Tag Archives: glyphosate

SF’s Natural Areas Program – More Pesticide in 2013

Posted on January 11, 2014 by

Edited to Add: We’ve corrected the comparison between NAP and other SFRPD herbicide use to account for a reclassification of Greenmatch EX, a lemongrass-based herbicide. Details HERE. Even as we celebrate UCSF’s decision not to use pesticides in Sutro Forest, … Continue reading →

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Bucketloads of Herbicides Coming to Sutro Forest

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

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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San Francisco’s Natural Areas: 2012 A Record Year for Pesticide Use

Posted on October 26, 2012 by

If, like us, you hoped that 2012 might be the year that San Francisco’s Natural Areas Program (NAP) proved us wrong about its escalating  pesticide use — it’s not happening. That ship sailed in September. Readers of this site will … Continue reading →

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Measuring Pesticide Use by San Francisco’s Natural Areas Program

Posted on July 10, 2012 by

As readers of this site will know, we’ve been following the use of pesticides in Natural Areas. At present, four pesticides are mainly used by the Natural Areas Program (NAP): Glyphosate (trade-names Roundup or Aquamaster); Triclopyr (Garlon and its variants); … Continue reading →

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Pesticides in San Francisco’s Natural Areas: Rising Volumes

Posted on July 1, 2012 by

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

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

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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Glen Canyon Park: Pesticides and Habitat Removal

Posted on December 1, 2011 by

It’s that time of the year: Habitat removal time. In Glen Canyon Park, bushes and small trees that provide an impenetrable thicket for birds and animals to take cover are now becoming a lot more penetrable… … and bright-berried bushes, … Continue reading →

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SNRAMP, Pesticides, and Mt Davidson

Posted on November 28, 2011 by

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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Twin Peaks: Sunset and Evening Fog and Pesticides

Posted on August 24, 2011 by

It was an amazingly beautiful evening over San Francisco, and of course the views from Twin Peaks were spectacular. The fog flowed through and over the Golden Gate,  and only the towers poked through.  This is the stuff that turns … Continue reading →

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