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Bucketloads of Herbicides Coming to Sutro Forest

Posted on March 19, 2013 by webmaster

We’ve often praised UCSF here for keeping Mount Sutro forest pesticide free. No pesticides have been used there since 2008. We’ve said things like “This may be the last pesticide-free wild land in the city. (Thanks, UCSF!)” On the other … Continue reading →

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SF’s Natural Areas Program Uses Even More Pesticides

Posted on January 24, 2013 by webmaster

This article was reprinted from sffforest.net with minor changes and additions. Sutro Forest may be the only pesticide-free wild land in San Francisco – but that could change this year. ————————- The 2012 final data are in, and it’s official: … Continue reading →

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Pesticides in San Francisco’s Natural Areas: Rising Volumes

Posted on July 1, 2012 by webmaster

Some months ago, we had written about San Francisco’s Natural Areas Program and its escalating pesticide use. The graph below shows the number of applications of pesticides in the years from 2008-2011. The San Francisco Forest Alliance, an organization dedicated … Continue reading →

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Pine Lake with Pollution and Pesticides

Posted on February 7, 2012 by webmaster

Someone sent us a note, recently. “There was a sign up at Pine Lake today warning people that the water was polluted!” it said. And here is the picture attached: “All around the lake, walkers were talking about the NAP … Continue reading →

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San Francisco Natural Areas and Escalating Pesticide Use

Posted on January 19, 2012 by webmaster

We spent a couple of hours, the other day, in the beautiful McLaren Lodge, leafing through a thick binder of pesticide reports for the San Francisco Rec and Park Department. It was so thick in part because it contained a … Continue reading →

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SNRAMP, Pesticides, and Mt Davidson

Posted on November 28, 2011 by webmaster

It’s not just Twin Peaks and Glen Canyon and McLaren Park and Stern Grove. Here are some recent pictures we received of pesticide use on Mt Davidson. It’s the old favorites, Aquamaster (glyphosate) and Polaris (Imazapyr). Coming soon to one … Continue reading →

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