan Flora Project

New York's Nature Network Inaugural Conference

Nuture New York's Nature, Inc.

The Nature Conservancy in New York City

WildMetro

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Natural Environmental NEWSMEDIA

Audubon Magazine

Bay Nature Magazine

California Coast & Ocean

Conservation Frontlines

Conservation in Practice

Earth Island Journal

Environment News Service

Estuary Newsletter

Faultline

Guardian (UK) Environment

indybay.org/environment/

National Parks and Conservation Association

Nature Conservancy Magazine

Nature's Voice

OnEarth

Orion Online

SF BayView

Save the Bay NEWS

Sierra Magazine

Terrain.org

Terrain Magazine

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