Latest News

Saturday, May 14, 2011 9:00pm-1:30am Grant & Green Saloon 1371 Grant Ave San Francisco, CA 94133 (between Green St & Vallejo St) North Beach/Telegraph Hill neighborhoods Enjoy music by: The New Thoreaus Sufis The Great Sand Waste Come…

Sunday, May 8, 2011, 11:00am – 4:00pm: Come visit the Wild Equity Institute table at Sunday Streets, along the Mission Route. The Wild Equity Institute will be tabling and informing the public about our efforts to unite the grassroots…

RSVP at wildequity.org Saturday, May 14, 2011 9:00pm-1:30am Grant & Green Saloon 1371 Grant Ave San Francisco, CA 94133 (between Green St & Vallejo St) North Beach/Telegraph Hill neighborhoods Enjoy music by: The New Thoreaus Sufis The…

399 4th Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Directions: By Public Transit: Check 511.org From the North Bay: Take Golden Gate Bridge to San Francisco Get onto 101 Lombard St.(101 turns into Lombard St.) Go Right on Van Ness Ave Turn Left onto Broadway Turn…

The people have spoken: and they have selected the Wild Equity Institute to receive Patagonia San Francisco’s $2,500 grand prize! The store’s third annual “Voice Your Choice” campaign invited Patagonia’s shoppers…

Over 100 enthusiastic supporters joined the Wild Equity Institute, Save the Frogs!, Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, H.O.M.E.Y., and Action for Animals at noon today in front of San Francisco’s City Hall for the Endangered…

Saturday, April 30, 2011, 12pm-2pm — In honor of Save the Frogs Day, join the Wild Equity Institute to search for two of the most imperiled vertebrate species on the San Francisco peninsula: the California red-legged frog and the San Francisco…

Yesterday by a 2 to 1 vote, the San Francisco Board of Supervisor’s Land Use and Economic Development Committee passed a resolution condemning the Golden Gate National Recreation Area for attempting to manage off-leash dogs in the park.…

Saturday, April 30, 2011, 12pm-2pm — In honor of Save the Frogs Day, join the Wild Equity Institute to search for two of the most imperiled vertebrate species on the San Francisco peninsula: the California red-legged frog and the San…

San Francisco continues to subsidize an endangered species-killing golf course in Pacifica even though the City’s community services are being cut. We deserve better! In honor of Save the Frogs Day, please join the Wild Equity Institute,…

Wild Equity Institute’s helping out on Earth Day! On April 16th, 2011, Pacifica Beach Coalition is holding their annual Earth day Beach Clean-Up and celebration. John Bowie, a WEI intern, will be a site leader for the Esplanade Beach/Manor…

Sunday, April 10, 2011, 11:00am – 4:00pm: Come visit the Wild Equity Institute table at Sunday Streets, along the Great Highway Route. The Wild Equity Institute will be tabling and informing the public about our efforts to unite the grassroots…

The authors of the peer-reviewed report on Sharp Park, Bob Battalio, Peter Baye, and Dawn Reis, will present their findings and field questions from the community in Pacifica. The event will be held at the Pacifica Public Library at 104 Hilton…

For a limited time you can help the Wild Equity Institute earn $2,500: simply by shopping at Patagonia’s San Francisco store! Just visit Patagonia San Francisco and cast your ballot for Wild Equity during Patagonia’s Voice Your…

San Francisco’s public Sharp Park Golf Course, located in Pacifica, is facing serious financial, environmental and recreational challenges. Potential solutions are constrained by the presence of two endangered species and a coastal location…

For a limited time you can help the Wild Equity Institute earn $2,500: simply by shopping at Patagonia’s San Francisco store! Just visit Patagonia San Francisco and cast your ballot for Wild Equity during Patagonia’s Voice Your…

Our friends at Change.org heard that Sharp Park Golf Course may be restored and turned into a National Park, and started a new petition to the Recreation and Parks Department to demand that San Francisco stop killing endanagered species on the…

You can help the Wild Equity Institute earn $2,500: simply by shopping at Patagonia’s San Francisco store! Just visit Patagonia San Francisco from March 10 through March 31 and cast your ballot for Wild Equity during Patagonia’s…

The peer-reviewed, scientific study of Sharp Park released last month has already impacted public policy: San Francisco’s Recreation and Parks Department has abandoned its plan to construct a sea wall at Sharp Park, and appears poised…

The Wild Equity Institute has filed a lawsuit against the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department today for violating the Endangered Species Act at Sharp Park golf course, a financially troubled, city-owned course located within Golden…

On February 21, 2011, a local Pacifica resident informed the Wild Equity Institute that a presumed California red-legged frog egg mass was at risk of desiccation at Sharp Park. The egg mass appeared to have been laid shortly after the previous…

Statements by Conservation Groups on San Francisco’s Change of Position on Sharp Park Golf Course Management Background Sharp Park golf course, owned and operated by the city of San Francisco and located in Pacifica within the Golden Gate…

February 22, 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Brent Plater, Wild Equity Institute, (415) 572-6989 Sharp Park Compliance Plan Fails; Imperiled Frogs Jeopardized by Golf Course San Francisco — Documents obtained from the San Francisco…

The Wild Equity Institute’s Executive Director Brent Plater received a Fulbright Scholar grant to study leatherback sea turtle conservation in Trinidad and Tobago in 2010. While he was there, nearly 20 Bay Area conservationists visited…

This Thursday, February 17 at 7pm, the Wild Equity Institute’s Executive Director will present a slideshow with Eddie Bartley of Nature Trip about Brent’s Fulbright Scholar experience in Trinidad and Tobago. The presentation will…

A new survey released by the Neighborhood Parks Council shows that San Franciscans want more sustainability in their park system and fewer expenditures on golf: which is precisely why restoring Sharp Park is great public policy for San Francisco. “Restoring…

Thanks to the 75+ supporters of the Wild Equity Institute and our suite mates, Restore Hetch Hethcy, that helped warm our office and bring the 2010 GGNP Endangered Species Big Year to a close. Members enjoyed delicious foods and wines generously…

We’ve opened our first office, and we want to celebrate with you! Our new office, furnished entirely with salvaged, donated, and recycled materials, is open for business! We’re celebrating with our suite-mates, Restore Hetch Hetchy,…

Restore Sharp Park! Folks, Thank you for your interest in creating a new National Park at Sharp Park! We’ve got three important actions for you to take ASAP in this message: two from your chair, and one very much out of it. E-mail the…