Tag Archives: Natural Areas Program

Killing Healthy Trees in SF’s “Natural Areas”

Posted on October 11, 2011 by webmaster

We referred to this article in our summary of the mistakes in the Draft Environmental Impact Report on SF’s Natural Areas. We are now reprinting it with permission (and minor edits) from the website, Death of a Million Trees. It … Continue reading →

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San Francisco’s Natural Areas: The Many Mistakes in the Draft EIR

Posted on October 7, 2011 by webmaster

We’ve posted several times recently about the San Francisco Natural Areas Program. About the overall program: Why San Francisco’s Natural Areas Are — Unnatural About trees to be felled: Destroying the Trees of San Francisco About pesticide use: Toxic and … Continue reading →

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San Francisco Natural Area’s Pesticide Violations

Posted on October 2, 2011 by webmaster

As we noted in our previous post, the San Francisco Natural Areas Program seems to be using increasing amounts of toxic pesticides. From time to time, we’ve posted information here about pesticide use in the Natural Areas Program (NAP) lands.  … Continue reading →

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Natural Areas Program’s Pesticides: Toxic and Toxic-er

Posted on September 29, 2011 by webmaster

It’s no surprise that people are beginning to associate San Francisco’s Natural Areas Program with pesticides. It’s been using them (if the city’s records are accurate) at an increasing rate. In 2009, it applied Garlon 16 times; in 2010, it … Continue reading →

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“Natural Areas Program”: Destroying the Trees of San Francisco

Posted on September 26, 2011 by webmaster

We re-publish this recent article with permission (and minor edits) from Death of a Million Trees. Plans for managing San Francisco’s Natural Areas — currently the subject of a Draft Environmental Impact Report — calls for cutting down thousands of … Continue reading →

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Why San Francisco’s Natural Areas Are — Unnatural

Posted on September 24, 2011 by webmaster

WHEN I first heard about San Francisco’s Natural Areas Program (SF NAP) some years ago, I was charmed. Over 1000 acres of city-owned land would be left to Nature, more wild and free than the orderly, gardened lawns and playgrounds … Continue reading →

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San Francisco’s Natural Areas Program…Where’s It Going?

Posted on September 12, 2011 by webmaster

This article has been reprinted with permission from Death of a Million Trees, a blog dedicated to preventing unnecessary tree-felling.  (The emphasis is ours, as are minor edits.) [Edited to Add: MillionTrees updated this post. We have copied over the … Continue reading →

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Natural areas, Pine Lake and Pesticides… Again

Posted on August 8, 2011 by webmaster

From time to time, readers send us information about pesticides being used in “Natural Areas.” This time, it’s Pine Lake in Stern Grove… the same place where Imazapyr was used even before it was approved by the City. (It’s called … Continue reading →

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Twin Peaks, Glen Canyon, Natural Areas, and Imazapyr

Posted on June 11, 2011 by webmaster

We’ve been seeing the new pesticide notices up on Twin Peaks, the ones we wrote about earlier here. So today, when we saw three more (and there may have been others) we assumed they were more of the same. They … Continue reading →

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Roundup, Birth defects, and the new trail in Mount Sutro Forest

Posted on June 8, 2011 by webmaster

The new trail connecting Stanyan (just above 17th Avenue) with Medical Center Way opened a few days ago. Though still marred by the stumps of dead trees and amputated shrubs, it provides better access from the Cole Valley side of … Continue reading →

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Mount Sutro Forest as Habitat: Janet Kessler in ‘Way Out West’

Posted on June 7, 2011 by webmaster

We’ve often written about the importance of Mount Sutro Forest as habitat. (For instance: here.) Everywhere in our city, eucalyptus provides nesting and perching sites for many different birds, as does acacia which grows as a sub-canopy in many parts … Continue reading →

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SF NAP on Twin Peaks: Rainy Days and Roundup…

Posted on May 29, 2011 by webmaster

Rainy days and Roundup always make me sigh… This report is brought to you from the drenched slopes of Twin Peaks. And here’s another one… They’re putting the pesticide notices high and visible now, which is an improvement. Also, they’re … Continue reading →

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Twin Peaks and the Mission Blue Butterfly: Why it’s Still Uncertain

Posted on April 8, 2011 by webmaster

[THIS ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN IN APRIL 2011 AND UPDATED Feb 2012] Last year, journalists were celebrating the return of the Mission Blue butterfly to Twin Peaks. From the SF Chronicle of 7 May 2010: “Everyone comes back to San Francisco, … Continue reading →

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Native Plants, Oxalis and the Futility of Garlon

Posted on March 18, 2011 by webmaster

Some days ago, in a comment on our post responding to Jake Sigg’s defense of Garlon, Wendy Poinsot said: Garlon is effective on oxalis and other broadleaf weeds like dandelion. Who wants a park full of south african oxalis? Not … 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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Garlon in our Reservoir?

Posted on January 27, 2011 by webmaster

Someone sent us this picture, taken on 20th Jan 2011 at Twin Peaks. We were surprised, even though we’ve grown accustomed to seeing notices of toxic pesticides being used all over “Natural Areas.” WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE? Garlon [ETA: … Continue reading →

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Mt Sutro Stewards and the Kill-Trees Trail

Posted on November 20, 2010 by webmaster

The Mount Sutro Stewards are building a trail from Stanyan into the Forest, in the city-owned Interior Green Belt. Work has started; in fact, they’d planned on getting volunteers in there earlier this month. We thought we’d take a look. … Continue reading →

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Native Plants and Pesticides: Glyphosate at Lake Merced

Posted on November 14, 2010 by webmaster

It was inevitable: a walk into a Native Plant area (aka Natural Areas Program areas) yielded yet another new pesticide notice. Last time, Imazapyr at Stern Grove. This time, Aquamaster at Lake Merced, targeting ludwigia (water-primrose). Aquamaster is a pesticide … Continue reading →

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The Failed Experiment at Tank Hill

Posted on July 25, 2010 by webmaster

Someone emailed us to ask why UCSF were  bothering with demonstration projects, when there was the obvious example of Tank Hill. “Trees were cut down, natives planted and died,”  said the email. What did they achieve? So we looked into … Continue reading →

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