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We didn’t get lucky in our search for the Golden Gate Parks’ endangered sea creatures earlier in the month, so we’re heading out to look for them again! We’ll have some of the Bay Area’s greatest naturalists on…

Wondering how to get started with your Endangered Species Big Year? Need tips on how to win prizes or see or save specific species? We are now offering personalized coaching from endangered species experts from around the Bay! If you join…

We can’t thank you enough for supporting our campaigns to build a more equitable world for people and the plants and animals that accompany us on Earth. In honor of the year 2010, our first full year in operation, the Wild Equity Institute…

We’ve added new functionality to our website: now you can share Wild Equity Institute news clips with your friends on Facebook with a simple mouse click, and you can do the same every time you enter an action item or species sighting…

Over a dozen GGNP Endangered Species Big Year competitors won a subscription to Bay Nature magazine last month by entering their first action item or endangered species sighting on the competition’s website. Join the competition and be…

We’ve got three great trips for you this week that will help you see and save our imperiled neighbors: San Francisco Garter Snake Habitat Restoration. Thursday, February 11, 2010, 12:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Come learn about Mori Point, see…

Two new media articles indicate that the Bay Area’s golf market continues to collapse, adding more pressure on San Mateo and San Francisco Counties to close the money-losing, endangered species-killing Sharp Park Golf Course and replace…

Artist Todd Gilens has implemented a fascinating new public art project that highlights the link between how we treat each other, and how we treat other forms of life. The project is called Endangered Bus. Todd has placed photos of several…

The Wild Equity Institute has partnered with Downtown High School in San Francisco to give students and endangered species a second chance at life. “We’ve been inspired by the students at Downtown High School and the empathy they’ve…

We’ve got two exciting trips this week to help you see and save the GGNP’s endangered species. Hope to see you outside! Coho and Steelhead Habitat Restoration. Monday, January 18, 2010, 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.: Join naturalist and…

With the rains coming this week, it is a good time to go out and search for spawning Coho Salmon and Steelhead in the Golden Gate National Parks. But even if you don’t find any spawning fish, you’ll likely see a few young fish in…

The Wild Equity Institute is making it easier to follow our work: we’re now on Facebook and Twitter! Become a Fan of the Wild Equity Institute on Facebook and follow us on Twitter to get the latest news about our work.

Special Incentives for January! The Wild Equity Institute is proud to announce a special Big Year prize for the month of January, specifically for competitors new to the Endangered Species Big Year. For a limited time, new competitors entering…

Coho Population Collapse: More Ways to Help The Coho Salmon found in the Golden Gate National Parks are on the brink of extinction, according to this article in the Marin Independent Journal. The Wild Equity Institute’s Endangered Species…

GGNP Endangered Species Big Year’s Kick-off a Success! The 2010 Golden Gate National Parks Endangered Species Big Year began with a wonderful bike ride this past weekend in partnership with the San Francisco Bike Coalition. As we rolled…

The 2010 Golden Gate National Parks Endangered Species Big Year has begun! Celebrate the incredible diversity of life around you by participating in the 2010 GGNP Endangered Species Big Year Kick-off Celebration on January 9, 2010 at 1pm at…

The Coho Salmon found in the Golden Gate National Parks have suffered a third consecutive year of low reproductive success, and federal biologists are now restructuring the species’ recovery plan into an extinction prevention plan, according…

The San Francisco Bay is the largest estuarine system on the West Coast of the United States. About one-third of the Bay was lost to infill development by the mid-1900s, and plans were underway to fill another third of the Bay. But a grassroots…

Thanks to your support, Congresswoman Jackie Speier sent this constituent letter to Wild Equity Institute members and supporters on December 4, 2009, announcing that there is “no federal money available” to bailout Sharp Park Golf…

The 2010 Golden Gate National Parks Endangered Species Big Year begins January 1, 2010! Celebrate the incredible diversity of life around you by participating in the 2010 GGNP Endangered Species Big Year Kick-off Celebration on January 9, 2010…

Despite thousands of letters and 60% of the public testimony in favor of restoring Sharp Park, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission rubber-stamped the Recreation and Park Department’s all-golf vision of the future for Sharp…

Folks, Mark your calendars! The 2010 Golden Gate National Parks Endangered Species Big Year kick-off celebration will begin January 9, 2010, 1pm at the Sports Basement in the Presidio, San Francisco. The GGNP has more endangered species than…

The United Nations has declared 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity, and now the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed the Golden Gate National Parks Endangered Species Big Year as one of the best conservation…

The Wild Equity Institute has some great GGNP Endangered Species Big Year trips scheduled in April. Come check them out for your chance to win the GGNP Endangered Species Big Year! Sunday, April 11, 2010, 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.: Join Kevin…

Federal tax returns are due this week, and there’s no better way to reduce your tax exposure than by donating to the Wild Equity Institute today! The Wild Equity Institute depends on support from people like you, and our 2010 membership…

The Wild Equity Institute is proud to announce new Golden Gate National Parks Endangered Species Big Year programming that can travel to kids near you! WEI has developed endangered species-themed puzzles and games for elementary school children,…

The Cascadia Research Collective reports that a dead Gray Whale stranded in Puget Sound this week contained a large amount of ocean debris in its stomach when it died: including a golf ball. This is the fifth Gray Whale stranding in Puget Sound…

You could buy an eco toothbrush holder with that extra $10 in your pocket this Earth Day. Or you could get the best bang for your environmental buck by donating to the Wild Equity Institute today! We run a lean, mean, equity machine over here…

At the Wild Equity Institute we are fortunate to collaborate with some of the most accomplished environmentalists on Earth, and many of them have been making wonderful news recently. Dr. Peter Baye was recently featured in this article about…

Download Your Big Year Checklist and Start Seeing and Saving Endangered Species REI’s San Francisco Store is partnering with the Wild Equity Institute’s GGNP Endangered Species Big Year by providing a slew of interim prizes for…

As the Gulf Oil Spill crisis enters its second month, the scale of the oil spill is requiring more hands on the ground then ever. This week our local Tidewater Goby expert, the National Park Service’s Darren Fong, was called to Mobile,…

As San Francisco proposes massive cuts to city services, more and more residents are demanding that San Francisco close the money-losing, endangered species-killing Sharp Park Golf Course. WEI Allies: Bring Our Money Back San Francisco is proposing…