Tag Archives: Glen Canyon

Saving the Trees of Glen Canyon Park

Posted on November 2, 2012 by webmaster

Glen Canyon Park is one of San Francisco’s jewels. It’s a long narrow tree-filled canyon, including the “owl tree” where a Great Horned Owl has raised its young many years in succession, and two natural bee trees.  Of its 70 … Continue reading →

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San Francisco’s Natural Areas Program Ignores Breeding Birds

Posted on April 30, 2012 by webmaster

We’d written earlier about chainsaws in Glen Canyon Park, even though spring is the breeding season for birds and animals, a time when trees and thickets should be left undisturbed. [Click HERE to read that article, Chainsaws in the Nesting … Continue reading →

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Glen Canyon Park: Chainsaws in the Nesting Season

Posted on March 31, 2012 by webmaster

The nesting season for birds is in full swing. San Francisco’s mild winter and recent rains have provided a window for building and breeding, and they’ve grabbed it. The birding reports are full of lovely stories, from humming-birds to Great … Continue reading →

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Glen Canyon Park: Birds, Habitat, and the Significant Natural Resource Areas Management Program (SNRAMP)

Posted on November 16, 2011 by webmaster

Recently, we attended a meeting where we were given a beautiful pamphlet regarding the Feathered Friends of Glen Canyon Park. It pictured 45 species of birds that have been sighted in the park (including flyovers). And it said: “Willows that … Continue reading →

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The Bees of Glen Canyon Park

Posted on November 3, 2011 by webmaster

This was going to be a post about the San Francisco Natural Areas Program (SF NAP) destroying a hive of feral honeybees in Glen Canyon Park. It still is, but with less anger. In a tree behind the rec center, … Continue reading →

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Garlon, Natural Areas, and the City

Posted on March 4, 2011 by webmaster

San Francisco’s Department of the Environment (SF DOE) is our second line of protection against chemicals after the EPA; it regulates the use of pesticides on all city properties. We attended their monthly meeting yesterday, mainly because Lisa Wayne, the … Continue reading →

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More Garlon for Glen Canyon Park?

Posted on February 25, 2011 by webmaster

We’ve been observing the issue of pesticides at Glen Canyon Park at a remove; but here’s what we understand. The place falls under the Natural Areas Program (NAP), which plans to use Garlon, one of the most toxic herbicides San … Continue reading →

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Glen Canyon Park and Garlon: Answering Jake Sigg

Posted on February 15, 2011 by webmaster

Recently, several people drew our attention to Glen Canyon and the planned spraying of Garlon 4 Ultra to kill the yellow oxalis flowers there. And someone sent in the notice seen here. Apparently, residents of areas nearby have been understandably upset … Continue reading →

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Eucalyptus in San Francisco’s Urban Forest

Posted on November 5, 2010 by webmaster

One of the arborists who looked at Sutro Forest sent us this article, reprinted with the permission of its author. Written about San Francisco’s Glen Canyon, it was first published in 2009. Alma Hecht was formerly a volunteer with Friends … Continue reading →

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